Update on Eric.

 Hi Woofers!

It's Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here!

Now as you know young Eric has not been too good since last Friday and we got a load of jollop from the vet to shove down his throat to make him better. Well, so far, we started on a couple of injections on Monday and now we have some stuff that is poured down his throat using a syringe, twice a day.

This is the fun bit. You see, with Eric you are never sure of what he eats or drinks during the day and keeping him hydrated is always a hit and miss thing. Lucky that Old Two Legs has had some experience with administering 'make you better' stuff to both us woofers and ferrets.

To start off he gets a syringe full of medicine and squirts it down the side of Erics jaw with just enough speed to allow him to drink it down. Then, to help him hydrate, he gets a syringe full of water down the same way but this time the syringe is much bigger and contains even more water!

Finally, a RC, (Royal Canin Convalescence support) powder mixed with lactose free milk is squirted down the same way. We remember that when Snowflake was given medicine, she would shake her head so that most of it came out again! Then OTL worked out that if he put the medicine into the milk and powder, she would drink it all down.

Unfortunately, Eric doesn't seem to like the RC and milk! 

OTL has kept on and we have managed to get Eric to take what medicine he should, even if it's a struggle!

He still has the 'Greenies Poo' but it's not getting any worse, it's just not getting any better! 

One thing he is doing, he just loves a cuddle, The Missus is cuddling him at the moment and he is snoozing his tail off!

Before we go to bed OTL will look in on Eric and give him a cuddle and maybe a drink.

Luckly for us, the rain has held off so Holly and I get our walk in the dry today.

 

We have traced the other drilling rig to Holland or Netherland as it's known in the EU! It will be interesting to see where it goes now.

One thing that we like about the autumn, all the fungi starts to sprout. It's funny thinking that the fungi is really the 'flowers'.

This is a good shot of two flowers, one that a bee would land on and the other one the bee wouldn't land on!

See you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.

Claws Crossed for Eric!

 Hello Woofers!

Daisy, Holly, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret here.

Last night after doing the blog Old Two Legs visited Eric to see how he was feeling, not too good was the answer.

Eric came out of the cage and cuddled up to OTL for a good twenty minutes, only moving a little, just to wiggle his tail about.

It was the same last thing at night when we went to bed. Eric was offered his favourite Ferretone but he turned his nose up at it!

So, first thing this morning OTL is in the telephone and got an appointment in three quarters of an hour from when he telephoned.

We bet the Two Legs wouldn't have done it that quick!

Anyway, in he went and Eric got a shot of anti-biotic stuff and another shot of solution to help with his dehydration. He also got a bottle of jollop to squirt down his throat twice a day and a tin of cat convalescence food which according to Eric, tastes like dog poo with knobs on!

If there is no improvement by Wednesday then we got to go back.

Eric was as good as gold when he got the injections but we can't say that about when OTL got the bill!

So, Eric has been snoozing all day so far, let’s hope he looks better tomorrow!

On our morning walk we go past the old water tower where the trains used to get a drink, when they were running.

At one time Allhallows was supposed to be developed into a rival against Southend-on-Sea but in the end, it failed and all we have is the tower and a building that is now flats that used to be the train station!

 

 OTL has promised to bring the camera out with him when there is a sunrise to go with the tower!

Lunchtime we discovered that one of the rigs had sailed away! I mean, they didn't even tell us it was going!

And now there is only one left in the docks!

It doesn'tlook like it will be there very long either, it's got new paint and those legs have been cleaned as well.

 

Walking down the hill we found an oak tree that had started to change. The leaves were changing but there were still a large number of green leaves left.

Eric has spent most of the day sleeping but late this afternoon OTL hand fed Eric with some of his Kibble, he didn't have much but managed a few bits.

We are hoping that he gets hungry during the night and has some more. Mind you, he did have some slurps of Ferretone but left the convalescence stuff alone. He took a bit of Chicken Strip but hid it under his bed, maybe he will have that later on as well.

Well, that's it for today, claws crossed for Eric and we'll see you tomorrow.

Luv,

Daisy, Holy, Miss Wendy and Eric de Ferret.