martlou
Warren Veteran
Hello there
We went to the vets a couple of weeks ago for Rosie's myxo vaccination and we told the vet we thought she felt a bit bony. He had a good check over and agreed that her spine and 'bum bones' were quite pronounced.
She is as lively as ever, good appetite and perfectly well in herself. The vet said he thought it might be because she was moulting and to increase her pellets a bit (she's a good hay eater so probably couldn't improve this). We did this but Teddy ended up eating them (she's quite easily distracted from food) and he started to get sticky poos so we've had to put these back down to normal level.
We've now weighed her again as instructed, and she's possibly lost another few grams, but hard to tell as she wouldn't stay still on the scales. He's mentioned a possible worm infestation, and that we should Panacur her if she hadn't put any weight on. We'd have to do them both soon as they're going into BARC rescue for a week early June when we go away. We looked up worms and aside from the weight loss, she doesn't have any other symptoms mentioned.
He did say he didn't think it was anything to worry about as she's well and in very good condition. We also don't know how much weight she's lost because we don't actually know how much she weighed in the first place. But you do worry about your babies don't you ?
Anybody have any thoughts at all?
We went to the vets a couple of weeks ago for Rosie's myxo vaccination and we told the vet we thought she felt a bit bony. He had a good check over and agreed that her spine and 'bum bones' were quite pronounced.
She is as lively as ever, good appetite and perfectly well in herself. The vet said he thought it might be because she was moulting and to increase her pellets a bit (she's a good hay eater so probably couldn't improve this). We did this but Teddy ended up eating them (she's quite easily distracted from food) and he started to get sticky poos so we've had to put these back down to normal level.
We've now weighed her again as instructed, and she's possibly lost another few grams, but hard to tell as she wouldn't stay still on the scales. He's mentioned a possible worm infestation, and that we should Panacur her if she hadn't put any weight on. We'd have to do them both soon as they're going into BARC rescue for a week early June when we go away. We looked up worms and aside from the weight loss, she doesn't have any other symptoms mentioned.
He did say he didn't think it was anything to worry about as she's well and in very good condition. We also don't know how much weight she's lost because we don't actually know how much she weighed in the first place. But you do worry about your babies don't you ?
Anybody have any thoughts at all?