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I've made up her little hospital area to rest away from Orion who I am told is *not* being helpful and has attacked the staff many times when they go to check on Luna!! he also dragged a warm hand around the cage. he's such a little coughs :lol:they have yes. she's had fluids along with syringe feeding but she just isn't responding very well
gonna give a dose of metacam I think.. she has a lot of eye boogers - is that normal?
she’s also loudly teeth grinding
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I know!!! he had to sit in a weird place and only bit the usual vet and another nurse a few times. his mess of throwing around hay, and digging the blankets out of the carrier, was put back. he was also stopped from dragging luna’s blankets around the room! a horrible, AWFUL, day!
I had her out for.. an 30-60 minutes with orion. i’ve lost track of time. she was just sat hunched over as he groomed her and she kept grinding her teeth with squinty eyes. I put food around the room but she didn’t even perk up at them. orion refused to leave her for food, he knows something is wrong. he did take his treat to her and left it in front of her but she didn’t even move
I did wonder if things felt weird but it seemed to stop after pain relief (or well, she stoped it as much).
I called my vet around 9 and she wasn’t happy with her eye gunk, or her lack of eating. I also think she was dehydrated, her skin took ages to go back down and her gums looked paler than usual? she’s not drinking, all her fluid is from critical care and herbs. she’s also hunched up. she looked to be straining when she went in the litter box.
she’s alert but refusing to move. shows interest but stops instantly.
so I dropped her off, for stronger pain relief, fluids, and monitoring.
my vet called, she’s not eating. not pooped. she’s been having fluids and around the clock care. she’s had stronger pain killers and fluids. unless she needs a drip they’ll send me home in my capable hands [emoji3059]
don’t ask me what she’s had. I took a nap as soon as I got home as I was exhausted and my chest was hurting too. I woke up to the phone ringing and saw the vets. I genuinely looked at the phone, looked at my boyfriend, “funny, the vets are calling me, wonder why” and fell back asleep so he had to take the call [emoji38][emoji24] I’m so not with it.
thank you all for your continued good vibes and support with her [emoji3590]
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its difficult. you wanna run everything but you also don't wanna push her back with extra stress. she doesn't bleed well either, (ofc she doesn't, its Luna, would we expect anything less!!) her bloods every year has been the attitude of close enough :lol:yes she is, I can collect her this evening sometime. I'll ask about bloods also. she's quite bad at getting blood from her because she freaks out. probably because she can't see and the noise of the clippers, altho its only a gentle humming. she gets bloods done every year; the only saving grace is she's been able to hear & feel me so she's calm, times I haven't been around its been even more of a nightmare! ofc I can't be
she'll come home unless she needs a drip. then we'll have to see where that takes us and our options.
I'll def ask about bloodwork, I didn't think of that.
were would I be without RU! my head isn't screwed on right with all of this :lol:
