pigmommy89
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Cavy Slave
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Something is wrong with my girl Duchess, and I'm hoping someone here can offer some insight.
On Wednesday November 11th, I noticed she was not walking quite right. She had been perfectly normal Tuesday night when I cleaned the cage and Wednesday morning when I refilled the hay. I took her out and put her in a 1x2 so I could observe her. By Saturday she had dropped down to 550 grams so I started hand feeding Critical Care even though she was still eating some. The closest exotic vet is an hour and a half away from me so I couldn't take her right away but I did call them and they said to keep handfeeding since she was gaining weight. She's now at 710 grams.
I took her to the vet this Monday (November 23rd) and they tried to see her molars without anesthesia, but she didn't cooperate. Because the way she was eating and dropping food out of her mouth almost always indicates a molar problem we went ahead with a tooth trim. But once she was under anesthesia, her teeth looked almost normal except for a couple of sharp points. He filed the points off and recommended bloodwork because her teeth didn't seem bad enough to keep her from eating. Everything in the bloodwork was totally normal. We came home with meloxicam and instructions to keep handfeeding until she starts eating normally. They said she would probably be eating by Wednesday, but as of today she still is only eating a little bit on her own.
Does anyone have any suggestions to entice her to eat on her own? She seems ok otherwise but will not eat enough to maintain her weight.
On Wednesday November 11th, I noticed she was not walking quite right. She had been perfectly normal Tuesday night when I cleaned the cage and Wednesday morning when I refilled the hay. I took her out and put her in a 1x2 so I could observe her. By Saturday she had dropped down to 550 grams so I started hand feeding Critical Care even though she was still eating some. The closest exotic vet is an hour and a half away from me so I couldn't take her right away but I did call them and they said to keep handfeeding since she was gaining weight. She's now at 710 grams.
I took her to the vet this Monday (November 23rd) and they tried to see her molars without anesthesia, but she didn't cooperate. Because the way she was eating and dropping food out of her mouth almost always indicates a molar problem we went ahead with a tooth trim. But once she was under anesthesia, her teeth looked almost normal except for a couple of sharp points. He filed the points off and recommended bloodwork because her teeth didn't seem bad enough to keep her from eating. Everything in the bloodwork was totally normal. We came home with meloxicam and instructions to keep handfeeding until she starts eating normally. They said she would probably be eating by Wednesday, but as of today she still is only eating a little bit on her own.
Does anyone have any suggestions to entice her to eat on her own? She seems ok otherwise but will not eat enough to maintain her weight.