Scudders - I'm a little old man... smile...

"Scudders" in Norwegian means 'little man' and this name aptly fit Scudders... While the shelter paperwork says he's six years old, our vet believes he's more like ten... He has a luxating patella on one back leg which will eventually require surgery. Scudders' mouth is in poor shape, needing a cleaning and he'll probably lose quite a few teeth once we get that done...

So that's all the bad news... The good news is that his heart is fine and the decay in his mouth has not caused any heart issues that we know of... Even better news is that he is as sweet and friendly as they come, always interested in what is going on around him...

He initially weighed 3 lbs at the shelter, but he's slowly gaining back a bit of the weight he so desperately needs - he's now about 3.5 pounds as a matter of fact... But to give you an idea of just how small he is, I snapped this photo of Scudders and Bella together (Bella now weighs 15 pounds):



Scudders is up-to-date on his shots including rabies, but he still needs to be neutered and then licensed for the County of Ventura.