After Judy's excellent suggestion of more pain meds, and a combo of Gray's and PL's conversation that I watched and then stole the info from, Wish has been doing rather well.
Er. a bit too well. She's a bit un-Wish like right now.
:shock: Wish got Fat!
:thumb: Which is actually pretty awesome.
Shes now been on a huge dose of Metacam (8 drops in the morning, 8 in the evening) for nearly 3 weeks (3 weeks tomorrow), and on the Pro-Fibre pellets for a week prior to that.
Obviously Wish should only stay on that high dose if she actually needs it, and ideally, we need to get her on the minimal dose possible, that still keeps her in the good shape she is now. So that's what we start now- a slow reduction to try and see what the minimal dose is, that Wish needs.
My plan is this; Weigh her on a Saturday (to see the outcome of the week) and reduce by one drop, once a week (on a Sunday). So this coming week would be 7 drops morning, 8 drops evening. The next week (providing Wish maintains good condition) would be 7 drops morning, 7 drops evening, etc.
So, guess my girlie needs some good wishes please. Currently she has 'no-where to go' if things get bad, but if I can find the minimal dose that works for her, then maybe we do have 'somewhere to go' and she is also not having needless medicines into her fragile body.
Er. a bit too well. She's a bit un-Wish like right now.
:shock: Wish got Fat!
:thumb: Which is actually pretty awesome.
Shes now been on a huge dose of Metacam (8 drops in the morning, 8 in the evening) for nearly 3 weeks (3 weeks tomorrow), and on the Pro-Fibre pellets for a week prior to that.
Obviously Wish should only stay on that high dose if she actually needs it, and ideally, we need to get her on the minimal dose possible, that still keeps her in the good shape she is now. So that's what we start now- a slow reduction to try and see what the minimal dose is, that Wish needs.
My plan is this; Weigh her on a Saturday (to see the outcome of the week) and reduce by one drop, once a week (on a Sunday). So this coming week would be 7 drops morning, 8 drops evening. The next week (providing Wish maintains good condition) would be 7 drops morning, 7 drops evening, etc.
So, guess my girlie needs some good wishes please. Currently she has 'no-where to go' if things get bad, but if I can find the minimal dose that works for her, then maybe we do have 'somewhere to go' and she is also not having needless medicines into her fragile body.
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