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Post by jamien18 on Mar 13, 2018 23:48:22 GMT -5
Can't say mine have bad breath, not even my one that I've recently switched who is still having detox poops. How do their teeth look, any plaque or tartar buildup? Are you brushing their teeth? If yes, how often are you brushing? I don't see any tartar on they're teeth except the new rescue I got has some on her teeth. I don't brush they're teeth yet because I don't know how or what to use
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Post by LindaM on Mar 14, 2018 0:29:44 GMT -5
Until they are eating chunks with bone-in, you should be brushing their teeth several times a week. You can make a toothpaste at home using a little bone meal powder and a bit of salmon oil. You can use your finger, or easier would be a Q-tip, but I've also used soft denture/gum cleaning brushes before because they're nice and small.
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 14, 2018 11:25:49 GMT -5
Until they are eating chunks with bone-in, you should be brushing their teeth several times a week. You can make a toothpaste at home using a little bone meal powder and a bit of salmon oil. You can use your finger, or easier would be a Q-tip, but I've also used soft denture/gum cleaning brushes before because they're nice and small. What salmon oil do I use. Just like the capsules?
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Post by LindaM on Mar 14, 2018 13:59:16 GMT -5
Be careful of capsules meant for humans, they often have other ingredients or flavors included, like cirtus. Recommended brands to use here on the forum include Grizzly or Alaskan Naturals, but you can get salmon oil from the pet store, just check that it doesn't have a bunch of other ingredients added (and frankly may be more expensive than just ordering from Amazon directly).
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 14, 2018 18:40:19 GMT -5
With the one ferret I rescued. She'll eat the soup but not on her own. Do I need to keep the kibble in there or the soup only
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Post by LindaM on Mar 14, 2018 23:12:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't give her kibble if it can at all be helped, she may actually be holding out for it. Is there any way that you can spend a little extra time with her every day? How much is she currently eating with you feeding her?
Start working on getting her to eat the soup by herself. If you are using a spoon with her, then start lowering the spoon into the bowl as she is licking from it, you can still have her in your lap for this, or have her sit in front of you on the floor. Once she's eating out of the bowl, just remove the spoon without disturbing her. You may have to remind her again the next meal, but she will get it. If you have an FDR treat she likes, you could even crumble a bit of that over the soup and see if it'll encourage her enough to start by herself, and then just lessen over the next few meals until you're not putting any on top anymore.
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 14, 2018 23:26:16 GMT -5
I wouldn't give her kibble if it can at all be helped, she may actually be holding out for it. Is there any way that you can spend a little extra time with her every day? How much is she currently eating with you feeding her? Start working on getting her to eat the soup by herself. If you are using a spoon with her, then start lowering the spoon into the bowl as she is licking from it, you can still have her in your lap for this, or have her sit in front of you on the floor. Once she's eating out of the bowl, just remove the spoon without disturbing her. You may have to remind her again the next meal, but she will get it. If you have an FDR treat she likes, you could even crumble a bit of that over the soup and see if it'll encourage her enough to start by herself, and then just lessen over the next few meals until you're not putting any on top anymore. She eats a little bit when I feed her with the spoon but she's still a bit iffy about it? So she'll be okay with out the kibble until i spoon feed her?
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Post by LindaM on Mar 14, 2018 23:50:38 GMT -5
Are you weighing the food before offering and after she's done eating? Do you have an idea of how much she is eating on average?
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 14, 2018 23:55:08 GMT -5
Are you weighing the food before offering and after she's done eating? Do you have an idea of how much she is eating on average? I haven't weighed it because I've been offering it to her slowly but I'm going to weigh it to know, I just don't want her to get hungery
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Post by LindaM on Mar 15, 2018 0:13:58 GMT -5
Darn, okay. Can you maybe give me a guess of how much she's been eating by spoon?
Depending on how much or little she's been eating, she could actually go hungry, which is why I was trying to figure out how she's been eating. Will you be able to work with her a little more often/consistently over the next few days at all?
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 15, 2018 0:26:50 GMT -5
Darn, okay. Can you maybe give me a guess of how much she's been eating by spoon? Depending on how much or little she's been eating, she could actually go hungry, which is why I was trying to figure out how she's been eating. Will you be able to work with her a little more often/consistently over the next few days at all? Yeah I'm not exactly sure now much she gets from the spoon and yeah i can spend more time with her with feeding. Should I get her to eat now?
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 15, 2018 1:04:30 GMT -5
I was able to get her to eat .5 oz, she was shaking the whole time, I don't know if she was scared or the meat was just cold. I wasn't scuffing her just holding her. She ate better off my finer than the spoon though
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Post by LindaM on Mar 15, 2018 1:46:10 GMT -5
Don't stress about the shivering, they tend to do that. It's super common when they wake up and when excited, sometimes mine will shiver like that all through the meal, even room temperature foods. As long as she isn't acting off, nothing to worry about.
She would eat better off your finger, it's more personal, but not practical for getting her to eat enough. She's how old again 6 mo? I would stop with kibble if you can get her to eat 1-2oz overall of the soup per day, and definitely work on doing the spoon to bowl method to get her eating from the bowl by herself. Really spend some time with her trying to get her eating from the bowl, that way we don't have to bother with the kibble nor fear that she's just trying to hold out for it instead.
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Post by jamien18 on Mar 15, 2018 8:15:36 GMT -5
Don't stress about the shivering, they tend to do that. It's super common when they wake up and when excited, sometimes mine will shiver like that all through the meal, even room temperature foods. As long as she isn't acting off, nothing to worry about. She would eat better off your finger, it's more personal, but not practical for getting her to eat enough. She's how old again 6 mo? I would stop with kibble if you can get her to eat 1-2oz overall of the soup per day, and definitely work on doing the spoon to bowl method to get her eating from the bowl by herself. Really spend some time with her trying to get her eating from the bowl, that way we don't have to bother with the kibble nor fear that she's just trying to hold out for it instead. This is the new one I reduced they said she's 1 1/2 I think. And okay I'll definitely work with her more
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Post by LindaM on Mar 15, 2018 12:56:48 GMT -5
Okay, so she's past the stage of imprinting, but still young (if they have her age correct, sometimes they just guess it if they weren't given concrete info by a prior owner), so she may just take a wee little bit longer than the other two by comparison. How have the other two been doing then? Any luck moving them onto slivers?
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