#pet health cw

[blindmagdalena]

my cat that i birthed and raised myself for the last 17 years is having some medical issues. she'll be okay, but it's left me very tender hearted and tired. she's been at the vet since early this morning and i haven't been able to focus on anything else. i just want them to call so i can bring her home 😭

[queenaeducan]

today i had a 20 minute panic abt my cat possibly choking on something or eating chocolate (our dog got into chocolate - he's also fine btw) and when i googled and sb said "check their mouths to see if something is stuck like a whisker" i did just that and found that what i thought were nausea symptoms were actually her trying to dislodge a piece of nail she got stuck between her front teeth

[ghcstofutopia]

been a stressful few days! i admit it.

saturday my senior cat suddenly declined and HARD, by the time we reached the emergency vet at midnight she had three paws out the door. a family member insisted on treating her however they can, while i was accepting the 'inevitable' that we'd be leaving the building heartbroken. i thought there was no way such an old cat could bounce back, but...

it's tuesday now, yesterday she became stable enough to return home. she still didn't look great, but with a couple blood transfusions she was regenerating her own blood cells again. my poor baby was deathly pale. we're on "shifts" for now where said family member watches her at night, me during the day.

her appetite's been coming back, which is a major relief. not even 24 hours ago she was refusing squeezy treats- her favorite- today i'm offering her dry food and water and she's gobbling both up with a purr. giving her medicine is a time but we're getting there, on our first attempt we thought she took it before she waited a full minute to spit it back out from inside her cheek. gotta do that 2 times a day, fun /s

we're not in the clear, but i'm glad to see her old self return bit by bit. remember to cherish the time you have with your pets, because things can turn tragic and fast.

(they had to shave her legs, now she looks like she has on big boots... sorry baby)

[warlockisaslur]

[[ pet health stuff under the cut i just need to get it out somewhere in case i disappear for a couple of days ]]

I have a 17 year old cat, Tiffany. We've had her since she was about 2, and she's lived a good, long life. The last few days she's declined in a hurry. Missing the litter box, not eating, not drinking. Now she can't get around well on her back legs. I have a vet appointment on Monday, but I don't know if she's going to make it. She's... listless. I have her set up in a kitty playpen I bought for a kitten I was going to foster that didn't pan out, with some papers down for her to pee on and some fresh food and water....

I'm kind of breaking down. So I might be quiet, or selective. Or manic. I really don't know. I haven't had to deal with this before.

[pyreshe]

"stormi, you look like mommy baby!" - me after my cat was prescribed feline prozac by the vet 😔

[thunder-opossum]

I got more bad news on my dog. Shes lost most feeling in both of her back legs. She can't stand or walk on her own and that brings many more complications. She doesn't seem to be in pain and she is not her usual grumpy self. Our current plan is to just keep her resting. If she doesn't get better, we will either have to do surgery on her back, or get her a little doggy wheelchair. My family will most likely put her on wheels if it comes to it.

These dogs are my lifeline, and it hurts me so much to see them go through trouble. My dog is a stubborn fighter, and her sister has been through troubles too, so we believe she can take on and overcome her situation, whatever it comes to.

Thanks for reading.

[clockways]

Got to love emergency vet visits on holidays.

He's okay. We think. He has spondylosis, we found out on the xray. We think he slept too long in a new spot and completely seized up. But he couldn't stand/put weight on his one leg and was yowling.

Got some pain meds, going to hopefully get him on a monthly shot, and pulled out the heating pad for him.

Hopefully it all helps.

[ihatedean]

please help my baby get his ear surgery done<3

thank you for clicking read more :)

so after months of testing the vet informed us a few days ago that our cat does, in fact, have skin cancer. to get more specific it's actually squamous-cell carcinoma.

(text is in spanish but im sure google lens can translate pretty well.)

it's affecting the tip/side of his left ear and hasn't spread to his nose or the other ear, so the vet recommended surgery to get the ear removed as soon as we possibly can. this would be on september 2nd, this monday.

exams like x-rays and biopsies have already been pretty expensive so i'm making this post to hopefully offset the cost of his pinnectomy (ARS$180,000->USD$189) even just a little bit. the whole thing has been really stressing and adding to that a messed up family situation where i can't ask them for help, please trust me when i say i wouldn't do this if i didn't need to.

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if you read this whole thing, thank you. here is the boy himself. he's almost 11 years old, incredibly grumpy, manipulative, called ugly by almost all my friends, has already gone through eye surgery so that's why his eyes look Like That, and on the rare occasion he sits on my lap i literally cry.

please put sunscreen on your cats, especially if they have white hair like aki. we didn't know for the longest time that exposure to the sun could cause skin cancer on cats and by the time we knew and started doing it, it was too late.

[se1unite]

[blindmagdalena]

my cat started throwing up after every meal this morning, but our vet is out so she has to go to emergency... she was just at the vet 3 weeks ago where we paid for blood work and a new medication regiment. i'm getting to that stage of 'idk how i'm going to keep affording this.' but i can't not. i really need her to chill out bc my mental health hinges on her lol

[mintyscuriocabinet]

Odin is doing well after his surgery! (Nothing serious, we just got him neutered) He has to wear this onesie so he doesn't pick at his stitches and it looks so cute on him! I want to buy a matching one for his brother, Loki (he's also a poodle but he's grey)

[bearllydruid]

// Got less than great results from Paint's vet, her blood work has some markers out of whack, and she's got Kidney disease - which is ironic considering I only have one kidney. She also is anemic, like I am, and we're on the same pain medication. (Gabapentin buddies!)

I'm just.....I know I'm trying to be silly and look at this with humor because that's how I cope with everything, but I just am scared I'm going to wait too long or be too early. I want to be fair to her. I want her to have her peace, and dignity, and have good days and soak up as much love as she can because she deserves that!! She's 16, and she's seen me through so much - and my husband too.

I'm just not ready.

[cakemagemaeve]

On Friday, we said goodbye to our last dog, Pippin. He was an old man, and it was clear that the Rimadyl was having less and less of an effect on his arthritis, and so on Monday I made his final appointment, and we proceeded to spend the next few days spoiling him as hard as we could and doing everything we could to make sure he knew how much we love him. We showered him with treats, tummy-rubs, and back massages with my old curry-comb. Also, this year my family had hamburgers for Christmas dinner (why? Because we had hot dogs for Thanksgiving dinner.) and mom made him his own patty, which he deeply enjoyed even if it had to be slowly fed to him piece-by-piece. Mom also took him for short walks every day (Pippin loved us all, but he was unquestionably her dog), and he'd get so excited every time, though it clearly took a lot out of him as well.

We all went to the vet with him on Friday, and when they gave him the anesthesia, they put him on the exam table, which had a soft, plush blanket on it for extra comfort. After she administered the meds the vet said we could put him on the couch while we waited for them to kick in, but when dad went to pick him up, he picked the blanket up with him, which immediately proved to be a big mistake when Pippin slipped right out of it and onto the floor, nose-first. If you're thinking that it must have been utterly horrifying beyond reason, then you're right. I'm still kind of in shock, and I truly don't know if I'll ever be over it. It just keeps replaying over and over in my mind and it hurts more every time. It was just a freak accident, but oh, it was the last thing Pippin deserved and I hate hate hate that his last few minutes were that much more painful for him (and us). Needless to say, it messed dad up pretty badly too, and he feels incredibly guilty about it, and he probably always will. I know I would.

We finally got Pippin settled on the office couch, laying between me and mom (his favorite place to be). We petted him and apologized to him and told him over and over what a good dog he was (and he was. He was such a good dog) while the medication slowly took effect. He fought it, though. He kept trying to stay awake, like he wasn't ready to go just yet, and so of course that left us all feeling even more guilty and conflicted than before. Eventually though, he went under, and the vet came and gave him his final shot while all three of us had our hands on him, and he quietly slipped away.

Dad had already dug the grave (right next to his brother Jig's), so when we got home we brought him inside so that the cats could see him one last time. Pippin was beloved by all of the cats, especially the kittens. He had an extra-special bond with both Sir Cheeto and his older half-sister Squeaktoy (they have the same dad, a clever stray named Joe Dirt, whom we've been trying to capture and neuter for years). Squeak sniffed at his body and then ran out of the room (she's been through this before with Jig and Sokka), but poor Cheeto just kept pawing at Pippin's face and nudging him with his nose like he was trying to wake him up, and it was utterly devastating to watch.

We then carried Pippin back outside, and dad gently lowered him into the hole. He looked so peaceful, like he was only sleeping. We each threw a handful of dirt over him (it's a family tradition), and then Mom and I stayed and watched as dad finished burying him. It was a deeply traumatic and painful experience all around, but at least he's not hurting anymore, and he never will again. Cold comfort perhaps, but it's all we have.

You know what's weird, though? I haven't really cried once since he died. I teared up a little at the vet's office and while we were burying him (and right now as I type this), but I haven't wept for him the way I have for every other animal I've lost. I cried for his brother earlier this year, and I cried for dad's cat Miss Chi, but I still haven't cried for Pippin and I don't know why. My mom says it's most likely because of my medications, and she's probably right, but I still feel like a horrible person. Pippin was such a wonderful little dog and I miss him terribly. The house feels so wrong without him. The past few days have been utterly surreal, and I feel so empty inside, like I'm barely even present most of the time. I've just been running on auto-pilot. And yet at the same time, I'm going through a manic phase that has me barely able to keep still or sleep or focus on anything. It's like part of me is climbing the walls like a feral cat, while the other part of me is stuck in a grey void of numbness listening to the sounds of static. It kinda sucks. Wonder if I need my meds adjusted again. Anyway, I may not be able to process emotions properly right now, but I know that I'll always love and miss that sweet dog.

Goodbye, Pippin Moon Moon Hellhound. You were an amazing dog and a deeply beloved member of my family. I was lucky I got to have you in my life for so long. It was a privilege to get to be there to welcome you and your brother Jig the White Devil Hellhound into the world and I'm glad I could be there with you (both of you) when you left it, too. Sweet dreams, Pippin. I love you. Say hi to Jig, Mac and Sokka.

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 298

so not to be a bummer, but today would've been my dog's 15th birthday, and it's the first one without her.

to honor her legacy, please go ham on your fave treat and don't forget to be nasty

[schattenhonig]

So this year started with all the bullshit at once...

My granny had a stroke and has basically lost control over an arm and a leg and she can't swallow anything. She's at the hospital and will most likely have to live at a nursing home afterwards.

My grandfather is at the hospital, too, because his organs are failing.

My cousin got headbutted by his horse, his whole face is bashed in. He's at the hospital as well.

My cat didn't eat anything for days, losing the last bit of weight he had, and now he's so skinny and constantly sneezing.

I still haven't found a job, and my ADHD has been acting up lately despite medication, so that I don't trust myself at the moment.

My psychiatrist said I shouldn't try to get an autism diagnosis because I'm too high functioning. The few places that are allowed to do diagnostics are so overrun that I wouldn't get an appointment, or if I did, I wouldn't be diagnosed.

I didn't get the cptsd diagnosis because I wasn't having enough flashbacks. Everything else matched the criteria.

My therapy has ended and I have to wait two years. There will be a few appointments to prevent regressions, but they are rare.

I don't know how to cope with all the feelings, especially since I learned to not numb them just a few months back.

[stupidlovepurplepeace]

My cats sick and I don't know what to do. Mateo was the first cat we ever got when I was in 5th grade and now he's sick and we can't afford to do blood work and stuff

My brother took him to the vet and it costed him 150$ for them to tell him that blood work would cost 800$ or he could put him down for more money as well. He only had like 300$ to take him to the vet in the first place. He's having trouble breathing, he hasn't been eating like he should and my brother even tried taking him into another room and giving him wet food but he still didn't eat a lot. So now he's at home wrapped up in a blanket so that when he dies, because we can't do anything to help him, he's at home. I don't know what to do