This is a bit waffly, so please bear with me.
Longer term members on here will hopefully remember my Badger and battles we had. The Dopeys are his cousins and one is showing the exact same signs as he did in the early days.
I've only noticed them recently after moving them inside.
Previously they have lived outside all their lives, but they love it inside now.
However, with noticing these symptoms, I have some sorting to do. I think things have been getting worse recently, but because it's only when asleep, and I never saw her asleep outside, I don't know if it was a problem in this way prior to coming in.
I chose to bring these three in (Dopeys and Lightning) because the Dopeys didn't cope with the cold last winter and both were making horrific noises when eating and breathing (no infection found- presuming same deformity of the soft pallet as Badger) and, now they are six, I felt they would be better inside because they didn't cope outside.
But now I'm wondering if the Dopey would be better outside if her breathing is better there, but there is no way to know that because I didn't see her sleeping outdoors.
I don't know what to do for the best. I'm leaning towards moving them outside, but I just don't know. I don't want to turn her into a Badger but equally, I don't want to miss a problem by moving her back outside. He was so funny about his air quality but he didn't cope otuside or really inside and it's not as bad as his, but it is noticeable. It was right to keep him inside regardless because he would never have been happy outside, but they are happy outside. But then what if by moving them out I will miss the important stuff.
So yeah, any thoughts? I'm hoping getting opinions from people might help me formulate what I do actually want to do.
Thanks in advance.
Longer term members on here will hopefully remember my Badger and battles we had. The Dopeys are his cousins and one is showing the exact same signs as he did in the early days.
I've only noticed them recently after moving them inside.
Previously they have lived outside all their lives, but they love it inside now.
However, with noticing these symptoms, I have some sorting to do. I think things have been getting worse recently, but because it's only when asleep, and I never saw her asleep outside, I don't know if it was a problem in this way prior to coming in.
I chose to bring these three in (Dopeys and Lightning) because the Dopeys didn't cope with the cold last winter and both were making horrific noises when eating and breathing (no infection found- presuming same deformity of the soft pallet as Badger) and, now they are six, I felt they would be better inside because they didn't cope outside.
But now I'm wondering if the Dopey would be better outside if her breathing is better there, but there is no way to know that because I didn't see her sleeping outdoors.
I don't know what to do for the best. I'm leaning towards moving them outside, but I just don't know. I don't want to turn her into a Badger but equally, I don't want to miss a problem by moving her back outside. He was so funny about his air quality but he didn't cope otuside or really inside and it's not as bad as his, but it is noticeable. It was right to keep him inside regardless because he would never have been happy outside, but they are happy outside. But then what if by moving them out I will miss the important stuff.
So yeah, any thoughts? I'm hoping getting opinions from people might help me formulate what I do actually want to do.
Thanks in advance.