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среда, 12 ноября 2008

23:38

So there's a discussion going on in the stupidpetowners community about a picture of a kitte and a bird. People are saying it's stupid because cat saliva is toxic to birds as it contains pasteurella.

I know most rabbits carry the pasteurella bacteria, even if they're not infected with it.

So are rabbits toxic to birds too? Anyone know?

I ask as someone who adores both species and one day plans to have parrots. I'd hate to do it just to find out the one is going to kill the other.

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21:41

Back from the vet's

Mickey had his vet appointment this morning. The vet checked him out, gave him some fluids and made a few suggestions:

1. Cut back on his greens a little to encourage him to eat more hay.

2. If he still won't touch hay, try some different hays to see if he'll eat any of them.

3. Give him pineapple juice twice a day to up his fluid intake and hopefully dissolve any blockage that's there.

She said if there's no improvement, I should bring him back in for an x-ray; she would have liked to do one today, but their machine is in repairs.

I brought in a poop sample for her to see, but while I was waiting for him to get the fluids, I noticed he'd pooped some in his carrier, and that those poops were a little bigger than what he's been doing. Looks like the hay he'd eaten yesterday did make an impact, so I'm definitely going to cut back on his greens and see if that gets him eating more hay. I also picked up some pineapple juice at the store after I brought Mickey home, so I'll start him on that tonight.

The vet also recommended that I keep some Critical Care on hand in case I need to get more fluids into his system. It's something I've been meaning to order because it's good to have in case of emergency, so that's next on the priority list.

At the moment, Mickey is zoned out in his cage. He ate a little bit of hay when he first got home, but hasn't shown much interest in eating since then. That's normal for him after a vet visit; he'll give me the Dread Glare of Sulk for a while, then he'll take a nap and then all is usually well. We'll see how it goes after I'm trying to syringe pineapple juice into him later, though.

@темы: vets

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01:40

Awwww

Pepper had a wonderful weekend - lots of people came to visit her!

(Technicaly it was my house-swarming party, but clearly I was not the main attraction).

There were gift bags to toss and tissue paper to nibble!

She sniffed everyone,

and even did some binkies to show off! She had so much fun running around with everyone that she was conked out asleep under the bed by 6:30 and didn't even wake up when the pizza came!

She clearly approves of the new furniture arrangement, as there have been many happy bunny dances over the past few days.

But my favorite is that she now goes to bed with me! Granted, not ON the bed - she'll never be a snugglebun. But she clearly enjoys my company. When I'm on the couch, she's usually hanging around the living room somewhere. When I turn out the lights to go to bed, she usually heads for the kitchen - to get a drink before bed maybe? Then once I go to bed, she comes in, scrabbles around under the bed for a little while and then presumably goes to sleep.

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00:30

Несколько картинок по анатомии кроликов.

Спасибо Ягодке с форума http://www.karlik-krolik.ru/forums/
Все картинки кликабельны.

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вторник, 11 ноября 2008