Struggling to feed critical care

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- 09/06/2024 at 2:40 PM
  prince dorian the bun
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  Miu still isn’t really eating post vet visit, despite not having anything obvious wrong. I am guessing gas and pain from that initially. Now not sure, but vet sent her home and she seemed to be improving a bit and ate a tiny bit of hay and pellets, but not enough and she refuses critical care. Just will not swallow. I have tried a few things, but she just holds it in her mouth then spits it out.
  
  Also post gabapetin she seems worse. Very lethargic. Sort of regret giving her any but following vets orders. I have called them, but waiting for a call back.
- 09/06/2024 at 4:58 PM
  LBJ10
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  Can you wean her off of it instead of just stopping?
- 09/08/2024 at 11:28 PM
  prince dorian the bun
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  Ended up making a very runny critical care and that helped a little. Also she didn’t seem in pain just stressed so skipped the gabapetin for the 2nd day (it was just for pain). Also eventually gave up on trying to force feed her as she would get so stressed and end up worse. She was eating a little on her own, so just tried to encourage that. Miu gets super stress (tremblingin the corner for hours post feeding), so I would usually not do this but as soon as I let her just rest and calm down, she started eating more on her own. She spent yesterday attached to Dorian and would eat a bit if he did. So they both got hay baskets and cilantro or whatever would tempt her. Today she’s back to her usual self!
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