Force Feeding
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There could be several biological factors playing into why she's not eating.
The biggest thing I've run into is an imbalance in the bacteria they have in their GI tract. If that is out of whack, they tend to go off of food. Alot of the time, the force feeding supplemented with B12 will help get them going again. It's kind of like cycling a tank - but the tank is their stomach and spiral valvel.
The biggest thing I've run into is an imbalance in the bacteria they have in their GI tract. If that is out of whack, they tend to go off of food. Alot of the time, the force feeding supplemented with B12 will help get them going again. It's kind of like cycling a tank - but the tank is their stomach and spiral valvel.
Got home from work today and she seems to be alittle more active, swimming around some not just sitting in one place. Going to give her 4 mils tonight and making some slury without fish oil if I can suck it into the suringe. A couple of pics:
dang man, good luck. Im no expert but if your feeding multiple times a day, i wonder if smaller feedings would be better. Less stress during each feeding.
hey your still around, yea I would say smaller portions a couple times a day since i have to work mon-sat some weeks. I didnt think she would make it till the end of this week but she is holding her food down and the other rays seem to be encouraging her with nudges and touches, pretty wild to watch, even my wife is getting into this.sweeTang21;4018920; said:
I hope in a few days she will be strong enough to eat on her own.
