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Post by Sherry on May 5, 2011 9:05:38 GMT -5
Something else good for them right now, especially- pop up either to Optimal, or Tail Blazer's. The small packages of chicken necks contains quite small necks that they should be able to handle intact even now.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 12:42:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the quick replies! I will pick up some chicken necks today.
My #1 concern right now is their poop. It is not good looking at all. It's basically piles of mushy liquid, it's seedy and this morning I noticed quite a few piles of poop that was basically pure mucous. One of them was quite green tinged.
What am I doing wrong here??? The freeze dried food has bone in it as like the third ingredient and I really haven't given them much meat without bone (just a bit of ground turkey and ground chicken). I'm picking up bone meal to add to to the raw meat I give them that doesn't have bone in it... but I'm starting to get really worried.
Is the raw food doing this to their poop? I'm going to try bring samples to the vet tonight to test for bacteria, other issues going on... but I'm worried she's going to say they need to go back on kibble because their poop is so mucousy, seedy and liquidy.
Any advice?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 12:49:52 GMT -5
It could be a bacterial overgrowth. Their bodies aren't used to the bacterial load in raw. Are both having bad stools are just one?
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 12:53:44 GMT -5
Can you get any probiotics? They might help the stools get better.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 14:32:29 GMT -5
It seems to be both girls having the icky stools. Sophie seems worse than Olivia though. Although someone just had a really formed, good looking stool today (not sure which) so maybe they are adjusting slowly.
What kind of probiotic? I have a giant bottle of Bene-bac that one of my hedgehogs is currently on, and I also have acidophilus tablets I could crush up. I think I'll get the vet to run some stool tests to see what she finds.
Do I keep going with the raw for the time being?
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Post by Sherry on May 5, 2011 17:53:04 GMT -5
Posted this in the medical thread. Just going to copy/paste to here ;D
I had noticed something with mine when I first switched them. It was almost like their bodies were "purging" toxins. A couple could have pooped through the eye of the proverbial needle It *should* start correcting itself shortly, especially if you've started adding pumpkin for them, along with some bonemeal. As for the allergy to eggs, it's the white of the egg people are allergic to, not the shell. You could order powdered eggshell online if you wanted to go that route, or just the bonemeal would be fine.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2011 18:11:34 GMT -5
I replied to you in the medical thread Sherry I am no longer going to post in this thread as we now have a mentor, hurray!!! Thanks everyone for your advice so far though!!!
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