25-09-2015, 11:55 PM
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Re: A bit of a low mood tonight . . .
Originally Posted by Meg
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Mups 
have you ever tried TT , gentle massage is usually appreciated by dogs.http://www.ttouch.com/howtodoTTouch.shtml
I do one and a quarter circles using only gentle pressure.
Anther thing which might help is heat, a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel of a hot pack (held in place for a few moments never left with Nellie around).
05-10-2015, 11:56 PM
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Re: A bit of a low mood tonight . . .
She is still holding on. If her legs ache, or she starts swaying about when she is eating her dinner, I let her go to bed and feed her the rest there.She still has her appetite, but it just takes her longer to finish now.
She has a very special menu nowadays, with a good variety of different flavours to keep her interested. She is fed twice daily, but I'm thinking 3 smaller meals instead might be easier for her.
I have got so much admiration for that old girl, the way she copes with her life now. She has never got grumpy when in pain, she is still the sweet natured old soul she's always been.
Thanks for asking. X
09-10-2015, 10:42 AM
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I'm so sorry Mups I know how you feel we lost 3 cats and I absolutely hate the journey knowing it's going to happen. bUt you have too , can she go on suffering, she can't talk. But you will know when the time is right.Our little cat Alfie was 4yrs old his way of telling us was ignoring us hiding away. He had cancer I took him to a healer but he had enough. Heartbreaking . If you need to talk I'm here X
13-11-2015, 07:42 PM
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Re: A bit of a low mood tonight . . .
Problems again.My Pips was 'not herself' yesterday, and today she was worse.
She had me up at 2.30 this morning, and again at 5.30 am with diarrhea. "Not again", I thought to myself, I've only just got Izzy better.
Anyway, because of her great age (17 & half) I phoned the vet for advice and he left some medication out for me to collect, as he knows she is so frightened of going to the surgery.
Within half hour of taking the first pill, she was sick. This continued. I was worried about her losing fluid both ends and me unable to replace it because she was refusing water. Phoned vet again for advice. They said to take her in.
I know she feels very poorly because for the first time in her life she wasn't shaking and scared at the vets, she just layed on his table.
I had to make a decision whether to risk stressing her out by leaving her there for a drip, or taking her home and her getting worse overnight.
In the end, I said let her try the drip and see how she goes. He has promised to ring me at 9 pm tonight. He said if she is very stressed, he will advise me, and I'd best go and collect her.
So here I am, after that horrid journey home with an empty space next to me in the car, anxiously waiting for that phone call.
I am terrified she will die in the kennels on her own. I want to bring her home, but I know she needs the drip.
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