k.mdaniels
Alpha Buck
Hi
Taking bun to vets tomorrow but would just like opinions -
Since September Sammy has been to the vet a few times due to a snuffily / wheezy sound when he breathes. Vets cant agree if noise is from chest, lungs or neither. He has been given several courses of antibiotics, first course lasted a week and the other two for three weeks. I feel this has got a good bit better bit not completely gone.
over two weeks ago he started tilting his head, not eating as much, I felt he was a bit slower in general and looking very tired all the time but looked like he was fighting it. So after a couple of days I rang the vet to arrange an x-ray, they suggested to try Panacur for e.c first.
I was given a course of 28 days but after 14 days I feel he has only gotten worse. At first I thought the head tilt was gone but some days its back again. I'm now worried he has had a stroke as is back end doesn't seem right. His back left leg sticks out a lot whilst his back end twists to the right. He is eating but not a lot which means he isn't pooing a lot. His urine looks normal although he is soiling himself a little. I now feel I haven't seen him comfortably lying down for days. He mainly just sits and looks as if he's nodding off but fighting sleep. I think he's lost weight and I have also heard tooth grinding.
He is also a little out of character - he will sit in odd places and seems to enjoy claps these days (sorry if that sounds silly but Sammy always liked to be left alone).
My gut instinct is telling me something is very wrong. He is 8 1/2 years old so I don't want to put him through any major operations but at the same time feel antibiotic courses aren't doing anything
I've been in a bad place about this all week.
I assume everything the vet tells me is guesswork without some sort of tests? I'm worried that I'm prolonging his suffering.
please don't judge but in one hand I'm asking myself 'am I giving up on him to soon' and in the other hand 'am I avoiding helping him to the bridge due to my own selfishness of getting heartbroken'
Taking bun to vets tomorrow but would just like opinions -
Since September Sammy has been to the vet a few times due to a snuffily / wheezy sound when he breathes. Vets cant agree if noise is from chest, lungs or neither. He has been given several courses of antibiotics, first course lasted a week and the other two for three weeks. I feel this has got a good bit better bit not completely gone.
over two weeks ago he started tilting his head, not eating as much, I felt he was a bit slower in general and looking very tired all the time but looked like he was fighting it. So after a couple of days I rang the vet to arrange an x-ray, they suggested to try Panacur for e.c first.
I was given a course of 28 days but after 14 days I feel he has only gotten worse. At first I thought the head tilt was gone but some days its back again. I'm now worried he has had a stroke as is back end doesn't seem right. His back left leg sticks out a lot whilst his back end twists to the right. He is eating but not a lot which means he isn't pooing a lot. His urine looks normal although he is soiling himself a little. I now feel I haven't seen him comfortably lying down for days. He mainly just sits and looks as if he's nodding off but fighting sleep. I think he's lost weight and I have also heard tooth grinding.
He is also a little out of character - he will sit in odd places and seems to enjoy claps these days (sorry if that sounds silly but Sammy always liked to be left alone).
My gut instinct is telling me something is very wrong. He is 8 1/2 years old so I don't want to put him through any major operations but at the same time feel antibiotic courses aren't doing anything
I've been in a bad place about this all week.
I assume everything the vet tells me is guesswork without some sort of tests? I'm worried that I'm prolonging his suffering.
please don't judge but in one hand I'm asking myself 'am I giving up on him to soon' and in the other hand 'am I avoiding helping him to the bridge due to my own selfishness of getting heartbroken'