I've done it again!
On Aug 8th I was giving Kero 'his' medication - this poor hoggie was mighty fed up with taking medication and I had had to figure out a way to get it into 'his' very tightly tucked in mouth without distressing 'him' too much.
The technique I figured out involved popping 'him' on his side and the tickling 'him' on his opposite side near the back leg. What this does is makes the hoggie squirm 'open'. First the back leg pops out, the the tummy followed by the head. It's actually rather sweet to watch.
On this day I was patiently tickling away and while I waited for 'him' to pop open a bit more I was admiring Kero's beautiful fat little tummy which was such a contrast to the appallingly emaciated wee creature 'he' has been.
Hang on ......
Kero ......
Where have your 'bits' gone?????
Yup, it transpires Kero is a Kera. She had been so incredibly emaciated and shrunken up that her she had looked like a boy (her genitals touched her nose when she curled up = boy) but as she had slowly gained weight, her 'bits' had gone south as her tummy had filled out and voila we have a girl!
Kera has now finished all of her medication except one more dose of Profender for her Fluke infestation. I had sent a 2nd poo sample to Narelle as we were still suspicious Kera had Fluke (a very nasty intestinal parasite) due to periodic 'snotty' mucous in her poo. This time the test confirmed she did indeed have Fluke, but treatment with the Profender will quickly knock it off. Her quills are coming in fast and today she weighs 861gms. Her appetite is fantastic and she has a new light in her eyes. She's still very shy and is so very sweet.
She will probably be in care for about another 4 weeks whilst her quills finish growing in but I think it is safe to say that she is well out of danger and will soon be on her way back into the wild.
The technique I figured out involved popping 'him' on his side and the tickling 'him' on his opposite side near the back leg. What this does is makes the hoggie squirm 'open'. First the back leg pops out, the the tummy followed by the head. It's actually rather sweet to watch.
On this day I was patiently tickling away and while I waited for 'him' to pop open a bit more I was admiring Kero's beautiful fat little tummy which was such a contrast to the appallingly emaciated wee creature 'he' has been.
Hang on ......
Kero ......
Where have your 'bits' gone?????
Yup, it transpires Kero is a Kera. She had been so incredibly emaciated and shrunken up that her she had looked like a boy (her genitals touched her nose when she curled up = boy) but as she had slowly gained weight, her 'bits' had gone south as her tummy had filled out and voila we have a girl!
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