Another Trip to the Vet

Today was Fatty Patty & Stormy's turn at the vet. 3 days, 3 visits. What a week! 

Fatty Patty is fat but healthy. She did NOT like Dr Folland squishing her belly as he was trying to feel for eggs. 

No eggs! 

Stormy had a toe that had become infected and was causing her pain. I had Dr Folland take it off. 

Stormy did not like her vet visit either!! 

Dr Folland said I was setting a new record by coming in every day. I told him I would not be coming in on Thursday. 

And I wasn't! 

Until I got home and realized there was another sick tortoise. So I will be going in every day this week. 

Tally ho! 

Easy Peasy..... Or Not So Much

The last few rescues were supposed to be "easy." 

Uh huh. 

After 3+ years of rescue, I should know that anything that's "easy" is guaranteed to be not. Like this post-- I wrote it this morning and right before it posted, Blogger froze and I lost the entire thing. Ugh! Irony! This is my 2nd rewrite. 

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Spike the 3rd-- 

He was healthy and friendly, right? 

Nope. He hid under the paper towels for two days straight and he pooped, it had quite a bit of blood in it. Now I'm waiting for his next poop so I can do a fecal test. 

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Fatty Patty--

This girl was supposed to be at her new home already. She is a B.R.A.T.!! I can't even touch her. I'm so busy with my Etsy shop and the sicklies that I've just been letting her chill. 

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Lucky--

This little guy went from a friendly (?) little guy to a monster. And he's taken to hiding in his hide all the time. And he won't eat on his own. 

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Jessie-- 

This girl has discovered her independence and her love of food. She hates being held and is happiest being left alone. She has an adoption pending but the owner doesn't quite have enough money yet. 

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Smaug-- 

He was supposed to be wild and difficult. He was a spaz for two days and then calmed down. I discovered two infected cuts on the tip of his tail that have become necrotic (dying). He'll have to have about a half inch of his tail amputated on Monday. Maybe that will make him happier. 

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The rest--- 

Dragon-- His bones are still rubbery and he won't eat on his own and he hides all the time. :(  He's not doing well. 

Simba-- Poor guy is hanging in there. He has a vet check on Monday. We'll see if he's improved any. I don't want to prolong his suffering, but I don't want to give up on him. 

Peanut-- His adoption is all set up but it's  too cold to ship him out of state. 

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So I have 12 beardies. 6 are permanent; the others can't be adopted or shipped. 

Easy peasy? Not so much 

Fatty Patty, rescue 118

I should know better than to think any rescue or rehoming would be "easy." Ha! The easy ones end up being the hardest.

Fatty Patty (or Bratty Patty) was going to be an easy transfer from her owner who was surrendering her to me and then to her new owner. All within a few days. 

Ha! 

In this case, "Easy" means-- a delay because of a funeral, an unexpected change in pick up location that tacked on an extra hour, a broken tank, 5 stitches, a missed pick up, a grumpy beardie who hated my rescue buddy, another pick up, lots of hissing, and an escape in my van. The whole thing took a week and a half. 

Fatty Bratty Patty is not a nice girl and would not make a good pet for the family with young kiddos who wanted her. So she's here with me so I can act out "The Taming of the Shrew!" ;) 

Good thing she's pretty. But pretty will only get her so far around here. She'd better learn who's the momma around her (me not her). 

I suspect it will be the battle of the divas for awhile as she learns that I WILL hold her and she WILL behave. She didn't even want to snuggle! For rude. 

Yes, yes, a power struggle with a bearded dragon. The glory of rescue!