Castaway's affectionate call name is "My Way" or just "Way" .... No Way, yes Way! She was born July 27, 2010 and is 60 days old today, 8 weeks and 4 days, or 2 months in this life of hers. She was attacked by her Mother at 2 weeks of age which I believe happened because her Mother might have been suffering from
Eclampsia More common in dogs than cats
Toy and small breeds most commonly affected
Large litter size
Highest incidence with the first litter
Poor nutrition during pregnancy and lactation
Possibly worsened by use of calcium supplements during pregnancy
Seen most commonly two to three weeks after-birth, although can be seen as late as six weeks after whelping (giving birth)
Eclampsia is the sudden onset of clinical signs associated with low blood calcium levels (hypocalcemia) that occur in lactating (nursing) bitches. It is caused by loss of calcium in the milk and is often combined with poor dietary calcium intake. This condition is different from eclampsia in women, which is related to blood pressure abnormalities prior to birth.
Predisposing Factors
Predisposing Factors
or some other severe medical problem which caused her to turn on her puppies in order to save her own life ... the owner gave 3 out of 5 surviving puppies to Adell Lantz to rescue and then Adell offered this one to Jeri who traveled to Palm Springs to get her and brought her to my home to see.... Jeri showed me the "scratch" on her eye and I noticed the eye injury needed immediate vet care and so that is how I have her now.
This morning I observed her eye is healing back to normal and the small depression filling in. There might be some slight scar tissue ... too soon to tell ... and if so the vet will prescribe some drops to treat it.
Her eye did cause me anxiety and distress, and of course the need to treat it with medicinal drops and oral antibiotic does require additional time during the day and night.... This is in addition to learning Way's "norms" and making sure she was eating and getting enough water and fluids as one would with any new puppy.... My heart and home is a little larger now with Way in it. No Way would I part with her now. She has made me Way happier than life without her. Way to go as the saying goes.
Way does love baked chicken and is eating some Little Caesar too ... I made some puppy formula but used canned reg milk instead of goat's milk and she isn't eating it .... I made some rice and chicken broth mush and she isn't eating it either ... Way really is a dainty eater, but she is gaining weight .... This morning she weighed in at a little over 2 1/2 lbs, and she is still small enough to fit into 2 hands cupped together .... Way has her little puppy biscuits and dry food always with her water in case she wants to chew and nibble. I bought some beef liver for .89 cents a lb at Ranch Market yesterday and she will most likely enjoy it.... it will mash it with some cooked carrots, spinach, and other vegetables that I eat as a stew cooked in pork neck bones.
My Way is really a pretty little charmer and very alert, very responsive. I enjoy admiring her special beauty and especially like her parti markings.... Way seems to be content and even happy with her new home and living quarters.... Way is ecstatic when I take her outside to see the other Pekingese with her tail wagging receptively as they gather around to "inspect" the new one in their midst.
Until Way develops a stronger immunity, I am not letting her outside ,and when she visits outside it is always with my protecting presence. I have tried to keep her as unstressed as possible giving her lots of time to rest quietly to improve her eye and health healing. The artificial tears drops the vet said for me to apply in between the medicinal eye drops 4 times daily is helping a lot to keep her injured eye wet and comfortable.
A friend came over yesterday to see her. She too thought Way was cute as could be, but was not pleased with my calling her Way.... ??? Oh well, I like the name because it is most suited to Way's guiding spirit. She is the Way to my heart.
As I write this, my Way is finishing the last of her Little Caesar meal choosing it over her baby formula of rice, chicken broth, and ground up puppy dog food Jeri gave me .... yesterday she was jumping and barking at her toys ... grrrrr woooooooof waugh! I HAD TO LAUGH OUT LOUD! LOL!
Way has a 10 inch Cabbage patch doll, a tennis ball with rope at either end, a stuffed lion about 10 inch, and a lamb chops soft toy about 8 inches, and several other toys like a styrene squeeze hamburger, and small 6 inch cabbage patch dolly,, etc...... She plays with them all and every time I look at her playpen they are moved around .... she also likes sleeping on her soft toys...
The white white with brown and black spots gives her a look almost as if she were a lovable, cuddly stuffed toy herself.....
My friend,Suzi, said that Way would be well fed and she is right about that ..... all of us here in my home are well fed .... LOL .... but I am getting lots of exercise working around my home in various projects and maintenance, and even though I may look like a Sumo wrestler, I do feel good even though I am not up to running and turning summersaults like I did in high school cheerleading ..... reminds me .... I need to mow my lawn again (good exercise).
I often think about my bouncing across the the basketball court waving my pom-poms in the air yelling out the cheers leading the crowd at the games ..... they were fun and made good memories for me. At that time I had a sleeve white Pekingese that I loved as my pet named..... you guessed it .... "Snowball" ... When I went to college, she stayed with my parents who continue to love her in my absence ... and when I got married and had young children of my own, we bought a parti Pekingese puppy from the Kansas City downtown pet store which we named "Gidget" ... Gidget was also a sleeve and looked a like like Way ..... in the 1950's most Pekingese were under 10 lbs and since then they have gotten larger and larger and larger ..... I had one couple who came to visit us bringing their 25 lbs Pekingese who they had trained to do tricks.
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