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Digitaliss
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As the heading describes I am having a poop problem, well more specifically a lack of. The animal in question a a BHP, hatched in January and weighing 95 - 100g.
Just before her eyes began to milk over she began to have very runny poo, which I dismissed as shedding stress. Her last feed before shed was 02/09/2011 and she shed on the 14/09/2011. In this time she was not fed, but did two more runny poops's.
Her first feed after shed was the 17/09/2011 as he shed was bad so it took a few days to completely remove the retained sections. I also changed food brand back to what she had before we noticed the runny poo. She was fed a pinky rat, weighing approx 7-10g.
She then had a second feed of pinky rat, same size on the 24/09/2011.
On the 29/09/2011 I did a complete tank clean and found not a single poop. She has been passing Urate as normal, which I have spot cleaned out.
Tonight I have bathed her and had a really good fell of her entire length and cannot feel any lumps of poo that are making her constipated. She is not swollen or grumpy and is still very interested in food, though I have not fed her again.
Should I feed her again a larger food item and see what happens or not feed her just yet?
I have booked her in a for a vet trip on Monday, but if the general opinion is that she just hasn't had enough food to need to poop, then I may save the money.
Just before her eyes began to milk over she began to have very runny poo, which I dismissed as shedding stress. Her last feed before shed was 02/09/2011 and she shed on the 14/09/2011. In this time she was not fed, but did two more runny poops's.
Her first feed after shed was the 17/09/2011 as he shed was bad so it took a few days to completely remove the retained sections. I also changed food brand back to what she had before we noticed the runny poo. She was fed a pinky rat, weighing approx 7-10g.
She then had a second feed of pinky rat, same size on the 24/09/2011.
On the 29/09/2011 I did a complete tank clean and found not a single poop. She has been passing Urate as normal, which I have spot cleaned out.
Tonight I have bathed her and had a really good fell of her entire length and cannot feel any lumps of poo that are making her constipated. She is not swollen or grumpy and is still very interested in food, though I have not fed her again.
Should I feed her again a larger food item and see what happens or not feed her just yet?
I have booked her in a for a vet trip on Monday, but if the general opinion is that she just hasn't had enough food to need to poop, then I may save the money.