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Hi All, we have a 9.5yr old female Dutch who has just been diagnosed with a kidney stone, following bloods, ultrasound and X-ray yesterday. She obviously has deteriorated as kidney function is being impaired. She is underweight and we (and vet) don’t believe she is strong enough to attempt kidney removal! So we are going to give it everything to try and boost her up and increase her weight in the hope an op might be possible, referral would be to Iain Cope who has done this before and he also knows Gracie, as he did her spay and mammary removal in Sept-Oct last year while she was at the Rabbit Residence.
In the meantime, please can I have thoughts on Fortekor and Tremadol? We are caught between a rock and a hard place with analgesia because obviously metacam would cause more damage BUT she needs pain meds. I’m hoping Tremadol is an option, if so what is the recommended dosage? I know Fortekor can be used to assist with kidney failure, what is the current recommended dosage?
For ref. She weighs 1.7kg and is having 0.9ml of Metaclop and 0.5ml of Ranitadine both twice daily and, against vet advice, we have been giving low dose metacam twice a day 0.2ml of dog metacam. She is also having supplementary feeds of critical care. The vet yesterday was reluctant to show us how to give sub cuts and has left that task to her normal vet at our follow up on Monday. In the meantime we have some Bio-lapis to give orally.
Is their ANYTHING else we can do, ask, feed etc?
Thanks in advance
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In the meantime, please can I have thoughts on Fortekor and Tremadol? We are caught between a rock and a hard place with analgesia because obviously metacam would cause more damage BUT she needs pain meds. I’m hoping Tremadol is an option, if so what is the recommended dosage? I know Fortekor can be used to assist with kidney failure, what is the current recommended dosage?
For ref. She weighs 1.7kg and is having 0.9ml of Metaclop and 0.5ml of Ranitadine both twice daily and, against vet advice, we have been giving low dose metacam twice a day 0.2ml of dog metacam. She is also having supplementary feeds of critical care. The vet yesterday was reluctant to show us how to give sub cuts and has left that task to her normal vet at our follow up on Monday. In the meantime we have some Bio-lapis to give orally.
Is their ANYTHING else we can do, ask, feed etc?
Thanks in advance
Hoping photos come out below and not just mega text links...