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North East USA / Looking for someone to help care for Trxie while I go for surgery
« on: June 28, 2007, 05:00:58 PM »
Hi everyone.
I am not new here, but have not posted in a while. I have recently found that in a few months I will have to go for hip replacement surgery. It will mean a week or so in hospital, and several weeks of rehab.
Now, my husband is here, but I am looking for someone who can come out on occasion to help us care for Trixie while I am unable to walk much (probably while in hospital, and for a couple weeks when I get home). I am in Rockester, NY.
I just am not sure Rick is willing or able to do it on his own. I would just like someone to be able to come out and clean her cage, and maybe take her out into her playroom for a run. He loves Trixie, but I am afraid is not as patient with her care as I am. I hope to be able to have a chin person come to give us a hand.
As I said, it is a few months off, but still want to have something in place. Thanks.
I am not new here, but have not posted in a while. I have recently found that in a few months I will have to go for hip replacement surgery. It will mean a week or so in hospital, and several weeks of rehab.
Now, my husband is here, but I am looking for someone who can come out on occasion to help us care for Trixie while I am unable to walk much (probably while in hospital, and for a couple weeks when I get home). I am in Rockester, NY.
I just am not sure Rick is willing or able to do it on his own. I would just like someone to be able to come out and clean her cage, and maybe take her out into her playroom for a run. He loves Trixie, but I am afraid is not as patient with her care as I am. I hope to be able to have a chin person come to give us a hand.
As I said, it is a few months off, but still want to have something in place. Thanks.
I thought that maybe she wanted to play more, so I set her on the chair, so she could hop down. She ran around the room once..and went back into her carrier, and stayed there. This time let me bring her out. Now, nothing happened to lead me to believe she was hurt, and she seemed OK when she was back into her cage...went for a drink (normal for her after a run) and then went to lay down for a nap in her wheel..again normal for her. My husband laughed and said if it were me, he would say it was PMS or something.
Yes, I saw the other thread after I posted this one. Sometimes Trixie will run around the room barking when I have her out for play time. She will run to different spots, stop bark and then off to another spot to stop and bark. I found it often happens if there has been a sudden unusual noise from outside..as we live in a normally quiet neighborhood.
Interesting..I just posted a similar message to this before I saw this one. Trixie often barks in her sleep during the day. Once in a while she will bark at night. We always will check on her when she barks..just to make sure she is OK>
Every once in a while, out of the blue, Trixie will start talking in her sleep. Usually a few quick barks, once in a while some chirps or peeps. When she barks, one of us will usually check to make sure she is OK..but often she is peacefully sleeping. 
My husband is funny around Trixie. I remember one Saturday, he was at home, and I was working (I am usually off weekends). ANyway..I get a phone call from him at about 4 PM all concerned....he had taken Trixie out to her playroom, and She ran under a chair and was just sitting there. Why was she not running? I had to patiently explain that 4:00 was still too early to take her out..she was just waking up from her sleep.
