I can’t wait!  I’m so excited to get that e-collar off of her.  These 2 weeks have been soooo long.  And I won’t be on butt wiping duty anymore.

And if I’m excited, I know Bailey’s excited even more.  She’s been irritated lately because she can’t clean herself.  She actually goes through the motions of cleaning herself, even though she’s just licking the plastic collar.  She’ll put her front paws up to her chin, lick the plastic collar as if she’s licking her hands, and then try to put her paws to her ears.  She turns around to lick her side and back and is just licking the plastic.  I think it soothes her to “think” she’s bathing.

Her wound looks great, except there is a big scab on part of it where one of her stitches came out.  It still held together just fine, but it looks like that spot has a bit of a dry scab.  Not bad, though!

I called the ER place where she got her surgery and I’ll be there around 8pm to get her stitches out.  

Next thing?  Get an exercise pen.  She’s discovered drywall and baseboards recently.  No toy or cardboard has really distracted her.  :groan:

my bf and I haven’t really discussed whether Hailey should stay or go since we decided to take a break from the discussion.  I’ve been cleaning both litterboxes and cages everyday.  Luckily Hailey is soooo good at using the litterbox, so it hasn’t been much work.  I’m thinking I need to start collecting some NICs and see what I can build.  That way the pet rats can have their big cage back (the one that Bailey is in now).