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Post by Sherry on Feb 24, 2013 18:26:35 GMT -5
Keep a close eye out obviously(as I know you will), just in case. If, gods forbid, he does have a blockage in there be careful on how much food you syringe. Just as a precaution I'd be pushing pumpkin and lax until you see nice big gloopy orange poops.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 18:33:10 GMT -5
We will give him squash again tonight. Thankfully he likes that. We just tested his eating to see if he would reject kibble because of stomache pains due to a block, and the teaspoon of kibble we gave him he devoured because he hasn't been Eating.
Will certainly keep our eyes on him, but I (this is Matthew) think he is just choosing not to eat over the last day because he prefers the kibble to soup still.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 18:40:35 GMT -5
We decided to continue the kibble test, and mashed up about 1 tsp of kibble in to the soup and mix (prob about 1Tbs) it together. He just ate all the soup we fed him by hand.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 18:58:55 GMT -5
Just tried another 1.5 tsp of kibble with 3 Tbs soup, and he ate about 1/5 of the mixture. Will try him again here after more play time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2013 23:55:41 GMT -5
Dinner time tonight: Hand fed him soup - Out of 1.5 Tbs of soup (and only soup) he ate half He may just get in moods of when he likes to eat it, not sure. She ate 2 tsp of liver with just a little cream mixed in, but cleaned her bowl really well.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 25, 2013 10:55:10 GMT -5
Yup, sounds like the brat is just holding out Okay, keep hand feeding for now, and if he accepts a kibble soup use that to introduce the raw puree again. Every day increase the raw to kibble ratio by a small amount.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2013 12:25:32 GMT -5
We put the soup in their cage this morning. She ate pretty much all of it before he had a chance. We gave her a few Tbs of hearts/gizzards, but she was more interested in the soup this morning. We may need to start giving her chunks of chicken in her chunks rather than just straight organs.
We hand fed him, and he ate almost all of the soup this morning without anything added to it.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 25, 2013 19:20:12 GMT -5
Sounds good. Keep going as you are right now
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2013 12:53:53 GMT -5
Play time last night was pretty intense for both of them. Did their play fighting for almost an hour straight. Afterwards I got him some soup. Put it in the cage and he not only defended it from Mo by sticking his whole head in the bowl, but using his paws to block her from getting any.
I gave him two more cubes of soup, but hand fed him by himself. He ate them both very quickly.
Gave a 4th cube in the cage and he shared it with her some. Bowl was clean this morning. Only a few organs eaten by her through the night.
Think we will continue with soup for him for a few more days and then we might try to start giving the more coursly chopped pieces. Right now if he gets a piece he has to chew on too much he takes it off to a corner and chews for a bit and then leaves it (too much work for the lil guy, in his mind).
Was really excited about how much soup he ate last night.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 26, 2013 15:26:08 GMT -5
That is excellent news!!!! Keep up with a liver puree for her and she'll be eating it before you know it
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2013 20:14:14 GMT -5
Not sure if his energy is picking up from the new diet intake or if he is just in a better play-mood but today he actually jumped out of my arms to try to get over a barricade we have to keep them out of the hall. He has never jumped for anything. He bounces a lot some days, but never a jumped like today. Was pretty funny.
He ate about 1/2 of his cube tonight as well as his squash. She ate 1/2 of her liver and cream, and some chicken off the bone. Was a bit of an awkward feeding as i was trying to hold on to the chicken to keep her from hiding it. Ended up cutting it all off the bone and putting it in her bowl in the cage. Saved the bone with a little meat on it to try later, but not sure how to help her get the idea of tearing the meat off the bone.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 26, 2013 20:41:21 GMT -5
That is excellent progress for both With larger items, use a shower hook. Skewer the bone and attach it to the cage. Slash the meat almost to the bone so she can get hold of it and tear at it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 20:20:05 GMT -5
Kits played like maniacs again last night for well over an hour. He ate 2+ cubes of the soup with a little of the chicken/skin bits mixed in from cutting it off the bones, but right now if he gets a piece too big he wants to go to a corner to eat it alone and then come back for more. She ate some of the soup, and some of the chunky chicken/skin as well. Full wing's worth. The only down side to last night was during their play fighting (which was very intense) one of them screamed for just a moment in a shriek sound that I have never heard before. I got to them quickly and tried to separate them but he was latched on to her forehead and didn't want to let go. Had to scruff him to get him to release. On an up note, he is putting on weight. He had dropped a bit the other day when we were worried about him eating or not. Today we weighed him and he is up over 1.3kg which is his heaviest weight so far, and his energy levels seem higher than ever. She is holding steady at .89kg and active and mischievous like always.
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Post by Sherry on Feb 27, 2013 22:43:27 GMT -5
Okay first- that type of play is normal, believe it or not It's dominance play and they are able to sort it on their own. In fact I'm willing to bet that her scream was one of shock and anger rather than pain Give them time to work it out. Sooner or later she IS going to beat the cr*p out if him and put him in his place ;D Females are generally the alphas. Our 1lb female can make any of the much larger boys scream like little girls ;D And as to the food- since he wants to go off and eat I think a feeding den might be in order. Even a small cardboard box will work. Try putting his food in there and see how he does.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2013 9:12:13 GMT -5
Will see if I can build them a feeding den this weeeknd. I saw the pictures on another thread here, but I'm not sure how (if I'm breaking the wings at the joints) I would "skewer the bone with a shower hook." I've looked for any videos but haven't seen any on youtube. He is pretty steady at eating a minimum of 2 cubes of soup per feeding time, and grazing throughout the day as he snacks in the cage. We aren't sure what her intake levels are as she has access to the cubes as well when we aren't home, as well as organs and chicken chunks. Last night we found out that she has at least 3 differnt places in the house (outside the cage) that she has been stashing food while we aren't looking. She stashes her food in the cage under one of the blankets. I know she is doing what ferrets do by hiding her food, but we aren't really sure how to help protect our house from rotting food smell
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