He’s having a good day today. Yesterday he was doing a lot of scanning and
wasn’t very chipper at all. I don’t know that the dizziness is any better -
he seems fine when he’s sitting still but when we set him on his feet he runs
in circles for a few seconds or a minute until he falls over and you can see
that his eyes are moving left to right. Well, he runs in circles If his back
legs are working that day. I’ve been putting him in a harness to help balance
him so he can get a few Minutes of walking and exercise each day. He was able
to walk around 3 weeks if I set him on his feet, but hes been declining since
then. But today he is pretty peppy. Maybe he hasn’t been eating much for a week
because his skin hurts. He’d eat the whole store’s worth of parsley if I let
him.
Speaking of … you guys know off hand low gas low calcium greens? I need to
watch him because he got a bladder stone last year. And he’s prone to gas.
Although the vets day bladder sludge/stones is more about hydration and
exercise than diet. So I have to jiggle his bladder every day to stir anything
in there up so they come out. I’m now feeding him dandelion greens and
cilantro and parsley. I actually had to stop giving him greens a couple years
ago except as a treat because the more I gave him the more often he’d get GI
stasis. When I stopped the greens he stopped getting stasis every week. And
Balin usually refuses greens anyway. I have weird bunnies for sure. But since
Frodos appetite is so low now and he won’t drink, I’m giving him wet greens
several times a day and sub q fluids daily. He’s on gut motility drugs anyway
so what the heck. Vet said up to 2 cups of greens a day. Some days we go over
that just to get him to eat something. He can’t believe his good fortune as far
as the greens go. As you can tell from the video.
Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 6:39 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He looks great, Brenda! So adorable! It looks like he is getting better.
Do you think the dizziness is beginning to subside? Thanks for the video.
Keep fighting, Frodo!
Love,
Roberta
On 12/03/2021 5:04 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Frodo was super happy to sit propped up on the couch and get some fresh
parsley. He nearly jumped at me to get it!
Thought you all could use some cuteness. Thanks for all your support and
advice.
-Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Roberta Kessler <rlkessler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The area looks more pink, and not red, Brenda. You are doing a good job.
I am sorry the butt bath was an ordeal, and just want to mention that I
held Riley on a football hold on his back and let the tepid water only run
on the necessary area to be cleaned. I just mentioned it in case you have
a mess to clean that is difficult to do with wipes.
He remains in my prayers. Keep us posted.
Love,
Roberta
On 12/03/2021 12:36 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Here’s pic of his situation this morning.
You can see at the bottom of the photo near his foot where the fur was
wet. I don’t know if the diaper wasn’t on right or is too big or if it was
when he started peeing as I was taking it off. At least it was a different
area and the skin seemed okay
It’s better overall, you can’t see but I see a couple small (like smaller
than a pencil eraser) spots that are red and where the scabs or whatever
came off with the washcloth on Wednesday (I thought it was cornstarch
clumps but guess not). Also there is redness in the fur line along the
perimeter of the bald area. I put SDD ointment on but need to trim the fur
there somehow, comb it, clean it and more ointment later. Maybe my brand
new little eyebrow battery operated shaver would trim it. I d on’t want to
do a whole butt bath that was such an ordeal and I think made it worse and
was so hard to get the fur dry. and he’s not got poop in it since I
started diapers at night.
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-Brenda
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On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:47 PM, Janet G <wildharerescue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for letting us know Brenda. Oh Micah use to pull his off. It was
so hard keeping on because he had no back feet which was quite a
challenge.
Love Janet
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 7:30 AM Brenda Bennett
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’ve only been using the SDD so far until the redness is gone. Then I was
doing to try Ad ointment no zinc formula.
His diaper fell off last night and when i checked on him kn the middle of
the night he was wet. I was so upset! His fur was wet but the bedding
wasn’t soaked so i don’t know how he got wet. So I took a towel and
lightly pressed against the bare skin areas, blotted the fur that was
wet, then rubbed some cornstarch into the wet fur and massaged it until
it was fully dry. I hope it didn’t get stuck in any remaining SDD
ointment that may have got rubbed into the fur. I didn’t feel like the
fur was sticky so I’m hoping it’s all good. Then I put a new diaper on
him and it’s still on. I slept in late I was so tired. Hoping he’s dry
under his diaper. I’ll check it out soon and send a pic and update to
everyone. .
-Brenda
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