wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
hte elder is up for surgery on minday, probaby a cancerous lump frim his history, trying not to anxiey about it
Just come back in from another fruitless attempt at last pee and realise how much my house stinks of fags, now I’ve had the doors shut for two days
The boy sitting on sofa looking all reproachful
He’s not peeing in the house, just will only very reluctantly pee when on lead. So will come and tell me he wants to go out but then I take him out with his lead on and he doesn’t pee just stands there looking reproachful. Darent let him off in case he sees a rabbit, as he’s meant to be strictly resting his knees. He can go for hours, like more than 12 hours, so it’s ok, he’s managing, just a bit of a tricky time.Are you going to find out where he's been peeing in a couple of days?
(I have a cat with CKD who has got to the "prone to UTI/Cystitis" phase so I understand that, sometimes there is a "oh there's where you've been weeing" moment).
Would he go on puppy pads - or better even, adult incontinence bed pads from the chemist, because they don't have VAT added I don't think.
Might be a solution in the short term, if you could get him to go on a pad near the door then once he is healed coax him back outside for toileting.
Yeah, I’ve joined two together, and that’s another thing that makes him shy to pee, like I’ve tied a weird thing to him. He’s such a sensitive blossom ffsPoor Mungo
Would a longer lead help Saunders?
Having animals can be like that, my elderly CKD cat currently on his 2nd UTI since the beginning of May, I think I am going to have to incinerate my carpet. And he's not eating very well. Vet bill currently at £800 over the last 2 monthsit’s been a moderately challenging evening
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Really feel for you re the carpet and vet bills, my late old cat had kidney issues poor loveHaving animals can be like that, my elderly CKD cat currently on his 2nd UTI since the beginning of May, I think I am going to have to incinerate my carpet. And he's not eating very well. Vet bill currently at £800 over the last 2 months
Hope your lad is feeling better soon.
they removed the lump and it has been sent to a lab for analysis, elder is back home and a bit off his head from the anaesthetic and painkillers, seem to be hearing things which are not there.How did it go at the vets today wemakeyousoundb ?
Poor boy, hopefully the meds will wear off soon but not too soon, and fingers crossed for the analysis results
not cancerous so well chuffed here.Best of luck for the biopsy!
I think being drugged up must be horribly confusing for them.
That is great newsnot cancerous so well chuffed here.
Pretty sure drugs are as confusing to them as they are for us.
Indeed! I don't have much first hand experience with dogs, but post-operative cats on opiates for pain relief often seem a bit agitated and fearful, rather than relaxed and sleepy as you'd expect - caring for them in those first few hours back at home (or days if if they have a Fentanyl patch like my Radar did after his bilateral osteotomy) can be a bit of a nightmare trying to keep them calm.Pretty sure drugs are as confusing to them as they are for us.
We're calling her Donald now.Call her something related to van Gogh - Sunflower (Sunny for short)
Or:
Jenkins
Or:
Eva(nder)
Just going on the ear thing as a theme here, it is a very distinctive feature and although one wouldn't want it to happen, she has ended up with a particular look to her which is very cute and easily recognisable
Have they ever been crated? They might feel more secure in a crate, especially if it’s familiar.We have had our dogs for little over a year, and the very few times we’ve travelled with them in a car they’ve didn’t enjoy it at all from the get go, even though every time it was a 30-minute ride. They are just over two and one of them is a rescue, so I reckon they might be associating car journeys by being abandoned by their owners, because pretty much every time they’ve been in a car in their lives it led to them being left with a stranger, even if only for a few days.
We’ve decided we ought to get them used to going on car trips, not least because we would love to take them with us on UK breaks. So next weekend we’re hiring a car and seeing friends in Bristol for the weekend. Any tips for making them as relaxed as possible? Would rather avoid ’doping’ options, though if there is something that is completely safe and doesn’t make them look like they’ve doubled dropped E’s, I might consider it.
Any tips on the car type itself (estate vs hatchback)? And given their small size, should we try to set up their bed high so they can see out of the window, or would they be more chilled at car seat level whereby they don’t see the horizon or people around them?