Luci The Skunk

26/10/2021

23/05/2021

Just thinking about our sweet Luci Lou. Miss her so much. Hope you’re having fun in heaven. I’d give anything to hear you scurry across the floor playing chase with daddy❤️ love you, baby girl.

04/05/2021

Happy heavenly birthday to our sweet baby girl. You would have been 7 years old today. Mommy and Daddy miss you so so much😢. You stole our hearts and when we first got you and you took some pretty large pieces when you went over the rainbow bridge. I hope you’re doing lots of skunkie things like digging for bugs and playing chase with other skunkies and your brother and sisters. Please know we love you more than we could ever express. You were and always will be amazing and special to us. Happy birthday my Luci Lou and Happy birthday wooty woo from your daddy❤️

03/05/2021

❤️ miss you Luci Lou❤️❤️❤️

29/04/2021

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27/04/2021

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26/04/2021

I love this one❤️ love you, Luci Lou❤️

25/04/2021

I received some beautiful memorials from a group that I joined after Luci passed. It’s a wonderful group of loving people that lost their fur babies. I’ll share what they created with pictures of Luci, I shared with them. ❤️

19/04/2021

Luci❤️🦨❤️💔

18/04/2021

Missing my little girl soooo much🥺. It’s like it was yesterday we had to let her go. This is just so hard. 💔 she loved quail eggs. Here’s a memory of the past. Love you and miss you little Luci Lou❤️🦨

06/04/2021

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share this beautiful keepsake necklace that my wonderful friend, Bette made for me! She used my favorite picture of Luci ❤️ I will cherish it always! This pic doesn’t do it justice. The face is beveled. I love it!

30/03/2021

Hi everyone,

I just thank you to those that have given your love, prayers and support to us with the passing of our precious little girl, Luci. It’s been a rough week and the house isn’t the same without her in it. We miss her terribly😔. I got a call today at work that we could go and pick up her remains. So, after work we took the hour and a half drive for the final time to Sunbury Animal Hospital. Her ashes are in a beautifully handcrafted wooden box with a brass name plate. She will sit on our mantle overlooking the couch that she drove us crazy wanting to get underneath all the time ! I’d give anything right now to have her be under that couch!!

We also go a clay plaque with her little foot prints in it and a small jar that has her hair in as well. Pictures are below. I ordered a hardcover photobook filled with pictures from the day we got her back in 2014 until the day she took her last breath. We will always hold our memories of her close to our hearts. People might she, she was just a skunk. Those people have no souls to them. She was our little girl, my furbaby, who took chunks of our hearts with her. She will be missed forever 😔 and never forgotten.

19/03/2021

Rest In Peace, our sweet, loving, little angel😔 Luci Lou❤️

Hi everyone,

It’s with a heavy, sorrowful heart, that I let you know our little girl was put to rest last night around 11:30 pm.😭 For those of you that have been following Luci for quite sometime, know how precious and loved Luci was by her mommy, daddy and her wonderful friends she had on Facebook too.

Luci had been battling health issues for quite sometime, but she was a fighter, she was strong, and brave through it all. We, being truly blessed for the last almost 7 years, couldn’t bare the thought of Luci suffering or being in any type of discomfort or pain. It was determined that sweet little Luci had cancer.😔 Our hearts are broken, the pain of our loss is so surreal. Luci took a big chunk of our hearts with her last night but her love for us, will always remain with us.

Thank you for all the love and support you’ve given and showed Luci. She truly was a very special little skunkie and will be missed terribly. God bless and thank you again.

Dawn and Randy ❤️❤️❤️

13/03/2021

Just an update with yet another vet check today. Vet says the infected area looks a 100 times better! He’s keeping Luci on antibiotics for another 2 weeks. He wants her on them until the skin is back to normal. Kills me that humans antibiotics cost like 8 bucks but antibiotic for a skunk is 70.00!it’s working, so it’s priceless! Told her vet that she’s still not eating on her own. We have tried all of her favorite foods and she turns her nose up to everything. He put her on a pill...well a 1/4 of a pill ( so stinking tiny) to increase her appetite....had to pick it up from the Walmart pharmacy. Got a pill shooter because it ain’t easy giving a pill that’s the size of a pinhead into a skunkie’s mouth. First attempt...failed! 2nd attempt...thought I had it gone. Went to then give her the antibiotic which is done by syringe and what do I see stuck to her canine tooth??? That teeny piece of pill!! She didn’t swallow it🤦🏻‍♀️. Got what I could from it and I put it into the syringe that her food goes in. That pill is going to into that stinker one way or another lol. Since she’s not eating the vet recommended doing baby food. So I got baby food and she was happy with my selection of pears/pineapple and turkey/sweet potato. Randy fed her some off the end of the spoon and after a few tries she ate it🤗 she finally ate something! That was short lived, hoping I wouldn’t have to syringe feed her, but baby food is what was syringed. The vet is very concerned because Luci is down to 3 pounds😢 he says she can’t Afford to lose any more weight. We agree! We will continue to syringe feed her for as long as it’s needed. She has another follow up in 2 weeks. Maybe her bottom will be completely healed and she’ll be eating on her own and gaining weight?? Luci still needs prayers, so if you can do that, we would truly appreciate it. Thank you for all the love and support you have given Luci. It does our heart’s good knowing people really care about and love our little Luci, peanut. Have a great night all...Luci sends her love..she’s had a longgg and stressful time of it today so she’s zonked right out.

11/03/2021

Hi all! I just want to give an update on our little Luci girl ❤️ She still has a skunkie vet appointment for a recheck. Her private area , just really started looking better to us, this past 3 or 4 days from her having to deal with this for months. The biggest change is that we began cleaning the area with peroxide, putting triple antibiotic ointment on it and then switching back and forth with cornstarch and gold bond medicated powder. She has been continuing to be on an antibiotic 2 x a day. She’s just finishing up the prednisone, which was supposed to give her an appetite and it hasn’t. ☹️

Luci is still not wanting to eat on her own except for a few small pieces of watermelon. The amount doesn’t even come close to a human bite of watermelon ☹️. We have continued to syringe feed her the concoction of Critical Care, her normal supplements and she hates being syringed fed. She’s drinking water on her own, but we noticed as of late she doesn’t seem to be pottying😔. We put her in a warm bath tonight and she finally pooped. Very happy to see that! Please keep good thoughts and prayers for Luci. She’s definitely not out of the woods yet!!

Below is a before and after pic of the problem area ...her private parts. It’s really improved but it has taken so long and we have felt absolutely horrible for her😔 Let’s pray for continued healing and any and all pain be gone. Luci sends hugs and skunkie kisses with lots of love and thank you for thinking of her❤️

03/03/2021

Mommy’s little papoose❤️❤️🦨❤️❤️

25/02/2021

Hi everybody’s! So Iz just got home from the skunkie doctor. Mommy and daddy didn’t get to go inside with me. The vet tech told mommy’s that I was feisty. Iz don’t know what exactly that means, but daddy thinks because mommy wasn’t in there holding me, Iz wasn’t very comfortable. The vet came out and talks to mommy and daddy and says to them that they are doing such a great job with the area and it looks lots better than 2 weeks go. Mommy was having trouble believing that because the sores are still there and open. Skunkie doctor was concerned that Iz have stopped eating. Mommy brought up prednisone (that was suggested by one of my skunkie loving friends) and the vet said he was thinking the same thing. So’s now besides the antibiotic that Iz been on and will continue to be on another 2 weeks, Iz gotta takes this other stuffs. They weighed me , cuz mommy tolds them Iz felt less than I did 2 weeks ago. Iz was only 3 1/2 pounds or 3.5 and today’s 3.4 pounds. Iz just a tiny little bundle of bones. I need to make myself eat!! Iz gotta go back in another 2 weeks, to hopefully see more positive results and that Iz have been eating. Iz still not out of the woods yet. But, we seems to be heading in the right direction.

Thank you so much for the prayers and Iz ask if you could please continue them. Have a good rest of the week everybody’s!

Hugs and skunkie kisses
~Luci ❤️❤️❤️

24/02/2021

Hi everybody’s

Iz sorry it’s been awhiles since Iz posted but, Iz just haven’t been feelings goods. Iz still dealing with the issues on my private area. Mommy and daddy have beens trying so hards and everything they can do’s for me to heal too. Iz have another skunkie doctors appointments tomorrow. I have stopped eating and drinking. Mommy and daddy have to syringe feed me with this stuffs called carnivore care. Mommy puts my supplements in the smoothie. I hates being syringed fed and I fights against daddy while mommy’s trying her hardest to stick that syringe in my mouths. She does it, but not without a fight. I haven’t been sleeping in my den. I find that the cold hard floor is where I want to be, regardless, of how many warming pads and blankies I get. Iz am 6 and 3/4s years old and mommy and daddy are fearful Iz isn’t going to make it much longer. Can yous please please pray for me?? It seems to be the only things me, mommy and daddy’s can do. Please pray also for mys skunkie doctor that there’s something, anything that he can do to help me. Mommy and daddy are so frustrated, angry and sad right now. Iz hopes you all’s has a goods day.
Hugs and skunkie kisses,
~Luci ❤️

16/02/2021

Hi everyone! Had to have an immediate appointment for Luci today. Most of you know that she’s been dealing with some sort of medical issue in her genitalia area. This has been going on for a few months (to long) with seeing the vets along the way. This morning we were getting ready to syringe feed, Luci. It’s that time of year where she had very little appetite or no appetite at all. So, in order for her to get her supplements and proteins, we have to do it the hard way. Since Randy had ahold of her, I wanted to check her butt. He turned her over and I just wanted to cry🥺 she was very raw, enough for her to bleed. I was using a aloe baby wipe to clean her up and she was twinging. We needed to call the vets again and insist something be figured out about this and do something to fix her!!

Took her up at 245. An hour and a half from home. She saw yet another vet. Dr. Rush Holt. He was very concerned about Luci and he gave us a diagnosis, which matched my own diagnosis. Luci has Urine Scald. She has this because when her tail fused at the base of her spine it causes folds of skin at her private areas and they aren’t being dried. Luci can’t reach that area. So Dr. Holt took Luci in the back and shaved that area so it would be easier to stay dry. She’s been put on another antibiotic, more of the dry powder she had before, pain medication because he said shaving her down to her skin and over the affected area was very painful for her 😔 and she also was prescribed medicated wipes. She goes back on the 25th to see how her skin is acting. Again, the staff commented on how well behaved Luci is. She did absolutely great with the shaving and said she’s the best skunk they have seen. 🥰 made us proud to hear that!

Below is a picture of the area. Don’t look if you can’t handle it. I’m only showing these pics just in case another skunk ends up like this. Please please say a prayer or two for Luci, that this will heal and be part of the past.
Thanks everyone...have a great night and Luci sends hugs and skunkie kisses to each of you!

02/02/2021

11/01/2021

Baffs time! No likes it🦨☹️

07/01/2021

Good morning everybody’s!

Iz hope you all had a goods new year 🐾 Iz still dealing with this nasty stuffs on my bottoms. Mommy and daddy are so lost and the so called skunkie vet doesn’t seem to cares about me😞 but Iz still getting my medicines and mommy and daddy keep praying it’ll work. Iz hopes you have a great day today and remember to always be kind❤️
Hugs and skunkie kisses ~Luci 🦨❤️🦨❤️

30/12/2020

Hi everybody’s...heres what happened at the skunkie doctor. Daddy says he felt like the doctor who seen me really didn’t give a care abouts me😢 he’s looked at my booboos and prescribed me a powder and antibiotic drops. They taste yuckies btw🤢 they cutted my toe nailies and hit the quick again😩. And stills no idea what’s wrong with me. Mommy wishes there was an exotic vet in the area because she and daddy have lost all faith in the vets at Sunbury animal hospital. Please keep me in your prayers that these new medicines help me to gets betters. Thank you❤️ hugs and skunkie kisses ~Luci❤️🦨❤️

29/12/2020

Hi everybody’s ❤️ Iz on my way to the skunkie doctor. Daddy is taking me cuz mommy prolly wouldn’t feels good with her ankle being down in the car for an hour and a half. Mommy and daddy are so frustrated because my owies still isn’t any better even after the ointment they had me use😔 daddy has a list of questions and concerns for me that mommy wants to be sure get taken heavily. Please keeps me in your prayers that the skunkie doctor who doesn’t really have a clue, comes up with some kinds of a healing agenda because mommy thinks I’m hurting 😢. Iz will let yous know how’s it goes when daddy talks to mommys and I gets brought home. Loves you all! Skunkie kisses and hugs
~Luci❤️🦨❤️

25/12/2020

Hi everybody’s and Merry Christmas! Iz hopes you all’s have a wonderful day! Santa was good to me! Sending lots of hugs and skunkie kisses to you! Mommy’s camera is cloudy for somes reason so had daddy’s takes the second picture 🎄

Loves,
~Luci ❤️🦨❤️🎄