Cali-kitty is really getting cute.
Oh, ya, the claws are true shredders! Any and all exposed skin is getting the treatment. Except when they’re asleep.
Here’s little Tuxie on a yoga block:
A too-hot-for-dog day today. Here he is snoozing beneath the rhubarb:
A slightly better time than earlier this week, when a gust of wind made a sandwich out of him:
So many people think I’m prone to rashes, and I have to tell them it’s just my cats “making biscuits”.
how does that song go?
“only mad dogs and Englishmen go out to the midday sun”
So you’re confirming that a hot dog is a sandwich, huh?
My hot dog is a sandwich.
It doesn’t follow that every hot dog is a sandwich.
Ah, forget it, I never really understood those rules anyway.
And I don’t want to kickstart another BB controversy.
We had a scare this week. Monday afternoon the doe jumped down from a bed (2.5 ft high), something she’s done many times before. About an hour later, she was moving unsteadily, avoiding use one her back paw. She went downhill after that. By Tuesday mid morning she couldn’t use her back legs and was crawl-scrabbling across the floor.
Unfortunately because it was the Fourth of July holiday, all the exotics doctors around me were on vacay, and the emergency vets were booked (near me they do dial up appointments; they don’t let you come and sit in the waiting room). No calls (I’m not surprised, the 4th is a busy holiday for emergencies.)
By Wednesday morning she was limp and barely responsive, though she was drinking from a syringe, eating pellets and hay fed to her, and still urinating and pooping.
More calling around and I got an appointment at an emergency vet in DC. They took X-rays, did an ultrasound, and examined her. They didn’t see signs of broken bones or damaged spine, so they were concerned she had traumatic brain injury, which could happen if she landed hard. They could only be sure if they did a CT scan, but that wouldn’t change the prognosis, which was not good.
Around this time my son texted me to ask them whether an ear infection could be the cause of the problem. They consulted with an exotics/rabbit specialist in Virginia about that. They had done a check of her ears, but didn’t see any signs of infection, and they didn’t have the means to conduct blood or fluids tests. The exotic vet was booked solid, but the emergency vet got me a morning appointment, as well as an estimate for a 3 day stay.
She stayed overnight in an oxygen tent, and was fed, hydrated, and given pain and inflammation meds intravenously.
I arrived a little late for the appointment (thanks DC and Northern Virginia traffic) but they took us in. They whisked her away to an appointment room.
About an hour later, the doctor came out and let me know she had found a deep ear infection, a respiratory and/or a upper respiratory infection, and e cuniculi, a common parasite in rabbits that can lead to motor and neurological breakdown.
All treatable. The doctor explained everything carefully, and the nurse gave me her meds and explained the treatment regimen. She was discharged Thursday morning and is home, making a slow, but noticeable recovery.
The exotics specialist is about 1.5 hours away from my home, so I hadn’t considered them. I’m very grateful to both the emergency vets and the exotics specialists for the care they provided and helping save our sweet girl.
I’m glad it had a good (treatable) outcome. The stress is worse when help is difficult to find. Hope her recovery goes well, and you both bounce back soon!
Thank you so much! 
I remember how this works, I can see the depression he’s making in the grass.
Thank you, I needed that chuckle!
