The Pet Thread

[Road Guy]

I don't think its rabies either, unless there is a rat or bat in our basement? he hasn't seen the light of day in a while.. Sucks what vets charge these days, and even if your pet has some terrible disease they always want you to spend $1000 trying to fix them, cant tell if they truly love animals or just love money...

 

[Road Guy]

Well we put my daughters cat to sleep this morning. I am about done with F'n vets!

He started having really bad seizures Tuesday and they increased to the point he was just miserable. I had a miserable work week and all I could do was leave him in the basement. Thursday we called several vets and none would put him to sleep without doing bloodwork - ok I get that but when a cat is having a violent seizure every hour there isn't much you an really do for that other than put him out of his misery. I think they are just ******* greedy.

So Thursday we had bloodwork done which took a day to get results back - odd it showed really nothing "wrong" so I drove to a vet up in the sticks this am that would help us out. He had a seizure almost the entire 30 minute drive.

Sad day for the kids but they realize he wouldn't ever be normal and without pain. All I can figure is he must have fallen off the cabinets where he had recently grown accustomed to climbing on and must have fallen and whacked his head pretty bad....

Down to just the dog and won't be getting anymore when it is her time....

 

[matt267 PE]

Sorry to hear that RG.

 

[blybrook PE]

Geeze, that sucks RG. At least you helped the cat end its suffering.

 

[mudpuppy]

How old was the cat? I ended up having mine put down because he had a seizure that wouldn't stop and his body temp was down in the 90s (which is really low for a cat). Vet said it was probably a brain tumor. But he was 15 years old.

 

[Road Guy]

I'm not sure, we got him around 7 years ago, but he was less than 10 I think.

he started drooling about 2 weeks ago then a week ago the seizures started, (the neuro-ICU wife said it looked like a brain injury to her..

F'n idiot vet tech told us it didn't look "life threatening" to her that he was having about 1 seizure per hour.. I just hate those ******* ***** that work at the suburban vet offices that expect you to put your pet in a wheel chair for a few years and push them around while they are in pain..

 

[mudpuppy]

^I agree. My area is still rural/redneck/realistic enough that they give you the option to put them out of their misery.

 

[P-E]

Real bummer RG

My son just got his first pet. He wanted a fish. Fish = $2, Tank and everything else $80, ouch.

 

[knight1fox3]

Sorry to hear that RG.

 

[matt267 PE]

My cat has decided to stop eating. She's only about 11 y/o. We got her less than a year after we got our American Eskimo that we put down last August. My daughter was devastated when we put the dog down. I'm not sure how she's going to react to losing the cat.

 

[MA_PE]

My sheltie has lost a lot of weight recently and he's been eating weird (like a cat he just kind of picks at it here and there). I took him to the vet for a check up. After blood and urine tests, they are recommending that he go for an abdominal ultrasound to check his kidneys. He's 12 yo now. I'm wondering what kind of can of worms I'm opening up here. He's a member of the family but he's not covered under my family medical plan.

 

[matt267 PE]

We put the cat down today. Her temp and heart rate were very low and she was straining to breath. The x-rays showed fluid around her heart. They were barely able to get a blood sample. What little blood they did get showed a little bit of a yellow when the separated it. This might have meant liver failure. The vet said we could get more tests done to figure out exactly what's going on, but he didn't seem too confidant that an easy fix could be found. So we decided to put her down.

MA_PE, good luck with your dog.

 

[MA_PE]

thanks Matt. Sorry about the cat. my condolences to your whole family and especially to your daughter. She lost both pets in a short period of time.

My kids were in junior high school when we put our last dog down and they were pretty upset. We got the dog before they were born so they never knew a house without a dog.

So...are you going puppy shopping or kitty shopping. (I've always said you can never "replace" the pets that are gone, but you can make a new friend.)

 

[matt267 PE]

We adopted a new dog in September. He's a rescue dog from a kill shelter. I wasn't quite ready, but my wife and daughter ganged up on me. As for a new cat, I don't think so. My daughter might beg, but I don't think I want to. My wife may side with me on this one because she has developed a cat allergy over the years.

We had my daughter say "bye" to the cat this morning before school "just in case." She seemed fine then, but I have not idea how she's going to react.

 

[knight1fox3]

Sorry to hear the news on the pet front. Best wishes to you guys.

I do not look forward to those days down the road.

 

[matt267 PE]

Thanks Fox.

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

Sorry to hear that Matt. Never an easy thing to do.

 

[Ble_PE]

Sorry to hear it Matt. That is never easy to do.

 

[matt267 PE]

Thanks guys.

The hardest part will be telling my daughter. Which will be happening in a bit.

 

[NJmike PE]

Geez Matt, this sucks. I'm sorry to hear man. Personally, I was never a huge fan of cats but I know many people were. I hope it went Ok with your daughter today.