Foxer not eating

[GeorgiesMom]

Hi all, Georgie is 21 months old and isnt eating. Hes always been picky but now hes just turning his nose up at everything...Henry's Wild Bites, (he previously went on strike against all the other flavors but has been eating Wild Bites for more than a year), Teklad blocks, vegetables, even fruit AND avacadoes! Hes fed strictly according to the food pyramid....always has been and never gets nuts or acorns.
Hes been stashing his blocks in his nest box. I'm giving him until midnight each day to eat his Henry's blocks before tossing them just to give him a chance to eat them but he doesn't. Today I gave him avacado thinking surely he would eat it but he turned up his nose and a few hours later I found it in the nest box.
It's been a week since hes eaten any blocks. It's been several weeks since he started rejecting vegies and fruits.I'm going to order a different flavor if Henrys but don't think it will make any difference because he's not eating fruits or vegetables either.
Hes quite calm.....not lethargic but calm. He does play with me when hes out of the cage daily.....loves to wrestle, climb, hop, jump, get loved on xcetera. He gets plenty of apple, birch, oak and maple sticks from my yard. I scrub the sticks clean before giving them to him.
Hes a big boy, his winter weight was almost 2.8lbs so he isnt starving....at least not yet.
Anyone have any ideas or reasons why hes on a hunger strike??

[Mel1959]

Usually when they stop eating it’s the first indication that they may be sick. Even something like a UTI can cause them to not eat. Any chance you have a vet who could examine him?

[Spanky]

How are his teeth?

[GeorgiesMom]

How are his teeth?

He shreds branches just fine....wouldnt that be an indicator that they arent too long?

[GeorgiesMom]

Usually when they stop eating it’s the first indication that they may be sick. Even something like a UTI can cause them to not eat. Any chance you have a vet who could examine him?

Unfortunately no, we are in one of those States🙄

[Mel1959]

He shreds branches just fine....wouldnt that be an indicator that they arent too long?

You should get a helper to hold him and use a popsicle stick or pencil to open his mouth and examine it…..just to be on the safe side.

[Diggie's Friend]

Some have found that a couple of drops of the below source of organic food grade Chia oil added to the block, increases its appeal to squirrels that have stopped eating it.
Worth a try.

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Chia
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[GeorgiesMom]

You should get a helper to hold him and use a popsicle stick or pencil to open his mouth and examine it…..just to be on the safe side.

I'm going to try to get a picture so you guys can see his teeth

[GeorgiesMom]

I'm going to try to get a picture so you guys can see his teeth

This is as good as I could get without a helper. What do you think?

[GeorgiesMom]

I'm going to try to get a picture so you guys can see his teeth
Second picture

[GeorgiesMom]

You should get a helper to hold him and use a popsicle stick or pencil to open his mouth and examine it…..just to be on the safe side.

Third picture

[TubeDriver]

Those teeth look pretty good to me. Very slightly uneven top teeth but I would not touch those teeth at this point.

[GeorgiesMom]

Those teeth look pretty good to me. Very slightly uneven top teeth but I would not touch those teeth at this point.

Thank you!!😁😁😁

[Diggie's Friend]

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