Dec. 30th, 2006

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Dec. 30th, 2006 12:42 pm
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The Dead: Raya, Romy, Moti, Vinca, Priscilla, Sam, Amarisa, Livana, Kaleb, Ramona, BubbaRoo

The Recovered: Patch

The Recovering: Mouse, Mischief

As of Saturday 30DEC2006

Mostly because people asked. The cause is still unclear; the serology sample was positive for several viruses, but all mouse viruses that are almost always asymptomatic in rats, or things I already knew about that shouldn't have been a problem. Bacterial samples showed at least one opportunistic infection (P. carinii, the same as in HIV patients), which suggests immunosuppression. But there is no definite answer besides "they had something really bad."

I have one pregnant rat (bred just before I realized how bad things were) due next week and will be holding off more breeding until I'm sure whatever it is is gone.
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I rode with [livejournal.com profile] goddessfarmer yesterday. Minnie had been idle since the last time I'd ridden her about two weeks ago, and she'd managed to lose her snow tires (studded shoes), so we had to take it easy and just walk (though it was walking up and down hills, across little streams etc.) She was (mostly) very good. She was very, very good when Trumpie... lost his footing and just sort of sat down; she got her nose out of his butt and stood very still while he recovered.

I am still having ankle/foot issues when riding, and I think I just have to live with that. I've known for a while that there is scarring/nerve damage on the bottom of my left foot from the Incredibly Huge Wart I had for years, and any sort of physical activity makes it ache. Horseback riding seems to be one of the few things that is worth the pain.

It's an odd thing about Minnie; she's elderly and not very "useful" and is basically a pet. No one but me particularly likes riding her, and I am not going to jump up and say she's wonderful (although she's very cute when she's trying to find the cookies in my pocket.) But I appreciate the opportunity to ride her, especially because I am helping out a friend by doing it.

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