Summer&Skye
Mama Doe
Well today I feel like the worst owner ever My poor Heidi has a nasty wound on her genitals and I hate myself for not noticing it sooner Today I was giving them all a good brush and nail trims, and while I've got them - bum checks. Now I know I should do this on a daily basis but they hate being handled and Heidi in particular, she gets very stressed and upset It takes ages to catch her and I have to corner her with a towel to get hold of her and then she kicks and grunts and tries her best to get away. Anyway there is no excuse, I just hate to stress them out so I handle them as little as possible. There have been no signs that anything was wrong, she's been eating normally (except last night when I got worried, but back to normal this morn). So I got an appointment at the vets who has said it will need surgery to stitch it up, it looks so sore I feel sick to my stomach, I was in tears at the vets. I hate the thought of putting her through surgery and all the aftercare because of how stressed she gets. And there's no guarantee that the surgery will be successful, it's such a delicate area. But I look at her and she's perfectly healthy, the alternative doesn't bear thinking about. I've got another appointment on Monday morning, in the meantime she's got Baytril and a medicated wash to bathe it. The vet suggested I cage her within the shed to prevent her from 'careering around' as the vet put it! I was going to use my dog crate with vet bed as I was bothered about keeping her clean, so went to pets at home to get some but apparently they don't stock it anymore. Anyway, when I looked at the shed I thought it might be better to use a couple of puppy panels to section off one corner with a litter tray in. So here is my little girl all caged up
Here she is washing her paws after standing, both front paws, in the water bowl TWICE! :roll:
And here she is doing something she probably shouldn't - stretching
Not sure if I should remove the hay rack to prevent her stretching? All she did when I put her in was stretch up at the bars trying to find a way out
This episode has spurred me on to add an extra hay rack on the top level though, been meaning to do it for ages...
Here she is washing her paws after standing, both front paws, in the water bowl TWICE! :roll:
And here she is doing something she probably shouldn't - stretching
Not sure if I should remove the hay rack to prevent her stretching? All she did when I put her in was stretch up at the bars trying to find a way out
This episode has spurred me on to add an extra hay rack on the top level though, been meaning to do it for ages...
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