Saturday, March 24, 2012

Chipmunks making progress

I stopped over to check on the kids today and wow, are they doing so much better. They are all eating very well, and it is "clean plate club" every meal with them now. They did have a couple days the end of last week and Saturday when they all started to cough. Now go figure that, they had been in isolation for all this time, and then they all started coughing. I didn't hear it yesterday and everyone over at the vet's had not heard them except for a couple coughs when they came in there in the morning. Their lungs are clear and if all goes well, they will be getting their next set of puppy shots towards the end of this coming week. Their skin is starting to heal and even though they look like little alligators right now with all the scales, they are doing so much better. I'll be going back there midweek to check on everyone. They are currently getting their medicated baths twice a week and I can see little hairs finally starting to grow. Brittany is the blonde, Alvin and Eleanor are darker golden.



Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Chipmunks Alvin, Brittany & Eleanor doing well

Today was a better day. Little Alvin had not been eating yesterday but still was barking. Today he was eating on his own again and his two sisters have turned into little butterballs. Brittany and Eleanor are real chow hounds and so far doing very well. We are still treating them for the demodex but they are doing well. Alvin is holding in there and at least is eating more on his own.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Chipmunk Jeanette passes away

Today was a very sad day with the loss of our sweet Jeanette. I called the vets early this morning to check on the kids and they told me she was very lethargic and not eating. I told them I would call back in an hour or so to see how she was. Before I could call back, I received a call that she has passed away. We do not know what happened to her but did run a Parvo test to see if they may all be in danger. The test came back negative, thankfully. These poor pups had their immune systems so compromised by this infection that her poor little body could not fight it. I know we did all we could for her and only hope that the others will be okay.

Chipmunk Pupdate

I went to visit the kids today and was lucky enough to catch them out of the isolation area and getting their baths. These poor kids sure look bad but are on the road to recovery. Unfortunately we can't use any of the big dog drugs on them to clear this up faster without harming them with the side effects. I was able to see three kids get their baths and they sure don't like it when the water gets on them. The vet techs can't bathe them in very warm water because of the existing mites so when the cooler water is put on them, they were quite upset and making a lot of noise. As soon as they stopped, they were back to the happy, calm puppies that we have seen. I will be going to see them again in a couple days and will send out updates. We also will need to start them on their booster shots so that they can build up immunity to all the diseases that puppies can encounter. They need that immunity before they can go to a foster home.



Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Meet the Chipmunks...Alvin, Jeanette, Brittany and Eleanor

We received a note from a local shelter telling us about a litter of 7-week old pups that needed help. Yes, they are quite a sight right now but they are all, otherwise, healthy, happy, tail wagging kids. Our volunteer ran in to the shelter and gathered them up and off they went to Pacific Coast Veterinary Clinic for treatment and lots of love. They were diagnosed with demodex which is now being treated. When healed, they will be made available for adoption.

We have named them after the Chipmunks with Alvin and the Chipettes - Jeanette, Brittany and Eleanor. We won't go into the treatment schedule but they are on antibiotics for the skin, antibiotic eye drops for the eyes which are swollen shut, and medicated baths.  Their skin is wrinkled due to this infestation but will smooth out and look better with treatment. We currently have two little blonde girls and a golden boy and girl. Eleanor is the biggest of all the gang with Brittany the smallest.


Sunday, March 4, 2012

Roo Says Thank You For His Cart!



























Roo thanks all of our donors for helping him to get his new cart. He's doing better every day in learning to use it. Thank you also to Eddie's Wheels for building it, and to Help Em Up for his harness which helps his people to get him around when he's not in his cart. All Roo needs now is a foster home. Please email info@grcglarescue.org if you can help. Here are some new video's of Roo zooming around...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLD6_ytMEoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMrL8kvh6-Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNM_MRhnYLs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1x4Ot4hmQ

And if you would like to donate towards Kanga and Roo's continuing care, click here.