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From: "Deb Rebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: New here, an urgent question.
> >today I need some help. One of my breeding pairs, Riley and Stimpy
> >look very ill this morning. They were fine last night, as I fed them and
> >took them out to play. This morning they both look like they have
> >lost a lot of weight. And are sorta staggering in their cage when I
> >call them to the sides. I put some fresh broccoli down, and they
> >are nibbling on some now. Anything special I could give them to
> >help in this?
>
>
> It sounds like dehydration, secondary to some other problem.
> When an animal gets ill they stop eating and drinking and
> dehydrate...
>
> Fluid by mouth by eyedropper. KMR or a pedialyte solution.
>
I wonder if this could be Tyzzer's?