More good news for Dexter! I couldn't get a hold of any weanlings last week, so Dexter ate a rat pup on 2/25 then another on 3/02 (5 days later) and he kept them both down.So, here is a current summary of Dexter's ordeal...
- Regurgitated small rat on 12/05/17
- Ate small rat on 12/11/17 and kept it down
- Regurgitated small rat on 12/20/17
- Food break from 12/20/17 - 1/08/18
- Began treating water with Nutribac on 12/25/17
- Regurgitated small rat on 1/11/18 (about 56 hours after eating)
- Food break from 1/12/18 - 1/29/18
- Fed him a fuzzy on 1/29 and he kept it down
- Discontinued Nutribac treatment early/mid February
- Fed him a rat pup on 2/19 and he kept it down
- Fed rat pup on 2/25/18 and he kept it down
- Fed rat pup on 3/02/18 and he kept it down
- Very little handling throughout...
So, things are looking pretty good for Dexter, but I will feel a lot better once he is (hopefully) back on his regular size prey and normal feeding schedule without any more regurgitation issues and he has some weight back on. Since he ate 2 rat pups within 5 days last week, i'm going to give him another week off from feeding then I will try giving him a weanling every 14 days for a month. If he holds the weanlings down I will try giving him a small rat every 14 days for a month. And, finally, if he holds the small rats down I will try getting him back up to 1 small rat every 7 days...
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