Chewy, O’Malley and Simon, Oh My!
“How is Chewy doing?”
You’re very sweet to ask, Olivia.
“Yeah how is he?”
Well, fuzzy butt… he is doing better.
“I thought so. He still doesn’t want to snuggle though.”
That is true, Racquel. I’m afraid he won’t ever be a chicken-snuggler.
“Me neither.”
Awww… well I guess I’ll have to snuggle with Racquel myself then.
“Just save time to snuggle with me, okay?”
You got it, my Flappy Buster.
So how are you, Chewy?
“Me? I’m good.”
“I had to go back to the vet.”
“My number was 33.4 before, but now it’s down to 22.”
“Theby menthb I’b gooble.”
What?
“THAT MEANS I’M GOOD!”
Oh! Yes, it does.
“I just need to get all these HUMAN COOTIES off of me!”
Ha ha good luck, Chewy.
Chewy’s blood work does show he is improving. He will need to do 10 more days of antibiotics and have another blood check to ensure he is all better. But he is definitely feeling good and eating well and acting much more like himself. It’s great to see him improve with simple antibiotics.
In other news, Simon wants everyone to know that he hates my singing.
“Please. Stop.”
Simon really can’t stand singing. He is eating a little better, but not good enough. We can’t decide if it is because something is really wrong with him, or if he just doesn’t like any of his 13 diet foods. Tonight he ate really well, because I gave him crappy Friskies wet food. That will cause rashes in him, but right now it’s more important that he eats well. He may start new medication tomorrow to see if we can continue to improve his appetite and get him eating better.
Lastly, O’Malley will be heading to the vet this Thursday morning.
“What? No way. Why?”
Sorry, O’Malley. But we need to have you checked out.
Remember nearly a year ago when O’Malley went to the vet for a fatty bump on his neck? Well now a year later he has several fatty growths on his chest. We think they are benign lipomas, which are literally fat tumors. They can be genetic or from bad breeding or other reasons. They generally aren’t life-threatening but they can get infected. As long as they don’t cause him discomfort, the vet will probably leave them alone. IF that’s what they are. But we need to confirm what they are and have them checked out. I have to say I’m a slight bit irritated that I caught this a year ago and then didn’t do anything more to follow up. Now O’Malley has a whole mess of these on his chest. I’m hopeful that it’s still not serious though, and thankfully he’s happy and active and eating normally. My status on this matter is “hopefully irritated.”
We’re happy Chewy is feeling better, hopeful that Simon will start eating more and hopeful that O’Malley’s growths aren’t serious. Olivia and Racquel are both doing well, and we’re happy for that, too.
And you, Petunia…
“Who, me?”
Yes, you. I didn’t want you to feel left out. So I want you to know you’re adorable and I love you and I’m happy that you’re healthy.
“Aww, thanks. Let’s celebrate with Cheerios.”
Good idea, Toony.
Happy Holidays, everyone.
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best wishes o’malley great to hear about everyone
Great close ups of Petunia. So glad that chewie is getting better. He sure works hard to get those human cooties off of his feathers. Glad that things are going relatively well for the holidays.
That fuzzy chicken – when you are looking at her bum, you can’t tell if there is a head in there or not – like which end is what – unless you say which is what. I love that chicken.
Firstly I’m happy that Chewy is doing better! That is one worry less, but like you say, there’s always something, isn’t there? But these growths on Malley don’t have to be something bad, okay, they don’t belong there but I hope it’s nothing serious, good to have it checked out. Don’t beat yourself up on not having it checked out more last year. First there is the scare about finding something, then you’re happy that it’s nothing serious and you keep an eye on it but you have to move on because there’s always something else (remember?) that needs your full attention. It’s how things go.
You do more than you can, so don’t blame yourself.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for your big boy.
Simon, eat! That’s all I can say. I hope you will regain your appetite, you know Christmas is around the corner, so dig in all those treats!
Beautiful Petunia, she always makes me smile, she’s such a cute and pretty girl, I’m happy she’s doing well and is happy.
Happy Christmas to you and all your sweet kids! May 2010 be a peaceful one with happy ducks and chickens and Simon and many dull moments for Tiffany:-)
Love from all your furry and feathered friends at Foppe’s Acre!
I just found your blog. I’m always excited to find another duck person in town! I am up in the north end of Seattle. I have an old Muscovy drake named Brad and three young chocolate muscovies: Hershey, Cocoa, and Ding Dong. I also have 3 rouens and 4 mutts. This spring I got a couple of geese and then there are the 8 hens. And Dobby, of course. I’m impressed that you have found a vet to treat your ducks- few of them will treat poultry.
Happy holidays to all of yours!
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Best of luck with you and your presh furry and feathery family.
Merry Christmas to you all!
Glad to hear that Chewy and Simon are starting to feel better. Sending good thoughts to O’Malley that everything goes well at the vet. I just love the updates on all of the”kids,” as well as the beautiful pictures–they always make my day a little brighter. Take care Tiffany, Flapper, and crew and Happy Holidays!
Hey Chewy, we knew all of those kisses would help. There’s no better medicine than love! Hope Mally is okay and the rest of the gang, too. Keep your bills up!
Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year!
Woo hoo! Santa must have gotten my list, because at the top was, “Make ChooChoo the Jester Duck all better!”
Simon is definitely looking less … rotund. I hope his appetite improves.
Lady Petunia is so no-nonsense. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to ask for it. It’s all about the Cheerios.
Hope Malley’s bumps aren’t serious.
The first thing i thought when i saw the picture of raquel was that it was sure hard to find her face LOL, then i realized it was her butt.
I love the backs of the ducks neck, chewys looks so soft. I wish i could pet it.
Also petunia has such a sweet face : ) I love muscovys that have that sweet innocent face.
We have a chicken at the rescue and it follows my turkey around everywhere. Then today i have a muscovy girl that came in with her man. He has some terrible predator bites, anyway she ditched him for the turkey. You should have seen her. she flew up to the rafters in the barn tonight looking for him and she was cooing and cooing. She went for the biggest male with the prettiest feathers. He just looks over at her like she is nuts.