MimzMum
Wise Old Thumper
So as of this evening I noticed Fiver's droppings are shrinking. This is alarming considering it's just 2 weeks since Pip died, today, and she began with gut stasis.
He will lap up a bit of Critical Care and canned plain pumpkin (I just got done feeding him some) but he has been balking at putting the metacam syringe in his mouth for his doses morning and night. I'm worried he's got spurs or has cut his tongue or cheek, or there is something else in his mouth that he doesn't want anything in it like hay or syringes, so I have to hope he'll continue to eat the CC and pumpkin on his own if I offer them on a plate. He's also drinking less water than I'd like to see him do.
If I continue to feed him moist food he's going to have an attack of dysbiosis, but it can't be helped if he refuses to eat hay.
I have an appointment for Mimzy on Tuesday and am hoping to add Fiver to it as a long journey to the next town will likely stress him too much and I think he's had enough of that with Pip gone. I'm hoping I'm not looking at losing both of them that day, or God forbid over the weekend.
I know all I do is come in here for vibes, but I am desperate at this point. Besides this worry, I have others piling on like I'm being buried in quicksand. Could thoughts please be directed at my poor old boys that perhaps all options are not exhausted, and if they are if whatever needs to be done can be easier on them than it is going to be on me.
Many thanks in advance. xxxx
He will lap up a bit of Critical Care and canned plain pumpkin (I just got done feeding him some) but he has been balking at putting the metacam syringe in his mouth for his doses morning and night. I'm worried he's got spurs or has cut his tongue or cheek, or there is something else in his mouth that he doesn't want anything in it like hay or syringes, so I have to hope he'll continue to eat the CC and pumpkin on his own if I offer them on a plate. He's also drinking less water than I'd like to see him do.
If I continue to feed him moist food he's going to have an attack of dysbiosis, but it can't be helped if he refuses to eat hay.
I have an appointment for Mimzy on Tuesday and am hoping to add Fiver to it as a long journey to the next town will likely stress him too much and I think he's had enough of that with Pip gone. I'm hoping I'm not looking at losing both of them that day, or God forbid over the weekend.
I know all I do is come in here for vibes, but I am desperate at this point. Besides this worry, I have others piling on like I'm being buried in quicksand. Could thoughts please be directed at my poor old boys that perhaps all options are not exhausted, and if they are if whatever needs to be done can be easier on them than it is going to be on me.
Many thanks in advance. xxxx
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I'm sorry to hear this. At least he is happy to eat his the pumpkin and critical care though. That is something at least. Could you try picking out some softer strands of hay for him? Or maybe pick him some grass?
