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Sitka, recovering

We nearly had a tragedy this week--I guess Sitka got a rat that someone had poisoned! When I woke up on Monday, she was urinating blood! When I got her to the vet, she did a coagulation test that come back showing that her blood wasn't clotting (typical reaction to rat poison). She's on massive doses of vitamin K and three other medicines. We have to watch her for three weeks to make sure she's okay, and take her back to retest her blood. Since she never leaves my backyard, I guess a rat that someone else poisoned got in my yard and she ate it--I'll be watching her VERY closely from now on!

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Uploaded on August 2, 2011
Taken on July 29, 2011