At three and a half months Kazuko is 30-35 lbs, and Koji is somewhere 32-37 lbs when weighed last Sunday. They have practically the same weight. Kirin was only 40 lbs at 8.5 months.
Had a scare with Koji last night when, after walking Kirin and Jimmu, I saw him pawing his closed eyes. The area surrounding both eyes were inflamed.
Kazu tried to play with him, but Koji was not responding. He kept on pawing both eyelids. In what appeared to be a show of sympathy, Kazu licked him for a while and then left him alone.
Jiji and I decided to give Koji a bath (they just did last Sunday) to clear with a lot of water whatever it was that irritated his eyes. Continuously having water flow around Koji's eyes for over ten minutes proved to relieve him a bit. Opening his eyes slightly now, but with eyelids still inflamed.
Jiji communicated the condition to Vet Jemimah and she recommended a dose of mefenamic acid. We still did a few more minutes of water until Koji started to resist it. Shortly after that, Jiji returned with a "chorizo". She explained that she embedded the (500 mg) tablet in it. Koji readily ate the treat. By the time they were to take their rice and meat treat (about an hour later), Koji was already playing with Kazu.
We wondered about what caused Koji's irritation. Jiji ruled out any of the plants, having been around them for a while they would have shown an adverse reaction earlier. She suggested that it may have been a caterpillar. The macopa tree has some she explained. Whatever it was, we are just glad Koji recovered fast from it.
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