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Originally Posted by amandawash  I am so glad that helped. One incident I didn't post about was an issue we had about two weeks after surgery. Ranger became EXTREMELY ill, violently throwing up while we were out of town. We rushed him to the vet where we found he was incredibly constipated. He needed fluids and the whole she-bang. The problem was that Ranger is incredibly independant and since we had a large, fenced-in yard, never learned to poo on the leash. He refused to go while leashed, so we had to put an xpen in the yard for him to use. After that, no more constipation or throwing up. If Moose is used to going "privately" ;-) you might want to put an xpen in the grass for him!
We used our golden's soft-crate for his recovery house. It has an opening in the top so we could safely lift him in and out. It was what he lived in for two months practically because he jumps out of xpens. This was very safe and he really liked it. I had a memory foam theraputic mattress in the back, and his food and water dishes up front. Don't use lots of blankies because they can't navigate over them. He had a seperate sleeping crate that was much smaller and stayed on my nightstand at night.
Ranger is my psycho wild-child, but did surprisingly well through his recovery. I was extremely surprised with how good he was. After 8 weeks he was allowed freedome inside the house and in the backyard (alone so he wasn't trying to play) and at 10 weeks he was given free reign I think. He limped off and on when he got tired for about 6 months, but all our small animal vet friends said it can take 6-10 months for 100% recovery. He is now back to normal after the muscle atrophy building back up.
Anything else I can think of? Oh, LOTS and LOTS of bullies! The ones from AMD are the favorites, but the Merricks last longer. I changed them out daily so he wouldn't get bored. Lots of chew toys and other stuff to play with!
Sorry so long, but I've been there, done that ;-) |
Hey Amanada, glad to hear that Ranger Danger is doing well! We're dealing with the muscle atrophy at the moment. I couldn't believe how much of a difference there was in his leg!
Definitely lots of chewing toys.
