From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-01-23 08:50:26 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] kakarot won''t eat dry food
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Law12-F57Y4YhwfU0c000035fd9@hotmail.com>
I might consider a partial obstruction with a furball in the stomach. Soft
food is easier to eat and move thru then moist. Also anything that makes
them a bit weak or nauseous can do it too. Year and years again I had a
ferret of my own that stopped eating dry food altogether and he was
diagnosed with cardiac disease. he would eat any of the liquid or soft
foods I made for him and looked great, put more weight on and looked better
then he had for years. He just wasn't able to or couldn't eat the hard
food.
Dr. Sue
>From: slightly_tilted@hotmail.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] kakarot won''t eat dry food
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:14:50 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Author wrote:
> > What are the chances that one of his teeth are bothering him? Could that
>be?
> > At least he is eating the wet food but maybe there is a vet out there
>who can
> > check that... good luck
> > linda
>
>i had thought that too, but he still eats tortilla chips. also, when him
>and odo play, he has no problems biteing odo, and he's biteing with a
>vengence, ha ha ha. i have a vet appointment for yearly shots on the 26th
>of january, so i'll have the vet check his teeth. but she's checked them
>before, and none of them seemed to bother him when she wiggled and pushed
>on them.
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