Pets are quite binary, aren't they?
Took kitties to the vet today. Vet tentatively agreed with our suspicions of senility and knackered kidneys in Mojo.
Blood test results tomorrow to confirm :-\
EDIT: He came through surgery just fine, and we get to pick up up this evening!
Pippin went to the vet this morning &, after a lot of prodding, poking & squeezing of her abdomen, it has been decided to treat her for gastroenteritus in the first instance. She got 4 injections, a packet of magic powder and a lot of petting (and a kiss ::-) ) & compliments from the rather gushy vet. She goes back on Friday for a follow-up exam.One of my parents' dogs had it and shat blood all over the driveway :sick:
RIP Chorlton. Someone brought his body to my brothers' door after an altercation with a car. Poor little soft ginger daft sausage. :'(
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Very sorry for your loss, though it sounds like at least she went peacefully. Always so sad to lose a furry member of the family!
Hugs!
That is rather rotten. :(Sassy was hit when she was about 1 year old and her pelvis was shattered. A small animal bone specialist rebuilt her and Petplan got stung for about £750. At 15 years old she is still going strong (a bit too strong TBH; she's a shocking hunter).
Over the years my parents cats, my siblings cats, and my cats, all seem to have been remarkably lucky. The only incident I can think of, was with the cat my parents had when I was young, Tiger, a big ginger tom. At some point he was probably hit by a car, my Mother thought it was likely he was hit on Calthorpe Road (for those who know Exeter). He dragged himself home with a broken rear leg, and had to be taken to the vets asap.
Poor old puss. She doesn't look that old mind.
in 45 minutes I have an appointment at the vets, my favourite shar pei, Pasha AKA The Breeze Block on Legs, has been diagnosed with acute kidney failure, she's at the vets on a drip now. It's caused by something called Amyloidosis which can be age related in most dogs but shar peis can get it early in life and there's nothing that can be done, :'(
Well, the vet is going to operate on Friday, and has estimated costs of about £250, which isn't bad (Emmie the cat cost nearly £1k to have a cancerous growth removed from her nose). Fingers crossed for him. And maybe it'll do me good to have a rest from the bike. ;)
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The Cubs' Auntie NOTP's new puppy.... an absolute little sweetheart. SmallestCub is in lurrrrve.
Pippin has had a runny bum for the past couple of weeks. Vet said today there was elevated pancreatic stuff so she appears to have pancreatitis (to add to the diabetes). Still waiting on the turd analysis coming back. Poor lil kitteh :(
Jess (oblig. gratuitous photos (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=144.msg1622473#msg1622473)) has been off her food the last few days, and has spent nearly all her time curled up behind the sofa. Not like her at all.
Thankfully she's booked in at the vets on Friday morning anyway (to get snipped) so hopefully if there's anything wrong they'll pick it up. It's just such a change of character, it's got me worried :/
Hope the news is good at the vets, Dibdib.
Sorry to hear that, Dibdib. I hope the rehydration approach works. I take it she is not insured?
Pippin has spent the day at the vets getting fluids, her blood glucose went from 15 to 8 at either end of the day (with more food and no insulin, which is a bit arse about face if you ask me) and steadfastly refusing to provide a urine sample. She's staying in overnight to get more fluids and hopefully home tomorrow some time.
Sorry to hear the bad news, Dibdib and Madcow. :(
Pippin has spent the day at the vets getting fluids, her blood glucose went from 15 to 8 at either end of the day (with more food and no insulin, which is a bit arse about face if you ask me) and steadfastly refusing to provide a urine sample. She's staying in overnight to get more fluids and hopefully home tomorrow some time.
Insulinoma? Over-active tumour on the pancreas that produces excessive amounts of insulin at the slightest provocation. They're common in ferrets, and when we were trying to stabilise Wellesley we would feed him a syringe full of glucose before the normal food to mop up the excess insulin. A combination of steroids and sub-cutaneous testosterone kept him going happily for another many months.
Hope Jess is sorted soon Dibdib.
Pippin has spent the day at the vets getting fluids, her blood glucose went from 15 to 8 at either end of the day (with more food and no insulin, which is a bit arse about face if you ask me) and steadfastly refusing to provide a urine sample. She's staying in overnight to get more fluids and hopefully home tomorrow some time.
He's got just days left, so we now just decide when to let him go.
That's sad, Hulver. How old is he?
Nice to have a Willoughby & Squeaker update :)
Our female Maine Coon, Dolly, took another step downhill last night.And that time ran out this morning.
She was diagnosed with cancer about six weeks ago; the vet gave her about two months then.
Last night, for the first time ever, she weed on the doormat. Very very 'not her'.
She's rather perkier this today, demanding the bones from our lunchtime sardines, but it is only a matter of not very much time.
Mojo's breath smells like jobbies and there's horrible icky stuff all round his lips, poor old dude.Vet y'day. What I thought was icky stuff is actually his gum or lip poking out of his mouth :( Vet doesn't know if it's "just" infection or something more sinister. Antibiotics or bust
Mojo's breath smells like jobbies and there's horrible icky stuff all round his lips, poor old dude.Vet y'day. What I thought was icky stuff is actually his gum or lip poking out of his mouth :( Vet doesn't know if it's "just" infection or something more sinister. Antibiotics or bust
Mojo's breath smells like jobbies and there's horrible icky stuff all round his lips, poor old dude.Vet y'day. What I thought was icky stuff is actually his gum or lip poking out of his mouth :( Vet doesn't know if it's "just" infection or something more sinister. Antibiotics or bust
The antibiotics seem to be working in that Mojo's breath smells a lot better now. It's difficult to see if the infected area is actually clearing up though.
His problem now is that he's not walking very well and there have been a couple of peeing on the floor episodes. He does seem to be a rather decrepit geriatric old geezer :(
It hurts. A lot. Just been there, however.....
Last night while contemplating the memorial pic of our much missed lurcher he reminded me of a promise I had made that when he was gone I was to get another to give that new hound a loving home and so after our Indian holidy in January, (roll on Goa!) we are going to look for a fawn or tan whippet youth to cherish. :)
PH
He was a good lad, full of life & mischief and great company.Don't apologise. Anyone who's been there will understand.
Sorry to babble on but I'm in bits.
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Sorry to hear that, Lara.
We have it on two fronts atm. Daughter's cat Bexley may have to make a one-way trip soon. He has a nasty growth on his face and is in quite a bit of pain. Has been to the vet but blood tests didn't show cancer. However, he is pissing blood and is in too mch pain to eat, or to clean himself. Strong painkllers helped, but they are prohibitively expensive.
Then had a call from yonger son this morning. His dog is at the vets, having been attacked by an off-the-lead Jack Russell last night, receiving a nasty bite on the leg. Whilst trying to separate them, son fell and landed on his dog. Dog had dislocated hip, it seems. Don't know the prognosis yet. JRT owner apologetic.
Bugger, blast, hell and damnation to it all.
My parents lovely 8 1/2 year old Rottweiler, Annie was diagnosed with cancer in her spleen & lungs last weekend. The entire family are devastated (sister lives with my parents)
She's at home on painkillers & is still going for walks & playing with her toys, but I don't think she's got long left.
Hi All, and thoughts to those who are going through the pain of loss for their loved ones.
Our dear old cat Tiggy who is still at the vets at present, doesn't know about her blood results. Unfortunately, it isn't Hyperthyroidism (which can be cured) but indicates liver and renal failure. It's really just a matter of time. Whether that's a couple of days or weeks, nobody knows, but I'll collect her this evening so she can be at home. I'm just feeling sick at the moment, but there's nothing that can be done. Just don't want her to suffer.
I didn't post when I had to put Rico to sleep. It was a couple of weeks ago now- we did it here with Simon holding him for me to inject so he didn't have to go back into the hospital where he had been through such a lot recently.So sad to read of this Lara.
Here is in his last few days, looking as dignified as ever
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I had his ashes put with Kiri's inside a sleeping cat. They are at least now both together somewhere :'(
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Aw :(
Black cats rock thobut :)
Ginger, my long-haired feline friend next door, has been enabled to rest in peace after a short illness with a fast-growing inoperable tumour on his spine. Thankfully, he had an interesting life and owned many different humans in different houses.
I photographed him last year during one of his regular visits:
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What a beauty.
Our Ginge couldn't be found when MrsC came home from work at lunchtime and we've not seen him since.He's disappeared again. We've looked round the neighbourhood but no sign. :-\
He's deaf, has thyroid and kidney problems, and doesn't tend to spend more than five minutes outdoors at a time.
He's still not come back and we are expecting the worst.
The worst thing is just not knowing. He was feral and came from nowhere. It feels as if he's gone back.
He's the last of our three cats. This is going to be a very empty house.
He's disappeared again. We've looked round the neighbourhood but no sign. :-\MrsC put notes through doors this afternoon and got a phone call from a house just round the corner.
RIP Ram-a-lamb-a Ding Dong.
Found dead this morning - apparently natural causes. He was the biggest of our two ram lambs this year.
It would be backward to get sentimental about him since he'd have been off to slaughter in a couple of months anyway. Nonetheless, we bottle fed this chap after his mum got mastitis and he had great character. He's also the first sheep we've lost in four years. It all leaves a question mark as to what caused the death. He was right as rain yesterday. No evidence of common sheep ailments.
Well that was a bit of a dampener. The people looking after our holiday landlord's house just told us that our landlord's dog is dead. He had been mooching about by us all afternoon until about an hour previously, and didn't appear to be in distress :-\
Today was one of those days where being a pet owner is an emotional sump.
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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.
As in a light bulb?
Garlic is an onion I think.
Good news JD :thumbsup: 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.
Good news JD :thumbsup: 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.
Good news JD :thumbsup: 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.
...but probably a clot...
I daren't swab his tonsils, though. I need my hands.
I'm sorry for your loss. He looks like an impressive beast of a cat!
We said goodbye to Big TomSorry to hear that, but he was lucky to have you to care for him.
Often, if you step back and ask the question - is this treatment more for me, or for him, the answer is clear.
Often, if you step back and ask the question - is this treatment more for me, or for him, the answer is clear.
One of my sister's cats was quite poorly a couple of days ago and was whisked off to the vets. Ended up seeing a cat cardiologist and an embolism was diagnosed. I thought that he probably wasn't coming home but is now looking significantly better although still not moving too well and the effect on him is described as 'life changing'. I suspect that all the local wildlife is rejoicing.Is he/she on medication? I had a cat that suffered an iliac thrombosis and initially recovered, but their remaining time is usually very limited once they start throwing clots. Josh lasted two more weeks before he got a lung embolism and had to be put down, but it was a pretty good two weeks - he was climbing fences and hunting!
One of my sister's cats was quite poorly a couple of days ago and was whisked off to the vets. Ended up seeing a cat cardiologist and an embolism was diagnosed. I thought that he probably wasn't coming home but is now looking significantly better although still not moving too well and the effect on him is described as 'life changing'. I suspect that all the local wildlife is rejoicing.Is he/she on medication? I had a cat that suffered an iliac thrombosis and initially recovered, but their remaining time is usually very limited once they start throwing clots. Josh lasted two more weeks before he got a lung embolism and had to be put down, but it was a pretty good two weeks - he was climbing fences and hunting!
Bye-bye Big Tom.
Bye-bye Big Tom.Condolences, Helly. Hard thing to go through - we've had it a few too many times now.
One of our vets said that the best way (sometimes the only way) to know that a cat is really ill is when it stops eating. They can be quite good at not showing pain or discomfort.
One thing I tend to remember when cats are ill is that, simplistically, they go downhill 7 times faster than we do, so it can seem quite fast to us, if we are using humans as a reference.Big Tom was on 5-7 pouches of Felix every day until Friday 6 October, when he stopped eating, totally. He still appeared hungry, attempted to eat but gagged and didn't appear able to swallow.
A night in bed seems to cure at least 75% of cat illnesses! Hope she improves.
Not seen her all day.
Not too hopeful that she'll return alive...
We were taking our current overlords to the cattery this evening when Pingu pointed out an inmate there that was the spitting image of Pippin. I got quite choked up which was a bit of a surprise 9 years on. Didn't see that coming.