Showing posts with label rabbits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rabbits. Show all posts

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Genevieve in Crisis

 One morning, March 8th, Genevieve was in crisis. I loaded her up in the car and left a message at the vet since they were not yet open. I was coming, it would take me about 45 minutes to get there. They took her in right away and set the vet was en-route. She died while the vet was looking at her.

We dug another hole.

Pierre had been in again for weight loss and discomfort. They reported a negative fecal and said he was just getting old. I had planned to take him to a rabbit specialist in Soquel to make sure, before I just waited for him to die, but rushing Genevieve to the vet disrupted my Monday morning plans. I called Soquel and, even though there was not an appointment for weeks, talked him into a Friday appointment. 

The vet is Soquel obtained his records and found that his fecal was not negative, that he was, in fact, carrying a heavy load of protozoal parasites. He was hospitalized for three nights and came home to a regimen of treatments. A week later, he took a downward turn and I rushed him in again. He was hospitalized overnight. 

The vet called in the morning and advised that he was dying. I decided on euthanasia and drove all the way there to say goodbye and bring his body home. 

We dug another hole.



Monday, February 26, 2018

Damage Control

Life is all about damage control. Mine is, anyway. Is yours?





This post was depressing, even after I left some bad parts out, so I deleted it. I left the pictures so you can make up the story you want.




















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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

A Week Ago Yesterday

My shoer got divorced and moved away. My new shoer seemed great, but he wouldn't get back to me about scheduling another visit, or even when I could trailer to him. Yndi's feet were looking really bad. So I scheduled someone else It was a 2 hour trailer ride, so I scheduled the vet for a digestive issue on the same day, thus saving $100.00 in call fee.

The shoer found laminitis. Good thing the vet was coming. Lots of x-rays and progressive trimming. Long long day. Meds four times a day since then, that she didn't want to eat.

Now her ACTH test has coms back positive for Cushing's disease. I need to comparison shop for Pergolide. It can get expensive.

In the meantime: #horsebloggers #haynet is having a #5photos1day challenge: