Warning, these pictures might be disturbing to some.
They certainly are for me.
So yesterday I received three surrenders. I don't often like to take in surrenders or rescues because as we all know, we'd run a risk of bringing in something into our own collection. However, if I have some extra and if they situation is desperate enough, I'll take in a case or two.
Two of the three... I did not realize how bad they were, it's absolutely heartbreaking.
My nic got mouth rot from bumping up his nose and didn't eat for 9 months. He lost over 200g and it was becoming visible a bit as well he was becoming lethargic. But once the MR cleared up, he started eating like a tank again.
But he didn't eat for 9 MONTHS!! And he didn't look anywhere near as bad as these two... I would think that these two didn't eat for maybe a year.
My guess by length, is it's possibly around 2ish years old - and it's current weight is only 1047g
(Btw those aren't mites, it's just ecoearth, though it is being treated for mites in case via nix)
This poor suri was drinking for almost an hour when I put it in.
Current weight 1354g. Est. age 2yrs
Had a couple stuck sheds on it, only bothered to get just the eyes off and left the rest. With it's state, I didn't want to stress it with getting the shed of. I'll leave it for now and help it come off with the next cycle. I've given it a hide box with moss to comfort it. Some pieces here and there have come off on it's own.
It's apparent that the suri has a bit of mouth rot. I just have yet to determine is it's just starting, or if it's just in the end healing stages.
It will be a long journey for these two but I am confident they'll make a full recovery.
I know that it is not suggested to give a meal right after receiving a new animal (and I certainly never do when I get a new one), but I feared they were to lethargic and staved that they might not make it for a few days until it was time to feed. So I gave them each 3 mice (certainly much smaller than what they should be able to handle, they should be taking med-lar rats) to see their feeding response as well as just a small nip to get them started. I won't be giving them appropriate sized meals for a while for obvious reasons, it would be too much for them to handle in their state. So many multiple smaller meals more frequently is what they'll be on for a while.
They took those mice with so much enthusiasm, so obviously they weren't picky eaters and that wasn't the reason. Man, I don't know what was going on through the previous owner's head... Poor things...
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