Bobbi
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As some of you may know from previous posts, Ive been having some issues with my Bayne. He doesn't like to eat and hasn't shed in probably 3 to 4 months now. Ive pegged the shedding problem to possibly not eating and not growing.
Bayne has gotten to the point where he will eat 1 roach a day, probably medium to small in size, and 1 to 3 ML of random baby food. Bayne refuses veggies/fruit every single time I offer it, which is daily. I have even tried going a week without any baby food and he still refuses. He is very stubborn, lol.
Somedays, Bayne will eat more roaches. The most he has eaten in a day is probably 7.
A little more info: Bayne and I moved out of our apartment and moved back in with my parents, so that was a huge change for him. That was about 2 months ago. I set up his enclosure in my room, and he ended up not eating at all for probably 2 weeks. I pegged this up to depression because the room has 1 window and is quite dark. He also was in there with a rescue cat that I have, and I found out that Smokey (the cat) was picking on him while I wasnt in the room. So, Bayne's enclosure was moved to the living-room, where its a lot brighter and there is more activity. I am also around him a lot more. He has perked up quite a bit, eats 1 roach a day now, etc...
Bayne has been to the vet about this 4 different times. 3 times he went to the same vet, where he was examined for parasites. They found a small amount of pinworms and he was put on medicine for them. The fourth vet examined him and said he looked great, pegged his eating to being older and told me to try feeding him every 3 days to see if he would eat more then. He does, that's when he ate the 7 roaches, but I feel like Im starving him when I do this. Am I?
Also, my another of my concerns is, Bayne is not getting his vitamins and calcium this way. I have bought liquid vit. And calcium and have given it to him orally once. It did not go over well at all. Im not even sure if Im suppose to do it that way and I felt horrible about it to be honest.
Lastly, I have noticed that when Bayne does try to eat, when he goes to catch the roach, he will miss a couple (3-4) times before he actually catches the roach. Its almost like he doesn't realize the depth of how far he has to move his head and tongue to catch the roach. He does this every time I feed him, its not just random. Im worried this may be a more serious problem? Is he getting deficienies from the lack of vitamins and calcium? He doesn't have any other signs of any illness, including MBD. I will post a picture or two of him below.
Sorry for such a long post.
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Bayne has gotten to the point where he will eat 1 roach a day, probably medium to small in size, and 1 to 3 ML of random baby food. Bayne refuses veggies/fruit every single time I offer it, which is daily. I have even tried going a week without any baby food and he still refuses. He is very stubborn, lol.
Somedays, Bayne will eat more roaches. The most he has eaten in a day is probably 7.
A little more info: Bayne and I moved out of our apartment and moved back in with my parents, so that was a huge change for him. That was about 2 months ago. I set up his enclosure in my room, and he ended up not eating at all for probably 2 weeks. I pegged this up to depression because the room has 1 window and is quite dark. He also was in there with a rescue cat that I have, and I found out that Smokey (the cat) was picking on him while I wasnt in the room. So, Bayne's enclosure was moved to the living-room, where its a lot brighter and there is more activity. I am also around him a lot more. He has perked up quite a bit, eats 1 roach a day now, etc...
Bayne has been to the vet about this 4 different times. 3 times he went to the same vet, where he was examined for parasites. They found a small amount of pinworms and he was put on medicine for them. The fourth vet examined him and said he looked great, pegged his eating to being older and told me to try feeding him every 3 days to see if he would eat more then. He does, that's when he ate the 7 roaches, but I feel like Im starving him when I do this. Am I?
Also, my another of my concerns is, Bayne is not getting his vitamins and calcium this way. I have bought liquid vit. And calcium and have given it to him orally once. It did not go over well at all. Im not even sure if Im suppose to do it that way and I felt horrible about it to be honest.
Lastly, I have noticed that when Bayne does try to eat, when he goes to catch the roach, he will miss a couple (3-4) times before he actually catches the roach. Its almost like he doesn't realize the depth of how far he has to move his head and tongue to catch the roach. He does this every time I feed him, its not just random. Im worried this may be a more serious problem? Is he getting deficienies from the lack of vitamins and calcium? He doesn't have any other signs of any illness, including MBD. I will post a picture or two of him below.
Sorry for such a long post.
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I keep records so I can go back and see what I've done and her weight, if she's pooped or not... 
