I believe my boy died of impaction. I cleaned him out many time before and then he was fine. I noticed a couple days ago that he had a little ball of poop but barely anything so being stupid I put him back in the cage to clean later because i was busy at the time. It must have slipped my mind and 2 days later i found him dead and his butt seem full of poop much worse then 2 days before but it wasnt that bad when i noticed it. I dont know if he died from that or something else.
~ he acted normal and hes been impacted much worse before so y would it kill him?
~ he lives in a cage with his brothers and iv seen him eat their pellets so i dont think its nutrition
~ i feel so horrible knowing i could have saved him, but I'm not sure if impaction what killed him because he was fine 2 days before.
~he also was biting his fur out trying to get to his butt and he got scabs but i shaved him and put medication on it, and it got much better
~ i wasnt home the day he died so i cant tell * if he was ok or not.
can * please help me understand why he could have died. i think he might have had a tumor but he seemed perfectly fine beside the fur and impaction.
~ he acted normal and hes been impacted much worse before so y would it kill him?
~ he lives in a cage with his brothers and iv seen him eat their pellets so i dont think its nutrition
~ i feel so horrible knowing i could have saved him, but I'm not sure if impaction what killed him because he was fine 2 days before.
~he also was biting his fur out trying to get to his butt and he got scabs but i shaved him and put medication on it, and it got much better
~ i wasnt home the day he died so i cant tell * if he was ok or not.
can * please help me understand why he could have died. i think he might have had a tumor but he seemed perfectly fine beside the fur and impaction.