Re: I think my babies are very sick!!!!!!! :(

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Posted by Skinny on May 06, 1999 at 22:08:54:

In Reply to: I think my babies are very sick!!!!!!! :( posted by Ramy on May 06, 1999 at 21:58:07:

DEFINATELY quarantine the one baby Ig. The poor little guy is probably dehydrated, and not getting a chance to eat! I think that you should mist his food with some pedialyte, and maybe even try to give it some with an eyedropper! You can also give it organically grown baby food, to help it eat! But only fruit and veggie ones(of course). But bear in mind that force feading it the baby food and pedialyte might just stress it out even more, and make the situation worse. You also need to consider that only 1 out of 10 Igs actually make it past the first year. They have a hard enough time without problems like this! I wish you the best of luck with them. I can't really offer much info on the skin problem......except maybe just to give them time. With the right uv light and diet......they sould regenerate the skin after a while.....but probably quite a while. I think that you should take them to a vet, because it might even be some type of fungus! Good luck!

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: DEFINATELY quarantine the one baby Ig. The poor little guy is probably dehydrated, and not getting a chance to eat! I think that you should mist his food with some pedialyte, and maybe even try to give it some with an eyedropper! You can also give it organically grown baby food, to help it eat! But only fruit and veggie ones(of course). But bear in mind that force feading it the baby food and pedialyte might just stress it out even more, and make the situation worse. You also need to consider that only 1 out of 10 Igs actually make it past the first year. They have a hard enough time without problems like this! I wish you the best of luck with them. I can't really offer much info on the skin problem......except maybe just to give them time. With the right uv light and diet......they sould regenerate the skin after a while.....but probably quite a while. I think that you should take them to a vet, because it might even be some type of fungus! Good luck!

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