10/02/2022
Quite a bit has happened in the last week for this babe.
Right from the start, Penny knew something was wrong. During the time she was cleaning the babe up, she bit off two toes. After that, she refused to nurse it 90% of the time. Immediately we got replacement milk and have been supplementing with bottle feeding. On day two the baby developed a clouding over his eyes. Our vet diagnosed eye ulcers, gave us meds, and we thought we were good. The babe’s eyes have almost completely unclouded and I can tell he can see us now!
On day seven he’s hardly eating, isn’t playing or jumping like the other babies, and his bottom half is soaked in urine. As soon as our vet’s office opened this morning I called and got an urgent care appointment. The urgent care vet thinks it could be a UTI or an infection from the toes getting bitten off. On top of that, there’s a spot on top of its head that has been concerning me since birth. So, we’re doing antibiotic drops for the eye infection, SMZ for the possible UTI/foot infection, and critical care every 12 hours.
Please, y’all, send us all the healing vibes. I think there’s more than just an infection going on in this little babe’s body and I’m just hoping I’m not prolonging the inevitable. I know that’s terrible to think about, but I just don’t want him to be suffering. He just sits in the same spot 75% of the day like he doesn’t know what to do. He’s in a quarantine cage for now so I can monitor him closely. 🖤
