rabbitgirl
Well-Known Member
Ohhh, I have missed everyone!! I'm been forum-deprived!!! Just found out the internet's up and running again so I'm back!!
It has been crazy. The heat was incredible. Pandemonium got a touch ofheat stroke--twice!--and Smokey appears to have suffered a mild stroke,but I can't get a good look at her as she keeps hiding. Shewalks/crawls but doesn't hop, and seems to be dragging her left hindleg a bit. Still eating and otherwise her old cranky self, apparentlynot in pain, and there's not much I can do about it--so am just keepingan eye on her and providing ice bottles. As long as she can still getaround to hide from me, she must not be too badly off.
Went out the day before yesterday and couldn't wake Pandmonium. She wasbreathing, barely, and was pretty limp. I put her in the carrier andbrought her into the basement infirmary, where she recovered quiterapidly. I returned her to her cage in the cooler evening. Next day,same thing, so she spent the day inside again. Then thankfully the heatwave broke and today was about 75-80 degrees, quite comfortable.
Bub is cranky, Izzy is her old sweet self, and Fenwick continues topull little hair chunks from his flanks (but on the bright side, hisnose is better!). On the hottest day I upended their water crocks allover them and they didn't even care. Seemed to like the shower. Ok,maybe Bub was a bit mad.
anyway, I'm back, and everyone survived the heat wave!
Rose
It has been crazy. The heat was incredible. Pandemonium got a touch ofheat stroke--twice!--and Smokey appears to have suffered a mild stroke,but I can't get a good look at her as she keeps hiding. Shewalks/crawls but doesn't hop, and seems to be dragging her left hindleg a bit. Still eating and otherwise her old cranky self, apparentlynot in pain, and there's not much I can do about it--so am just keepingan eye on her and providing ice bottles. As long as she can still getaround to hide from me, she must not be too badly off.
Went out the day before yesterday and couldn't wake Pandmonium. She wasbreathing, barely, and was pretty limp. I put her in the carrier andbrought her into the basement infirmary, where she recovered quiterapidly. I returned her to her cage in the cooler evening. Next day,same thing, so she spent the day inside again. Then thankfully the heatwave broke and today was about 75-80 degrees, quite comfortable.
Bub is cranky, Izzy is her old sweet self, and Fenwick continues topull little hair chunks from his flanks (but on the bright side, hisnose is better!). On the hottest day I upended their water crocks allover them and they didn't even care. Seemed to like the shower. Ok,maybe Bub was a bit mad.
anyway, I'm back, and everyone survived the heat wave!
Rose
