Little Zoo

interesting day...Electra was SUPPOSED to get spayed today..the appointment was made, she was fasted since 9 last night I brought her in, the vet looked her over and listened to our concerns...ran a million tests, diagnosed her with mild epilepsy(her spacing out episodes are not her being "weird" they are seizures), and we are waiting to hear back in the heartworm test. fingers crossed THAT comes back negative so we can reschedual her spay for as soon as humanly possable. the rest of her tests came back normal thank goodness!

I keep thinking about Ladybug lately...I dont think she is going to survive the year, not at the rate she isgoing downhill. I mean dont get me wrong..for a 13 year old large dog with bad hips in heart failure she is doing incredable, and she does OK once she gets her "meds"(Turmeric-a natural cox-2 inhibitor, and Hawthorn-a natural heart support suppliment) before she has them though she cannot even get up most of the time anymore..some days she manages, other all she can do is lift her head, and lower it back down unable to do anything more. once she has her "meds" she can bounce around, do the stairs and even jump into the car, but still nothing at all like she was only 5 months ago, when she could outlast my BCs without any sort of med at all. now even with her meds, the best she can manage is a 15 minute leashed walk before she is stumbling and unable to go any longer. she is declining very rapidly :'( it makes me cry when I think about it.

we do have more gerbil babies! Penny X Spook new litter was finally born last night, 5 babies, 1 spotted agoutie and FOUR DEH/Honey Cream! we are very exited..usually we get an entire litters of colours we dont want with maybe 1 of a desirable colour. 4 DEH or Honey Creams to choose from will be a dream!! the previous 2 litters all went to their new homes already, we only have Angel and Pinta now :( oh and we finally got our Steppe Lemmings too! cool little pets, we call them R2 and D2 :p