Re: help ....... (long)

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Posted by iZ's mom on March 04, 2000 at 16:05:53:

In Reply to: Re: Please help!! Don't know what to do!!!(long) posted by amber on March 04, 2000 at 15:34:33:

it's not good that she's not pooping + not eating ... the 2 are prob'ly connected with each other ... when their gut is too full of poop, they don't feel hungry ... they also just plain don't feel good after a while and so they don't move around as much which just makes the constipation worse ...

try to get her to soak in the tub a few times today til she poops ... use luke warm water and keep it shallow, not deep enough that she floats ... if she's not used to baths, floating may make it scarier ... also, hopefully she'll take a little drink of water while she's in there which will help with the constipation problem ...

igs get stressed out over changes, especially major ones like this ones been thru ... it's very likely that's what started all this ... the stress part will just take some time to get over ... keep things quiet around her, no sudden or loud noises ... dark at night so she'll sleep soundly ...

right now i'm thinking that the most important thing is for her to poop ... and the warms baths is one of the best treatments for that ...

try shredding the collards and grate the squash + mix them together ... sprinkle warm water on it to get more moisture into her ... (lose the broccoli for now) ... squash isn't *real* good but right now it is because it's got alot of moisture in it ... one of the dangers of an ig being constipated is that it can become *dangerously* constipated ...

try soaking her in the tub + we'll chant our speciall "poopy chant" and then we'll go from there ok??? (it's good that when she last pooped it was soft ...)

did you say she recently had surgery/was spayed???? how long ago??? could be part of her problems now ...

what's her name + how big, how old is she???

very best wishes!

iZ + mom

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oops ~ should be constipation can make her dangerously *dehydrated* ..... nm me again 03/04/00 (0)

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: it's not good that she's not pooping + not eating ... the 2 are prob'ly connected with each other ... when their gut is too full of poop, they don't feel hungry ... they also just plain don't feel good after a while and so they don't move around as much which just makes the constipation worse ... : try to get her to soak in the tub a few times today til she poops ... use luke warm water and keep it shallow, not deep enough that she floats ... if she's not used to baths, floating may make it scarier ... also, hopefully she'll take a little drink of water while she's in there which will help with the constipation problem ... : igs get stressed out over changes, especially major ones like this ones been thru ... it's very likely that's what started all this ... the stress part will just take some time to get over ... keep things quiet around her, no sudden or loud noises ... dark at night so she'll sleep soundly ... : right now i'm thinking that the most important thing is for her to poop ... and the warms baths is one of the best treatments for that ... : try shredding the collards and grate the squash + mix them together ... sprinkle warm water on it to get more moisture into her ... (lose the broccoli for now) ... squash isn't *real* good but right now it is because it's got alot of moisture in it ... one of the dangers of an ig being constipated is that it can become *dangerously* constipated ... : try soaking her in the tub + we'll chant our speciall "poopy chant" and then we'll go from there ok??? (it's good that when she last pooped it was soft ...) : did you say she recently had surgery/was spayed???? how long ago??? could be part of her problems now ... : what's her name + how big, how old is she??? : <h4>very best wishes!</h4> : iZ + mom

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