Alfred had surgery for an abscess and infected jaw bone, nearly 4 weeks ago. he's been back eating hay for 2 weeks - although the amounts have gradually increased.
He has his breakfast (SS) nibbles on some hay, and snoozes until lunch time, and from then until midnight he eats lots of hay (with the odd snoozes), but when I go to bed, he stops eating. I'll find a max of about 20 pellets.
This has been going on since his op, although he'd happily eat kale / carrots etc, but not hay over night.
My first thought was that he must be in pain, so (after talking to the vet) I gave him extra metacam last thing - this didn't make any difference, I've tried emeprid last thing at night too - no difference.
He's not had any metacam at all since Monday, and he eats his hay fine during the day, he's also been off emeprid too, seeing that doesn't make much of a difference.
I had been getting up at 4am to give him a feed of kale, as he'll happily eat that, but last night I just give him a small peice of carrot, and some extra hay, but he didn't seem to have eaten anything since 4, when I fed him at 8.
He's now munching hay quite happily.
His droppings are still a decent size.
Can anybody help explain this? He used to eat normally 24/7 prior to his op.
He has his breakfast (SS) nibbles on some hay, and snoozes until lunch time, and from then until midnight he eats lots of hay (with the odd snoozes), but when I go to bed, he stops eating. I'll find a max of about 20 pellets.
This has been going on since his op, although he'd happily eat kale / carrots etc, but not hay over night.
My first thought was that he must be in pain, so (after talking to the vet) I gave him extra metacam last thing - this didn't make any difference, I've tried emeprid last thing at night too - no difference.
He's not had any metacam at all since Monday, and he eats his hay fine during the day, he's also been off emeprid too, seeing that doesn't make much of a difference.
I had been getting up at 4am to give him a feed of kale, as he'll happily eat that, but last night I just give him a small peice of carrot, and some extra hay, but he didn't seem to have eaten anything since 4, when I fed him at 8.
He's now munching hay quite happily.
His droppings are still a decent size.
Can anybody help explain this? He used to eat normally 24/7 prior to his op.