Dameon broke out of his cage and attacked Lucy again. My dad was outside playing with a telescope and he heard Lucy squealing through the opened window.
It is bad this time. Lucy's whole right face is chewed up. Not bad enough to merit stitches, but bad enough to have been covered in blood when I finally got Dameon off of her. I think she is now blind in her right eye as it is very cloudy and she wasn't blinking or tracking with it. Her right ear also has some damage to it on the inside. I suppose that I should be thankful that ferrets just latch on like a bulldog and they don't tear at the skin like a terrier would. Instead of a mutilated face she just has a punctured face.
We cleaned the wounds and applied pressure to get the bleeding to stop. I seperated Lucy and Dot with Lucy being in the small cage on a towel. She has a house to hide in, a little bit of hay, a little bit of food, and a little bit veggies. Her water bottle is low enough that she won't need to "stand up" to reach it.
If she is still bad tomorrow morning I'm taking her into the vet. She nibbled slightly on some lettuce and a carrot, but that was it.
I don't know what else to do for her. Is there any pain medication I can give her? I checked out the Guinea Lynx website and saw some medications there, but wasn't sure if that was all. We don't have any liquid advil, so that isn't an option. We did have some Children's Tylenol but a quick google search said that it was toxic to dogs and cats, so I assumed it wouldn't be good to give to a piggy either.
What other signs should I be looking for to make sure she doesn't get worse on me? What are some good signs? How can I get her to leave the wounds alone? She keeps trying to rub her face against everything and that isn't a good thing as she'll reopen the wounds. How long should I keep her seperate from Dot?
I feel absolutely horrible right now. My heart is breaking and I almost lost it when I was holding her trying to get the bleeding to stop and she was just sitting there whimpering. She may be a rodent, but she's MY rodent. My little Lucy Fir. My fat piggy. She just needs to get better.
Just keep Lucy in your prayers.
It is bad this time. Lucy's whole right face is chewed up. Not bad enough to merit stitches, but bad enough to have been covered in blood when I finally got Dameon off of her. I think she is now blind in her right eye as it is very cloudy and she wasn't blinking or tracking with it. Her right ear also has some damage to it on the inside. I suppose that I should be thankful that ferrets just latch on like a bulldog and they don't tear at the skin like a terrier would. Instead of a mutilated face she just has a punctured face.
We cleaned the wounds and applied pressure to get the bleeding to stop. I seperated Lucy and Dot with Lucy being in the small cage on a towel. She has a house to hide in, a little bit of hay, a little bit of food, and a little bit veggies. Her water bottle is low enough that she won't need to "stand up" to reach it.
If she is still bad tomorrow morning I'm taking her into the vet. She nibbled slightly on some lettuce and a carrot, but that was it.
I don't know what else to do for her. Is there any pain medication I can give her? I checked out the Guinea Lynx website and saw some medications there, but wasn't sure if that was all. We don't have any liquid advil, so that isn't an option. We did have some Children's Tylenol but a quick google search said that it was toxic to dogs and cats, so I assumed it wouldn't be good to give to a piggy either.
What other signs should I be looking for to make sure she doesn't get worse on me? What are some good signs? How can I get her to leave the wounds alone? She keeps trying to rub her face against everything and that isn't a good thing as she'll reopen the wounds. How long should I keep her seperate from Dot?
I feel absolutely horrible right now. My heart is breaking and I almost lost it when I was holding her trying to get the bleeding to stop and she was just sitting there whimpering. She may be a rodent, but she's MY rodent. My little Lucy Fir. My fat piggy. She just needs to get better.
Just keep Lucy in your prayers.