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| Name: |
Moe
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Age: |
Five months old
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| Gender: |
Male
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Kind: |
Guinea Pig
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| Home: |
Newark, Delaware, USA
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This
is my newest little boy, Moe. He's a five month old long haired
guinea pig, and he lives with me and my husband and his two adopted
piggy brothers DJ & Jack here in Newark, Delaware. He's special because
he's a wonderful friend and companion, despite a horrible start to life.
We adopted him right before Christmas from a family who obviously
didn't know how to take care of him. When he first came home he had
scaly sores all over his back and was missing large clumps of hair. He
was a very good boy even though he must have been feeling itchy and
awful, and let us give him a bath and take him to the vet for a shot of
antibiotics. He was so starved for love that he was huddling up against
me at the vet like he had known me for years, even though it had been
less than 24 hours. We nursed him for two weeks with oral antibiotics
two times a day, and he lapped them up like they were candy and sat
still for hours letting me groom the loose hair and skin out of his
coat. He was so confused when I tried to hold him in the beginning- he
seemed to have no idea that I just wanted to give him attention and
love. Then, recently, Moe had a horrible scare. All of a sudden he
wouldn't eat his dinner, was very lethargic, and was breathing very
hard. He had to go to an emergency vet center and get another shot.
The vet isn't sure if he has pneumonia or heart disease, but either way
his heart was enlarged with fluid and pushing on his poor little lungs.
Now he has to have medicine three times a day to help him pass the
fluid, as well as antibiotics in case of pneumonia. He's gotten
comfortable enough with his new home to be a bit more difficult when it
comes to medication time, but his daddy and I take that as a sign of
health and just love him for it. Moe likes to grab the syringe and toss
it away instead of swallowing his meds. He loves to lick his daddy's
fingers, and only nibbles a teeny bit. He crawls up my chest to nibble
on my glasses frame, then curls up on my lap and falls asleep. I can't
imagine being so sweet if so many awful things had happened to me in the
first few months of my life, and this is why Moe is such a special
little piggy.
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