helgalush
Wise Old Thumper
I know I haven't been on RU for ages but I think our buns were popular here once, and I think Muesli had some fans around here.
We found out about three weeks ago that Muesli has a tumour in his liver which had spread to his intestines, we only found out by chance via a referral to a specialist vets for management for his worsening arthritis and sore hocks.
Since then he has been put on higher pain relief and we've been keeping an even closer eye on him than we were, feeding him separately from his friends to try and build his body weight up. He has been underweight for some time but we did manage to get a bit more weight on him until just recently. Since he last went to the specialist, he has lost a quarter of his body weight and even since the weekend when we took him for his vaccs, he weighed about 0.3lb more than he did today. In his prime he was about 2.4kg healthy weight, and now he is 1.5kg He is so visibly old, its like he has aged in a matter of days/weeks, and it reminds me so much of when we lost Kenco. He is still sitting with the other buns in his quad at least some of the time, though invariably he is spending some of the time by himself. We will be adding oats to his pellets to try and help prevent him from starving, but the vet said his tumour is taking all the energy from his food Lots of TLC and runs out on the grass as much as possible. I must go and get some more fenugreek crunchies and maybe one of those Christmas tree treats if I can, because he loves those so much.
So, in essence, I am asking for the power of RU vibes please for him to stay as comfortable as possible until the end. Please does anyone have any advice as to how I know its 'time' if I have to make the call? I know he may well pass anytime, but I don't want him to pass like Kenco did, and I want to avoid any more suffering for Muesli, I'd like him to have a peaceful passing if at all possible.
Our vets has gone horrible, you always see a different person everytime you go, and its always 50/50 whether you see someone nice and caring or efficient and standoffish. The specialist vet has kindly offered for us to take him there when the time seems right but its an hour's journey and I don't know if that would be the right thing to do on his final journey (obviously not if he is visibly struggling, but otherwise in theory it would be nicer for him to go with someone who cares and knows who he is?).
Thanks all who have read this x
We found out about three weeks ago that Muesli has a tumour in his liver which had spread to his intestines, we only found out by chance via a referral to a specialist vets for management for his worsening arthritis and sore hocks.
Since then he has been put on higher pain relief and we've been keeping an even closer eye on him than we were, feeding him separately from his friends to try and build his body weight up. He has been underweight for some time but we did manage to get a bit more weight on him until just recently. Since he last went to the specialist, he has lost a quarter of his body weight and even since the weekend when we took him for his vaccs, he weighed about 0.3lb more than he did today. In his prime he was about 2.4kg healthy weight, and now he is 1.5kg He is so visibly old, its like he has aged in a matter of days/weeks, and it reminds me so much of when we lost Kenco. He is still sitting with the other buns in his quad at least some of the time, though invariably he is spending some of the time by himself. We will be adding oats to his pellets to try and help prevent him from starving, but the vet said his tumour is taking all the energy from his food Lots of TLC and runs out on the grass as much as possible. I must go and get some more fenugreek crunchies and maybe one of those Christmas tree treats if I can, because he loves those so much.
So, in essence, I am asking for the power of RU vibes please for him to stay as comfortable as possible until the end. Please does anyone have any advice as to how I know its 'time' if I have to make the call? I know he may well pass anytime, but I don't want him to pass like Kenco did, and I want to avoid any more suffering for Muesli, I'd like him to have a peaceful passing if at all possible.
Our vets has gone horrible, you always see a different person everytime you go, and its always 50/50 whether you see someone nice and caring or efficient and standoffish. The specialist vet has kindly offered for us to take him there when the time seems right but its an hour's journey and I don't know if that would be the right thing to do on his final journey (obviously not if he is visibly struggling, but otherwise in theory it would be nicer for him to go with someone who cares and knows who he is?).
Thanks all who have read this x
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