[Gpdd] HEALTH: Tabitha

[ME]

Glad she's doing fine ... I have one that reacts to dusty hay ...  
she's been breathing a little noisily lately ... I wish I could just  
help her blow her nose and it would probably go away.  But her weight  
is normal and her alertness and curiosity is normal and her lungs are  
clear ... so I just keep an eye on her.  The only thing I could do is  
not use hay as bedding, but then I'd either have to change the  
bedding for everyone (all six of mine live together) or remove  
her ... and I don't think either is a good solution.

As for her being mad at you ... mine always get that treatment ... as  
I'm always examining them (I have daily and weekly checks ...  
remember, they hide illnesses well ... knowing what is normal makes  
it easier to spot changes quickly) ... all that's required to get  
back in good graces are a few baby carrots or a lettuce leaf or some  
oats or ... well, you get the idea.

On Jul 2, 2009, at 6:47 AM, jaaladog wrote:

> Good morning/evening/day everyone,
>
> Tabitha was given a clean bill of health by her doctor last night.   
> Her eye seemed to stay pretty much clear all day but I wasn't  
> taking any chances. The vet seems to think, as a couple of you  
> suggested to me, that it was probably just the very powdery hay I  
> had put in the cage a few days earlier. It was good hay  but did  
> have a lot of the fine powder that makes us sneeze. She loves to be  
> in the hay and is forever burrowing; or perhaps hiding from  
> Samantha; in it.
>
> Now, I just have to get her to quit being mad at me.  Earl and I  
> were passing her back and forth, back and forth, listening to both  
> sides of her lungs, turning her this way and that, putting her nose  
> in our ear, looking/feeling her eyes.  LOL  Poor thing.  She was  
> quite put out with the both of us.  She finally gave my ear lobe a  
> good nip to say "Enough already!"
>
> Thanks for all of your very helpful advice.  I learned some new  
> stuff to look and listen for when or if this happens again.
>
> Hugs & Whisker kisses,
>
> P.S.  Does anyone know how to get bubblegum out of whiskers?? Sigh
> Lynn