I don't think my darling Sue will be with me much longer. She is now incredibly thin and is getting urine stains on her back legs I'm very wary of bathing her in case she gets a chill but I know it's important because of fly strike.
I am sure I have asked this before but can't find the thread. Sue has only half a kidney working - she isn't on any medication but I am giving her a low calcium, high calorie diet. The vet is amazed she has lasted as long as she has and had no idea how to treat her Is there anything else I can do?
I've built some steps out of large bricks so she can get out of her hutch - she tried to jump in and fell backwards before which nearly broke my heart She won't use the steps to come out of the hutch but if I put her in the run she will use them to go back in.
She is still enjoying her noms and ate a whole pear and apple this morning while I was cleaning out the hutches. I put her in the front garden at tea-time and she amazed me by bounding down the grass to the buns who were in a run. She then settled down to nom the tasty weeds and brambles.
She is so thin I do worry she is suffering and I know if I take her to my vet he will say he thinks she should be PTS as he intimated that about a year ago but I didn't think she was ready. I believe she still has a reasonable quality of life but maybe I am fooling myself.
She is eating, drinking and interacting with the other buns who come and visit her in her hutch when she doesn't want to come out - it's so sweet. She looks so thin that if someone visited who didn't know me they would probably report me to the RSPCA for neglecting her
I am sure I have asked this before but can't find the thread. Sue has only half a kidney working - she isn't on any medication but I am giving her a low calcium, high calorie diet. The vet is amazed she has lasted as long as she has and had no idea how to treat her Is there anything else I can do?
I've built some steps out of large bricks so she can get out of her hutch - she tried to jump in and fell backwards before which nearly broke my heart She won't use the steps to come out of the hutch but if I put her in the run she will use them to go back in.
She is still enjoying her noms and ate a whole pear and apple this morning while I was cleaning out the hutches. I put her in the front garden at tea-time and she amazed me by bounding down the grass to the buns who were in a run. She then settled down to nom the tasty weeds and brambles.
She is so thin I do worry she is suffering and I know if I take her to my vet he will say he thinks she should be PTS as he intimated that about a year ago but I didn't think she was ready. I believe she still has a reasonable quality of life but maybe I am fooling myself.
She is eating, drinking and interacting with the other buns who come and visit her in her hutch when she doesn't want to come out - it's so sweet. She looks so thin that if someone visited who didn't know me they would probably report me to the RSPCA for neglecting her