RedFraggle
Warren Veteran
Hi Folks
Scarlet had yet another dental two weeks ago and hasn't recovered fully i.e. she's not back to her usual self.
We think her sight has now gone totally. She did have some vision in one eye but that doesn't respond to the vet shining a light in it at all now (i.e. there's no pupil response) but she does have some response to light because when you go in the shed with a torch she'll respond to the torch (rather than responding to the door having been opened). The vet can't see her retinas and is suspecting retinal detachment.
She is eating but not with her usual enthusiasm. She doesn't get up on a morning and wait for breakfast in the run and shows no interest in food when you put it in and she has always gone mad for nuggets and mad for recovery food and mad for greens. She does however eat (Noco doesn't like recovery food so we know that's her) and we've seen her eating nuggets and greens.
I'm not sure whether it's just a response to the further sight loss or whether there is something else going on. She had lost some weight (around 300g off her usual 1.9 kg) before Xmas but by supplementing her with recovery food and extra nuggets she gained it back very quickly (up to 2.1 kg). Her weight is being monitored by the vet and she was 2 kg on Monday . There's nothing obviously wrong in her mouth and metacam doesn't buck her up any so I don't think she's in any pain.
We don't know how old she is, she's been with us 3 years but was an adult rescue. She has had a lot of GAs, around 15 that we know of (dental issues plus spay).
Other than not wanting to get up and come out of a morning she's bright and alert when she does choose to come out she's just generally less active. Noco is being the perfect husbun of course.
Any thoughts as to whether she's just adjusting to a decrease in vision or whether something else is going on?
Scarlet had yet another dental two weeks ago and hasn't recovered fully i.e. she's not back to her usual self.
We think her sight has now gone totally. She did have some vision in one eye but that doesn't respond to the vet shining a light in it at all now (i.e. there's no pupil response) but she does have some response to light because when you go in the shed with a torch she'll respond to the torch (rather than responding to the door having been opened). The vet can't see her retinas and is suspecting retinal detachment.
She is eating but not with her usual enthusiasm. She doesn't get up on a morning and wait for breakfast in the run and shows no interest in food when you put it in and she has always gone mad for nuggets and mad for recovery food and mad for greens. She does however eat (Noco doesn't like recovery food so we know that's her) and we've seen her eating nuggets and greens.
I'm not sure whether it's just a response to the further sight loss or whether there is something else going on. She had lost some weight (around 300g off her usual 1.9 kg) before Xmas but by supplementing her with recovery food and extra nuggets she gained it back very quickly (up to 2.1 kg). Her weight is being monitored by the vet and she was 2 kg on Monday . There's nothing obviously wrong in her mouth and metacam doesn't buck her up any so I don't think she's in any pain.
We don't know how old she is, she's been with us 3 years but was an adult rescue. She has had a lot of GAs, around 15 that we know of (dental issues plus spay).
Other than not wanting to get up and come out of a morning she's bright and alert when she does choose to come out she's just generally less active. Noco is being the perfect husbun of course.
Any thoughts as to whether she's just adjusting to a decrease in vision or whether something else is going on?
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