TheRatQueen
Senior Member
As some of you know my boy Sherlock has had pneumonia twice within a 3 month span and on top of that lost his best bud when he started to get better.
At his highest weight he was barely 460 and now he is a stable 330ish. Thankfully he gained back some that he lost and he just started to eat "normal" again til this past week. For almost 3 months he has been on Zithromax and baytril.
He is the pickest rat. He will only eat bananas, cantaloupe, the block and he will only eat his meds on bread. I've tried baby food, he stopped eating peas, ensure (3 different flavors), baby cereal and eggs.
Only thing I haven't done is yogurt but will that even help him gain weight?
I don't want him to get severely sick again since he is so scrawny. I'm at my wits end. He is finally acting normal and not always huffy and spiky. His breathing isn't 100% but it's only heavy when he has been walking around. I was hoping for a weight gain this week since he has been chipper but no results.
What to do?
At his highest weight he was barely 460 and now he is a stable 330ish. Thankfully he gained back some that he lost and he just started to eat "normal" again til this past week. For almost 3 months he has been on Zithromax and baytril.
He is the pickest rat. He will only eat bananas, cantaloupe, the block and he will only eat his meds on bread. I've tried baby food, he stopped eating peas, ensure (3 different flavors), baby cereal and eggs.
Only thing I haven't done is yogurt but will that even help him gain weight?
I don't want him to get severely sick again since he is so scrawny. I'm at my wits end. He is finally acting normal and not always huffy and spiky. His breathing isn't 100% but it's only heavy when he has been walking around. I was hoping for a weight gain this week since he has been chipper but no results.
What to do?
