caiti
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So on wednesday night I was doing homework at my desk and must have left my trash can too close to Chloe's cage. She got the trash bag and a nibble on the wicker trash can. I watched her and she seemed fine for the next 24 hours. I couldn't really tell if the trash bag actually had plastic missing, but it was moot at that point since I'd have to assume she ate something.
Friday she pooped less and I went through the whole massage/extra playtime/syringe feeding/warm compresses/simethicone route (that was my new years!!). I called vets near me but no one would see her except Tufts. So I decided if she got any worse, I'd go there. She never stopped pooping, just less. Regardless, she is better now and I woke up this morning to a cage full of poo and she was really good yesterday as well.
I went through her poos from playtime and while I found no white trash bag I did find one piece of plastic. Purple plastic. She's currently in that super pet cage that has those ramps and tubes with purple and green plastic (for ferrets I think). She had gotten keen on nibbling the tabs of the base that the wire sits under or behind when she was in this cage permanently. I built her a new cage and whenever she's go back to this SP temp cage, she never paid attention to the plastic. I've been home for break so she's in her temp cage the longest she's been in it since it wasn't her temp cage.
I can't really think of an easy solution to cover the plastic. I just need to cover the top edges of the plastic base. Maybe with wood, but I figured that would just encourage her to chew there and she'd chew through it soon. Maybe metal but I wouldn't know where to go about getting that. Has anyone figured out a solution to this? Thanks.
Friday she pooped less and I went through the whole massage/extra playtime/syringe feeding/warm compresses/simethicone route (that was my new years!!). I called vets near me but no one would see her except Tufts. So I decided if she got any worse, I'd go there. She never stopped pooping, just less. Regardless, she is better now and I woke up this morning to a cage full of poo and she was really good yesterday as well.
I went through her poos from playtime and while I found no white trash bag I did find one piece of plastic. Purple plastic. She's currently in that super pet cage that has those ramps and tubes with purple and green plastic (for ferrets I think). She had gotten keen on nibbling the tabs of the base that the wire sits under or behind when she was in this cage permanently. I built her a new cage and whenever she's go back to this SP temp cage, she never paid attention to the plastic. I've been home for break so she's in her temp cage the longest she's been in it since it wasn't her temp cage.
I can't really think of an easy solution to cover the plastic. I just need to cover the top edges of the plastic base. Maybe with wood, but I figured that would just encourage her to chew there and she'd chew through it soon. Maybe metal but I wouldn't know where to go about getting that. Has anyone figured out a solution to this? Thanks.
