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BDlvr
at Tue Dec 1 04:54:11 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BDlvr ]
Actually your terminology is incorrect. Force feeding is tube feeding. Assist feeding is opening the animals mouth and then putting food in it. The animal is left to chew and swallow the food on it's own.
Most likely Raxx died because he was not given the proper conditions at the other rescue. He was housed with at least 2 other males and was the least aggressive. He ate food but did not properly digest it. Here his body started to purge all of the spoiled food and I was unable to help him. My house smelled unbelievably bad for a week. They were 2 hour drive from me and I didn't realize how desperate their situation was. I waited 10 days before going to get them. I accepted them because they were 7 years old but was told they seemed pretty healthy. lol. Then I saw them.
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