Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
The hay is 2 years old, originally from Taggs. I haven't bought any this year yet. Widget is quite thin and boney but feeling better when I get to pick him up. I slept better last night, but was still up at 6 am.
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Widget has a strange illness. Help! .....UPDATE post 28
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Hopefully he will start to regain condition once the awful infection has been fully eradicated xx
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
He's a bit of a mongrel. Chinchilla fur, one uppie and one downie ear, only weighs 2.3 kgs when he's well. He was seized by rspca inspector. We got him for our Ginny who had already lost two partners. Widget is so docile she couldn't leave him alone and chewed his eyebrows off. This week the vet said they were inseparable in the hospital.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
MightyMax
Banned
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Ginny's nearly 10 and when she's on her own she stops eating. They're a funny pair, she had a stroke 4 years ago and drags her legs a bit. Widget gave her a new lease of life 2 years ago. He's dopey. When he's well, he sleeps upside down. They very often look like a huge bundle of fluff, all squashed up together.
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Widget is so much better today. He's drinking from his water bowl...nice long slurps. I'm hoping the pain has gone away now for him. He still has an injection tomorrow, but hopefully that will be his last.
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Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Widget and Ginny are enjoying the sunshine. I'm having terrible trouble with the internet this morning. The only thing that seems to work is my mobile, when the 4G kicks in. There must be an easier way to put pics on here, other than Photobucket. I seem to have an intermittent service from Wightfibre this morning.
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Cant help with the techi issues, it's all a mystery to me. I dont even have a mobile phone !
Widget is looking good now, it seems as though the abx has worked well for him
MightyMax
Banned
Widget is so much better today. He's drinking from his water bowl...nice long slurps. I'm hoping the pain has gone away now for him. He still has an injection tomorrow, but hopefully that will be his last.
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Thank you for posting this beautiful piccie of the pair of them.
Sending loads of get better vibes xx
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Not sure if this will work. This was when they were out in the sun, earlier. They've gone back now.
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Thank you everyone for your continued good wishes. As you can see Widget is looking more 'rounded' although he's still quite boney. He's eating Harringtons pellets as well as his veg. He's drinking more and his droppings are getting a bit bigger. He's peeing properly too. When we went to vet on Monday he said Widge wasn't so sore around his neck.
So, here's lookin' at ya, kid! Rock on for tomorrow evening, Widge,!
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So, here's lookin' at ya, kid! Rock on for tomorrow evening, Widge,!
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
I wonder how on earth he managed to contract such a nasty infection. Has your Vet made any suggestions ? Not that it's really relevant, all that matters is that Widget's getting better. It's just that I am always interested in unusual cases xx
MightyMax
Banned
It's all looking much more positive
Great news, and a lovely second photo Fluffybunny
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Hello Jane,
Vet has no idea how he got so sick. He's never seen it in a bun before. None of my others are ill. If it was infectious, Ginny would have gone down with it, seeing as they're always grooming each other and joined at the hip. It was such a rapid decline. Good job my vet worked out what was wrong, none of the others at the practise had any idea. This has been the most frightening three weeks recently. I can only be eternally grateful to my vet, again. Also, thank the vet who admitted Widget and handed him over.
Vet has no idea how he got so sick. He's never seen it in a bun before. None of my others are ill. If it was infectious, Ginny would have gone down with it, seeing as they're always grooming each other and joined at the hip. It was such a rapid decline. Good job my vet worked out what was wrong, none of the others at the practise had any idea. This has been the most frightening three weeks recently. I can only be eternally grateful to my vet, again. Also, thank the vet who admitted Widget and handed him over.
Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
It's his fur, tonibun, makes him look huge. Since he's been drinking, the fur has fluffed up lovely. You can still grab handfuls of loose skin, though. Across his hips it feels quite sharp.
Thanks for your comments MightyMax.
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Thanks for your comments MightyMax.
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Fluffybunny54
Mama Doe
Latest update.
We're just back from vet. Widget is so much brighter. The vet was one who was in the hospital when Widget was admitted. Vet said he was pleased to see how good Widget is looking. It really was touch and go last week and that Widge had a huge lesion in his throat. Vet didn't want to upset Widge so just felt him all over today and didn't attempt to look down his throat. He gave him another injection and said they don't want to suddenly stop the antibiotics, risking a relapse. We go back next Tuesday. Widge is now lying on the cold concrete in the shade in the garden, with Ginny in attendance. Funny pair!
We're just back from vet. Widget is so much brighter. The vet was one who was in the hospital when Widget was admitted. Vet said he was pleased to see how good Widget is looking. It really was touch and go last week and that Widge had a huge lesion in his throat. Vet didn't want to upset Widge so just felt him all over today and didn't attempt to look down his throat. He gave him another injection and said they don't want to suddenly stop the antibiotics, risking a relapse. We go back next Tuesday. Widge is now lying on the cold concrete in the shade in the garden, with Ginny in attendance. Funny pair!
