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15 years ago
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Jack came to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center at the beginning of May, 2006.
Charles and Brad found a coyote puppy caught in brush on an incline going down into a water filled gravel pit. He was a small, hungry, puppy with a bump on his head and they could hear him crying for his Mother. They left him for three hours and then went back to see if Mom had rescued him. She hadn’t, so they did. A Conservation Officer referred them to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center.
When Jack first arrived here, he was in poor health and the muscles in his back legs were starting to atrophy. Initially he required Sub-q Fluids, medication and to be fed using a syringe. We had to experiment with many different formulas and foods to find what he was willing to eat at first. Whenever he would wake up in the middle of the night and call for his human Mom, I would go to the refrigerator and find whatever I could for him to eat. He eventually did start accepting food from his new Mom. He is getting better now and will eat almost anything you put in front of him. Jack is on a diet suited for the nutritional needs of a growing coyote puppy.
Jack has Metabolic Bone Disease which is a nutritional problem. MBD happens when a baby animal fails to receive and absorb the correct amount of calcium in its first few weeks of life. MBD causes the bones to become very fragile and lack substance. Jack was lucky to be diagnosed and begin treatment with calcium supplements before any bone fractures happened. He does have a large knot in one of the joints of his back leg. He will go back to the vet again for another round of x-rays to check this out. He is making progress day by day and so far the x-rays are showing that his bones are becoming more solid.
Jack is a special needs puppy. As with our mission to help coyotes, one coyote at a time, he will be cared for and live at Indiana Coyote Rescue Center for the rest of his life.
http://www.coyoterescue.org/n-picts/s06-jami&jack.gif Jack at 6 weeks old with Jacob
http://www.coyoterescue.org/n-picts.....-jackbaby2.gif Jack at 16 days
Charles and Brad found a coyote puppy caught in brush on an incline going down into a water filled gravel pit. He was a small, hungry, puppy with a bump on his head and they could hear him crying for his Mother. They left him for three hours and then went back to see if Mom had rescued him. She hadn’t, so they did. A Conservation Officer referred them to Indiana Coyote Rescue Center.
When Jack first arrived here, he was in poor health and the muscles in his back legs were starting to atrophy. Initially he required Sub-q Fluids, medication and to be fed using a syringe. We had to experiment with many different formulas and foods to find what he was willing to eat at first. Whenever he would wake up in the middle of the night and call for his human Mom, I would go to the refrigerator and find whatever I could for him to eat. He eventually did start accepting food from his new Mom. He is getting better now and will eat almost anything you put in front of him. Jack is on a diet suited for the nutritional needs of a growing coyote puppy.
Jack has Metabolic Bone Disease which is a nutritional problem. MBD happens when a baby animal fails to receive and absorb the correct amount of calcium in its first few weeks of life. MBD causes the bones to become very fragile and lack substance. Jack was lucky to be diagnosed and begin treatment with calcium supplements before any bone fractures happened. He does have a large knot in one of the joints of his back leg. He will go back to the vet again for another round of x-rays to check this out. He is making progress day by day and so far the x-rays are showing that his bones are becoming more solid.
Jack is a special needs puppy. As with our mission to help coyotes, one coyote at a time, he will be cared for and live at Indiana Coyote Rescue Center for the rest of his life.
http://www.coyoterescue.org/n-picts/s06-jami&jack.gif Jack at 6 weeks old with Jacob
http://www.coyoterescue.org/n-picts.....-jackbaby2.gif Jack at 16 days
