Originally Posted by
DeLore
I have a 2 year old gray squirrel. She had calcium absorption issues when she was younger and she now has a UV lamp in her cage to make sure she always gets enough vitamin D to absorb her calcium. She has been relatively healthy since I gave her that however, she has always been a picky eater. Recently, I have been trying to fix her diet again and I took away the foods she liked that weren't the healthiest and was only giving her a couple things as recommended by my vet. She had Henry's healthy blocks, parrot pellets, some fresh veggies and a couple nuts a day. She ate a little other than the nuts, but barely. Last night and today, I noticed she didn't even want the nuts and she's been really lazy all day. She will barely get out of her bed. I gave her some of the rat food mix that's not great for her but she normally at least eats and she only ate a little. I got her to take a ton of calcium since she has had problems with that in the past and I've been taking her out in the yard in the sun and I ordered her a new UV lamp in case it's calcium/calcium absorption issues again and the UV lamp she has isn't giving off enough UV anymore. But, if she doesn't improve, or gets worse, what should I do?
(I will try to fix her diet again once I make sure she's healthy enough again, but, right now, I'm worried because she's not eating enough of anything.)