Update on the Farm Animals

Okay, so here's the latest...

Yesterday I called the vet in the AM and asked the vet tech if he (Rowdy) had eaten anything yet. He had not. :( I asked if we could come and feed him. She said, "Yes." They suggested chicken. :) We brought him some and he ate a little bit. He wasn't totally crazy about it and we had to coax him but we did get about 4-6 ounces in. :) Yeah!

They wanted to keep him the rest of the day to give another round of fluids and to make sure that he didn't throw it up or have any more diarrhea.

We had to do a bunch of things yest (paperwork for the alpaca insurance for Rico-ugh!, clean a little in the house, go play with a friend's kids who have the chicken pox- here's hopin!!) so it was, again, CRAZY busy here. I called the vet at about 3:00pm for an update. They wanted to keep him overnight again because he still had not eaten anything else. They wanted us to know that if we took him home that we would have to watch to see if he was eating and drinking and peeing and pooping correctly.
I asked if we could come and feed him one more time. If he ate for us we would feel comfortable about taking him home. If he refused then he could stay with them and they could continue to give him fluids. She said yes.

They brought him to us again and he put his paw up on Thomas. That's something he does all the time to show his love. :)

He smelled the chicken and he practically mauled me to get to it. HE ate it ravenously. The tech grinned and said they would removed the catheter in his leg right away! YEAH!

Rowdy came home last night. I just have to remember to give him his meds for the next 8 days. That should be interesting. I don't think I have EVER taken a full round of antibiotics correctly because I tend to forget every so often.

He did fine last night. He ate more chicken and a few dog treats. This morning he scarfed some canned food and this evening he ate his dry dog food!!!! Yeah!!! The poop is on it's way to becoming more and more solid. (I'm sorry- TMI!)

Anyway, he was playful and happy today. He wants to get out of the confined fenced area and back to the pasture. Hopefully by tomorrow he can go back to being with his buddy Cygwyn and his animals. :)

Cygwyn wants to be with him too. They are friends. :)

Oh, and just in case you thought it was all looking good...

Cygwyn developed a limp last night!!!!! AAUUUGGHHHH!!

Hopefully it's nothing. I'm praying for divine healing. :D

Delight and Destiny are doing just fine. Pictures soon. :)