Update on Speedy. Sooo happy!!!

[luckies4me]

OMGoodness, I am so excited right now! It's been a month and a half since Speedy first got sick, and we are finally making REALLY good progress. I really thought I would have to euthanize him a few times but hesitated as he was still being his grouchy self. A lot of times I just cried at the site of him though, and prayed he would be OK. About two weeks ago his infection was so bad he lost a lot of his skin, down to the muscle. He had to have his skin "peeled" away so the infection underneath could be controlled. He lost fur, quills and some muscle tissue. He's been on antibiotics and topical meds for about two months now. He skin literally peeled off. But that is the great part, because after that his recovery has been so speedy (no pun intended) and he's shown remarkable recovery in just a week. Last week his quills were just falling out, he was bleeding constantly. The bleeding was a good sign though as that means he had healthy tissue. Well tonight I took him out and I almost fainted! Not only is his swelling completely gone, but the part on his body where he lost all his quills is healed, and we are now just fighting a tiny area around his genital region. He looks SOOOOO much better!

I will attach a before photo and then post some updated ones. I just wanted to update everyone in case you were all wondering how he was doing. I can't tell you how happy I am. And to think I almost euthanized him. He was really bad though. At one point he was barely moving, very dehydrated and wouldn't eat. This makes me feel so much better that I didn't give up on him and fought this through. It looks like he should be all cleared up in about a week, and once his mites are treated (all hedgehogs have mites, but they usually do not cause problems until they become sick) he will be reunited with his buddies Spike and Flower.

This picture isn't even the worse of what he went through. You should have seen him three weeks ago when he was all bloody and pussy,. This photo shows him with his meds on.

You can read his original thread here:

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...ghlight=speedy