Elphaba wanted to pop in and see if any other animals came to play.
"Hello, furiends! I cannot wait to see other animals come join our pawty!!"
Elphaba wanted to pop in and see if any other animals came to play.
"Hello, furiends! I cannot wait to see other animals come join our pawty!!"
My Husband was walking our first client of the day when out of nowhere he fell over and died on the side of the road. Wasn't breathing and eyes were white. No phone service. He gave him CPR and brought him back! He saved the dog!
I'm shaking and I wasn't even there. We're certified in Pet CPR and first aid, but never even thought about if we had to actually use it. Insane.
I lost my girl today. She developed some mobility issues and after a particularly bad night (and week) we made the call to euthanize her. Chows have bad veins that roll, and they missed her veins like 8 times at the emergency vet, and the euthanasia medicine took forever to work. It was brutal and made a horrible situation worse. They had managed to get some sedative in her vein before, so she was asleep, but it was awful. I have been present at 4 other dog's euthanizations, and they were nothing like this. My girl deserved so much better than this, and I feel so guilty and awful. She was an amazing Chow!
I miss her so much! For the first time in 25+ years we do not have a dog. The house feels so empty.
I'm a bit of a mess. My oldest cat started defecating outside the litter box, so I took her into the vet. The vet thought she had a UTI and put her on antibiotics. She was fine up until we went on vacation. We came back home last Sunday and there was urine and defecation everywhere. She keeps on urinating on the bed (I've washed my sheets/comforter every day, and other places I don't know about (we have tall, dark carpet) and on shoes.
I took her into the vet today and they admitted her they want to do a urinalysis, X-rays, and bloodwork. I don't know why they admitted her for that-but oh well. I'm sure she's scared out of her mind :(
On top of being upset about having to admit her, the tech informs me she had to put her tom cat down because he was urinating/defecating everywhere. I can't justify putting her down for that. Ugh my house smells and I'm upset.
Ang,
Hopefully it's just something easy that they can treat and be done with, or you can do some kind of behaviour modification on. I know how much you love your kitties, and how upsetting this is. Are you supposed to go pick her up in the morning? I'm sorry all of this is happening.
All of her tests came back normal, she does have a small liver and kidneys though, which could lead to disease. My vet is running a urine culture test which could take a couple of days to get back results.
He sad to confine her to a room with a litter box, but that's not an option. I have my room, the babies room, and a spare room (which has a shit ton of stuff I don't want urine on). Her litter box is in our shoebox of a laundry room, and I don't want to close her in there.
Right now I have a gate up so she can't go upstairs, and I bought some "Cat Attract" litter that has pheromones in it. Hopefully it works.
Glad to hear that they didn't find anything really wrong!
You recently said the baby is crawling....do you think she could be acting out against the baby getting attention? Just a thought.
RBW, I'm so very sorry about your girl and I'm sorry I wasn't here when she passed to give you a virtual hug
Ang, I'm happy to hear that her tests came back okay. In addition to it being a medical problem, cats will sometimes specifically pee on their owner's bed or pillows when they feel threatened by an alpha cat in the home. Maybe she views the baby as an Alpha and is acting out sometimes. Just something to think about. I don't deny that she could also be having issues because of her kidneys and liver either though. Could be a combination of both.
My younger cat is sick. She's not eating. I cant get her into the doctor until Weds. She was totally fine about a week ago, now I can feel her backbones because she lost so much weight. She is the most outgoing cat ever, but lately she's been hiding and it's killing me to see her go down so fast.
The older cat has no medical issues but is still urinating/defecating outside of the litter box
Ugh I just feel overwhelmed.
ETA: as a tech I know it's bad. I'm aware i may not make it out of the app with her alive :( it just sucks bc I want to love on her but she wants to hide and I have to take care of a 1 year old, so I don't have time to spend quality time with her. Ugh my heart just feels broken.
I will ask if they have Nutracil (sp?) but idk if she will eat it. They will probably try A/D hills prescription diet.
She's actually sitting by me right now wanting to be petted which she hasn't done in a bit, so that makes me hopeful, but I don't want to get my hopes up.
I will keep you posted.
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