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here is a weird question....It was VERY hot here on Monday and I bought a little pool that Darla liked to sit in, she enjoyed it and it really cooled her down. Yesterday (Wed) I noticed that her tail (corkscrew, but not inverted....) was stiff, and upon further investigation while I was washing it, smelled somewhat sweet like she sat in applesauce or something. I dried her off, and we went to bed. This morning her tail fur is stiff again. I am wondering if anyone has had a problem with the tail and it getting wet one day, and having some drainage the next? I would think it would smell foul, or yeasty but it does not....I am going to give her a full tub bath, and make sure I dry the underside really well this AM. I am also going to have someone hold her up so that I can really look under the tail at the skin to see if it is compromised....any thoughts? Gross huh?
here is a weird question....It was VERY hot here on Monday and I bought a little pool that Darla liked to sit in, she enjoyed it and it really cooled her down. Yesterday (Wed) I noticed that her tail (corkscrew, but not inverted....) was stiff, and upon further investigation while I was washing it, smelled somewhat sweet like she sat in applesauce or something. I dried her off, and we went to bed. This morning her tail fur is stiff again. I am wondering if anyone has had a problem with the tail and it getting wet one day, and having some drainage the next? I would think it would smell foul, or yeasty but it does not....I am going to give her a full tub bath, and make sure I dry the underside really well this AM. I am also going to have someone hold her up so that I can really look under the tail at the skin to see if it is compromised....any thoughts? Gross huh?