“Gingie”
Some of Jasper’s aliases:
“Fluffy” (his middle name);
“Jaspartacus”;
“Sparty” (short for “Jaspartacus”);
“J. Clumpus Booty” (his alias when we clean his toilet).
And now, “Gingie” – for his color and his new disease.
He’d been behaving rudely, especially toward little Ziva (who’d shown signs of stress). Then, yesterday, we discovered the likely cause. We saw that his lip was swollen. We took him to the vet, who diagnosed a rare disease of the immune system – a disease that attacks the mouth and, eventually, rots the teeth.
The good news is that so far Jasper only has gingivitis (no wonder he’s been irritable). We’re treating it with steroids and antibiotics. The bad news is that the disease will stay with Jasper for the rest of his life. We can only minimize its symptoms, e.g. by brushing his teeth each day. Fortunately, by doing this, we can prevent the worst effects.
Now both Jasper and Ziva seem calmer. Karin & I are struggling to do without the money that we had to pay to the vet.
“Fluffy” (his middle name);
“Jaspartacus”;
“Sparty” (short for “Jaspartacus”);
“J. Clumpus Booty” (his alias when we clean his toilet).
And now, “Gingie” – for his color and his new disease.
He’d been behaving rudely, especially toward little Ziva (who’d shown signs of stress). Then, yesterday, we discovered the likely cause. We saw that his lip was swollen. We took him to the vet, who diagnosed a rare disease of the immune system – a disease that attacks the mouth and, eventually, rots the teeth.
The good news is that so far Jasper only has gingivitis (no wonder he’s been irritable). We’re treating it with steroids and antibiotics. The bad news is that the disease will stay with Jasper for the rest of his life. We can only minimize its symptoms, e.g. by brushing his teeth each day. Fortunately, by doing this, we can prevent the worst effects.
Now both Jasper and Ziva seem calmer. Karin & I are struggling to do without the money that we had to pay to the vet.