won't eat anything except his blocks?

[pscychopomp]

Won't eat peanut butter, jam, yogurt, fruit, lettuce, instant oatmeal, muffin, he'll sniff it then just turn his head away...last night he ate a little bit of bread but didn't finish it. I have seen him eating the Harlan blocks so I don't think he's lost his appetite (still pudgy too). He has a uri and it's such a fight to give meds by syringe, but he doesn't seem to want anything 'tastey' so I can't hide it in anything :/ I've never had a rat that doesn't flip out for treats like that.

 

[jorats]

Is he an older rat?

 

[pscychopomp]

He turned 1 in november, so not that old.

 

[mamarat]

He might have realized all his yummy treats have meds in them now, that's why he's fussy.

 

[SQ]

Peanut butter unless extremely diluted is dangerous.

Try a couple of drops of strawberry quik mixed in with the meds, with a bit of baby cereal (with no calcium water in it) to thicken it a bit.
You may need to add a few drops of water.
He may like that, mine do.

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[jorats]

It might be best to just burrito him and squirt it into his lips.

 

[pscychopomp]

It might be best to just burrito him and squirt it into his lips.

That's what I've been doing but it's still so hard, he's able to squish himself down into the towel :roll: .

Peanut butter is the only thing I tried with meds in it (I mix it with my finger and the heat melts it), after that I tried giving him the other things without adding meds to it to see what he would eat and he hasn't eaten any of it. Even before meds he wasn't eating veggies and things I put in there, I wonder if he is just untrusting of anything other than his blocks.

 

[jorats]

He might be a fussy eater. That's going to be a challenge doing meds.

 

[mamarat]

I've had some rats who won't eat any human foods, yummy or not. Did you try Cool Whip?

 

[temblabamomo]

I've had a couple that needed meds disguised in tasty foods, and eventually caught on and steered clear of the tasty stuff permanently, out of suspicion I reckon. Has he always been this way, or just since he was needing meds?