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Post by Sherry on Mar 23, 2011 8:34:30 GMT -5
And you'll do fine with her! Just take it one step at a time. Has she willingly eaten any soupies, or even chicken baby food for you? If not, she might not recognize it as food. So you'll likely have to start by dabbing it on her nose, so she has to lick it off. Then, try using the feeding syringe again. When one of mine quit eating, I gave her the equivalent of 2tsp soup every couple of hours. Good luck with this baby girl, and thanks for giving her a home
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 15:10:53 GMT -5
the smell of food is even making her nauseous so i have to force feed her but i jus gave her a dose of pred so hopefully it will help... tha least 2 meals i managed to get 5 cc's in her before she really started ripping her mouth up, i realize that that probably isnt enough but it is better then what she was taking before, so i will see how the pred helps and try to increase the amount of food a bit.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 23, 2011 15:14:41 GMT -5
try clipping her nails. it won't do MUCH but at least they won't be pointy. i HOPE the pred works! if you open her mouth do you see red sores in there? what color is her urine?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 18:05:16 GMT -5
i tried looking in her mouth, i saw the roof of it and it looked just normal pink. I will try clipping her nails. When she pees on the newspaper it looks like it is just wet newspaper, i dont notice a color to it... Ok, I am going to feed her again but I prolly wont be online again tonight. I will update you all in the morning, thanks for all support
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Post by miamiferret2 on Mar 23, 2011 18:13:46 GMT -5
Oh wait, I forgot this is ur first ferret. do you know how to clip their nails? Look at the quick (blood vein) and cut above it. If you cut the pink blood vein it will hurt and she will bleed. Do you have styptic powder?
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Post by Sherry on Mar 23, 2011 20:26:07 GMT -5
If you don't have styptic powder, either flour or cornstarch will do in a pinch to help stop the bleeding.
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