catherine09
Mama Doe
So Noah's weight is not good at the moment, since he became ill about 2 months ago (diarrhoea, admitted to hospital with a blockage, home 3 days later and fine since) it's been dropping slowly. I did a full coccidia course with all three of them as a precaution, which finished a week ago, but he doesn't seem to be gaining weight at all, and he is on the thin side which is concerning me.
I've started feeding him separately from the others now, to ensure he is getting the food, but he is making it really difficult
I have a box which I place him into with his food, and he does eat it until he realises that he's locked in then he gets distracted trying to find his way out (I assume to get back to the others) so as a temporary measure I am hand feeding him some not-so-good food (mainly carrots) to try and stabilise him whilst I work out what to do.
So, my next plan of attack (just agreed with my vet on the phone) is a course of Panacur. But I didn't actually ask him how long to dose for I know it's 28 days for EC, but what is the dosage for suspected worms, just the 9 day? And I presume I have to do all 3 of them?
Also, can you get the tubes in larger quantities or would it be more economical to go to my vet for a bottle? If it's the 9 day course that's fine as it would be 3 bottles (about £15), but if it's the 28 day course it would be 10 bottles which would be about £50.
My other concern if it is a full 28 day course is, if it's not the cause of his problem, waiting for the course to be administered might be too long, and he might lose more condition during that time.
Thoughts please. Worried as Skye did this to me, although her weight gain was much faster. My other two little buns are a bit overweightoops due to overfeeding them to compensate for Noah being a big bun, so it's not like I'm not feeding them enough
I've started feeding him separately from the others now, to ensure he is getting the food, but he is making it really difficult
I have a box which I place him into with his food, and he does eat it until he realises that he's locked in then he gets distracted trying to find his way out (I assume to get back to the others) so as a temporary measure I am hand feeding him some not-so-good food (mainly carrots) to try and stabilise him whilst I work out what to do. So, my next plan of attack (just agreed with my vet on the phone) is a course of Panacur. But I didn't actually ask him how long to dose for
I know it's 28 days for EC, but what is the dosage for suspected worms, just the 9 day? And I presume I have to do all 3 of them?Also, can you get the tubes in larger quantities or would it be more economical to go to my vet for a bottle? If it's the 9 day course that's fine as it would be 3 bottles (about £15), but if it's the 28 day course it would be 10 bottles which would be about £50.
My other concern if it is a full 28 day course is, if it's not the cause of his problem, waiting for the course to be administered might be too long, and he might lose more condition during that time.
Thoughts please. Worried as Skye did this to me, although her weight gain was much faster. My other two little buns are a bit overweight
oops due to overfeeding them to compensate for Noah being a big bun, so it's not like I'm not feeding them enough 
