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Hey everyone,
My co-worker dropped off a CDT a few days ago knowing that after 15 years with my dear Russians, I would make a far better mom than her 16 yr old who found the little darling. Age unknown, she is about the size of a coffee mug and she was in bad shape from day 1. I took Jenny to the tort vet who put her on antibiotics for RSV. We are on dose 5 and her nose has finally cleared up. She is still very lethargic so today I dusted off my food processor and made her some mush meal hoping I could stimulate her to eat. I added purified water w/a couple squirts of vitamins plus some Timothy hay, alphalpha, dand greens, a pinch of spring mix, chard and kale. After burning up my processor I finally got it all mushed up and sucked up 5 ml's of the juice into a baby medicine dropper. It took about 20 minutes of placing one drop at a time on her lips before she finally opened her mouth for me. I didn't want to choke her, just to get the vitamins in her so she could gain strength. She finally came around and started eating her regular salad but when she opened her mouth her eyes (left one in particular) swelled up and started to run. She stopped after a few bites so I soaked her and she took some long drinks, cleaned her face (such a lady) and rested while getting her good girl head rubs. Her eye swelling went down after 5 minutes when she resumed eating and again, only to have her eyes swell again!
I am thinking this is just the RSV showing its ugly head since she hasn't completed her antibiotics yet? Also, should I have her de-wormed as a precaution at her check up next week or should I wait until she fully recovers?
Thanks for your replies. I am learning slowly that there is a HUGE difference between my Russians & my CDT!!
My co-worker dropped off a CDT a few days ago knowing that after 15 years with my dear Russians, I would make a far better mom than her 16 yr old who found the little darling. Age unknown, she is about the size of a coffee mug and she was in bad shape from day 1. I took Jenny to the tort vet who put her on antibiotics for RSV. We are on dose 5 and her nose has finally cleared up. She is still very lethargic so today I dusted off my food processor and made her some mush meal hoping I could stimulate her to eat. I added purified water w/a couple squirts of vitamins plus some Timothy hay, alphalpha, dand greens, a pinch of spring mix, chard and kale. After burning up my processor I finally got it all mushed up and sucked up 5 ml's of the juice into a baby medicine dropper. It took about 20 minutes of placing one drop at a time on her lips before she finally opened her mouth for me. I didn't want to choke her, just to get the vitamins in her so she could gain strength. She finally came around and started eating her regular salad but when she opened her mouth her eyes (left one in particular) swelled up and started to run. She stopped after a few bites so I soaked her and she took some long drinks, cleaned her face (such a lady) and rested while getting her good girl head rubs. Her eye swelling went down after 5 minutes when she resumed eating and again, only to have her eyes swell again!
I am thinking this is just the RSV showing its ugly head since she hasn't completed her antibiotics yet? Also, should I have her de-wormed as a precaution at her check up next week or should I wait until she fully recovers?
Thanks for your replies. I am learning slowly that there is a HUGE difference between my Russians & my CDT!!