beccz
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Sorry this may be a long post, but I'll try to summarize as best i can. She is almost 8 years old and I have no idea what the breed is. She was sold to us as a dwarf, but she is much bigger than one.
The background story:
She had uterine cancer back last August. She had a spay and it was completely removed with no problems. She was fine until she started developing bloat/gas/GI problems in November. I changed vets in December and he found a dental problem which I had her get fixed. However, the GI problems did not go away, so my vet put her on a straight-hay diet which, originally, was supposed to only be a week.
After it didn't get better, he told me to continue the hay-only diet and told me that she'd be fine (I was worried about her needing more nutrition than just hay like veggies and such). This continued for almost a month. Friday night I called her over to get a treat of basil even though I wasn't supposed to...and she excitedly ran over. However she didn't quite reach me...as she stumbled, fell, and had trouble getting back up. I made the next vet appointment I could and found that she had dropped to 1.4kg. I knew she was thin, but stupidly, I trusted my vet and didn't worry about it...and now she's dangerously underweight.
The other vet I took her to last night also found a lump on her stomach (which surprised me because I supposedly had paid for four "exams") and requested Xrays. I had just got some on Thursday so I said I'd wait until the other office was open and get those examined.
Now to the present situation:
Anyway, at this point, I'm trying my best to help her recover. The vet gave me critical care, but I don't quite understand how I should do this. If she wont eat it, how often should I give it to her?
She's eating veggies and such, with a little big of critical care i rolled into balls, but she seems reluctant to drink water...so I've resorted to syringe-feeding it every four-ish hours.
She improved since last night and was able to run away from me without falling and thumped her foot in protest after being given water (lol), but for the most part all she does is lay down. I've been told that it's probably time to put her down, but when I look at her, I feel like she can recover. I don't just want to give up.
Anyway, any advice on what else I can give to bulk her up (like certain foods, fruit, etc) or stuff to help relieve/help the bloat (aside from Simethicone or whatever) I'd be grateful
the vets around here aren't much help I feel terrible that I let her get like this and didn't even notice.
The background story:
She had uterine cancer back last August. She had a spay and it was completely removed with no problems. She was fine until she started developing bloat/gas/GI problems in November. I changed vets in December and he found a dental problem which I had her get fixed. However, the GI problems did not go away, so my vet put her on a straight-hay diet which, originally, was supposed to only be a week.
After it didn't get better, he told me to continue the hay-only diet and told me that she'd be fine (I was worried about her needing more nutrition than just hay like veggies and such). This continued for almost a month. Friday night I called her over to get a treat of basil even though I wasn't supposed to...and she excitedly ran over. However she didn't quite reach me...as she stumbled, fell, and had trouble getting back up. I made the next vet appointment I could and found that she had dropped to 1.4kg. I knew she was thin, but stupidly, I trusted my vet and didn't worry about it...and now she's dangerously underweight.
The other vet I took her to last night also found a lump on her stomach (which surprised me because I supposedly had paid for four "exams") and requested Xrays. I had just got some on Thursday so I said I'd wait until the other office was open and get those examined.
Now to the present situation:
Anyway, at this point, I'm trying my best to help her recover. The vet gave me critical care, but I don't quite understand how I should do this. If she wont eat it, how often should I give it to her?
She's eating veggies and such, with a little big of critical care i rolled into balls, but she seems reluctant to drink water...so I've resorted to syringe-feeding it every four-ish hours.
She improved since last night and was able to run away from me without falling and thumped her foot in protest after being given water (lol), but for the most part all she does is lay down. I've been told that it's probably time to put her down, but when I look at her, I feel like she can recover. I don't just want to give up.
Anyway, any advice on what else I can give to bulk her up (like certain foods, fruit, etc) or stuff to help relieve/help the bloat (aside from Simethicone or whatever) I'd be grateful
the vets around here aren't much help I feel terrible that I let her get like this and didn't even notice.
