Tortoise_Wrangler
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My hatchling ingested a dog hair, I'm not sure how seeing that I clean her food and her substrate and her terrarium is a no dog zone. It must have been on my hand or floating through the air. My dog has long hair and about 2/3rds of it has passed through, but she's the size of a half dollar and all the experienced people here know there's nothing a vet can do but put the hatchling down if this hair begins to obstruct her digestion. I very lightly pulled on the hair but there was no give, so I stopped so I didn't hurt her intestines. This happened to my cat when I was a kid and our vet walked my mom and I through, basically saying that if we pulled on the string we'd damage her insides. I'm applying the same logic to this situation. I'm also posting this for educational purposes, success or failure people should be exposed to this.
My plan is simple, I'm going to feed her food with high fiber and soaking her a couple times a day. I'll be grinding up agave for her considering how fibrous it is, my adults can barely eat it it's so tough. I'm hoping if it's ground down enough it can help her pass this hair. So far she's eating normally and drinking water normally. I will keep people updated until it passes, which is what in my heart I believe will happen.
Anyone else have something like this happen? Any light you can shine on me?
My plan is simple, I'm going to feed her food with high fiber and soaking her a couple times a day. I'll be grinding up agave for her considering how fibrous it is, my adults can barely eat it it's so tough. I'm hoping if it's ground down enough it can help her pass this hair. So far she's eating normally and drinking water normally. I will keep people updated until it passes, which is what in my heart I believe will happen.
Anyone else have something like this happen? Any light you can shine on me?