acceptable weight loss

hey everybody my 2 year old female Tinkerbell has been on an eating strike and I was wondering how much weight loss is ok before i need to worry. She hasent eaten for the past 5 weeks but I figure its just do to the season because husbandry is all good.
She was weighing in at 975 but i just weighed her and she is at 880 now, granted she may have not been 100% empty the previous time I weighed her.

For 5 weeks and not being empty at the first weighing I would say ok...

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Originally Posted by bpandrew

hey everybody my 2 year old female Tinkerbell has been on an eating strike and I was wondering how much weight loss is ok before i need to worry. She hasent eaten for the past 5 weeks but I figure its just do to the season because husbandry is all good.
She was weighing in at 975 but i just weighed her and she is at 880 now, granted she may have not been 100% empty the previous time I weighed her.

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Honestly my 1900 gram girl just layed a 175 gram poop and pee on me today. So not knowing if she was empty on first weigh in is hard to say.

I weighed her post poo the first time, but she has pooped since being on her eating strike so she is super empty now. If that makes any sense :P I figured it was ok, just wanted to double check

I wouldn't be concerned; water weight will fluctuate for a while. I've had one of my big girls gain almost 100g while fasting simply from water. It's consistant weight loss over several months that is cause for concern. I'd say if she dips below 800, it would be a good idea to run a fecal sample to a vet to check for parasites.

I totally feel for you on the stubborn feeding thing... both of my girls are off food right now (sometimes it seems like they fast more often than they eat :P), and it is so frustrating!

Sounds normal, I wouldn't worry.

No worries she is just trying to loose some weight for bikini season

Cool, thanks everybody