Stephanie
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Abby still won't eat. By now, it's been about 24hours. As I brought her in for 8am, I know for a fact she was eating athome, especially as I had to give her raisins to get into the carrier.(She knew something was up.)
Well, she's still not eating. We are tempting her with EVERYTHING, andshe pushes it away. She was drinking a tiny bit this morning, but not alot, as the level of the water bottle hasn't gone down much. We thinkshe maybe at a tiny amount of hay last night, but not a lot.
Dave and I are both getting pretty worried here. The vet told us thatif she doesn't eat, we need to bring her back in. How long should wewait? Should we try to force feed her, so she doesn't go through thestress of another car ride back to the vet? I'm starting to think ofgrinding up some pellets with banana in my morter and pestle, thenfeeding it to her with a syringe. We looked at her incision and itlooks good, she's not licking it very much, and when she does wedistract her. I was up past midnight keeping an eye on her, up again atsix, then eight. Yes, a bit much, I know, but I'm worried for somereason.
Could she just be "hung over"? I know how awful I felt after my surgury and how I could hardly eat, is it somehow the same?
Well, she's still not eating. We are tempting her with EVERYTHING, andshe pushes it away. She was drinking a tiny bit this morning, but not alot, as the level of the water bottle hasn't gone down much. We thinkshe maybe at a tiny amount of hay last night, but not a lot.
Dave and I are both getting pretty worried here. The vet told us thatif she doesn't eat, we need to bring her back in. How long should wewait? Should we try to force feed her, so she doesn't go through thestress of another car ride back to the vet? I'm starting to think ofgrinding up some pellets with banana in my morter and pestle, thenfeeding it to her with a syringe. We looked at her incision and itlooks good, she's not licking it very much, and when she does wedistract her. I was up past midnight keeping an eye on her, up again atsix, then eight. Yes, a bit much, I know, but I'm worried for somereason.
Could she just be "hung over"? I know how awful I felt after my surgury and how I could hardly eat, is it somehow the same?