Hello my baby water monitor has RI and he seems to be getting better but he hasnt ate in a week! Does any one know a method for force feeding monitors?
Thank
Dan
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Force Feeding
Danothemano
Dec 28, 2003 07:57 AM
Replies (4)
crocdoc2
Dec 28, 2003 05:23 PM
a week without food isn't going to kill your monitor. The stress from forcefeeding (with a reduced immune system from the RI) just might.
Wait until it is fully recovered, warm and alert, then try food again.
sage000
Dec 29, 2003 05:25 PM
ply there mouth open and put one in there they may spit it out but theyll usally get the juice and if he/she not drinking get a droper and put it on there nostrile
crocdoc2
Dec 29, 2003 06:15 PM
an inexperienced keeper prying a baby monitor's mouth open after it has gone without food for only a week will kill it faster than starvation. Putting water droplets on its nostrils will make it sneeze, not hydrate.
Danothemano
Dec 30, 2003 12:40 PM
My baby ate a pinky today thanks for the advice
