In my other thread about the possible trio I breifly mentioned some health issues that Lilly has that my vet and I believe are a cause of bad breeding. I am pretty sure I posted on here about how skinny she was when I first brought her home. She has put on some weight since then but not as much as we would like. She eats tons of hay and fresh veggies and her teeth are fine so we know that is not the issue. As far as the weight goes, we don’t really think at this point that it is a symptom of something larger, but she will have a bunch of tests run the next time I take her in just to be sure.

Other then that, there is the issue of her wool. For me this is pretty much a non issue other then the fact that she absolutely MUST be groomed every day. It seems that the quality of her wool is very poor and my vet is actually sort of surprised the breeder didn’t have her PTS because of it. I am thinking this probably contributed to her being passed around so much before finding me.

Then there is her spine, which has a pretty severe curve in it. The vet actually didn’t notice it the first time I had her in. It wasn’t until I cut all of her hair that I noticed it. When I asked the vet about it she told me that it is likely that it is congenital. It does not seem to bother her right now but we have to watch it in the future because she is more likely to develop back problems because of it.

All of that being said, she is my little doll and I wouldn’t change getting her for anything. In the last few days since she has been allowed out around me more, she has become my little shadow.