pappy1264
09-29-2009, 09:36 AM
I have had Luna for almost two years (she was found abandoned outside a petstore, so have no 'history' on her before she came to us.) She is semi-tame (as long as you don't try to pat her...lol) This weekend, I picked up a boy from a woman that was sick and could not take care of him anymore. I am concerned. He lived on just nuts (and she gave what she fed him to me. It is the store bought mix, with SEA SALT!) She did also give him apples. His fur is oily looking and his eyes look 'sleepy'. He is pretty tame (more then Luna) but he did not touch any of the food I put in for him last night. My vet is away, won't be in until Saturday. I am concerned about his not eating. I did put a few of his nuts in so at least he could grab those, but they were left untouched in the dish. I offered raspberries, blackberries, apples, peas, carrots, green beans, a tiny bit of corn, kale, yogurt, even a little baby food (Hawaiin delight). I put calcium carbonate on everything (since I am concerned he has not had a good source of calcium in his diet). Any other ideas??? He can smell Luna and was rubbing all over the new hammock (it is a ferret hammock that they can climb inside. He slept in that last night). I worry about his energy with not eating. Oh, I also offered a little peanut butter last night (when I saw he had not gone down to his food to eat). He ate a tiny bit of it. I do plan to have him seen, but in the meantime, any suggestions???? His owner said he loved fruit, esp. apples. He doesn't seem overly scared, so I don't think that would keep him from eating. I just want to make sure he will be ok. I attached pics I took last night. You can see in the second one how his eyes look sleepy. We named him Rocket (she said she called him 'Poo Butt'.)
Update: I just offered him some apple in his 'bed' (the hammock in the pic) and he is eating that. It is a start. I wonder if he even went down the bottom of the cage now. I will put a bird cup that hooks on the cage up top tonight to see if that works. It is his cage he is in (but I did have him in a travel cage for two days, so I could clean his cage and disinfect it.) So hopefully it is just all the 'newness'. But any ideas for food to get him to eat would be appreciated. Thanks!
Update: I just offered him some apple in his 'bed' (the hammock in the pic) and he is eating that. It is a start. I wonder if he even went down the bottom of the cage now. I will put a bird cup that hooks on the cage up top tonight to see if that works. It is his cage he is in (but I did have him in a travel cage for two days, so I could clean his cage and disinfect it.) So hopefully it is just all the 'newness'. But any ideas for food to get him to eat would be appreciated. Thanks!