We noticed today that he wasnt moving around as much as he used to, and his sides were.. well how to describe it, "pulsing", as if he was breathing really really fast. When we picked him up, he wasnt struggling as usual, he just sat there and let us pick him up, which is very unusual for him.
Well we weighed him - and he has lost 200g since the 2nd of November! (which makes me wonder if I should start weighing them every three days instead of weekly :-\) He went down from 1125 to 925 grams.. This morning - like every day - he came to collect his cucumber out of my hand, but because I didnt suspect anything wrong with him, I dont even know if he has been eating it (or for how long he hasnt been eating, more like it).
He also makes funny little noises, a bit like gurgling, from time to time.
So we sat him seperate from the girls in a petshop cage, on towels, to monitor his bowel movements, and food intake. So far only one tiny little poo,
the picture isnt very good but I hope you can see what I mean - as a comparison, next to it is a normal sized one of the girls.
So obviously something isnt right.
We rang the vets - the small animal specialist isnt in :-\ But they referred us to the Battleflats Clinic in York, which is on the recommended Vets list in this forum, so when my boyfriend comes home we will drive there and hopefully they will know what to do..
I just have no clue what could be wrong with him.. I was thinking with only that tiny poo, maybe he is constipated?
But on another forum they said that this is just so tiny because obviously he isnt eating properly - which makes sense considering the 200g weight loss. So I suppose we will have to have everything checked - maybe the back teeth, maybe some infection, oh I dont know.
Wish me luck!
Well we weighed him - and he has lost 200g since the 2nd of November! (which makes me wonder if I should start weighing them every three days instead of weekly :-\) He went down from 1125 to 925 grams.. This morning - like every day - he came to collect his cucumber out of my hand, but because I didnt suspect anything wrong with him, I dont even know if he has been eating it (or for how long he hasnt been eating, more like it).
He also makes funny little noises, a bit like gurgling, from time to time.
So we sat him seperate from the girls in a petshop cage, on towels, to monitor his bowel movements, and food intake. So far only one tiny little poo,
the picture isnt very good but I hope you can see what I mean - as a comparison, next to it is a normal sized one of the girls.
So obviously something isnt right.
We rang the vets - the small animal specialist isnt in :-\ But they referred us to the Battleflats Clinic in York, which is on the recommended Vets list in this forum, so when my boyfriend comes home we will drive there and hopefully they will know what to do..
I just have no clue what could be wrong with him.. I was thinking with only that tiny poo, maybe he is constipated?
But on another forum they said that this is just so tiny because obviously he isnt eating properly - which makes sense considering the 200g weight loss. So I suppose we will have to have everything checked - maybe the back teeth, maybe some infection, oh I dont know.
Wish me luck!
Marvin himself was pretty chilled out about all that) and he didnt have one. And infections would usually come with higher temp., right?
and still no proper bowel movements, a few more of these little string like poos... but thats about it.
against the inflammation and stuff.