On January 30th, a rabid raccoon was
found attacking the cage wall where
Amazing Grace, the Ocelot lives. Our staff
and volunteers were able to catch the
raccoon, and we never actually saw any
interaction between the raccoon and the
Ocelot, but we've been keeping her under
quarantine. Nine days later, her front paw
swoll up really badly, and so we decided
we need to take her in to the vet. But we
had to be extra careful just in case it
was the result of a bite from the rabid
raccoon.
Well I think you're gonna have to sedate
her to look at it, probably. Um, put
that, put that sheet all the way around
that edge, because there, she could
possibly get out through the sides there.
Yeah we're trying to
get her in the squeeze cage. She's at least 20 so it's gonna be
like 80, only coming out. Yeah, you're
coming out okay. Yeah she's gonna be, it's
gonna be good eighty pounds.
Just be really cognizant where your
fingers are, in case she's been exposed.
Lift with your feet. With your knees. I
think you're gonna have to tilt your
feet up for him to spray up go out. It's
tricky!
Oh
Looks kinda dangerous on your knees
there.
You're leaving me.
Glorious fur. I know, and you can't feel
like cuz you have to wear gloves.
See mats right there?
Horrible teeth you have, Grandma. That's a
plaque, tartar. That one looks cracked. That
one's cracked. It's got black all in it.
Yeah, so here's my dilemma. Looks like a
little tip off her canine's broken. Her
exposure, this tooth is not good.
A little cataract. There might be a
little puncture wanting to be there,
or a fracture there. Look at how swollen.
Normal. Normal. Very swollen, all the way
to over here. Yeah look, what is that
little black right. Where her pad should
be. Oh so, it's, that's the black upper
pad, and the rest of it's all red and
puffy.
Yeah that hurts. She says stop that!
That crunch was me. That was really loud.
I would take my glucosamine tablets every day.
I faithfully take mine twice a day, and
I still crunch. It looks like it just
won't stay. Maybe on the top. On the top.
Oh she's crunchy in her wrist. See she
looks swollen. Look at compare, contrast.
Yeah. As well there's swelling right here,
too. So this might be just her arthritis
that makes her crunchy. And then this is...
Yourself. See, I think that I'm gonna pick
this off. And it's gonna be oozy?
mm-hmm
Ben took one out. Ben took out a gen
health and labeled it Grace. That spot's already
mad. Yeah, that's okay,
that we can fix! Well, I'm gonna make that
a big old hole. Well. In just a few minutes.
I'm just, just, getting all of that pus
out of there and taking the pressure off
of her skin is probably gonna feel
better. We can culture this. She might also. With
her, with her legs pulled up it's hard to
tell if she is like liver enlargement
or if that's just her spleen. But she
definitely has spondylosis.
Starting there, definitely there, and
there. it's just the way her legs are
okay, for now.
okay okay
Sadly pus. Remember we love pus.
Pus, we can make better. Pus, when it
goes away it makes your foot feel better!
So we like to milk pus out. Think, imagine if
you had a big giant pocket of infection
under your skin. One, it would hurt. Two, it
would feel pressure, so once all this
comes out, she's like "Thank you!
Yay for me!" And then what do? We do? Oh, we
squeeze it and make it bigger, because
cats heal great. So we don't want that
tiny little hole that the pus started
to come out of to be the only hole
because then it would seal up by tonight,
and then maybe be squirting pus out again.
The good news is we have a culture
pending so we'll send in the pus that
was in there and make sure we treat her
with the right antibiotics, just in case
whatever bacteria is causing this
infection is resistant. Now we'll be able
to know that, and we'll treat her with
the best antibiotics.
These cats they just heal so fast.
Taking our shoes off. We're just gonna
So do they know what she did? Something
bite her, and or she bite herself?
It's so funny something else.
Oh, I heard that they might be in the same
den. I didn't know if any body ever
confirmed it. There are many uses for
kitty litter scoops. Do we want to put something
in this side for her? It's all meddling.
You know pitching out a blanket, she'll
chew it. Well yeah, go, go bring another
thing hay in and we'll just put some hay
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