parsnipbun
Wise Old Thumper
Those of you that dont recall . . .
Albus Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge (a loving pair of 5 yr old males) were 'given' to us a few months ago. We were expecting to find new homes for them as we are already full, but then we discovered Albus had a long term gut issue with lots of impacted caeacal and other material in his guts. Cisipride and metacam etc had no impact on this.
He then (about a month ago) developed ascites (fluid in the abdomen).
An x-ray has not revealed much due to the mass of fluid and material in the stomach - despite frusol and cisipride etc etc - and we do not know why his insides are like this.
However he is a very bright loving little chap and always hungry for his forage. He happily runs around and has fitted in a group with Parsley, peaches and Fudge with Gooseberry as a bit of a hanger-on.
Our vet has always thought that an op. to see what was in there would be inappropriate, as many of the possible causes would be something she would then not feel able to bring him round after (a large tumour or abcess in the guts).
However as he is still with us a month on from getting the fluid. . we have compromised on a CT scan to try and find out what is in there and whether there might be some other form of treatment or a small op. that might be worthwhile.
However (sorry this is so long) as he is mostly poo and fluid, despite his best attempts at an Olympic gold in eating . . even the sedation for a CT is still very risky for him.
Our only other option would be just to let him slowly get worse . . so we have decided on the scan and he is in there today . .
I am obviously very worried for the poor little chap and really hope we have done the right thing . . please send all your kind and supportive thoughts to Albus and his friend Fudge (who has gone with him to support him).
Thank you
Albus Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge (a loving pair of 5 yr old males) were 'given' to us a few months ago. We were expecting to find new homes for them as we are already full, but then we discovered Albus had a long term gut issue with lots of impacted caeacal and other material in his guts. Cisipride and metacam etc had no impact on this.
He then (about a month ago) developed ascites (fluid in the abdomen).
An x-ray has not revealed much due to the mass of fluid and material in the stomach - despite frusol and cisipride etc etc - and we do not know why his insides are like this.
However he is a very bright loving little chap and always hungry for his forage. He happily runs around and has fitted in a group with Parsley, peaches and Fudge with Gooseberry as a bit of a hanger-on.
Our vet has always thought that an op. to see what was in there would be inappropriate, as many of the possible causes would be something she would then not feel able to bring him round after (a large tumour or abcess in the guts).
However as he is still with us a month on from getting the fluid. . we have compromised on a CT scan to try and find out what is in there and whether there might be some other form of treatment or a small op. that might be worthwhile.
However (sorry this is so long) as he is mostly poo and fluid, despite his best attempts at an Olympic gold in eating . . even the sedation for a CT is still very risky for him.
Our only other option would be just to let him slowly get worse . . so we have decided on the scan and he is in there today . .
I am obviously very worried for the poor little chap and really hope we have done the right thing . . please send all your kind and supportive thoughts to Albus and his friend Fudge (who has gone with him to support him).
Thank you