On Monday I had to take my rooster to the vet clinic for surgery. He had an infection on his paw that got stuck and wouldn't come out, causing a tumor on his paw. He had surgery and had it amputated. The doctor said he had lost a lot of blood and that he was 8 years old and might not survive.

When I brought him home, he was lying flat and sometimes twitching, coming off the anesthesia. He had a bandaged paw that was still bleeding and I was very scared. I did not put a bandage on top of it, but just wrapped a bandage around it and held it tightly for 5 minutes, after that the bleeding stopped.

All night he was making noise and crawling around in his box, breathing loudly, sometimes sniffling or snoring. I slept with one eye open and checked to make sure he wasn't suffocating, tried giving him some water with honey from a syringe.

By the morning of the second day he could already sit up a little! On the phone, the vet said he was just hungover and should recover. He still didn't understand what was going on and when I would appear over his head, he would try to focus on me and move his head left and right funny xD

He was able to start eating and drinking little by little, I was very happy to see this.....

On the third morning I opened his box and was greeted by a crowing rooster! Realized it was time to move him to a separate room in the coop lol
Moved him back to the coop to a separate room in the coop where I put up clean bedsheet and newspapers, left him water, food and made a fresh salad, he was still standing on one leg T_T, although I'm glad he will finally be able to hear his chickens and smell familiar smells.

Today I saw him sitting on a perch and on two legs! And cuckooing!!! And when he hears hens cussing, he cusses at them!!!! XD

Anyway, he's finally getting better. I hope to be taking the bandage off his leg on Monday. Honestly, it's scary... how much blood must have gotten on there. Soon he'll be walking in the grass and digging in the ground with his ladies again :3

Because of all this, I haven't worked at all and haven't draw anything. Trying to get back to my usual routine.....