Re: Force feeding?

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Posted by Cathy on April 26, 2000 at 22:32:03:

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

One other trick I learned was to set near him and eat a big crispy salad.Some how it was my eating that triggered his eating, like I might eat everything up even his. Try it, in site and out of, crackers are noisey too try them.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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: : One other trick I learned was to set near him and eat a big crispy salad.Some how it was my eating that triggered his eating, like I might eat everything up even his. Try it, in site and out of, crackers are noisey too try them.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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