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Hector and weightloss

RubyTed

RubyTed

Wise Old Thumper
Poor Hector has always been skinny, as you can see from the photos, but over the past week the weight has just dropped off him, and I realised I was hugging a skeleton.

So this morning a vets visit was on the agenda. He's had his blood taken, and they took a poo sample that I lovingly collected for them! ;) He's eating normally, which is a bit worrying. They couldn't "feel" what was wrong with him, but exclaimed that he is basically a skeleton. (I want to stress that it literally happened over a couple of days, and then I made the appointment on Friday for today.)

I've upped his food intake, and have barley rings for him. I'm going to do some porridge for him. Is there anything else I should do. It'll take over a week for the bloods to come back, and I do worry that if he loses an ounce more we'll be in serious trouble. This morning I went in to say morning, and his muscles were finding it hard to keep his GIANT ears up. :(

For those who don't know Hector is a Conti x papillon.
 
Hi Ali.
Let him scoff to his hearts content but really minimize his wanderings.Ive found this with Roland.He was 1.88 when he arrived here, but now hes 1.50.Has the whole garden to freerange.Ian reckons alls well...just perhaps Roly was a bit porky due to hutch confinement at the rescue.
Hope the fella is well and no surprises.xxx
 
yvette said:
Hi Ali.
Let him scoff to his hearts content but really minimize his wanderings.Ive found this with Roland.He was 1.88 when he arrived here, but now hes 1.50.Has the whole garden to freerange.Ian reckons alls well...just perhaps Roly was a bit porky due to hutch confinement at the rescue.
Hope the fella is well and no surprises.xxx
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By weightloss I mean there is literally nothing left to him. He's probably less than 2kg.... (and he's a giant.):? I've started keeping him locked in his indoor cage at night...which I never did before.
 
:wave:I understood what you meant but i was explaining wanderings being kerbed may help a bit.xxx
 
yvette said:
:wave:I understood what you meant but i was explaining wanderings being kerbed may help a bit.xxx
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I'll try and keep him sedate, but I don't want him to lose any more muscle, so it's a toughie. :?

I'll try to get some pictures of him later. :(
 
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