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Owen is out in his pen again now that he has more Metacam. He stayed mostly in his hutch for the last days. He also seems more relaxed, attempting a few flops.

A pic of Owen and Molly flopping together again:

I’m so sorry, Ellie!  I hope Owen feels all better soon — the signs you’ve described sound very promising.

We use a lap-hammock approach to force-feeding meds/CC, which I’ll share in case helpful (my male partner can do it, so maybe Bas can too?).  It’s done sitting on the edge of a bed or couch, with a stool, trash can, low table, or other t…[Read more]

Short update: we upped the Metacam a little and he became more active and ate better within 2 hours. Not sure whether we should be happy about that or very worried 😟 Let’s see how things develop and what happens when we reduce the dose after he’s eating well again.

Molly is a pretty good guide for how her brother feels: when he was at his worst…[Read more]

thanks Bam

I love hearing these responses! I should say that my girl doesn’t have a lot going on inside or her head so maybe she just likes the sensation of it.  I wish I could post videos more easily, @AmberJox, because I have plenty. such a weird and hilarious thing but a pleasure to watch!

Borya, I will contact BB about this!

If its just a few moments ago (not like, weeks), I’d just let him calm down by himself, then after a while, I’d compensate him with a yummy treat, like a small piece of apple or sprig of parsley or what you have.

She has picked up on litterbox training fast once I added a second box. Could have been possibly trained before. She prefers the box of hay compared to the aspen wood shavings and hay mix. So I might just use hay, albeit it won’t soak up the pee as well, might add a bottom layer of wood, we will see. Have to make an actual woodbox now or go buy a…[Read more]

Hope she is doing well.

The lab results also show low hemoglobin and certain white blood cells.

I don’t see anything obvious on the x-rays.