Poor Pinkey

Yesterday I noticed a strange spot in the girls cage it was small so I was not sure what exactly I was dealing with though I gave them a very quick once over to make sure nothing major was wrong. After arriving home this afternoon I went to see how they were doing and saw a few good size spots. They were definitely blood.

Gizmo was my first inspection victim. She checked out ok and was placed back in the cage just a little more annoyed then normal. Then it was Pinkey's turn. Her face was fine, her rear end was fine but her foot was covered in blood. Both feet were bloody one way worse then the other. We cleaned them up the best we could and it appeared as if the blood mostly came from her one foot.

I of course had to call the breeder to see what we could do to prevent infection. Keeping her and the cage clean seemed to be the most we could do. (putting gauze on it seemed an exercise in futility). After arriving home I did another inspection and was pleasantly surprised to see that one or both of them had cleaned the wound and it was not nearly as large as I thought it would be. In fact it was so small that my reaction was a major over reaction.

At least my girls are safe.

(the offending toy was removed and replaced with something they can chew but not hurt themselcves on)