In a spot of bother

Clover, Beattie, Piglet and Harry 

Poor Beattie’s got a sore toe. She started favouring a leg on Sunday, so we carefully examined all her feet several times, but could find no sign of anything amiss. On the principle that ‘rest is best’ we didn’t take her out for the remainder of the day, and by the evening she couldn’t put her left fore to the ground. At least that narrowed down which foot was hurting.

Yesterday it was still bad, and today one toe was noticeably swollen, so it was off to the vet. She has either cracked a bone (no graunchy sounds when it is manipulated, so not a proper break) or wrenched it and got it infected. This is bad news. Harry did a similar thing a couple of years ago, and months of antibiotics didn’t help and he ended up having the toe amputated. I really don’t want to go down that path again.

CNPS: 59