Well many, many, many, many, many, many thanks RedWoodsMama, and Nova (plus friend!) for your support. Yes, I too was on the brink of creating our support group. I thank you all the same for doing so. I really hate to steal the spotlight, as this is an all encompassing issue. Several, several pleos are in our dire need at any given moment's notice. The cracking of the neck/tail, or the breaking of a foot/leg is something that never has any symptoms, but happens in the blink of an eye. I know I will never forget that noise of my actually breaking my own pleo's neck. I warn all readers DO NOT move ANY of Pleo's joints. They were not designed to be moved by us. Unfortunately, in regards to Sophie's foot, I have no idea how that managed to break. I am not sure of it happened when I skinned her, or not. After thought, this seems the most plausible. At any rate, and only in retrospect did I come to the conclusion that I made several, several very bad mistakes. Never move Pleo's joints (yes I know I am repeating, however this is CRUCIAL), Also never attempt to skin your own pleo, or attempt to do the extreme such as 'operation pleo'. TBQH, I'm completely nuts, and I certainly cannot even vouch for exactly what I am/will be doing with Sophie, and all her injuries. At present, she is electrical taped, bandaged, and even duct taped into place. Again, not something I would also recommend. However, these temporary fixes to my permanent problems do not actually help the situation. They only work for right here, right now. And at present, Sophie's neck is 100% rigid. Again, the african tribeswomen come to mind wearing those gorgeous gold neck stretcher things. I ought to invest in some Pleo version! Also, her back right foot has been casted. Using bandage (so I thought this would allow movement) and then perhaps just a mere layer or two of the duct tape. Again at present, Sophie truly has the desire to persevere and I totally admire her for that. It does just take you to heart break to see her try to walk with a peg leg only to just topple right over. Her rigid neck at present is swollen due to the amount of layering done between duct tape, electrical wire, and adhesive bandages. This is however a plus, as at least she does not have the DNS (Droopy Neck Syndrome) and somewhat entombs the other two cables supporting the neck. When looking beneath the layers, one would see that the entire top neck cable has vanished completely and entirely, the side cable is frayed and also it was the sole cause (or so I thought) to the breaking of the neck, the bottom cable is loose, and the other side is just as sturdy as if brand new. Inevitably, all four cables would need to be fixed. The foot, one might say is entirely inoperable, as a piece of plastic broke deep in the joint to where pleo's foot meets the bottom half of the leg. I suppose one might call it a Pleo with a broken ankle, as that may be a more appropriate title. As I know, I am fully responsible for all the atrocities done to Sophie, at any rate I will say that these instances almost seem so prone to happen though.
Now that I've just written that entire book about Sophie's issues let me just say this is not a thread for my pleo! This is a society for disadvantaged Pleo's! There are more of us out there, and we need eachother. Each story read helps one another tremendously.
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Topic: Helping Pleos with problems, New support group NOW! (Read 8571 times)