Author Topic: The pet-specific bad news thread (Read 97208 times)

Kim · « **Reply #425 on:** 27 November, 2018, 01:50:47 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 27 November, 2018, 09:48:38 am

And she's back She was hungry but otherwise seems OK. Her sister, Pumpkin, is not impressed - a lot of hissing and growling. Perhaps Ninkasi smells wrong now.

andrewc · « **Reply #426 on:** 27 November, 2018, 02:16:45 pm »

hellymedic · « **Reply #427 on:** 27 November, 2018, 07:00:54 pm »

Pleased to read she's returned. Blackie was also very hungry but otherwise unscathed on her return.
Methinks Pumpkin will settle as Ninkasi gets 'back to normal'.

fuzzy · « **Reply #428 on:** 28 November, 2018, 03:27:48 pm »

Jaded · « **Reply #429 on:** 28 November, 2018, 05:24:46 pm »

Maybe she was abducted by an alien spaceship and smells of aliens?

Good to hear she is back!

PaulF · « **Reply #430 on:** 03 December, 2018, 01:06:04 pm »

Thankfully good news now but Layla has just spent the past 2 days at the vets after having eaten a bulb; she's coming home this evening

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #431 on:** 03 December, 2018, 05:58:45 pm »

As in a light bulb?

PaulF · « **Reply #432 on:** 03 December, 2018, 06:10:51 pm »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 03 December, 2018, 05:58:45 pm

As in a light bulb?

No a flower bulb, probably daffodil. Sadly they’re mildly toxic, to dogs at least. Although I wouldn’t put her past trying a light bulb.

hellymedic · « **Reply #433 on:** 03 December, 2018, 07:00:32 pm »

Onions & garlic are also toxic to our four-footed friends, I think, aren't they?

pcolbeck · « **Reply #434 on:** 03 December, 2018, 08:34:18 pm »

Garlic is an onion I think.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #435 on:** 03 December, 2018, 08:40:50 pm »

Hope she's ok

rafletcher · « **Reply #436 on:** 04 December, 2018, 10:21:14 am »

Quote from: pcolbeck on 03 December, 2018, 08:34:18 pm

Garlic is an onion I think.

Both Aliums. Most bulbs are toxic, and not just to dogs. Hyancinth bulbs, if ingested, can be fatal. But gardens are dangerous places...

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=524

PaulF · « **Reply #437 on:** 04 December, 2018, 10:49:00 am »

Thanks she now seems fully recovered

lou boutin · « **Reply #438 on:** 04 December, 2018, 07:31:55 pm »

That's ood news.

Jaded · « **Reply #439 on:** 13 January, 2019, 07:53:35 pm »

Well, it isn't just BN, it is GN too. Or BN.

Appetite Cat had a lump (that we found after she had eaten ribbon for Christmas...)
Vet said Lumps in tit area = 70% malignancy chance in kitters.

Operation carried out and it's GN! The lump is due to a hernia, it has been removed and all stitched up.

BN - my wallet now has a hernia.

hellymedic · « **Reply #440 on:** 13 January, 2019, 08:17:00 pm »

With respect, JD, might I state you can usually pop a hernia back and your wallet has sprung a leak/become incontinent?

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #441 on:** 13 January, 2019, 09:42:58 pm »

Happy hernia!

andrewc · « **Reply #442 on:** 13 January, 2019, 09:51:22 pm »

Good news JD

Though perhaps not for your wallet.....

The parental cat , Kismet has an eye infection, she's got treatment for that , but they've been told she's got bad gingivitis & should really have her teeth scaled. That would require a GA. She's 20, this is not going to happen. She appears perfectly comfortable, spends all day in her bed, eats when she feels like it (very fussy about her food) and occasionally bullies the two Rottweilers.

Gattopardo · « **Reply #443 on:** 14 January, 2019, 04:27:22 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 13 January, 2019, 09:51:22 pm

Good news JD Though perhaps not for your wallet.....

The parental cat , Kismet has an eye infection, she's got treatment for that , but they've been told she's got bad gingivitis & should really have her teeth scaled. That would require a GA. She's 20, this is not going to happen. She appears perfectly comfortable, spends all day in her bed, eats when she feels like it (very fussy about her food) and occasionally bullies the two Rottweilers.

There is a seaweed thing that seems to get good feed back for scaled teeth.

andrewc · « **Reply #444 on:** 14 January, 2019, 10:22:13 pm »

Quote from: Gattopardo on 14 January, 2019, 04:27:22 pm

Quote from: andrewc on 13 January, 2019, 09:51:22 pm
Good news JD Though perhaps not for your wallet.....

The parental cat , Kismet has an eye infection, she's got treatment for that , but they've been told she's got bad gingivitis & should really have her teeth scaled. That would require a GA. She's 20, this is not going to happen. She appears perfectly comfortable, spends all day in her bed, eats when she feels like it (very fussy about her food) and occasionally bullies the two Rottweilers.

There is a seaweed thing that seems to get good feed back for scaled teeth.

Thanks, I've ordered some for them to try.

perpetual dan · « **Reply #445 on:** 20 January, 2019, 04:55:32 pm »

Phoebe, one of our (Miss Dan the Younger's) rats needs medicine. Four sorts of it by mouth, and a nebuliser tent. Poor, wheezy, little thing.

perpetual dan · « **Reply #446 on:** 26 January, 2019, 10:15:06 pm »

A week in she’s improving, and putting a little weight on. I seem to have the knack for squirting stuff in her mouth. She has the knack for escaping from the nebuliser bag.

redshift · « **Reply #447 on:** 26 February, 2019, 08:00:16 pm »

Had to say goodbye to Charlie today. Feline lymphoma, aged 8.

Probably my favourite cat. Certainly my friendliest, and the best hunter I've had. Off his food for a couple of weeks, and losing weight. Big aggressive tumours, so we did the right thing before he got too uncomfortable.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #448 on:** 26 February, 2019, 08:01:47 pm »

Aw, that's sad, sorry Redshift

fuzzy · « **Reply #449 on:** 26 February, 2019, 08:42:38 pm »

The right thing in these circumstances is nearly always the hardest to do. Hugs redshift

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