I just avoid cruciferous veges, he did get dandelions,
On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 3:59 PM Brenda Bennett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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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