I doubt she's getting enough... they need 30ml/kg every 6-8 hours.I haven't seen her drinking so I am not sure. I have been squirting water in her mouth whenever I get a chance.
-Kathy
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I doubt she's getting enough... they need 30ml/kg every 6-8 hours.I haven't seen her drinking so I am not sure. I have been squirting water in her mouth whenever I get a chance.
I'm going to try "the spa treatment" listed here http://hencam.com/faq/the-spa-treatment/ to see if it helps. I still don't know about tube feeding, it seems so extreme. There seems to be something else wrong with her that we can't diagnose, so would it really help to tube feed?
Lipid pneumonia is what they can get if they aspirate any type of oil, which that spa treatment recommends.She does seem to be breathing through her mouth, you think this means she may have lipid pneumonia? Her breathing doesn't sound labored or anything. She is very underweight though.
If you tube her and the infection has cleared up, maybe. What worries me is her open mouth breathing, that's often a sign that the dying process has started, but not always. Is she alert and warm to the touch. By warm, I don't mean fever warm, just normal temp warm or is she hypothermic?I had already given her the oil when I saw your first response warning me not to. She doesn't seem any worse for it as of yet. She is well below 50% of her ideal weight, she's just skin and bone at this point. Do you think she can bounce back at all?