When I had the puppies outside yesterday afternoon, they kept digging in the flower bed along the fence at the back of our yard (we back up to a canal leading to Lake Houston). I brought them back to the sand box several times but they kept heading straight back to this one spot to dig. After several rounds of this dance, I started bringing them back into the house (I am trying not to let them self reward with behaviors that may not be acceptable to their new families). When I picked Prim up, I noticed something hanging out of her mouth. On closer inspection, there were actually 2 small grey legs and a long skinny tail hanging out of her mouth! Luckily my husband was out in the yard with me. I won't tell you how loudly I screamed for him to come get that thing out of her mouth:-). Scared me to death. I contacted my rescue coordinator to make sure there wasn't anything I needed to be concerned about them catching from the mouse. It was a tiny baby. I hate the thought of them having killed it (I guess it may have already been dead but I don't think so).
Then last night, they all started to have loose stools. I am in a panic thinking they have eaten something that has made them sick. Called my rescue coordinator (yes, I am a very high maintenance volunteer) and contacted a supervisor as well. We finally decided that perhaps it was a reaction to the wormer I gave yesterday morning especially since all of them seemed to be affected at the same time. The good news is that they all used the litter pan to go poop. I was changing it out quite a bit but it does show that they are really getting good at understanding where to go.
This morning, they had all gone poop (in the litter pan again) and everyone had firm stools! Yea!!!! Hopefully whatever it was is through their systems now. They never acted like they felt bad. Kept playing and tussling with each other.
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