Poor Baasha

The vet came today and the first thing he said was, "Scheisse!" when he saw Baasha's eyes.

24 hours ago Baasha was almost fully recovered, and then I ran out of medicine, called the vet and asked if we could use another type that I have from before, he said OK, and after I applied it, Baasha was instantly in pain and shutting his eyes and rubbing them. He even shook his head in pain, and that was new. Totally depressing. I couldn't even sleep last night, worrying about him.

The vet put some dye in his eye to check for new wounds and sure enough, he'd scratched his right cornea all up in a reaction to that medicine. I wrote in Baasha's health log, Do not use! next to its name. Who could know he would react to it? My man jokingly said it was the vet's fault, but he couldn't have known. Here is a pic of my man forcing Baasha's eye open so we can see the wound, which catches the green dye.

It's all trial and error here, and Baasha is the suffering victim of our trials. I mean errors. (sigh) He got about a million carrots today, and plums too, because I feel horrible. My man makes regular trips to the stall and spoils him with carrots too.

The vet said "OK we're starting all over!" and said to schedule a new visit soon. He has been here 8 times in the last 3 weeks. What sucks most is how bright eyed Baasha was just yesterday morning. You would never have known that there was an issue with his eyes if you just met him. But now he won't open them, and he's in misery.

I keep trying not to blame myself, but it's hard not to. I am the one who put that stuff in his eye, setting us back 2 weeks. I could not have known, but I still feel like the guilty party.

Please pray for him..he was almost well.





On a postive note his feet are getting better care than ever. Since they were totally overgrown ..we were gone 5 weeks...I have trimmed them back to sole level.


One frog was tender so I have been smearing neosporin inside every other day. Every day he gets a wash of either vinegar or a mild betadine-water solution (auf Deutsch, Jod), scrubbed in with a toothbrush.








He has to live in a stall all day, so I need to keep his feet as immaculate as possible. Being stalled is not healthy for feet.









I washed his tail and conditioned it, and put this super expensive shine stuff in it, which probably works great on bays but for him it just makes him smell like candy. In fact, he thought it was candy and ran around in circles as I chased him, in what looked exactly like one of those Parelli exercises. I laughed and laughed and tried to do it the other way, but he was done with the game. Show sheen and fly spray combine to make a smelly slick coat. He is actually growing winter coat now, shedding out the tiny summer hairs and just yesterday he was fluffier than last week.

I do stretching exercises with him, and turn him out with his mask for a few hours if it is overcast. We have had lots of overcast and rain.

My poor baby, he seems to be in good spirits, but when will this end?