lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
Is she drinking yet? Its dehydration which is much worse than starvation. I have brought back some pretty skeletal rats to full health a few times
no, they gave her fluids today. how often should i try giving her water? I read they should consume 10-12 ml/per 100 grams, which would put her around 9 ml/day. which would put me giving her .3 cc drinks... 27 times a day? about 2 X an hour during the day? is that right?
wait, strike that, she actually just accepted a drink from the bottle. she grabbed the end with her hands and pulled it down and took a drink while lying on her back??? poor baby. i'll keep offering it to her.
ETA: She won't accept anything I offer her. She finally took from the water bottle but besides the small piece of strawberry treat she had yesterday, she hasn't wanted anything.
she took a very long drink again just now, hopefully it won't upset her breathing. the whole time she's drinking, her sister is running up and down my arm making it very difficult lol but we managed. i will definitely leave a dish out for them. thanks so much for all the help.
Watch those tiny glass bottles I find they stop working all the time.... I have no idea why the bigger ones are just fine. I rub my finger over them and as long as I see bubbles go up I know its still working.
Olivia won't drink today again. Should I see if I can take her to the vet again tomorrow? I don't have a problem taking her every day if that's what i need to do, I just don't want them to think I'm being ridiculous.
She won't eat or drink out of a dish or bottle. Even yesterday when she was drinking, I had to bring the bottle to her and that's the only way she'd drink, even though it's placed low enough in the cage.
I can literally only get .4 cc's of anything into her at a time. It's stressful for her but it doesn't cause the breathing issues if I limit it. But is it futile doing it, even 2 X an hour during the day, because that will only really equal out to 4 cc's a day when she should have at least twice that to drink let alone the food requirements. I'll do it if it will actually make a different though. She absolutely will not eat or drink on her own.
She also could be a very quiet drinker...some are.
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