In telling the story about Bobbie the Chinese Muntjac, I never told the story about her name. She got her name because of her bobbed tail. But, how she got her little nub of a tail is the rest of the story. At her previous home she and 16 other Muntjacs were housed in an enclosure with a little burro. Since she was then the crazy, high strung, over caffeinated little Bambi that she is now, it seems the weary little burro was having a bad day and just grabbed her by the tail as she zipped by and picked her up. She struggled naturally and continued on her way with half her tail still in the mouth of the burro. Ouch!
Tomorrow, Friday the 23rd will make 3 weeks since her surgery. I promised my readers updates. I visited with her recently and was very pleased with her progress. She was bearing full weight on the broken leg. Although that is a good thing in some respects, as her surgeon I wish that she would have a little more respect for my work. I sometimes envy my human surgeon counterparts because at least they can reason with or even threaten their patients to behave. Mine just run off in the dust. Keep her in your prayers, it seems to be working so far and thanks for reading my little blog.
Norm
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connie bowers // April 30, 2009 at 6:26 pm |
I t is so great to have someone who cares and has a heart not just for the $ but for the animal.