Recent Content by swinchen

I thought you all should should see my little girl. I have never lost a pet before, it is killing me

I thought I would let every one know that I had to put Perl down today. I took her to the vet and she had lost nearly a pound of weight in just over a week. I love her so much, and she she didn't do anything wrong... I did it for her. I will miss her forever. I feel if the roles were...

I spoke with the vet (she was very good at understanding mostly incoherent sobs). I tried the 15ml/hr trick and it worked fine for the first 5 feedings but then she threw up. The vet told me to try 15 ml three times a day, and very very slowly increase. I am willing to give that a try. I...

Assuming I knock off work a little early each day I should be able to (with a great deal of patience) get 240 ml if I do 15 every hour. I just did the first 15 and we will see how it goes from there. It sure seems like this should be less traumatic for her, although I wonder how much water is...

Wow, every hour? I wonder how long I would have to do that for. I am really trying to figure out a way to balance this with work and sleep. Finding a schedule that is going to work is going to be very difficult I fear. I am waiting for a call back from the vet. I left a message for him...

Hi All, Welcome to the most stressful week of my life. I have a cat diagnosed with Hepatic Lipidosis. I had an E-tube installed last thursday (the 15th) So it has been 6 days. I am having a VERY difficult time getting her daily allowance of calories due to vomiting. She is currently on...