Went to the zoo today! We'd planned to last week, but Alex wasn't feeling well. Today wound up being a perfect day to go - nicely warm, but no longer HOT. Lots of animals were out and appreciating the weather, too, which is always fun. As almost always, we ran out of time at the end - the late morning ticketing times were sold out, so we went at 12:15... and even with 5 hours, hit closing time while we were still in the "Tropical Discovery" building, and had to speed-walk the last several exhibits.
Took a ton of pictures, as ever, so I'll try to get those posted tomorrow. :)
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In less fun news, apparently Raven (my mom and Taylor's dog) very suddenly went blind yesterday. She's fairly old - 10 years old? Maybe 11? - and has had a few "bumping into things" issues for a long time. But this was just very sudden and complete, and Taylor said she was obviously distressed about it, seeming confused and scared.
Taylor took Raven to the vet today, and they said she seems fine otherwise. She has some inflammation around the ocular nerves, so they gave her some treatments that will hopefully help that. It's possible that if the inflammation is resolved, that some or all of her vision may come back, but it also may not.
It sounds like she seems more well-adjusted tonight - she's navigating a bit better, and she seems less upset. They blocked off the stairs to the basement just to prevent any falls, but otherwise she's fortunately only ever really spent time on the main level of the house, so this won't restrict too much of her movement, assuming she figures out how to navigate.
I know several people who've had or have known blind dogs that adjust fairly well, even when it happens later in life, and I don't doubt that Raven will do so if she needs to. But I very much wish there was a way to explain to a dog what's happened, because that's gotta be terrifying.
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