Today
was, again, a really slow day (As I keep saying, we’ve been having some pretty
slow days recently. Jen says we’re in
the slow phase of summer; I really hope it will start picking up soon). When I first walked into the recovery room, I
saw we had a Maltese named Tessa who had a C-section sometime late last
night/early morning. Her puppies (4 of
them; three boys and a girl) were staying warm in an incubator on the other
side of the room. Even though I hadn’t
been there to witness the C-section, seeing the puppies was still a cool sight
to see! They were only a few hours old,
and they were really small, shaky, and are (of course, like all puppies) deaf
and blind (unable to open their eyes) for the time being (until they get a few
weeks older). We needed to bottle-feed
them with formula, because Tessa wasn’t producing any milk. She seemed to be recovering fine, and she and
the puppies went home around mid-morning with some formula and a bottle (in
case the mother still won’t produce any milk).
Next to Tessa was Diego, and he is recovering wonderfully! Even though he is still unable to walk on his
own and his head is still slightly twitching, he is able to slightly control
some movements on his own now and the twitching has subsided into more of a
slight head bob. This is amazing,
because most of us were surprised that he even survived the attack; yet he’s
recovering so quickly! I can only imagine how much better he’ll be tomorrow!
Tessa, the mother Maltese.
Her four puppies snug together in a warm incubator.
A facial view of one of the puppies.
Diego feeling better and recovering nicely, and acting more like himself as each day passes!
There
was a 7-month old Pitbull-mix named Tyson who came in with vomiting and dehydration,
and he had a distinct odor coming from him, which led us to believe (and soon
after discover for a fact) he had Parvo.
He was placed in the stray cat ward (since Parvo doesn’t spread to
cats).
His owners weren’t the brightest
pet owners; the brother of one of the owners had a dog which had puppies, and
all of the puppies had Parvo.
Tysons
owners kept putting him with the puppies, which is how Tyson came down with the
virus.
I’ll see how he’s doing tomorrow
and if he’s gotten any better.
Tyson, the Pitbull mix with Parvo.
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