Poor Marcie had a bad, bad day. I had been keeping an eye on these two little scabs under her chin, (no clue how they got there. I've gone over and over in my head what could have happened, but she's fed F/T, and kept on paper towels in a rack setup. Her water dish is the only furniture!) and yesterday one of them swelled up, and I noticed her saliva was waaay too sticky...so off to the vet we went. Had a great vet visit, stayed an hour and a half, actually! Her abscesses are all cleaned out now, and she's getting a course of antibiotic and wound-flushing. Opted out of getting a culture done because, well, money is tight and the vet was not extremely concerned. She's still eating, and is in good shape, all things considered. These very well could have healed on their own, although there's a good chance they wouldn't have, either. And her immune system was weakened, so we caught the very very earliest stage of an RI. So glad I took her in. Now I'll be giving shots for the next few weeks, and daily flushing out the little chin wounds (that are opened and clean now.)


She was so upset when we got home, that she balled up! This is a 1400 gram female...lol...poor dear.


My receipt:



These are all 'before' pictures. Now she has little holes in her chin...