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Date: | Thu, 22 Jul 2004 06:49:00 -0700 |
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Ok, this has me totally baffelled. All five of my guys have stopped
eating. I normally give them one scoop of food a day and they eat it
when they're hungry. It's a mix of three different kinds of food that
they all pick out thier favorite from. I noticed about 4 days ago that
there didn't seem to be much gone from the food dish. I added more
anyway because they do occasionally skip a day when it's really hot out.
Day three I was sure no food had been taken from the dish so I dumped it
out and got all new food. I keep a months worth in a large sealed bin,
so I checked to make sure it wasn't moldy or wet or anything. It appears
to be fine. It is the 5th day and they still don't seem to be eating. I
offered food from my hand which usually works, but they wouldn't take it.
I do know that all five of them hide food, so I assume they are eating
thier stashes. They are all acting just fine and not loosing any wieght.
They aren't interested in treats or ferretvite either. I would normally
assume that some one was sick if they stopped eating, but this is all
five (the entire business) at the same time. I am currently flat broke,
so I'm off to buy new food bags with my credit card! This is the only
thing I can think of to do. Seems ridiculous to have to break into the
emergency fund to replace food that seems ok to me. But ferrets come
first so off I go.
If anyone has any ideas what would cause all five babies to go off thier
food at the same time I really could use some ideas. The only thing I
can think of that changed is that I took them out for the day so I could
flea bomb. But I took all the cages/bedding/food/and ferret stuff in
general outside. I wonder if it could be the heat? (no A/C, but they
have a personal ferret pool to cool off in that they use).
Shelley
[Posted in FML issue 4582]
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