Eliza Update

After rushing to get home quick enough to pick up Eliza and get her to the vet on time, it was quite an informative visit. Eliza is a little under 1 year old and weighs 4.6 lbs. She is so underweight that she cannot be spayed for two weeks so she can gain. She tested negative for FeLV/FIV and got her vaccinations. She has a chipped tooth, but the vet was unconcerned about it, and it doesn't look like it bothers her when she eats.

Her bad paws are due either to trauma from the cold (frostbite) or an autoimmune disorder. In the two weeks she has to wait anyway, if her paws heal--which frostbite WILL heal on its own if it's not too bad, which it isn't in her case--then great; if they don't heal, then it's a problem. I'm not sure what the rescue group would do with her at that at point, honestly. He found a pebble behind one of her paw pads and pulled that out. I was hoping that would fix her limping and why her one paw hurt so much, but she doesn't seem to have improved overnight. It's a chore even to get her to stand up on her front legs now. It looks like her paws might be scabbing over, though, so that might be why it's still uncomfortable. He gave me Clavamox (antibiotic) in case her paws got infected at all.

The vet is certain that she was someone's pet at some point, because she is just too friendly to be feral. We would honestly keep her, not even just foster, if our new lease allowed it. The woman from the rescue group is coming to pick her up tonight and she is going to keep her for those two weeks until she can be spayed. I wish so so much that we could keep her and give her the care she needs.

So tonight our last adventure in rescue comes to an end for the time being.

Good luck, Eliza!