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How to make things easier for them?

Baby Merlin (silver) had an accident and managed to take off one entire claw, leaving the nerve exposed and in a lot of pain. I'm still not so sure she hasn't broken the limb but there's no exotic vets available in my area until next week and the others I've been in contact with are not comfortable doing any x-rays :/ I've included some extra pictures of her showing the one affected front limb in case anyone is more familiar with fractures and thinks it needs more urgency. She's quite lopsided with her running but seems to be able to rest it against things/move it to clean etc, just not bearing weight/dragging it when she moves.

For now I've got them both in a temporary housing as per regular vet recommendation to make sure it's kept clean and she's resting as much as possible and I'm already feeling the guilt - I didn't want to separate them at all and I still don't know if that's the right decision! I've put a good amount of chew toys, comfortable bedding, their sand bath etc in and they've mostly settled but there's still a significant lack of eating from both of them and general fussiness. What's the best way to navigate the situation? I've put as much in the tank as I can while making it easy to traverse for her, but I feel like there's so much more I can do. Any advice would be great!

u/padajuann — 3 days ago

My sister passed away unexpectedly.

I'd love to get a reading on her chart.

I've been longing to hear from her again one way or another, because I'm still reeling. Her entire death and health is shrouded in mystery and was incredibly sudden/traumatic and out of the blue. It's so hard to think about because she had so much potential and this year was shaping up to be amazing for her, only for her to pass away suddenly on NYE.

I feel like as she was younger than me by 8 years that I didn't really know her as well as I should have done, especially since she was so introverted. I know some of this chart points to her creativity, but I'd love to hear anything else that people can discern - even if it's about the how/why it ended.

TIA.

u/padajuann — 1 month ago

I have so many questions.

And yet still no answers.

Every day just feels more and more complicated. If anyone can even sense her, I feel like there's so much she has to say :/

u/padajuann — 2 months ago