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Mama Doe
Leo my elderly bunny tagged along with the guineas for a check up today, he has been a lot better recently, snuffles appear under control as in gone, his eyes seem free from infection and he's needed less metacam for his arthritis. What I has picked up on was what another vet 4 weeks ago said was a prominent kidney.
The senior vet whos an exotics vet and has been very good with Leo, felt the area and said no it was not good it was a tumour - he did a fine needle biopsy to rule out an abscess - no pus came out and under the microscope he saw the cells and has made a definite diagnosis of a mass, I forget the type but he said a fibrous something?
He said it is more on Leo's outer wall not as internal that it will push into his main organs but he feels this will grow very rapidly and will turn into a huge mass and will spread internally, eventually Leo will need to be PTS.
At the moment he says it's not causing Leo any pain, it will when it gets a lot bigger and would eventually push and break the skin.
He feels Leo will let me know when he's had enough, he will be tired all the time, and will stop eating and drinking, he thinks I'll just know when it's time.
It's very sad this, has upset me a lot - Leo's been through so many chest infections/snuffles/phnumonia and has fought all of them, I honestly thought it would be an infection that got him finally it a tumour.
Vet feels he's got about a month to go, I'm off work for a month so can be here for him more which is good. I'll be giving him metacam as needed and just monitoring him.
I hope he does not suffer and goes peacefully in his sleep I do dread taking him to be PTS but just hope I do know when the time is for that.
Very sad this
The senior vet whos an exotics vet and has been very good with Leo, felt the area and said no it was not good it was a tumour - he did a fine needle biopsy to rule out an abscess - no pus came out and under the microscope he saw the cells and has made a definite diagnosis of a mass, I forget the type but he said a fibrous something?
He said it is more on Leo's outer wall not as internal that it will push into his main organs but he feels this will grow very rapidly and will turn into a huge mass and will spread internally, eventually Leo will need to be PTS.
At the moment he says it's not causing Leo any pain, it will when it gets a lot bigger and would eventually push and break the skin.
He feels Leo will let me know when he's had enough, he will be tired all the time, and will stop eating and drinking, he thinks I'll just know when it's time.
It's very sad this, has upset me a lot - Leo's been through so many chest infections/snuffles/phnumonia and has fought all of them, I honestly thought it would be an infection that got him finally it a tumour.
Vet feels he's got about a month to go, I'm off work for a month so can be here for him more which is good. I'll be giving him metacam as needed and just monitoring him.
I hope he does not suffer and goes peacefully in his sleep I do dread taking him to be PTS but just hope I do know when the time is for that.
Very sad this