Mona has to stay inside for the next couple of days. She can only walk two times for about ten minutes and then back to resting. She hurt her foot on Monday, but that happens more often, so we didn't take her to the vet's immediately. Over night and yesterday it got a lot worse. If she stands up, she limps like crazy. Our vet didn't find anything, Mona's a though girl, she doesn't show her pain easily. The vet examined her very thoroughly but he couldn't say what it was. He thinks it's not that serious because she didn't respond to any of his actions, but he was worried about the fact that she limps very hard. He advised to let her rest and just take her on two short walks for the rest of the week. She's on anti-inflammatories so if there is an infection somewhere that will cure it. Hopefully she gets better soon, because she looks a bit sad not to be able to play with her friends...
One sunny side to this story for Mona: inside the house it's a lot chillier than outside, so maybe she won't be that sad! ;)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Ticks and hot spots
We HATE ticks and hot spots...
Viggo had another one. It's the fourth this year. He was on antibiotics for weeks and now he has a new one. Another 'hole' in his fur... Luckily we found this one in an early stage so normally this one should be easy to treat. The hot spots appear where we removed a tick. Why do those animals exist? They do nothing but damage to everyone and everything they meet! Really I've had enough of those animals ruining my dogs' fur.
Mona seems to be the most resistant to ticks, she doesn't have them as much as those other two. Viggo seems to attract them the most. It's sooo annoying. Every time I cuddle my dogs I find a tick! :(
Viggo wears two Scalibor collars, one collar isn't enough because of his size and weight and because he has to be fully protected seen that he gets a lot of tick-bites (vet recommended). Grace and Mona wear a Scalibor collar too and for them that seems to be enough. But our Viggo keeps on suffering from tick-bites. I'm really worried someday he might get really sick from one of those tick-bites.
Does someone of you know another remedy to treat tick-bites? If we remove a tick on Viggo's body, it always becomes a real big bump...
Viggo had another one. It's the fourth this year. He was on antibiotics for weeks and now he has a new one. Another 'hole' in his fur... Luckily we found this one in an early stage so normally this one should be easy to treat. The hot spots appear where we removed a tick. Why do those animals exist? They do nothing but damage to everyone and everything they meet! Really I've had enough of those animals ruining my dogs' fur.
Mona seems to be the most resistant to ticks, she doesn't have them as much as those other two. Viggo seems to attract them the most. It's sooo annoying. Every time I cuddle my dogs I find a tick! :(
Viggo wears two Scalibor collars, one collar isn't enough because of his size and weight and because he has to be fully protected seen that he gets a lot of tick-bites (vet recommended). Grace and Mona wear a Scalibor collar too and for them that seems to be enough. But our Viggo keeps on suffering from tick-bites. I'm really worried someday he might get really sick from one of those tick-bites.
Does someone of you know another remedy to treat tick-bites? If we remove a tick on Viggo's body, it always becomes a real big bump...
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| Grace trying to stop me from working in the front garden. |
Monday, May 7, 2012
Pleasant discovery
Hi everyone!
We did a pleasant discovery this weekend. When we were shopping in the pet shop, we saw little rabbits with alongside of them a description of how to look after them. There we saw their life expectancy was 5-6 years old. Well, we are proud to tell you all our rabbits now are older than 6. The oldest is 8 years old and although he's always been grey, you wouldn't say he's the grandpa of the family! :)
We did a pleasant discovery this weekend. When we were shopping in the pet shop, we saw little rabbits with alongside of them a description of how to look after them. There we saw their life expectancy was 5-6 years old. Well, we are proud to tell you all our rabbits now are older than 6. The oldest is 8 years old and although he's always been grey, you wouldn't say he's the grandpa of the family! :)
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