Ratablog

The overall update

It was neither the best nor worst of weekends here.

Rufus did decide that he'd had enough of the cast, and by Saturday night he'd chewed a good section off. I was afraid that he'd somehow catch the trailing bandages that were still attached and hurt himself more trying to pull free, so we took off what we could. All he has left now is one piece of tape, and since it's stuck to his fur, I'll let the vet get that next week.

He's favoring the leg and not using his paw, but I expect it will take several weeks to heal fully. In the meantime...last night he made a lot of noise in the cage, and when I got up this morning I realized why:

He'd pulled pretty much the whole cage into his box, including two food bowls.

I gave him a second blanket for the cage floor, but if I get up tomorrow and that's stuffed in the box too, I won't be surprised. I'm hoping it means he's feeling ok that he has the energy to build nests.

Last week Kado had a checkup to see how his respiratory infection was coming along, and the good news was that he sounded much better. That was Tuesday. By Thursday, he sounded as bad as he did when we first went to the vet. He's back on the Zithromax twice a day, and I'm hoping we see improvement in the next couple of days, or we'll be hauling out the nebulizer. I can't believe we have another chronic respiratory problem already...it breaks my heart when I hear him wheeze.

But the real heartbreak is Roo. Her weight is starting to disappear except for the tumor, and this weekend we started seeing signs that I didn't want to see. She's had some diarrhea today, and the lump is getting in the way of her movement. She's either having trouble grooming or it's bothering her, because there's one spot that she seems to be chewing at. And remember I said the other day she was still bright-eyed? Tonight, the light is dim.

Our plan is to let her go this week, unless we see a change for the better in the next day...sometimes it's hard to know the exact right moment, and we need to be sure.

Here's her picture. As I've said, her tumor is massive and disturbing-looking, so I'm embedding it in case people'd rather not see.

Roo

Posted by Abita at June 4, 2006 07:22 PM