Thanks for your reply.

My first ig's story was rather a sad one. When I bought him, I sent him for checkup. He had no Salmonella, no mites, and was in good shape. He ate a good diet, I bathed him every morning in warm water, and he was toilet-trained in a short time. He was pooping just fine everyday and as you may have known, because I'm in Malaysia, this ig received his natural sunlight every morning.

I kept him at the correct temperatures, and besides bathing him, I misted/sprayed him daily so that he's well hydrated.

However, when it reached the second month he's with me, he suddenly lost his appetite and became skinny. I went to a couple of different vets and Dr. Vellayan was the last one, all all told me it's a case of dehydration.

As per Dr. Vellayan's advice, I gave him water orally, little by little throughout the day, every single day. However, his condition didn't improve, and he lost his battle on the third month.

I cried a bucket of tears, I didn't know where did I go wrong. I have emailed Sandy Kiraly, the owner of Igniche website for her advice and according to her, it was likely a case of genetic defects (That's what Dr. Vellayan told me also the night I went to his house to send the ig for postmortem). Apparently, for any animal who produce a large amount of offsprings tend to have some babies born with genetic defects. If they're not killed as prey, they'd live long enough for the disease to kill them.

The postmortem revealed that he had died of impaction, even though impaction is the result of having not enough water. This ig was bathed and given water orally everyday.

This first ig who died never came into contact with another ig, I only bought the second one after the first had died.

What do you think may be the culprit?

Linda

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