LilLulu
01-21-2019, 01:06 AM
Bunch is 5 years old NR has always been a good eater and loved his HHB
lately the past week or so he has been stashing his food more than eating it, I am getting a bit concerned as it's vital he eats his blocks , he basically sticks his nose in the air to them, even peanut butter!!
he will eat his snap peas it seems kinda picks at blueberries , takes a few bites of avacado and then stashes that ...he hasn't actually eaten a pecan lately just stashes that also! he is just in this stashing mode???
I cleaned out all the stashes I could find......bunch has his own bedroom so he has a good size area with a bed and everything haha
he is acting fine nothing abnormal, no swelling or abnormalities in his belly .....I did place a new order of HHB thinking maybe he is just being picky with the bag getting closer to the bottom...possibly freezer burn ?? but they don't seem like they are....
He is at a very healthy weight if anything a bit on the heavy side...is it possible this started from his stashing and eating that not what i was putting down each day?? I am really stumped with this??
I don't want him to just keep stashing his food....he needs to eat his blocks, so no more treats just blocks till he starts eating again was my idea ...but how long does this go on for..do i take the block away if he doesn't eat it after a certain amount of time? how do i even approach this with him?
the other issue is i live in the country and we do have mice ...i do have traps outside of his room but we all know i wont get them all, so i always wonder did he get the food or the mice?? and is it possible for him to catch anything from the mice?
thanks for any help i can get on this i am truly at a loss at the moment .
Liz
lately the past week or so he has been stashing his food more than eating it, I am getting a bit concerned as it's vital he eats his blocks , he basically sticks his nose in the air to them, even peanut butter!!
he will eat his snap peas it seems kinda picks at blueberries , takes a few bites of avacado and then stashes that ...he hasn't actually eaten a pecan lately just stashes that also! he is just in this stashing mode???
I cleaned out all the stashes I could find......bunch has his own bedroom so he has a good size area with a bed and everything haha
he is acting fine nothing abnormal, no swelling or abnormalities in his belly .....I did place a new order of HHB thinking maybe he is just being picky with the bag getting closer to the bottom...possibly freezer burn ?? but they don't seem like they are....
He is at a very healthy weight if anything a bit on the heavy side...is it possible this started from his stashing and eating that not what i was putting down each day?? I am really stumped with this??
I don't want him to just keep stashing his food....he needs to eat his blocks, so no more treats just blocks till he starts eating again was my idea ...but how long does this go on for..do i take the block away if he doesn't eat it after a certain amount of time? how do i even approach this with him?
the other issue is i live in the country and we do have mice ...i do have traps outside of his room but we all know i wont get them all, so i always wonder did he get the food or the mice?? and is it possible for him to catch anything from the mice?
thanks for any help i can get on this i am truly at a loss at the moment .
Liz