bengal77
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Lily was spayed yesterday (Monday) at noon. She is about a year old and she is a mixed breed but I suspect that she is a lop/Himalayan mix. She weighs 4 pounds and 7 ounces.
She came home at 4 and after a few minutes of talking to her I encouraged her to eat. I started with her coveted treat, dried cranberries, and slowly progressed to fresh cut apple (just a little) and her favorite greens and herbs. Throughout the day I got her to eat intermittently but she didn't eat any pellets. That night (at 8 pm and later at midnight) I syringe fed her 1/2 oz. and an ounce respectively of critical care prepared with warm water and a bit it baby food for flavoring. In total she ate 1 cup to 1 and 1/2 cups of fresh veggies and in the night she ate 1/4 cup of her oxbow pellets.
Today she has eaten another cup of mixed veggies/herbs, a small slice of fresh apple, and 1/8 cup of pellets as well as a small handful of Oxbow Timothy Hay. But as far as I can tell she has not drunk any water. She uses a crock which is the same size as her food bowl and is right next to it so I know that she has access and can get to it if she wants to.
How long should I wait before syringe feeding her some water? She is not yet dehydrated (her skin snaps back into place) and she's doing a good job of eating her fresh veggies which have water, but I'm worried that she won't drink even after eating pellets or munching on hay.
I am going to pick up some Pedialyte and see if the sweet taste will encourage her to drink.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions about encouraging water drinking and how long I should wait to syringe feed her water. She REALLY does not like being picked up or taken from her cage so I want to minimize that as much as possible.
ETA: The vet prescribed her 0.4 CCs of Metacam given once a day in the morning. She peed last night and has been pooping on and off since yesterday. Her poops are small, sticky, and a little deformed. I do not know if she has peed today but she did last night at 1 am.
She came home at 4 and after a few minutes of talking to her I encouraged her to eat. I started with her coveted treat, dried cranberries, and slowly progressed to fresh cut apple (just a little) and her favorite greens and herbs. Throughout the day I got her to eat intermittently but she didn't eat any pellets. That night (at 8 pm and later at midnight) I syringe fed her 1/2 oz. and an ounce respectively of critical care prepared with warm water and a bit it baby food for flavoring. In total she ate 1 cup to 1 and 1/2 cups of fresh veggies and in the night she ate 1/4 cup of her oxbow pellets.
Today she has eaten another cup of mixed veggies/herbs, a small slice of fresh apple, and 1/8 cup of pellets as well as a small handful of Oxbow Timothy Hay. But as far as I can tell she has not drunk any water. She uses a crock which is the same size as her food bowl and is right next to it so I know that she has access and can get to it if she wants to.
How long should I wait before syringe feeding her some water? She is not yet dehydrated (her skin snaps back into place) and she's doing a good job of eating her fresh veggies which have water, but I'm worried that she won't drink even after eating pellets or munching on hay.
I am going to pick up some Pedialyte and see if the sweet taste will encourage her to drink.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions about encouraging water drinking and how long I should wait to syringe feed her water. She REALLY does not like being picked up or taken from her cage so I want to minimize that as much as possible.
ETA: The vet prescribed her 0.4 CCs of Metacam given once a day in the morning. She peed last night and has been pooping on and off since yesterday. Her poops are small, sticky, and a little deformed. I do not know if she has peed today but she did last night at 1 am.
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