bunniesgalore
Alpha Buck
My big gorgeous giant Rupert has a thymoma. He's on cortisone and furosimide twice a day plus he's had a weeks course of Septrim once a day. His eyes get very bulgy when he eats and he has rapid breathing with shaking. He tires easily and spends a lot of time lying on his pillow. He sneezes quite alot too.
However he's been eating well, skipping, hopping around, cuddling Milly etc.
But though the hot days have been awful, evenings are becoming increasingly awful. His breathing quickens, his eyes bulge and it's extremely distressing. I'm frightened to go to sleep, last night I seriously considered calling the vet out to put Rupert to sleep. At one point I thought he'd gone blind, he was terrified of everything, his breathing was so fast, I stayed in there until about 3.00am as Milly had been very energetic racing round and Rupert needed comfort. By 3.00 Milly had calmed down and was cuddling Rupert.
By morning he's always much bouncier, very bright, running in for treats etc. He looks 'normal' until he needs a lie down and then as the day progresses he looks worse and worse.
We're not a noisy home, nor noisy neighbours or outside. He does eat less at night although I do a big plate of veggies etc before bed so he can nibble on that and do another plate in the middle of the night. He's not eating pellets much-I think they're harder to eat and he has his head down for longer which hurts his eyes.
I know this is a time bomb but it's just so hard. I don't like to cry at home but when I dashed out for more herbs I found myself sobbing in the Co-op. I couldn't stop. I want to find a soundproofed room and just howl.
However he's been eating well, skipping, hopping around, cuddling Milly etc.
But though the hot days have been awful, evenings are becoming increasingly awful. His breathing quickens, his eyes bulge and it's extremely distressing. I'm frightened to go to sleep, last night I seriously considered calling the vet out to put Rupert to sleep. At one point I thought he'd gone blind, he was terrified of everything, his breathing was so fast, I stayed in there until about 3.00am as Milly had been very energetic racing round and Rupert needed comfort. By 3.00 Milly had calmed down and was cuddling Rupert.
By morning he's always much bouncier, very bright, running in for treats etc. He looks 'normal' until he needs a lie down and then as the day progresses he looks worse and worse.
We're not a noisy home, nor noisy neighbours or outside. He does eat less at night although I do a big plate of veggies etc before bed so he can nibble on that and do another plate in the middle of the night. He's not eating pellets much-I think they're harder to eat and he has his head down for longer which hurts his eyes.
I know this is a time bomb but it's just so hard. I don't like to cry at home but when I dashed out for more herbs I found myself sobbing in the Co-op. I couldn't stop. I want to find a soundproofed room and just howl.
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