From:
"Jinxie"
Date: 2003-03-29 08:19:47 UTC
Subject: Thomas not eating? (Little Long)
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <000801c2f5cb$f65ecf50$0400a8c0@silverwraith.com>
Hi all,
We just got two little guys a week ago this Sunday. The older one, Bruno,
is about six & the younger one is between one & two. Thomas is a sock
thief. :o) We found a hole chewed in the top of one of our socks on
Tuesday. He's eaten & drank normally up until today (Friday). Yesterday we
gave him a couple of raisins & he seemed to really enjoy them. This morning
when he woke up I noticed there's what appears to be the skins off of the
raisins thrown up on his blanket. The stuff is like a berry color which
isn't the color of the raisins & he didn't have anything that color. Just
before bedtime last night I re-filled his water & added to his food. This
morning he had drank water, but has not touched his food all day. He
wouldn't even take another raisin. The only thing he's eaten is a grape &
just a little while ago I gave him some chicken baby food mixed with a tiny
bit of cream & some ferretstat. He licks at it a couple of times then he
kind of stiffens up & his body pulls to the right. He goes into the back of
his cage & makes chewing noises then scratches at the paper in the bottom of
his cage & comes back for another couple of licks. It's the stiffening &
pulling to the right that has me concerned. He almost gets a dazed look.
It's very hard to explain. Thinking he might have a blockage of some kind
earlier today I mixed some ferretlax with a bit of cream (that's the only
way he'll take it) & he ate a lot of that. He then had a runny poop that
was a green color liked over cooked spinach. It was not slimey though. I
scruffed him to see if maybe he had food stuck in his mouth, but it's all
clear & his gums are pink. When he's awake he plays like he always does,
but he's trying to find the socks which have been put way out of his reach
now just in case. Anything else I should be trying, or any ideas what this
might be? He has drank a lot of water today i've been keeping an eye on
that. I just changed his food & water again & there was a moldy piece of
food in one corner of his dish. I've tossed the whole bag now which is
wierd because we just bought it. I'm wondering if he got water in his food
dish. It's hot & humid here, but not so much in the house. Sorry this is
long & rambling, but it's hard to explain what he's doing.
TIA
Brandy