peachydays
<--My sweet girl Gregory
Here's the situation: I can't remember exactly when the last time I weighed my boy Max was, but the absolute earliest it was, was November 2011, because it was after I got my new boy Giggy. Max weighed 898 grams.
Last night we were playing and I was giving him scritches, and I noticed that I could feel that little bone that's sort of near their armpit. I weighed him, and he was 775 grams.
There has been a lot of change for Max within the past month:
- Moved Giggy down to the basement (he had been upstairs in his quarantine age)
- Last week Romeo passed away (they weren't caged together, but Romeo's cage had been next to Max for nearly 2 years....Max is blind so he couldn't see Romeo, but I know he could sense him there)
I've been around long enough now to know that the only way to diagnose teeth issues are a vet visit and xrays. Before I rush him to the vet though, I'm going to monitor his weight for a week or two. He is still voraciously chewing and eating. If you put a piece of hay in front of him while he's sleeping, he'll eat it, half asleep. He is my little piggy chunky pops.
Those of you who know me, know I will do whatever I need to do for my boy, as I have always done for all my chins. I just don't know if I can take the emotional toll of teeth issues again, and I'm looking for a ray of hope. Could this weight loss be due to stress?
Last night we were playing and I was giving him scritches, and I noticed that I could feel that little bone that's sort of near their armpit. I weighed him, and he was 775 grams.
There has been a lot of change for Max within the past month:
- Moved Giggy down to the basement (he had been upstairs in his quarantine age)
- Last week Romeo passed away (they weren't caged together, but Romeo's cage had been next to Max for nearly 2 years....Max is blind so he couldn't see Romeo, but I know he could sense him there)
I've been around long enough now to know that the only way to diagnose teeth issues are a vet visit and xrays. Before I rush him to the vet though, I'm going to monitor his weight for a week or two. He is still voraciously chewing and eating. If you put a piece of hay in front of him while he's sleeping, he'll eat it, half asleep. He is my little piggy chunky pops.
Those of you who know me, know I will do whatever I need to do for my boy, as I have always done for all my chins. I just don't know if I can take the emotional toll of teeth issues again, and I'm looking for a ray of hope. Could this weight loss be due to stress?