Heat Stroke

[rainbowowl]

So I made a horrible mistake today. Every day that we have good weather, I take my boys out to their play pen in the front yard. It is under a shady tree. They absolutely love being out there and rarely want to come back inside. Today, I didn't pay close enough attention to their pen, and when the shadow moved, I neglected to move them too. When I looked out the window and realized the sun had shifted, I moved them and also went to give them their treats. This pen doesn't have built in shade, so I have to move it throughout the day. That's when I noticed my dark-furred boy was NOT well. The Flash got heat stroke. I nursed him through it and he's still alive, groomed himself a little bit, and is finally responding to people a little bit. My question is now, for the after care, what do I watch for to make sure he recovers well? Question two, will he ever fully recover and be his usual bouncy self, or is this the new him? I know he will be more susceptible to heat stroke in the future now that he's had it, so I'm taking measures to ensure there is ALWAYS shade, regardless of if I move the pen or not, so that this never ever happens again. So yah...aftercare of heat stroke... I find lots on the internet about how to save them when it happens, but not much about life after it. Any advice?

[conny]

Hi, I think they can be a bit more sensitive to heat once they had a heat stroke, but the important bit is that your piggy is checked out for possible organ damage, depending on the severity of the heat stroke.