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Poppy goes to the vets again

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Whitelighter

Warren Scout
So I came back in this morning to find Poppy listless on get she. Wouldn't even lift her head to sniff a crunchie.

No hay eaten again - thought we'd made progress yesterday after I buried banana bits in it she munched quite a lot. Pellets hardly touched and she didn't even finish her alfalfa. Offered a bit of banana and when she refused that and went to hide in her igloo I decided it was worth a trip to the vet.

Thing is there is nothing obviously wrong. Gill had a really good look at her teeth and there is nothing amiss - stomach is empty but no gas and no compaction a or blockages.

She has some metacam and gut stimulant plus CC but how do you treat something you can't see?
 
Whitelighter said:
So I came back in this morning to find Poppy listless on get she. Wouldn't even lift her head to sniff a crunchie.

No hay eaten again - thought we'd made progress yesterday after I buried banana bits in it she munched quite a lot. Pellets hardly touched and she didn't even finish her alfalfa. Offered a bit of banana and when she refused that and went to hide in her igloo I decided it was worth a trip to the vet.

Thing is there is nothing obviously wrong. Gill had a really good look at her teeth and there is nothing amiss - stomach is empty but no gas and no compaction a or blockages.

She has some metacam and gut stimulant plus CC but how do you treat something you can't see?
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Did you mention to Gill that you have noticed Poppy now seems to have a strange odour ?
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Did you mention to Gill that you have noticed Poppy now seems to have a strange odour ?
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Cr@p

I forgot that. In my defence that mainly because that seems to have gone away but you're right I should have mentioned it.

Thanks for the reminder - going to phone now and see what she says.
 
I'm sure she would do much better if she would eat hay, but they just don't listen to us!

HayforPets also do a sample pack of their different hays.
 
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