Over the past few days my WC female two toed sloth which I purchased in Jan became sluggish and lethargic. She had difficulty eating ad moving around. I took...
Justyn, This is not specific to sloths but all animals...when there is compromised renal or liver function keep fluids high and protein low. High proein will ...
Do you have the blood normals for comparison to a healthy sloth?? Why don't you give give me call tomorrow on my cell I can give you some ideas. Thanks Greg ...
Justyn, Sounds like you are doing a good job trying to find the answers. You have not had her all that long, what type of diet are you feeding? Should I...
I'll give you a call, we were just comparing her blood to a Lesser Anteater and general small mammals. I have copies of all the bloodwork, WBC 7.31 LYM 4.37 ...
Thank you for the info, I'll try contacting them shortly. As for diet, it consist of yams, cucumbers, apples, bananas, leaf-eater diet, eggplant, mango, and...
One thing I learned in Costa Rica was to keep the fruits to a minimum, too much sugar is bad. Replace bananas with plantains, use green mangos, apples, but...
We've used the plantains a few times, she won't touch them. It just so happens bananas are her favorite food, hence why she has a high potassium level. To...
Is she getting a calcium supplement? I know calcium deficiency can be a problem with pregnancy. Also, there is evidence that grapes can cause renal failure in...
Justyn, I would give the c-section a lot of thought. Since the Mother is not in a state to care for her baby, they are extremely difficult to raise as...
Yeah, I'm going to cut the bananas out of her main diet. I'm not for the c-section and will only choose that option if it's the only thing left to do. She is...
I did not go back through Troy's emails It would be well worth the call, but here is the number for Judy in Costa Rica dial 011-506-750-0775, if she is not...
When I had a dog with liver and kidney desease I looked into anything I could do for her. The main thing to do is lower the phosphorus in the diet. Check the...
Today she is doing better and starting to want to move around. She is currently on an IV that I am using daily to help flush her kidneys. Yesterday she ate a...
As a sloth owner, I'm so glad you wrote about this. I'm totally backing off bananas now! My sloth loves them too. She likes grapes a lot as well, but they...
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Yes, we use steamed yam and they LOVE IT! They also enjoy beets out of a can! :) chombychamp <chombychamp@...> wrote: As a sloth owner, I'm so glad you...
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Hello, I have a question about supplementing with Vitamin K, I would like to know what type do you use? The regular store brought kind for humans? How do you...
I think most now relay on the vit K content in leafeater. I plan to give tomatoes as part of the main diet. They are naturaly high in vit K and the acididty...
Thanks! I'll do a search on "leaf eater" and check it out. So, I take it that you feed tomatoes everyday? Also what do you think about feeding live ants? I...
Vitamine K is recomended for armadillos as well as anteaters. I haven't heard of it being needed for sloths so think it's just the insect eating Xenarths sinc...
Hi there. I am new to this group. I am a keeper at the Memphis Zoo and am currently hand-raising a baby Tamandua. Mom was hand-raised and does not nurse or...
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