I'm A Bad Mommy

I put Princess (a.k.a. Ducky) into her pink ball to let her run around the house a bit. She really enjoys the change in scenery and, the excercise is good for her.

I'm always really careful to make sure that everything is closed up. I have a coverless vent in my bedroom which i put a box infront of and I amke sure the other doors are closed. She can get into the ktichen and the living room and that's about it.

Well, today, someone opened the backdoor and she managed to roll down the stairs and get stuck underneath a basement washbasin in a puddle. She couldn't have been in it for more than two minutes but she was, nevertheless soaked, scared, cold, and exhausted.

Frantic, i rushed her upstairs, wrapped her in a blanket and called a the vet with the biggest phone number in the Yellow Pages. They advised that i keep her warm and calm but not to bring her in because the car ride would be traumatic.

Well, a few microwaved towels and an ingenious "Hey, what about a heat lamp" later, shes dry, warm, and active. It was amazing how quickly the lamp turned her around. At the moment, shes cuddled up in her favorite sleeping box with her favorite thing in the world - six sheets of toilet paper - and a heat lamp on the cage to keep her warm all night long until she really gets thorougly dry.

She's eating, drinking (i thought she'd never go near water again!), and busily combing the tangles out of her fur.

From here on out - we're calling her Ducky after the character in A Land Before Time (You are a flyer, not a swimmer, Petry!") --- my brother really liked that movie as a kid.

Cage

I'm the worst!