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07/11/2002: "What Next!"

Well, Indy hasn’t rolled any more hay bales since Mike put a huge rock on the downhill side of the line, but I’m sure he’s trying to figure out a way. Or, he’s working on something else…

Since he REALLY doesn’t like my hosing his incision, I’ve started cleaning it by hand with a bucket and soft paper cloths. He LOVES this. The site is still draining, and it get all crudded up with gook that gets all down his legs as well. It not only itches him like crazy, it draws (YUK!) flies. I was debating how often I should do this, but after what happened yesterday, I think at least twice a day will be necessary.

Yesterday morning as Mike and I were doing the chores, we both saw Indy hike up his back leg, reach around and chew at his incision with his teeth! He can reach his own prepuce to scratch it!! He must be made of RUBBER. Yet another, “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes…” I cleaned it off immediately - he had made it bleed! - and again that evening. When I cleaned it this morning, it didn’t look like he’d been chewing on it any more. Lord have mercy!

He still doesn’t like the idea of being sprayed with fly spray yet either, but he’s getting comfortable with my wiping it on. Dr. Conley gave me some stuff that comes out as foam - MUCH easier to wipe on since it doesn’t drip. I put a LOT of that around the incision and down the back of his legs. With that and his flysheet, the flies should be kept at bay.

Now, if I can just keep HIM at bay…I’m gonna put this boy in the Circus yet.