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Hi, Megan! While I don't have any ideas on what might be wrong with your
fuzzy, I do have ideas on fattening him back up! Basically, these are
things I did with my Scooter, when he was recovering from helicobacter.
(The helicobacter had made him VERY skinny!)
Alicia from Ferretwise and my vet helped me to figure out a formula to
fatten him back up. Some of the ingredients were:
- Brewer's yeast
- Ground ferret food (I used TF, and kitten food)
- Molasses
- Lecithin
- Papaya enzyme
- Cooked egg yolks
- Rice water (water which has had rice boiled in it for a bit)
- Chromium
- Nutrical
(There might have been some other ingredients, which I am forgetting).
Basically, you make it up in a blender, and feed it to the fuzzy using
feeding syringes - no needles). It will keep in your fridge for a couple
of days, and then you let individual servings warm to room temperature
before serving. Hope this helps!
- Ela
P.S. Scooter loved it!
P.P.S. Might want to run it by your vet. before starting on it; we sort of
"custom-tailored" this design to Scooter's condition - other conditions
might require different combinations of ingredients ...
[Posted in FML issue 2450]
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