Saturday 5 January 2013

Day Twenty-Five

Festus has almost been on the cyclosporine now for an entire month!! He is doing phenomenal on it as well. We can pet him all over his body and he doesn't feel the need to itch about 90% of the time which is a massive improvement over 25 days ago in which touching him would get those hind legs moving and itching like a mad man. I am beyond happy with the improvements that he has made. Hopefully by spring he will be able to go and visit the little old ladies at the hospital as it would just make their day!

He has been much more cuddly lately and just well, much more personable in his day to day life. He is getting excited over the simplest things again meal time, walk time, car time, well anytime really he has gotten just SUPER BOUNCY!! He zooms around the house zooms around the yard, tries to zoom around on the leash. He is making me laugh more and more everytime I turn around he is actin a fool.

Time for my close up! 

His elbow area isn't red anymore and is softening up. Less callously and hair is starting to fill in a bit there.

Close up of his neck/belly area. What used to be red and angry looking along with scabs is back to skin colour with little bits of pink. No scabs are present, no crusty skin either. HUGE improvement over from where he first started. 

Sorry for the shadow but this is a good overall shot of him sitting showing now there is hair that is slowly starting to fill in for him. Waiting for a treat to be thrown at him which he only catches about 1 our of every 50 or so. He gives the college effort though and at least makes the attempt every time always in slow motion which makes me giggle. Not sure if he does this on purpose to make me smile at him and tell him how silly he is or if it is just him. To catch or not to catch that is the question!

Closer up and a bit brighter of his belly.

Got daddy to help with this one to get him to stretch his neck up for a full under the chin shot. What a bit of freeze dried cheddar can do. Simply magic!





Different belly angle, decided to lay on the ground under him to get the shot. What do we see here ladies and gentlemen, I do believe that is some hair!



Moooom please put down the camera now and just pay attention to me!


Winks for the ladies!! Until next week big slobbers ~Festus

2 comments:

  1. Wowzers! That is some good stuff! So happy to read that his spirits are improving, your boy is coming back. :-)

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  2. Thanks Jennifer! I'm over the moon with how he's improving on the cyclosporine.

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