Yes, Spencer is much better now, but he is still very thin. He lost six pounds. Even strong antibiotics cannot fight a severe abscess. I'm sure your vet found and resolved the problem under anesthesia, so that should put Egyn over the hump. SubQs and a few weeks of antiobiotics will hopefully get him back on the road to health. I had to feed Spencer critical care dog food through a syringe for several days after the surgery, then make him special soft food– the aforementioned meatballs-- for weeks after that. Good luck to you-- and positive thoughts to Egyn!
First Basenji, some questions.
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Hi,
I recently bought my first Basenji, he is just great.
I bought him at 12 weeks old (Yes a little late, but he behaves fine, and socializing very well)
Some questions i had is that he is now 13-14 weeks, his tail is'nt really curled, the first day in the house his tail was very low, but i could understand that because the new environment has to be a little stressfull for a puppy.
The tail is'nt really between his legs anymore, and mostly standing up, though it is not really curled "Basenji style".
I have read that some Basenji's have less curly tails than others.
His 2 brothers who were also still for sale at the breeder did have curled tails, we noticed that the one we picked didn't, but we liked his energy.
And i dont really mind if his tail stays like this because he is an awesome dog, but do you think or know some basenji's just grow their tails curled a litte later?
Attached a photo of how he mostly carry's his tail.Any comment or answer about him will be appreciated