When I got home this evening I went out to check on everyone's water (it's HOT). The first thing I saw was that Lizzie's water looked a bit odd.
Both her water buckets were full of foam. Gees! (I did empty them and put in fresh water after I fed her since she had stopped drooling.) |
She was standing with her butt against the interior stall door so I couldn't see her face, but when I walked out into the stall I was horrified to see her foaming at the mouth! Scared me to death! So the first thing I did was go in and try and call LSU to see if Ann Chapman was there in the office. But it was a little after 5 so I got the answering service instead. So I sent a couple of these pictures to her by e-mail and told her I would be calling for an appointment in the morning. It's time to have her teeth checked anyway (I'm supposed to do that every 6 months now.) So I hope she'll have room for an appointment tomorrow.
She looked really awful! Her eyes running and foaming at the mouth! |
Then I went back out and walked her around and brushed her and she acted perfectly normal -- except she kept slobbering. So I went ahead and fed everyone. She sure didn't act sick when her food came. She scarfed down her dinner as actively as she ever does.
And THEN -- when she got done -- her mouth looked perfectly normal again. What the heck???
Gees! That was around 6 or so. I've been out there checking on her a number of times since then. When I went out last at 10 or so, she was sound asleep in her stall.
She got a little surprised when the flash went off (that's why her nose is dilated), but there has been NO FOAM around her mouth. |
So . . . I'm leaving her in peace the rest of the night.
I DO hope the vet can come tomorrow anyway, given that the weekend is coming up. I'd just like to know why the heck that happened!
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