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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 0:24:43 GMT
She will eat her hard treats tho. I'm not 100% her nuggets,I haven't seen her all day to really worried.
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Post by Emziedee on Dec 13, 2016 2:27:36 GMT
Try soaking the nuggets so they go soggy or crushing them up. I had about 3 to 4 different dishes of Tibbs nuggets presented to him in different ways - (soggy, mashed, mashed and moulded into little discs, mashed and mixed with oats) - and left it for him to find one he preferred. He preferred the normal nuggets soggy and also the mashed.
Just try experimenting as much as you can with stuff you already have, like what newtogoos said, you can try mashing up boiled veggies and making your own baby food this way.
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Post by Emziedee on Dec 13, 2016 2:29:40 GMT
Also they love nuts and shave them off with the front teeth, shouldn't give nuts all the time as they're fattening but if your goo isn't eating and you're worried about weight loss a nut should help. Erm and peanut butter I've read is a good one to try
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 2:33:22 GMT
Also they love nuts and shave them off with the front teeth, shouldn't give nuts all the time as they're fattening but if your goo isn't eating and you're worried about weight loss a nut should help. Erm and peanut butter I've read is a good one to try r i didnt know they could have peanut butter, what nuts should i get? also she loves her oaks..
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 2:34:32 GMT
oh and thank you for the ideas
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Post by yasmin on Dec 13, 2016 2:37:43 GMT
It is good that she has not lost weight - looks like you have discovered the spurs just in time. The smaller they are, the easier the whole process will be on her - less time under anesthesia, less stress on her jaw. After the dental work, ask the vet if there are any wounds on the side of her mouth. If there are, she will need antibiotics. Definitely make sure you get an anti-pain/anti-inflammatory for her - less pain, more likely she will eat on her own.
Oats, thawed green peas, organic puffed rice, fresh greens, sunflower seeds – feed her whatever she will eat until then. Better she has some weight reserves in case she takes a while after the dental work to start eating normally again.
I pay about $300 CDN each time and that is a decent price around here (have had quotes before up to twice as much).
Wishing you and Hazel all the best.
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Post by Emziedee on Dec 13, 2016 2:39:44 GMT
I give plain cashew, walnut,brazil nut, almond - they have to be plain though, not salted or roasted etc.
There's a few lists on here and Google of degu safe nuts. They do love em.
The peanut butter again is for when they seem to lose interest in eating but make sure it's the sugar free kind.
As hazels eating the hard treats though she's still eating which is good. Sooner the better getting those Spurs off though!
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 2:43:10 GMT
ok thank you.. yes hazel really loves her treats , when im cleaning her cage she will quickly go into the bag of treats and run quickly under the bed...
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Post by Emziedee on Dec 13, 2016 2:44:43 GMT
My boy was eating so I delayed the vet appointment unbeknownst to me that all along he had a tooth infection and a spur over his tongue You've caught hers early so well done for that and good luck Hazel!
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 2:48:52 GMT
It is good that she has not lost weight - looks like you have discovered the spurs just in time. The smaller they are, the easier the whole process will be on her - less time under anesthesia, less stress on her jaw. After the dental work, ask the vet if there are any wounds on the side of her mouth. If there are, she will need antibiotics. Definitely make sure you get an anti-pain/anti-inflammatory for her - less pain, more likely she will eat on her own. Oats, thawed green peas, organic puffed rice, fresh greens, sunflower seeds – feed her whatever she will eat until then. Better she has some weight reserves in case she takes a while after the dental work to start eating normally again. I pay about $300 CDN each time and that is a decent price around here (have had quotes before up to twice as much). Wishing you and Hazel all the best. WOW $300 CDN, i had to look it up its about £180, i seen a nurse and she went into the back to chat to the nurse about price, she said about £80-100 abit more if she needs antibiotics
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 2:51:09 GMT
My boy was eating so I delayed the vet appointment unbeknownst to me that all along he had a tooth infection and a spur over his tongue You've caught hers early so well done for that and good luck Hazel! I just had a feeling something wasnt right with my girl and same to you,let me know how the lil guy is.
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 5:39:38 GMT
Hazel wont eat her hay either ,also coco stopped eating her hard food when her teeth are fine
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 5:54:36 GMT
Is it cos she knows hazel is sick idk why coco wont eat idk
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 7:57:05 GMT
My dad said they might not be eating cos of being in a new cage (stress of moving) I gave coco a nugget she buried it and I offered hazel one she smelled it and walked away.but I have been gaving coco and hazel more treat due to hazel teeth problem could this be the problem. Any advice what to do? Thanks
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Post by ntg on Dec 13, 2016 8:09:44 GMT
Which nuggets do they get degulover21? Sometimes degus decide that they don't like their pellets any more, particularly when you start to add more seeds and forage for them as it's more interesting to them. Pellets aren't exactly the most appetising of things anyway, think of if our only daily food came in small ball shapes filled with cheap filler ingredients and preservatives with a small percentage of good, healthy stuff all ground together with some vitamins and minerals dosed in. We would turn our noses up at it so I can certainly understand why degus would too! Best thing you can do is try another feed and see if they'll eat that instead.
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Post by moletteuk on Dec 13, 2016 11:12:19 GMT
Your dad is right that moving into a new cage can stress them and could reduce their appetite for a few days. Something else to bear in mind is that if Hazel has spurs then there is an increased risk of Coco having spurs, I know you said the vet checked Coco, but if she goes off her food consistently for a few days or drools or loses weight then do consider the possibility and that sometimes the spurs can be hidden and only seen once the degu is sedated to do a full check. £80 to £100 seems reasonable for a first dental procedure, I think for repeat procedures for multiple animals like animalmadchloe's case they sometimes take pity on you and reduce the prices. Something else I would like to mention is diet. While they are in crisis mode and not able to eat much then it is good to feed high calorie foods like nuts and seeds and so. But long term it is extremely important to get the diet back on track and focus as much as possible on forage and on keeping the calcium content at 1 to 1.2% and keeping the phosphorus at half that or less (what we call the calcium phosphorus ration at 2:1). If this is not kept under control the dental issues can be exacerbated. See the feeding guide for more info deguworld.proboards.com/thread/16425/degu-feeding-guide
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 12:52:31 GMT
They have the degu supreme science nuggets
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 13:15:08 GMT
Spoke to a vet this morning she said they are very stressful animals and a trip to the vets mostly likely stressed them and also she said the new cage is stressing to.
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 14:42:21 GMT
Offered hazel and coco , coco was eating hers and hazel buried them all
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Post by degulover21 on Dec 13, 2016 14:56:36 GMT
Can I get seeds from pets at home and try them with the seeds if so please link, I've getting really worried hazel is burying her treats now . When I let her out,shes just forage the food smelling etc
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