One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time - Day 29

One more day down! I'll be transitioning to generally writing every other day moving forward, so if you don't hear from me tomorrow, don't panic! Using a slightly blurry cover photo, but it's my favorite from today nonetheless.

Another day has gone by and Phoenix is doing well. He's been eating very well with the new nipples (maybe a bit too fast?), and has been growing. He's still not litter trained, but he is able to poop on his own once you get him started. In fact, I got you a picture and a video of this happening! No, I'm not joking. Don't worry, no poop will be shown. Video below, picture to follow soon after.

It's actually very helpful that he's picked this up. It really helps with cleanup and makes it much easier. But... this particular poop unfortunately didn't highlight one of our finer moments. Right before that poop started, I was trying to clean Phoenix with a baby wipe since he had peed a lot. I had him flipped over to just quickly clean his belly, and with a quick wipe, he suddenly started pooping which was accompanied with pee sent flying onto the floor and baseboard. Fantastic. So I took him, dropped him in the box to finish up his poop, and took my revenge by taking a picture and video of the little guy.

Of course, it didn't stop there. As soon as the little guy was finished, he took one step in his new (significantly large) poop. And then decided to step the other back paw into it. I didn't want him to step out of the box and spread the poop, so for some reason, I did something that clearly wasn't well thought out. I dropped him into the box a bit further away from the poop, but not quite far enough. The little guy lost his balance and in went one of his front paws.

So clean up was fantastic, and I'm incredibly thankful for the baby wipes. I still don't know how he managed to get some of the poop on top of his back paw. I also recently purchased some disinfectant wipes specifically for pets. So those came in handy today to clean up a poop print and the pee on the floor and wall.

Asher also came stopped by to say hi to Phoenix today. It's the closest they've been yet, though I was hovering close by in case Asher decided to take a lick. I'm hoping to check with a vet this week on whether or not we should be worried about any risk between the two at this point. Asher did a good job just taking a quick smell of Phoenix. I think the shutter noise on the phone caused him to separate a bit quicker. He's still rather curious and a bit apprehensive about the little guy. But overall, this seems like a good sign!

I also called the vet today to see if we should come in for another appointment. Phoenix still has a bit of blood when he passes stool. And that's been fairly consistent for the last 2 weeks. His poop also has become incredibly stinky (which could be a sign of something). He's also due for his next deworming in two days. I haven't heard back from the vet yet to understand whether or not it's worth bringing him in. For a while we've been in the "everything is perfect except for the poop and blood" situation. So hopefully this continues to not be a problem.

And that's it for today! Expect the next post in 2 days!