Re: Force feeding?

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Posted by Cathy on April 26, 2000 at 00:28:38:

In Reply to: Force feeding? posted by Raven on April 25, 2000 at 18:24:41:

The 4' male we rescued went weeks with out eating much. His thing was can fruit had been his diet. After many bunches of greens from the market at a $1 a pop only to wilt I tried dandilions, that was it. Then I mixed squash and apple in the first bowl each day. So keep trying something will get his fancy.Don't forget baths they help with the hydration, and seem to get them hungry.LOL Cathy

: Well I recently got a rather sick male iguana...He's about 4 feet long and When I got him he could barely walk or even open his eyes....He was severly malnureshed..(Dog food..YUK) Well I decided it was not to late to save him...Well after 2 weeks of force feeding he's a little crusher now....Hes Gotten most of his color back..Hes hydrated and has a plump healthy look to em'
: Ive gotten plenty of minerals into him and calcium...His stools a looking good...But he wont seem to eat on his own...Unless I get it right up to his snout...At the time he was vetted hand feeding was the least of my worries...How do you convert the little guy to eat from a bowl instead of my poor lizard eaten fingers....????any suggjestions would be appreciated...ThanX..
: Raven....

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: The 4' male we rescued went weeks with out eating much. His thing was can fruit had been his diet. After many bunches of greens from the market at a $1 a pop only to wilt I tried dandilions, that was it. Then I mixed squash and apple in the first bowl each day. So keep trying something will get his fancy.Don't forget baths they help with the hydration, and seem to get them hungry.LOL Cathy : : Well I recently got a rather sick male iguana...He's about 4 feet long and When I got him he could barely walk or even open his eyes....He was severly malnureshed..(Dog food..YUK) Well I decided it was not to late to save him...Well after 2 weeks of force feeding he's a little crusher now....Hes Gotten most of his color back..Hes hydrated and has a plump healthy look to em' : : Ive gotten plenty of minerals into him and calcium...His stools a looking good...But he wont seem to eat on his own...Unless I get it right up to his snout...At the time he was vetted hand feeding was the least of my worries...How do you convert the little guy to eat from a bowl instead of my poor lizard eaten fingers....????any suggjestions would be appreciated...ThanX.. : : Raven....

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