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Post by yasmin on Nov 1, 2015 1:24:42 GMT
She did not eat the poo I offered her (does 'eating' poo look different from regular poo?), but I am happy to report that just now she ate five bits of Degu Crispy pellets that I gave one by one to her. (Wouldn't eat number 6 but I will try again later.)
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 1, 2015 6:21:23 GMT
Yeah, that is something I was wondering about as well, Yasmin. I personally have never noticed a difference between them. To bad we can't ask the goos that question. Moletteuk, is there a difference you know or have seen?
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Post by winic1 on Nov 1, 2015 13:41:13 GMT
I think eating poos are soft and moist, and done-with-it poos are hard and dry.
I would think that eating the paper substrate cannot be good for her, couldn't that cause a blockage in her guts?
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Post by moletteuk on Nov 1, 2015 17:32:49 GMT
There is a difference, but I don't know how it works and I suspect there is a scale between still having good nutrition in and hardly any nutrition and it varies through the day, presumably related to how their feeding varies through the day. I think you are right, Winic, 'eating' ones have higher water content, they often eat them straight from their bum, but I do see them sifting through poos for edible ones occasionally if I expose a rich clump during a clean out. I think to get the best medicinal ones you would have to grab one out of the hand of a degu who had just fished one out of their bum, you would need to be very quick! I think any very fresh poo would still have useful friendly bacteria for a degu in Go's position.
Anyway, I'm pleased to hear she has eaten a little more.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 1, 2015 20:45:36 GMT
While this discussion is quite understandably a serious one, and one that I hope will be very helpful to you, Yasmin, and for Go's sake, I can't help but laugh at Moletteuk's reference to exposing a particularly "rich clump" of poos during a clean out. Brings a rather different resource for "mining" to our attention.
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Post by yasmin on Nov 2, 2015 5:16:49 GMT
I will try other poos but she is barely eating at all today. She looks like she is in alot of pain – all fluffed up, eyes closed – and her lower abdomen is now hairless and taut. I tried some Ovol earlier today – not sure how much got into her, but it didn't do much. I think she needs some Metacam to make her feel at least a bit more comfortable but not sure how to get it into her.
I will call the vet tomorrow morning and let them know how she's doing. Might take her in but afraid that all they will be able to do is put her to sleep. Sigh.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 2, 2015 16:11:48 GMT
Oh, Love! I am so sorry. You must be so down and distressed. You have suffered so many losses in quick succession. Sending you healing energy as before.
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Post by yasmin on Nov 2, 2015 19:21:03 GMT
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Post by animalmadchloe on Nov 2, 2015 19:47:45 GMT
... and then there were nine. The tumour had grown another 30%. I am so, so sad. Thank you for the healing energy deguconvert. RIP dear Go. Hope you are sitting again side by side with you dear mother, Lilac. And in the company of your father Sean, and Auntie Azure, and cousins Yuu, Meiyo and Chuugi. On yasmin I'm so sorry least she's at peace xxx xxx
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Post by Bexi87 on Nov 2, 2015 20:03:47 GMT
Oh Yasmin, I am so so sorry. I hope you can take some comfort that they are all now in peace, and knew how much you loved them.
Sending big hugs to you and your family xx
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Post by moletteuk on Nov 2, 2015 21:44:26 GMT
This is so devastating, I'm so sorry I'm sure she is in peace and back with her family.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 3, 2015 15:46:22 GMT
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Post by yasmin on Nov 3, 2015 16:55:15 GMT
Hawaii... I would like that.
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Post by bouncy on Nov 3, 2015 19:04:43 GMT
Oh no! I'm so sorry! If the tumour had grown so much in a short time, and her health was suffering, the most painful choice was the right one. She's now running with her degu friends and family, eating her poos again xx
(incidentally, I've only ever seen mine eat them directly from their bums lol)
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