October 18th, 2009 by DJ
A week after her “incident,” Astra is doing fine. Her ear even sticks out at a normal angle!
Here you can see the stitches, which run from top left toward the bottom right and then up again perpendicularly. I count ten of them. Dr. Bagley really did an amazing job considering how big the wound was.
Astra has completed [...]
October 12th, 2009 by DJ
Yesterday, we found that Astra, one of our 4-month-old kids, had gashed her ear quite badly. The gash was about 3″ long, and clearly needed stitches. At first, I intended to stitch it myself– we have sutures and staples on hand– but on closer inspection I realized this was beyond my ability.
Naturally, these things always happen in [...]
August 27th, 2009 by DJ
(Eleda 1 photo.)
A friend of ours writes,
I foster baby kittens from time to time. I found this information in the LA City Animal Shelter’s Kitten Care Handbook by Carolyn McCray, DVM:
“Unfortunately, cow’s milk is not nutritious enough for kittens – they will slowly starve to death on it. It also causes diarrhea which is extremely [...]