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RE: Never mind

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Posted by: esoteric at Sun Oct 30 23:01:39 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by esoteric ]  
   

>>There is one more there and that one doing better but afraid there care is not right and are too cold..might be able to get hime tomorrow. If i do I will post in afternoon, maybe someone can help me save the last one at this store as all other 3 died.

The best person for that is really going to be a vet. You might call around ahead of time if you're serious about this and find out if one will be able to get you in on short notice to teach you how to do injections and tube feeding, get you the materials, tools, etc. Part of what disappeared in my post was that there's no certainty to what has led to the animals condition. While you might see poor husbandry at the store, there's always the possibility of a parasite problem or infection (even exacerbated by the husbandry) which is likely so overblown to be untreatable... some situations are completely untreatable.
If eyes are closed/sunken, the game's over as far as I've experienced. At best I've seen some amount of recovery over days and then abrupt decline. That little bit of hope is that much more difficult.

Whatever you do, don't ever blame yourself for one of these cases. The store may even not be the problem and if they are, a little education can go a LONG way there if they're willing to listen. There's a short line of businesses along the way and ultimately it's the importation of wild animals that is the cause. Anything you're seeing are at the "almost survivors". There's lots more that have gone by the wayside before they hit the stores.
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