Self-indulgent pet thread
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Esther (known as Littlie) - 5 year old rescue - lovely if slightly divvy
Fats - our old girl. Another rescue cat, she's 20 years old this year & is as stupid as she looks
Fab
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Schrodes earlier this week
Living up to his name in this pic?
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Fab
Ta
Pic of Fats taken in 2008 - must take some of her this year with the new cam.DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
OMG Strumpet, Saffy is GORGEOUS
Here is her majesty, doing what she does best - sleeping ...
In my housemate's motorbike trousers:
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On my book:
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lol at city and the city reading kitty
Strumpet
gypsy girl
That is sweet but she is as wise as a dung beetle. VERY ditsy most of her life, which has had us in stitches at times, and now pretty senile I think. Funny dog tho. Gentle and very loving.Awww. She looks really wise.
She said "Ty, i know"OMG Strumpet, Saffy is GORGEOUS
gavman
pj slumpy
surely if he were, he wouldn't be in there?
gorgeous kittehs all. i think fats has a very loving expression
temper_tantrum
The beauty of the ride
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
I meant he could be either alive or dead in the pic.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Schrodes earlier this week
Oh bless - does he let you touch his tummy? And I always mean to ask you this, there's a bit of a theory that "cow cats" (ie. Harlequin markings - mostly white with few coloured patches) have a tendency towards being bonkers mad - you have met my Radar and he is indeed bonkers mad, is your beautiful boy similarly 'touched'?
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Spooky feet.
Strumpet
gypsy girl
Don't want to put a damper on the thread so apols but....
...Im in such a dilemma.
My 15 yr old girl (mixed terrier breed) has gone downhill for last few weeks. Appetite almost non existent, foamy sick sometimes too. Tempting her with all kinds and now n then she'll have a few pieces or several licks of something. She's drinking a lot too. And she is sooooo skinny. Skin and bone., It's a wonder no one has reported me for starving her or something :|
Was SOOO happy she had half a bowl of cereal this morning! Her diet isnt brilliant anymore as Im just giving her anything she will accept.
Vet says it's kidney disease and she also has a dodgy heart mumur. She has had 2 lots of jabs to stimulate her appetite and it's worked for a day or two but then goes back to not much. Vet gave me emergency phone number for out of hours which said a lot. Nothing to be done just...wait. *sigh*
My mind goes from wanting to save her from any pain before she collapses, has heart/kidney failure to feeling i couldnt have her pts while she isn't in actual pain. Discomfort sometimes possibly.
It's tearing me apart everytime I watch her sleep (which is a lot lately too).
Sorry for rambling. First time I've mentioned how things are going and I'm not that open a person :\
Prob. delete the post later cos it's such a happy thread
...Im in such a dilemma.
My 15 yr old girl (mixed terrier breed) has gone downhill for last few weeks. Appetite almost non existent, foamy sick sometimes too. Tempting her with all kinds and now n then she'll have a few pieces or several licks of something. She's drinking a lot too. And she is sooooo skinny. Skin and bone., It's a wonder no one has reported me for starving her or something :|
Was SOOO happy she had half a bowl of cereal this morning! Her diet isnt brilliant anymore as Im just giving her anything she will accept.
Vet says it's kidney disease and she also has a dodgy heart mumur. She has had 2 lots of jabs to stimulate her appetite and it's worked for a day or two but then goes back to not much. Vet gave me emergency phone number for out of hours which said a lot. Nothing to be done just...wait. *sigh*
My mind goes from wanting to save her from any pain before she collapses, has heart/kidney failure to feeling i couldnt have her pts while she isn't in actual pain. Discomfort sometimes possibly.
It's tearing me apart everytime I watch her sleep (which is a lot lately too).
Sorry for rambling. First time I've mentioned how things are going and I'm not that open a person :\
Prob. delete the post later cos it's such a happy thread
Prob. delete the post later cos it's such a happy thread
Won't quote the whole thing then...
When our old dog got too old and ill to go on we just knew it was time to take him for that last trip to the vet, It sounds to me like you're close to making that decision yourself. We were in a right quandry for a while but one day his legs went and we both kind of looked at each other and knew it was time. (he actually improved a bit the next day but we'd made the choice already). Whatever you do don't worry about having her PTS if she's not in pain, I mean don't feel bad cos well, we always thought that our dog would never be himself again, he was never going to get young again. I think we caught him before the pain thing started properly and it felt OK.
It's very scary, it helped that there were two of us but your vet will be able to help you make the right decision.
If you want me to edit this (horribly rambly post
) later let me know.
xes
F.O.A.D
Sorry to hear this Strumpet, but like lizzieloo says, you'll know when it's time. Toby had a simular thing by the sounds of it. He went downhill very fast, wouldn't eat, drank loads, and was sick quite alot. Vet said he had kidney and heart failure. Everytime I so much as looked at him, I burst into tears. That couldn't have been nice for him, either. I tried to let him go on his own terms, and god love him he tried too. He'd go out in the garden at night, and slept behind the shed/behind a tree. But he was still with us in the mornings. He knew it was his time before we did. but that doesn't not make it the hardest damn thing in the world to do ever. We'll be here for you, if you want to let off steam or have a big sob. Loads of love to you, I know how heart breaking the decision you've got to make is.
