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Rosebuds
at Wed May 21 09:24:57 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rosebuds ]
Mike, I'm sure Mr. Slate didn't mean to come off sounding harsh. From what I have seen, he is a very caring person, and spends a lot of time on this forum helping people. Yours is a difficult case, as you inherited some critical animals from a poor keeper. We are trying to instill in you the urgency of the situation. They need to be separateed ASAP and you need to step up the critical careif they are going to recover. He is right about the breeding issue, too. That should not be a consideration at this point. Just focus on getting them healthy.
I am really glad that you have studied the care sheet. You can also call Doug Dix. He rehabs, and has a great critical care formula with an appetite stimulant that you can use if they still aren't eating. He is very approachable and willing to help. I'm sure it will sadden him to know what became of some of his babies.
It really is doing more harm than good to keep them all together like that, and removing just the male mali will only help so much. I would separate them into groups of 1.2 trios at least, and try to get them into bigger containers. Even better, get four storage containers, and separate out the males and females of each breed just for now. I think they need the least amount of stress right now to recover. If you really do only have the one male, keep the females in pairs for now. You can combine groups again later after they stabilize.
Please don't be put off. We are all on this forum because we love our critters. Bless you for trying to help them. 
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RE: thin and wrinkled uro - Rosebuds, Wed May 21 09:24:57 2008