Thought it was some dog treats so we threw out the treats but that was 2 days ago and he threw up again today. I feed him half can wet and a cup and a half dry, all Pedigree brand.
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I’m From Germany And I Have A Queastion Regarding My Ca. 25 Year Old Cat…
Hello,
I’m from Germany and I have a queastion regarding my ca. 25 year old cat. Her true age is unknown as we got her from a shelter. She was in good health and my vet couldn’t believe her age.
She was diagnosed with pancratic cancer in October 2014. It was a random find, as she didn’t show any symtoms.
It was already around 5x4cm in size and I decided for surgery with the option of putting her down if it looked to bad.
The tumor was a solid mass in the pancreas. Small nodules were found in the surrounding tissue, but alls the other organs looked fine. The tumor was removed, which was easy duw to not being connected too much to the surrounding tissue.
My vet told me that the prognosis was still poor, with most patiens not surviving more than 6 months after diagnosis.
Whisky woke up normally and had no problems with eating/digesting afterwards. She was totally fine until after 10 months – in July 2015 – a new small tumour was found, around the size of a cherry.
We decided to wait how fast it will grow, as she still showd no signs or symptoms.
Las Friday on August the 8 I could feel that the tumour had grown fast – now back to old size. I drove to the vet and he confirmed that.
I knew if it grew so fats she would only have around one month more if it would start to cause her pain, so I decided for surgery again. She still was fine, always wanting no live and don’t show signs of old age.
This time it looked bad. Upon opening her up she already hat blood in her abdomen. The tumour was necrotic, starting with „tyrosis“ and half of the pancras was infected. The tumor started to fall apart when he touched it. Addiotionally not only th surrounding tissue had metastases, also the peritoneum now had some nodules. The other organs still looked fine. My vet said it looked very bad, normally he would put her down now, as the progmosis now was more than poor.
I still wanted to try it, and he did his best. Sadly she died during the wake up phase. Most likely it started bleeding again and she died of blood loss.
My vet told me that she would have died during the next days either way due to blood loss and infection during the next days. I now ask myself if she would still life if I didn’t have decided for surgery.
Or is what my vet said right and she would have died the next days either way, with that thing falling apart inside her. I trust my vet, but I have the feeling that I’m resposible for her death, that I have killed her somehow.
If needed I can provide pictures of the masses.
Thanks a lot for reading this wall of text!
Shiria
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Kelly Furgason HI Shiria,
First, very sorry to hear your cat died. My thoughts and sympathies are with you.When a pet dies like this, it is normal for us to think it was our fault, or something we could have prevented. It sounds like you went above and beyond with vet care and did everything you could have done for your cat. Surgery is always risky, but so is choosing to not do it and see what happens.
I’d take comfort in knowing that you gave this kitty a longer life by helping her the best you could.
I’m sure that your cat would have wanted to have every option at living and it sounds like that is what you gave her. It sounds like from what your vet found inside of her, that she was very very sick. Like you said, she seemed fine and didn’t show any signs of old age. But animals are not like people, they hide illness very well till the bitter end. She sounds like she was a wonderful kitty.
I’m sorry things didn’t work out and sorry for your loss,
~kelly
our vets suggests euthanasia( we’ve been saying no to that).He is eating minimally, but at least he eats. he’s on IV fluid. He’s 1 year and 8 months old miniature pinscher.
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Cartly Co There are ups and downs. there are days he’s doing good but other times he’s really sick. We would never give up, we love him. Do you have any idea about the signs of recovery? like the hardening of his pad foot?
Thanks for the reply. we’ve been regretting about not having enough thought of giving him vaccines. Thanks again, best of luck!
She’s eating and drinking fine, she is making nest, is this normal for all mice? Her weight gain is just around her belly area.
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Kelly Hi Charlotte,
Mice usually are jumpy/twitchy but without seeing your mouse, it’s hard to say what is going on. It could just be a normal mouse moving.
If she’s eating and drinking she is probably fine. YES, mice , all mice make nests, usually quite large one’s too. Add some paper towel or toilet paper tubes and she will have a ball shredding them up. Sounds like she may be pregnant. If she is, you will soon find baby mice! They are only pregnant for a few weeks before having babies and they can have around 7-14 babies.
Enjoy your new mouse!
~Kelly
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After that his behavior has changed from being an energetic dog (running a lot, jumping on me, etc.) and after that not so energetic. He sometimes just keeps standing. He eats well but now eats slower unlike before the haircut when he ate very fast.
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Front paws. When I try to get it he snaps at me. How can I remove it
My 7 year old pitbull recently went about 4 days (maybe 5) without defecating and eating minimally (no dog food, just occasionally would sneak some people foood) and escessively thirsty and peeing excessively . I made a vet appointment, and the day prior to the appointment she defecated, and began to eat (not much for the most part, juat a few bites here and there and was back to being herself in regards to personality. To be safe I took her to the vet anyway as an appointment had already been made. The vet diagnosed it as pancreatitis, noting that she seemed to have pulled through the worst of it on her own he said and put her on a course of meds (antibiotic and what I understood to be a probiotic) After the first day of meds she again became lethargic, and again won’t eat, not eating is putting it lightly, she has an aversion to it, regardless of what food it is she tends to get up and move elsewhere to avoid it. She is still urinating and defecating infrequently despite diminished food and liquid intake
My cat has hematoma is his ear. I don’t have hundreds of dollars to pay a vet. Are there any alternatives?
some one said we uses in indoor wood floor and she seems to be not burdening her so use it for deck…
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Sandra Sellers My puppy wanted to chew everything in site. I tried to offer her a lot of different play toys to stimulate her interest and I found that bully sticks were wonderful for her to chew; monitored so they do not choke. Not all dogs take to nylabones but some do and kong products are great especially if you put something like cheese or peanutbutter inside and then they concentrate on licking instead of chewing. If she’s out on the deck by herself for a long period of time she’s probably bored and lonely. If she does it even when you are outside with her it’s probably because she likes to chew. Just re-direct her interest into something else so she will forget about it. If you stay consistent she should learn not to do it. I try to keep all cleaning products and chemicals away from my pets.
Hi Beth,
Sorry your dog isn’t feeling well. It’s definitely a good idea to go see your vet when vomiting happens routinely or more than once. It could have been the treats, but who knows. Try offering boiled chicken and rice, or withhold food for the day and offer tomorrow and see if things change. Did you change the regular food that he’s getting , that could be it too, unless you have kept that the same. To be safe, I’d go see your vet.
good luck!
~Kelly
Thanks Kelly, the only thing I’ve done in the past month and a half was start adding dry food to his diet. For years my boyfriend only gave him wet food so I started to slowly introduce dry to him and it’s been fine so I don’t think it’s that, in fact he eats the dry by itself and likes it. We did just recently move and I’m not sure if maybe he eat something in a neighbors yard…
Hi Beth, ahh,,could be the move/neighbors yard…maybe monitor him when he’s outside and see if he’s eating any plants or bugs? Our dog always throws up from eating stink bugs lately. Good luck!!