lilpumpkamo
New Born Pup
A bit of an update months later, Kaylor is alive and well as she can be. I just celebrated my 4 year gotcha day with her around memorial day (5/28) and I was very emotional. Based on the status of her when I posted here 6 months ago, I wouldn't have guessed she would still be around for the anniversary but she is RESILIENT.
In a separate post I made, I shared she had an abscess back in April I believe due to a bottom tooth that never grew back. The memory of the smell lingers but luckily she is mostly all healed up from that. In terms of the painful peeing/red urine, she has flare ups every now and then with the last one in mid May. This is the longest she has gone without having one in a while (knock on wood!) and I think it's due to me running out of pellets for a few weeks.
Her weight has been as low as low 700s but she is around 850 now. I don't think she will ever bounce back to the 1100 she was at and I think that's just part of aging and having a chronic illness. Kaylor loves pellets but I have notices she does much, much bettering terms of flare ups when she doesn't have them so it has been hard denying her them but I have tried to spice things up by offering a variety of hay instead. I have oxbow timothy hay, rabbit hole hay orchard grass, and guinea dad timothy hay which seems to be a lot softer and greener than the big oxbow bag. As I have said, I have had Kaylor for 4 years and she was around 1.5-2 years old when I adopted her, so I hope I can make whatever time she has left as comfortable and fun as possible.
I am really grateful for this community and the advice and comfort you have given me. No one understands the love it is possible to have for these little potatoes like you l do.
In a separate post I made, I shared she had an abscess back in April I believe due to a bottom tooth that never grew back. The memory of the smell lingers but luckily she is mostly all healed up from that. In terms of the painful peeing/red urine, she has flare ups every now and then with the last one in mid May. This is the longest she has gone without having one in a while (knock on wood!) and I think it's due to me running out of pellets for a few weeks.
Her weight has been as low as low 700s but she is around 850 now. I don't think she will ever bounce back to the 1100 she was at and I think that's just part of aging and having a chronic illness. Kaylor loves pellets but I have notices she does much, much bettering terms of flare ups when she doesn't have them so it has been hard denying her them but I have tried to spice things up by offering a variety of hay instead. I have oxbow timothy hay, rabbit hole hay orchard grass, and guinea dad timothy hay which seems to be a lot softer and greener than the big oxbow bag. As I have said, I have had Kaylor for 4 years and she was around 1.5-2 years old when I adopted her, so I hope I can make whatever time she has left as comfortable and fun as possible.
I am really grateful for this community and the advice and comfort you have given me. No one understands the love it is possible to have for these little potatoes like you l do.
