Just to give you a bit of background.... Pye is 3 on Saturday and for the last two years he has suffered from episodes of what I think is the start of bloat. Last year wee had it down to every 5 weeks or so and he was always pretty much bang on the mark but in December he went badly down hill.
The dates just so you can get an idea were:
All of the times I have caught it early and within an hour or so of him getting metacam and metaclop he is running about and stuffing his face but I have never continued the drugs afterwards as I have only recently read about this.
The last episode i caught it early again but he made no response to his meds and so the vet decided to xray to see if there was anything there that shouldn't be. All that was there was food and a teeny bit of gas. About three days later he was back to normal but this time I haven't stopped the meds and he is on 2ml of metaclop a day and I haven't got an end date.
Anyway, we sent his xrays and history to FHB last week and today I got a call off a rather curt receptionist who said I couldn't speak to FHB and I would have to bring him down for an appointment but FHB had mentioned surgery was pretty much a given.
Now Harrogate is a 2 hour drive and Pye does not travel well and I am petrified of my little man going into surgery. So to end this mega post, do i continue with the metaclop and finish a two week course and see how he is then (I'm also nearly finished swapping him from Burgess to SS in the vain hope that will help) or do I bite the bullet, take him to FHB and risk a surgery, the thought of which makes me feel sick and reduces me to tears every time I think of it? I know I am being mostly selfish and thinking more of me than him which is why I hoped I could get some other opinions.....
The dates just so you can get an idea were:
- 7th July 09
- 2nd Sept 09
- 11th Nov 09
- 27th Nov 09
- 17th Dec 09
- 23rd Dec 09
- 18th Jan 10
- 4th Feb 10
All of the times I have caught it early and within an hour or so of him getting metacam and metaclop he is running about and stuffing his face but I have never continued the drugs afterwards as I have only recently read about this.
The last episode i caught it early again but he made no response to his meds and so the vet decided to xray to see if there was anything there that shouldn't be. All that was there was food and a teeny bit of gas. About three days later he was back to normal but this time I haven't stopped the meds and he is on 2ml of metaclop a day and I haven't got an end date.
Anyway, we sent his xrays and history to FHB last week and today I got a call off a rather curt receptionist who said I couldn't speak to FHB and I would have to bring him down for an appointment but FHB had mentioned surgery was pretty much a given.
Now Harrogate is a 2 hour drive and Pye does not travel well and I am petrified of my little man going into surgery. So to end this mega post, do i continue with the metaclop and finish a two week course and see how he is then (I'm also nearly finished swapping him from Burgess to SS in the vain hope that will help) or do I bite the bullet, take him to FHB and risk a surgery, the thought of which makes me feel sick and reduces me to tears every time I think of it? I know I am being mostly selfish and thinking more of me than him which is why I hoped I could get some other opinions.....