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Hi all, I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in Health but better somewhere than no where.
So I got my baby recently and she had been on a food strike. No form of her kibble was tempting enough and eventually even mealies were ignored. She drank just fine even after I switched from bottle to bowl but ever since the move, she has refused to eat the kibble the breeder sent her home with.
The other day I got desperate and Hills A/D was recommended but I found out I needed a vet prescription for it, so the next option was baby food and cat food.
She wouldn't go near the cat food but she gobbled up the baby food (Gerbers 2nd turkey and gravy, they were out of the chicken). I was soo happy just to see her eating and that by half the night she finished half of the little jar and half of the rest was eaten in the morning. I checked on her after work the next day and there was diarrhea on the wheel and when I was holding her a VERY loose stool came out... had more consistency but still very very loose. I read that unspiced pumpkin would be good for this? Or am I dealing with a completely different problem?
Before the poop issue, I was just happy she was EATING and the next step was to balance her diet in some way since I'm sure eating just turkey and gravy isn't all she needs. She's still a baby and she's still new to me so I don't want to stress her out but if she won't eat what the breeder gave her and she will the baby food, I am open to any suggestions on how to slowly get her back onto kibble or anything else (read that hedgehogs should have crunchy texture for their teeth).
note: I tried mixing in crumbled kibble into the baby food in one corner of her little dish... she ate all around that corner.
So I got my baby recently and she had been on a food strike. No form of her kibble was tempting enough and eventually even mealies were ignored. She drank just fine even after I switched from bottle to bowl but ever since the move, she has refused to eat the kibble the breeder sent her home with.
The other day I got desperate and Hills A/D was recommended but I found out I needed a vet prescription for it, so the next option was baby food and cat food.
She wouldn't go near the cat food but she gobbled up the baby food (Gerbers 2nd turkey and gravy, they were out of the chicken). I was soo happy just to see her eating and that by half the night she finished half of the little jar and half of the rest was eaten in the morning. I checked on her after work the next day and there was diarrhea on the wheel and when I was holding her a VERY loose stool came out... had more consistency but still very very loose. I read that unspiced pumpkin would be good for this? Or am I dealing with a completely different problem?
Before the poop issue, I was just happy she was EATING and the next step was to balance her diet in some way since I'm sure eating just turkey and gravy isn't all she needs. She's still a baby and she's still new to me so I don't want to stress her out but if she won't eat what the breeder gave her and she will the baby food, I am open to any suggestions on how to slowly get her back onto kibble or anything else (read that hedgehogs should have crunchy texture for their teeth).
note: I tried mixing in crumbled kibble into the baby food in one corner of her little dish... she ate all around that corner.