So the other day, i noticed that Percy had a wound on her face. This is common around here will all the animals we have, occasionally there is a fight amongst them, especially when food is involved. So i thought nothing of it as it looked like a slight scratch on the side of her snout just below the eye. So i left it be. And there was my mistake. The next day we found Percy lying on the couch (that part is not unusual), with her face incredibly swollen! (that part is unusual). 
Now after all these years, one must learn much about animal husbandry when one has 60+ animals to care for, so we shall blame my failure to acknowledge the first notice of the wound and not treating it to the swelling of her face. Bad Grandma! So i quickly went to work: i cleaned the wound with fresh water, applied iodine (a must have with animals!), and thought about giving her a shot of penicillin. I shied away from the penicillin though, just thought that it would be better to see if just cleaning it would help first before antibiotics were needed.
Sure enough, in a few days she was back to her old beautiful face, and lounging on the couch - all fat and sassy!
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