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This is all too overwhelming
This week has SUCKED! :( Peanut started having issues with his diabetes and passed away two days ago. :( I held him during the end, and even though he was in pain he managed to look right into my eyes before he passed away, as if he was saying goodbye. We never made it to our appointment. :( My cockroach died too. Despite help from roach forums she didn't make it because she couldn't shed completely.
I've also been nursing Speedy (my hedgehog) back to health as he developed a severe allergic reaction to some new food, which caused diarrhea. He had it really bad and ended up getting a bacterial infection on his lower body. The vet has him in Trimethaprim Sulfa right now, and I am bathing him twice a day, and then applying a really great ointment. He is doing so much better, but still has about two weeks before he makes a complete recovery. He smells horrible, like parvo. :( Through this whole thing he has been a champ though! He's letting me take care of him, and what's weird is that he's seeming to get friendlier since I've had so much hands on time with him lately.
I'll attach a couple pictures. These are when he was raelly bad. I'll take some updated pictures tonight so you can see how far he's come. He's really doing a lot better, but this whole thing just makes me so sick to my stomach. I feel awful. :(
Here he is after I bathed him and before I applied the medicine. He's also being soaked in Chlorhexyderm solution once a day as well. The thing in the middle is his tail. Unfortunately, the damage was so severe that some of his quills will not grow back. His diarrhea is finally under control now, which is why his skin is clearing up now.
