Five of my buns are due their myxi next month - among them is Sue.
Sue has calcification of the kidneys which means that she only has half a kidney working. She has lost loads and loads of weight and I am now giving her a low calcium, high moisture, high calorie diet to try and keep her quality of life as good as possible for as long as possible.
I can't decide whether to let her have her myxi jab or not. My vet has offered to come out to me to do the five anyway so she won't have the additional stress of going to the surgery. I just worry she really isn't strong enough to cope with the vaccine but on the other hand all my buns caught myxi a few years ago in November and I know how awful that was. They did survive but the weakest and most poorly one died later that year.
I feel that whatever decision I make will be wrong. It may not be a decision I have to make as I don't know if my vet will vaccinate Sue anyway. He seemed surprised she was as well as she was last time I took her to be weighed.
I really don't know what to do for the best
Advice, suggestions or just some empathy would be much appreciated. I'm single and deal with all my fur children on my own and sometimes really wish I had a partner to share the difficult decisions with.
Sue has calcification of the kidneys which means that she only has half a kidney working. She has lost loads and loads of weight and I am now giving her a low calcium, high moisture, high calorie diet to try and keep her quality of life as good as possible for as long as possible.
I can't decide whether to let her have her myxi jab or not. My vet has offered to come out to me to do the five anyway so she won't have the additional stress of going to the surgery. I just worry she really isn't strong enough to cope with the vaccine but on the other hand all my buns caught myxi a few years ago in November and I know how awful that was. They did survive but the weakest and most poorly one died later that year.
I feel that whatever decision I make will be wrong. It may not be a decision I have to make as I don't know if my vet will vaccinate Sue anyway. He seemed surprised she was as well as she was last time I took her to be weighed.
I really don't know what to do for the best
Advice, suggestions or just some empathy would be much appreciated. I'm single and deal with all my fur children on my own and sometimes really wish I had a partner to share the difficult decisions with.