How much food?

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Posted by Piquette on October 04, 2001 at 14:56:50:

Darwin, my recent addition to the animal family, is still quite thin. He is eating about 3 or 4 large soup-bowls of salad a day. I think this is about 6 to 8 cups of food. Is he eating a normal amount for his size? He is 4 feet long including his tail. I fill his bowl in the morning before I go to work, then as soon as I come home in the evening, and once or twice before bed. If it's empty, I fill it. Do you think he's getting enough and how long will it take for him to fatten up? I can see his ribs a bit and he doesn't have much padding on his tail-base. Are there any foods that I can give him to add extra calories? I am feeding him what's recommended by the Iguana den diet and the MK salad. I just haven't been able to get mustard greens, though. I try for lots of variety, and don't have to worry about stuff going bad, because my guinea pigs eat the extras. Thanks for any ideas and advice.
Piquette :)

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Hmmm.....my guess is he's fine, but it may not hurt to have JNelson 10/05/01 (0)
That seems like a lot nanci 10/04/01 (0)
Re: How much food? Juby 10/04/01 (5)
- sheesh... xta 10/04/01 (4)
  - More pictures...fattening up Juby 10/04/01 (1)
    - Those pics are coming up for me...np j 10/05/01 (0)
  - Whoa! Darwin's not that thin...more... Piquette 10/04/01 (1)
    - Oh yah, and he poops a LOT..lol..np Piquette 10/04/01 (0)

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: Darwin, my recent addition to the animal family, is still quite thin. He is eating about 3 or 4 large soup-bowls of salad a day. I think this is about 6 to 8 cups of food. Is he eating a normal amount for his size? He is 4 feet long including his tail. I fill his bowl in the morning before I go to work, then as soon as I come home in the evening, and once or twice before bed. If it's empty, I fill it. Do you think he's getting enough and how long will it take for him to fatten up? I can see his ribs a bit and he doesn't have much padding on his tail-base. Are there any foods that I can give him to add extra calories? I am feeding him what's recommended by the Iguana den diet and the MK salad. I just haven't been able to get mustard greens, though. I try for lots of variety, and don't have to worry about stuff going bad, because my guinea pigs eat the extras. Thanks for any ideas and advice. : Piquette :)

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