m.e.
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I thought aboutputting this in the main forum, but I realize that most people havebeen following her story in The Infirmary, so I decided to post it here(pretty bad when an Admin doesn't know where to put a post, right?:blushan)
Peanut is a head tilt bunny. I've been avoiding saying or writing thosewords because there was some hope in the past that her tilt wouldrecover (and really, up until a few weeks ago, her tilt wason-and-off). But the tilt isn't going away this time, and in fact,she's managing life as though her head were on perfectly straight.Looking at her head on, her tilt is in the 10-11 o'clock position. Notdramatic, but enough to have her little lop ear standing upright 24/7.Peanut, the half lop, my crooked bunny.
But she's standing, eating on her own at every meal, grooming herself,scratching her ears, and generally acting...normal. I wasn't sure ifthat would ever happen. She walks, sometimes in circles, rather thanhop, but she rarely loses her balance and hardly ever rolls. She'ssignificantly more coordinated than she has been, and I would evenventure to say that she hasn't done this well since she first fell sickback in June, even with that brief time of recovery in July.
I say that, and yet I'm cautiously optimistic, because she did recoverbefore and then became dramatically worse in a matter of days. I'mhoping, praying, and holding my breath. Her appetite is great, andshe's been eating a lot of the high-fat/protein pellets. She goes backto the vet next week for a weight check. She loves noserubs and earrubs, she tooth purrs (again, something she hasn't done since June) andwhen she's completely happy and relaxed, she kicks her legs out behindher and sleeps like the dead.
That's my girl :tears2: <<< happy tears
Peanut is a head tilt bunny. I've been avoiding saying or writing thosewords because there was some hope in the past that her tilt wouldrecover (and really, up until a few weeks ago, her tilt wason-and-off). But the tilt isn't going away this time, and in fact,she's managing life as though her head were on perfectly straight.Looking at her head on, her tilt is in the 10-11 o'clock position. Notdramatic, but enough to have her little lop ear standing upright 24/7.Peanut, the half lop, my crooked bunny.
But she's standing, eating on her own at every meal, grooming herself,scratching her ears, and generally acting...normal. I wasn't sure ifthat would ever happen. She walks, sometimes in circles, rather thanhop, but she rarely loses her balance and hardly ever rolls. She'ssignificantly more coordinated than she has been, and I would evenventure to say that she hasn't done this well since she first fell sickback in June, even with that brief time of recovery in July.
I say that, and yet I'm cautiously optimistic, because she did recoverbefore and then became dramatically worse in a matter of days. I'mhoping, praying, and holding my breath. Her appetite is great, andshe's been eating a lot of the high-fat/protein pellets. She goes backto the vet next week for a weight check. She loves noserubs and earrubs, she tooth purrs (again, something she hasn't done since June) andwhen she's completely happy and relaxed, she kicks her legs out behindher and sleeps like the dead.
That's my girl :tears2: <<< happy tears
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