Gezabella09
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Chop is a 1 year old Netherland dwarf.
He is about 7 pounds.
He eats pellets and Timothy Hay.
He came out yesterday as normal for his run around and I cleaned his cage.
Yesterday night I took home out for bedtime cuddles on the bed. He p ed everywhere within minutes so I out him back in his house.
This morning when I went to see him he was totally listless - just lying there. Not eaten any of the food I had put in his cage yesterday -not touched his hay - cant tell if he has drunk ( although normally I can hear him going at his water bottle and can't recall hearing that this am. )
I out some food to his mouth in a pile on the floor and he just pushed it away.
I picked him up and he just let me as normal but I flipped him over to cradle him no problem ( and normally he will squirm like anything if you try to put him on his back. )
His eyes seemed totally lifeless but his little heart as still beating away.
Normally when we go see him in the am he goes bounding round the cage like a mad thing.
I put him back in his cage and he is still 3 hours later in the same position. Still not eating but I have put a little bowel of water in his cage to make drinking easier and I think he has had some of that. All he is doing is hiding in his house and shuffling a bit like his does when he wants to get comfy.
Over the past few weeks he has had poopy butt on and off so I have cut right back on the pellets and been pushing the hay. He has never been a fresh food bun as it always gives his a case of the poos so I have just accepted he will never be a fresh eating bun!
His eyes are slightly red as well but other than that he looks totally normal and was up until yesterday night.
I have an appt for the vet at 7.20 pm - it's now 2.43pm and am waiting for my boyfriend to come down and take us as I don't drive. The vet have said just to come whenever and they will squeeze us in which is good.
But does anyone have any advise or ideas of what could be happening as I have spend all morning bawling my eyes out thinking he is going to die!!!!:sosad:sosad
He is about 7 pounds.
He eats pellets and Timothy Hay.
He came out yesterday as normal for his run around and I cleaned his cage.
Yesterday night I took home out for bedtime cuddles on the bed. He p ed everywhere within minutes so I out him back in his house.
This morning when I went to see him he was totally listless - just lying there. Not eaten any of the food I had put in his cage yesterday -not touched his hay - cant tell if he has drunk ( although normally I can hear him going at his water bottle and can't recall hearing that this am. )
I out some food to his mouth in a pile on the floor and he just pushed it away.
I picked him up and he just let me as normal but I flipped him over to cradle him no problem ( and normally he will squirm like anything if you try to put him on his back. )
His eyes seemed totally lifeless but his little heart as still beating away.
Normally when we go see him in the am he goes bounding round the cage like a mad thing.
I put him back in his cage and he is still 3 hours later in the same position. Still not eating but I have put a little bowel of water in his cage to make drinking easier and I think he has had some of that. All he is doing is hiding in his house and shuffling a bit like his does when he wants to get comfy.
Over the past few weeks he has had poopy butt on and off so I have cut right back on the pellets and been pushing the hay. He has never been a fresh food bun as it always gives his a case of the poos so I have just accepted he will never be a fresh eating bun!
His eyes are slightly red as well but other than that he looks totally normal and was up until yesterday night.
I have an appt for the vet at 7.20 pm - it's now 2.43pm and am waiting for my boyfriend to come down and take us as I don't drive. The vet have said just to come whenever and they will squeeze us in which is good.
But does anyone have any advise or ideas of what could be happening as I have spend all morning bawling my eyes out thinking he is going to die!!!!:sosad:sosad