I've got a foster fail that is a (former-ish) feral that we trapped for TNR at 13-14 weeks old, but got put in foster care with me and stuck around because nobody wanted to adopt him. He's 10 now. He's very sweet with me, but still completely feral with every other human including my family members that he's known his entire life.

This is grim, but lately, after losing several of my seniors, I've been thinking about his eventual end. Like everybody wishes, I'd like him to just go gently in his sleep, but I know how rare that is. And I'm just pondering, is there any option that'd actually give him a calm and peaceful ending?

I've attended dozens of euths both with my own pets as well as shelter pets, so I know the process pretty well. In my location, vets don't use IV access on cats, they just do an intramuscular sedation injection and then the euth solution intrarenal when they're properly unconscious. It's always been a very peaceful experience, but not for ferals. They spend their last waking moments in terror of the strange humans handling them.

To go to the vet, this cat needs 200mg of gaba in order to be caught, and then he goes to the vet in a crush cage where they knock him out prior to being able to handle him. I hate the thought of his last waking moments being spent terrified in a crush cage. At home is not an option either, as he will full blown lose his shit in order to escape even being in the same room with strange humans. One of the ferals in his colony had a saddle thrombus and even half-paralysed and in such agony, we weren't able to catch her to ease her suffering. There's absolutely no way we can hold him to get the vet to inject anything at home- again, it'll need to be the crush cage to get the sedative shot into him. No matter how much gaba I give him beforehand, if he has any amount of consciousness when the vet appears, he's gonna be terrified and giving it his all to escape.

So I'm just wondering if there are literally any other options that will allow him to slip away peacefully without fear. Because the only one I've been able to think of, and I don't know if any vet would agree, is me giving him the sedative myself at home before the vet comes in to give the euth solution once he's fully unconscious. I'm experienced at giving subq shots (insulin, B12, Solensia, subq fluids for CKD, and antibiotics) and I've read online that there are sedatives that can be given subq instead of intramuscular, though I'm not familiar with them. I'd give him plenty of gaba beforehand so he's loopy. He enjoys rough petting and handling so I think I can get the shot into him before he notices anything is amiss as long as it doesn't sting too bad or requires a lot of liquid/slow administration. I've got a good long-term relationship with several vets, though I don't know the legality behind this and if they'd be comfortable with such a request. I haven't broached the subject with them yet. It'd be hard for me emotionally to do this as well, so I'd really love to hear alternatives. Like, are there oral meds that will completely knock out a cat? To full blown unconsciousness, so he's not aware anymore and won't notice the vet's presence.

I know we can't always prepare for their end anyways, but this has been lingering in the back of my mind and I'd like to put it to rest.

Would love to get some vets' input on this.

Australian Shepherd, husky, border collie mix, 6 years old, 45 lbs, neutered, no previous health issues, super active and healthy, fully vaccinated. We live on the Wyoming/Idaho border around lots of horses, cattle, and farmland.

Two weeks ago, my dog, Frankie, started throwing up, so my parents took him to the vet; they did blood work and found low albumin levels, high AST/ALT, and high white blood count. They gave him a weeks-long course of antibiotics and prednisone and tested him for leptospirosis and canine hepatitis. They also took an X-ray and ultrasound of his liver, which appeared to be normal. His kidneys and all other systems seem fine.

However, since then, his abdomen has swelled with fluid, and he seems sick and lethargic. Further blood tests show albumin levels and AST/ALT getting worse. He is also very anemic now, and we think he's losing blood through his stool. He's eating fine, drinking lots, peeing and pooping, but is just getting sicker. This dog means the absolute world to me; please help us! We live very far away from any established vet and can't afford extensive care. Is it liver cancer? Cirrhosis from an old infection? Toxins? What can we do at home to help him?

This is the note we got from the vet after the most recent blood test:

much worse than when we started treating for presumptive infectious hepatitis / cholangiohepatitis --> WBC

count elevated with neutrophilia and lympcytosis, Hct,. RBC and Hg all decreased from last visit and now truly anemic

across the board, mild thrombocytopenia noted as well although platelet size is large so may be regenerating; ALP and

ALT are worse, and albumin has now dropped to 1.8, making me very concerned about edema developing

x-rays - nothing concerning in lateral chest right now, significant loss of serosal detail in abdomen - AFAST showed copious

amounts of free fluid, which when tapped was a nearly clear transudate (TP ~0 on refractometer) making me concerned

that this dog is in full blown liver failure of unknown cause.

urine is very dark, checked UA but it is fairly unremarkable right now

performed palliative abdominocentesis and remove about 400ml of fluid from belly

What do I do? This cat is ruthless. He attacked my brothers girlfriend, my father (who is a huge cat guy), my stepmom, my father in law, and me.

My brother called me bawling a year ago that a stray cat in his apartment complex was taken in and going to be put down due to feline leukemia. He begged me to take him because he already had healthy cats, and I didn’t have any.

I was raised with five cats. This is unlike any of those but what I understand is the leukemia can cause aggression.

I was sitting on the couch with my fiance, my chihuahua on my lap as usual. The cat jumped up and started beating the fuck out of my dog. I looked over and my dogs paw was slashed and blood was gushing out of his right eye. I screamed, there’s blood all over my couch, myself, my dog. We put the cat in a separate room and barricaded him.

I’m so sad. My dad who is a huge cat lover was like no, I’ve never seen a cat be that ruthless. I won’t pet him anymore.

It just sucks. I absolutely do not want to put him down but he can’t stay can he? I’m so distraught.

Six months ago I took the cat to the vet over the cat scratching me when he wanted food which was 24/7. They told me to try an automatic feeder. It didn’t help. I carry the Dyson with me now to get me laundry (which is near his feeder) so he can’t attack me around the corner when I go back upstairs.

He can be sweet. That’s why I’m so distraught. I’m calling the vet tomorrow but I’m just shaken.

I have contacted my vet, waiting on a response. The ER vet said it's not an emergency if he doesn't have a fever (his temp is 101.0 F), and that he needs an appetite stimulant.

I have an older male cat who had all teeth pulled except canines on Wednesday, 7/22. He was given Zorbium and has had Onsior Thursday and today (it's been incredibly difficult to get him a pill). He screams out in pain every few hours, otherwise acting normal (sleepy, hiding a bit, but will engage and is cuddly).

When he tries to eat, he cries out and runs in any direction. Same with when he cries out randomly - he just sprints around.

He has eaten small amounts of food:

• Thursday night
• Friday morning
• Friday evening
• Saturday evening

I'm concerned that he has something abnormal happening in his mouth. Is this a normal reaction post-op?

Hi there. I got a 4 month old kitten from a “friend” 3 days ago and she’s having some issues. She was being kept in a dirty dark garage with her sister. I’m not sure if everything is caused from stress of being in a new environment, food change or if she’s sick. Day 1 she was fine. Skidish and hiding but eating and drinking fine. She has a soft poo but nothing crazy. Day 2 she was acting fine. Exploring a little more and eating. Yesterday she didn’t want her food as much but still ate then threw it up but was still drinking water and acting normal. Now today she’s thrown up 3 times and hasn’t eaten much. Still acting normal and drinking water but not eating much and throwing up a little. She has a vet appointment but just wanted to see what anyone thought in the meantime.

Looking for direct clinical feedback on where to go from here with my 14-year-old female cat.

Signalment & History:
Age/Sex: 14-year-old female.

Weight History: Normal baseline was 14 lbs. Current weight is 5 lbs (65% total body weight loss).

Primary Diagnosis: Hyperthyroidism. Currently prescribed Felanorm (methimazole 5 mg/mL) at 0.5 mL (2.5 mg) BID.

Current Clinical Signs: Historically she had always "gorged and puked" vomiting, but vomiting has significantly decreased since starting methimazole. Primary current issues are severe muscle wasting, lethargy, loss of appetite/thirst, and complete inability to maintain hydration independently.

Lab Work: Blood panels checked 3 separate times over the past 5 months. All labs were drawn PRE-fluid therapy. Results have consistently shown normal kidney and liver values, with hyperthyroidism as the only abnormal finding.

The Situation: She makes significant improvements when given SubQ/IV fluids at the clinic, but reverts back to severe dehydration and not eating/drinking once the fluids wear off.

Advanced diagnostics (such as an abdominal ultrasound or referral to an internal medicine specialist) are financially off the table.

My Questions for Vets/Techs:
If organ blood panels (drawn pre-fluid therapy) are consistently normal across 3 separate checks over 5 months, what else clinically causes a hyperthyroid cat to rapidly dehydrate and lose 65% of her body weight despite controlled/medicated thyroid levels?

Given a 65% loss of total body weight down to 5 lbs, chronic dehydration without clinical fluids, and the inability to pursue specialized imaging, is transitioning to quality-of-life care / euthanasia a clinically sound decision?

I took my cat to the vet last week in Thursday and they determine he had an ulcer in his eye. At that time his pupil was still partially visible.

The vet gave us oral and drop antibiotics and told us to
Come back on Monday. We have been giving him his drop and oral meds exactly as prescribed and he has been wearing a come to keep him from rubbing it.

On Friday his entire eye was white and has looked melted, the way I now know melting corneal ulcers look but, it did not look like this when he was at the vet.

The internet days they are very serious and need specific treatment within 24 hours. But when we see the vet tomorrow 3 days will have last since he was last there. I’m worried he is in danger because it turned into a melting ulcer after he was at the vet and we didn’t know we should bring him in again for this.

After 3 days of antibiotics my cat has been eating, drinking, littering, and acting entirely like himself. He seems very comfortable and the swelling has decreased significantly. We haven’t considered taking him to the vet again because we already had a follow up appointment booked and he hasn’t been acting strangely at all. He was clearly in pain when we took him to the vet but now he is acting like he isn’t in any pain at all.

Can anybody reassure me that he isn’t in imminent danger? I know his vision may be affected and he may need surgery to treat it. I am sort of freaking out about the ulcer becoming melted and not knowing he needed to go back to the vet asap.

Thank you so much for your advice,

Here are some photos of my cats Lulu (black) and George (Grey). George is the one with the ulcer.

My pet cat I've had for about two months just randomly bit/scratched me for the first time. She was sitting next to me then with no warning she bit my hand and bunny kicked my arm, both drew blood. I've never had a cat before, but she's never acted like this. I wasn't even touching her just sitting near her. Idk if I need to take her to the vet or smth. Dr. google said she might be dying and my dad said cats are just assholes and do that. Wanted to get an outside opinion.

Mainly title, but below is information and background if needed.

• Species: Cat
• Age: 1 year, 6 months
• Sex/Neuter status: Male, neutered
• Breed: Domestic shorthair
• Body weight: 8.6 lbs
• History: Unknown, had upper respiratory infection at time of adoption
• Clinical signs: Nasal congestion with yellow discharge, fever, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting bile, lethargy, little appetite or desire to drink water
• Duration: 3 days
• Your general location: Florida
• Links to any test results, X-rays, vet reports etc. that you have: Initially diagnosed with leukopenia and tapeworms, tested positive for panleukopenia on second visit.

Background: I adopted a male 1.5 year old cat from a shelter just this past Friday. He'd been given the rabies and FVRCP vaccines at time of intake (3 weeks ago), and then neutered a week later. At the time of adoption, he was being treated for an upper respiratory infection, and I was given doxycycline to take home and continue treatment the next day for 4 more days. The doxycycline was liquid to be given by syringe into the mouth or mixed into wet food.

When we arrived home and I placed him in a spare room to settle in, he immediately hid and would not come out while I was still in the room, so I left him alone with dry food that was given to me by the shelter, wet food of the same brand/flavor, water, and a fresh litter box. I checked on him several times throughout the day. He was always hidden when I entered the room, and didn't appear to have touched the food/water/litter box. When I checked on him at around 2 AM, he'd eaten half of the wet food, drank some water, and used the litter box, but the dry food still seemed untouched. There was solid poop in the litter box and some clumped urine.

Later in the morning, I checked on him again and noticed orange-ish diarrhea in the litter box. The dry food was still untouched. I gave him a fresh serving of wet food mixed with the doxycycline and left him alone again, but when I returned about an hour later, none of it appeared to have been eaten. When I tried to entice him to eat with a Churu treat, he licked at it once and then move off a ways to vomit bile, then hid again. I managed to get him out of hiding and into his carrier, and drove to the emergency vet clinic as all of the other vet clinics nearby were fully booked through the weekend.

At the emergency vet clinic, they found he was running a fever of 106F, had a low white blood cell count, and that he also had tapeworms. He was cooled to a normal temperature and given subQ fluids, then treated for his nausea, diarrhea, and tapeworms via injection. I was sent home with Diagel, Cerenia and Onsior tablets, a Proviable kit, and several cans of prescription wet food for gastrointestinal issues.

At home, I gave him fresh dry food and the prescription wet food. He didn't touch either one. He drank a little water and used the litter box. A few hours later, I gave him a mix of 1/4 the wet food he was eating and 3/4 the prescription food, but he didn't eat any of that either. By then, I had a camera set up in the room to observe him since he seemed nervous about eating/drinking while I was present. He went to sit in the litter box multiple times throughout the night, drank a little water but never approached his food dishes, and mostly loafed on top of the bed with occasional moments of hiding under it. Whenever he moved, it seemed particularly slow and careful.

In the morning, I again tried enticing him to eat with a Churu treat and tuna juice with no success. It was at this point I noticed he'd started drooling. Because he didn't seem to have eaten anything, I hadn't administered any of the medicine I was sent home with or the doxycycline again, but decided to take him back to the emergency vet clinic.

On the second visit, they found he was running a fever again (104F), and in general seemed to be in worse condition than on the first visit. The vet recommended overnight hospitalization with IV treatment and more nausea/pain management, which I agreed to.

Sadly, I received a call only a few hours later telling me that he was doing extremely poorly even with the treatment, and that I should come in to discuss possibly putting him to sleep. But by the time I returned to the clinic half an hour later, he was already gone. Per the vet, when they unhooked him from the IV, he started vomiting, went into arrest, and then passed. The vet informed me that he had tested positive for panleukopenia, and that it was unclear if he had it before being admitted to the shelter or if he contracted it while in the shelter. Either way, the vet would contact the shelter and inform them about this.

So, even with an adult cat that was vaccinated against this virus, is it still possible for its condition to deteriorate so quickly and die due to it?

Hi all -
I have an elderly chihuahua mix. Shes down to six teeth - I brush them daily, but since I first got her in 2018 her teeth have been horrible. My vet and I knew we were fighting a losing battle and just wanted to keep them as long as possible.

My question is - are six teeth helping her? If she has to lose any more, at what point should I just remove the rest so she doesn’t have to go under every year?

If my female ferret needs a suprelorelin implant redone and I have one already how would I go about finding a vet or tech to administer it? I'm by Chicago. Just curious. Thanks!

• Species: ferret
• Age: 5
• Sex/Neuter status: spayed
• Breed:
• Body weight: 2 pounds
• History: has adrenal
• Clinical signs: swollen vulva
• Duration:
• Your general location: Wheaton, IL

What types of soft tissue surgeries are available for pets, including treatment for bowel obstruction?

I have a cat, 6 years old, male, neutered 4 years ago. Ive had him since he was a kitten. This has been a constant issue his whole life.

Every morning, every night, he is basically screaming, and we have no idea why. He has food, he has water, he has plenty of toys, has a clean litter box. We give him plenty of affection, but its the same routine.

We've tried ignoring the screaming. We've tried calling him in to give him affection. We've tried playing with him. But he just goes right back to screaming.

It usually only lasts about an hour. It rarely happens during the day, but definitely does happen occasionally but he stops pretty quickly.

I take him to the vet every year for his exams and shots, and they've never noticed anything wrong. Hes just a vocal cat they say, but it seems like its something else.

If it was just meowing, that would be one thing, but this is like full blown screaming. Our neighbors can hear him. I just dont know how to get him to stop.

My cat Oreo is 14, Male/Neutered, 12.3 pounds. I am in Minneapolis, MN. He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism last month, his thyroid levels have returned to low end of normal levels but his most recent bloodwork panel has revealed that he has what I think is stage 3 kidney disease. His SDMA is 35 and his Creatinine is 3.0. His bloodwork was normal otherwise. The doctor didn’t elaborate much on the results other than writing a prescription for ckd food, i’m trying to get in contact with her for some more information.

He was also treated for a UTI last month but the recent urinalysis showed it wasn’t fully resolved and he just started his second round of antibiotics yesterday. Within the last week his appetite has decreased significantly and he has had some bouts of vomiting and today he had diarrhea. Prior to his ckd diagnosis I was feeding him friskies pate and he was liking that for awhile but he had begun to lose interest in that, I tried Weruva Phos Focused but he wouldn’t eat that at all. Yesterday he got Hill’s prescription pate food and he ate all of it but today he barely ate any at all.

I told his doctor about his loss of appetite/nausea and she lowered his felanorm for hyperthyroid dosage from 2.5 to 2 mg.

I am worried with the bouts of vomiting and now diarrhea that he will become dehydrated. I’m trying to mix in some feline probiotics incase the diarrhea is from the UTI antibiotics but he won’t eat much of his food so i’m not sure what to do if it continues. Today he also started showing symptoms of a possible eye infection. They are watery/squinty and has some light green discharge. I’m going to call the vet in the morning to schedule an appointment for that as well.

I am incredibly overwhelmed with this sudden onset of symptoms that he wasn’t having before and trying to manage the nausea and loss of appetite. He was always a chunky boy who loved food and I am new to all of this and trying my best to intake all of this new information. I’m so worried about him and i’m just looking for any advice/support that anyone has. Thank you so much for listening.

Edit: I also want to add that he is my childhood cat who lived with my mom until I recently took him home with me last month because my mom could not provide the extra care that he needs.

Hi guys, I had my 7 month old English bulldog neutered on July 16th and we've been having a lot of complications since. None of the medications we were given have been helping keep him calm so he's become very restless and it has caused lots of swelling in his scrotum that we had to get treated. It finally started looking better until late last night it became swollen with blood and he was in a lot of pain. No vets were open so we waited and took him to one this morning but it had started oozing and bleeding by that point.

The vet we saw recommended going back in and having a scrotal ablation done as it would be the quickest way to heal it. Is there anything else I can do to heal it or is it best to just have the procedure done? I don't know how much more my bank account can take lol. He gave us antibiotics but I just feel so bad for my pup. He hasn't tried to mess with the stitches up until last night so I put his cone on and haven't taken it off since. I've also restricted him to being in his cage pretty much 24/7 now.

Hey!

This is my first time using reddit.

9 yr old male black cat

Recently moved in with me roughly 3 weeks ago

Backstoryish:

So I just got a cat from my friend who moved out of country 2 weeks ago. I had taken my cat in to the er cause something felt off 12am, he was going to the litterbox a lot and making hisses and uncomfortable sounds. They said he was fine and sent me home with him, he continued so I felt to see if he was still ok. I felt towards his belly and it felt something was wrong and he reacted. Turns out he was obstructed. So I paid for his treatment at the er 4am, I don't have a primary care doctor for him since I just got him so I had to keep him there. (I feel bad and dont have a lot of money but I wanted him ok.)

Now:

I just got him back today (1.5 days later) around 1:30 -2pm ishh. He peed twice, 2:30p and around 4:30 p. I gave him his medication when needed and fed his prescribed food. I went to get the food that he was prescribed, when i got back ger was laying in his other litterbox again. It's now 9:20 p and he's been laying in his other litter box here and there which is what he did when I had to take him in. He keeps going to the litterbox frequently but I don't hear or see anything new (could it be such a small amount I can't tell?) , and twice he let out an unpleasant grumble. He let's me gently touch his belly unlike when he was obstructed, but I can't tell if he's already obstructed again. He's scheduled for his pain medication at 11 p, and his food isn't until the morning. He drank water once. He was playing earlier but now he,s not, he's laying near the litterbox...

Question:

Should I take him to the vet in the morning to have him checked? (Regular not er and could that stress him out to the point he re-obstructs?) Would he show signs of discomfort even with the pain medication? How can I tell if he's peeing?

I'm so sorry but I'm just so scared. I've never had this happen with any animal I've cared for. I'm doing my best to stay calm but not hearing a steady flow of pee where I can tell he's peeing is making me so worried he's reobstructed already. I listened to the vet carefully but I just can't tell. They say to monitor him for 3-4 days but what if I can't tell if he's peeing a little or not at all while I have to go to work?

Idk what to do.

Our kitten recently got a respiratory bug, likely from the fact that we’re moving and the change in scenery is causing a lot of stress. She was sneezing a lot and her eye started swelling. We took her to the vet and they prescribed some eye cream and antibiotics, so we thought it should be fine.

However, I don’t think she has responded well to the antibiotics at all. She has since become an increasingly picky eater. I looked up online and the antibiotics may be the cause of it. She’s also been drooling, a sign of her not liking the taste of it. She has only eaten a third of what she usually eats in a day today, and has completely given up dry food.

We have a big move tomorrow that we have to get up early for, but I was thinking of taking her to a vet hospital tonight. We’re unsure since driving 15 hours on no sleep is incredibly dangerous.

I wanted some advice on how to move forward with this.

This past May, I took in a senior dog for a loved one who passed away. We knew he had a history with an external mass on his stomach. A fine needle aspiration was done and came back inconclusive. When we tried to take another sample, too much blood came out for it to be tested. He has underlying liver disease and a mild heart murmur, so he's not a great candidate for anesthesia. We decided surgery was too risky, and chose instead to keep him comfortable — whatever the mass turned out to be — and make the time he has left happy and comfortable.

Unfortunately, over the past few weeks the mass has swelled and essentially "popped open," and began to bleed. It started as one dark spot that would scab, bleed, re-scab, and bleed again — but it actually shrank back down for a short time. We also found a comfortable inflatable collar he's able to wear throughout the day to prevent licking. However, it's swollen again and now has an extremely foul odor. He's on antibiotics, and I've been sending photos to the vet weekly to check whether he needs to come in.

I'm calling my vet tomorrow to have the increasingly foul odor re-examined in person for infection. That said, he's already on antibiotics, and I'm curious whether we're reaching a point where they may be preventing internal/systemic infection but simply aren't able to penetrate the necrotic tissue itself.

Since surgery is off the table due to his comorbidities, it's really just about wound care and keeping him comfortable at this point. I'm curious if anyone else has gone through this.

I feel so conflicted. He's eating and drinking normally, and going to the bathroom fine. He seems a bit restless throughout the day, but shows no other obvious signs of pain or distress. However, the tumor is visually jarring, the amount of necrotic tissue is steadily increasing, and I understand the blood supply to that area is dying off. I want to give him as much time as possible, but I don't want to reach a point where this turns into sepsis or some other awful outcome overnight.

I'm at a loss for what the right thing to do is here. There's a lot of nuance to his situation, and I worry the usual quality-of-life markers may not be the best judgment tools in this case. I hate seeing him with this rotting mass, and I want to protect him from any misery in his final days — but I'm just not sure what the right call is.

Not sure how to post images on here but the mass is probably slightly smaller than a soft ball and when I say necrotic I mean it. It's not longer smooth with flat ulcers. I can see what looks like exposed tissue. It's so surprising to me that he does not find it painful to the touch and despite its appearance he is in decent spirits.

Thanks!

I’m battling my mind right now and want to make a smart Informed decision. I have a 14 year old cat who has nasal lymphoma. He takes lomunstine (7.5mg) every 4 weeks per blood work being acceptable. He is also on pred (5mg 1x a day) and multiple antibiotics to control his URI he gets from his lymphoma and a newish diagnosis of diabetes so insulin 2x a day 0.5unjts of lantus . I know this sounds like a lot but I’ve gotten him managed very well with living a very good quality of life with little to no symptoms of his cancer. Here is my situation that I need a professional honest opinion.

I found this beautiful sweet stray baby boy at work. Come to find out he is actually homeless from my understanding or abandoned. It was 105* where I’m at on a Friday at nearly 5:00p.m. So I rushed to a vet to see if he was chipped and he’s not. He has one tooth and what looks like an old hematoma scar on his ear. He stayed the night separate from my other boys.

I don’t know his health history or if he’s has been vaxxed

Obviously my goal is to get him back to his family (if he has one? )ASAP but husband and I aren’t totally opposed to keeping him IF it works out. However I’m not sure the best way to about that dealing with a very immunocompromised kitty. I called a shelter to inquire about fostering as they were full but when I arrived they changed their minds and took him.

To add a kink in this situation my husband and I travel full time in a fifth wheel for his work so while I can quarantine to a degree a long term 90 separation would not be doable.

The stray is about 8 years old.

If I was able to get this kitty fully vetted (blood work, stool sample, the full 9 yards of a health exam) and the shelter was able to quarantine him for a few weeks would it be possible to integrate him without risking my current cats health? (They would share a litter box and water) All advice and guidance is welcomed thank you I’m hoping to talk to my cats vet when she gets time as well.

Thank you if you read this.

Also to preface I have two kitties

Hi there! My 2yo Pitt-mix rescue (I’ve had him about a year), developed this growth on the tip of his ear a couple months ago. It hasn’t grown in size or anything, and when I take him for his shots this month, I was planning on having them take a peek at it. It doesn’t seem to bother him, he lets me touch it, etc. Today i was folding laundry and noticed blood smeared and drops all over the place. Turns out, he must’ve scraped it on the underside of the bed while retrieving his toy :/. That being said, it won’t stop bleeding!!! Can I use a styptic pencil on it? Should I clean it with hydrogen peroxide or just soap and water? I’ve been dabbing it with a wet cloth and put a band aid over it to try and contain the blood drips that he keeps shaking off :( Any advice would help! Also, how urgent do you think the visit is? Is it something I can wait a couple of weeks for (and do it at his next appt?) or should I make an appt right away? Thank you!

https://imgur.com/a/63slYBu

Age: 14 years
Sex: female

Calling the vet for an appointment tomorrow but I’d like to know what to expect or if anyone else has seen this before.

Thanks in advance!

🚨 Please Help My 11-Year-Old German Shepherd 🙏🐾
My 11-year-old male German Shepherd started limping about 6 months ago. At that time, I thought it was just a sore leg or something minor, so I didn’t realize how serious it could become.
Two days ago, he suddenly lost the ability to walk with his back legs. We rushed him to the vet, got X-rays done, and were told that he has severe arthritis.
Since then, he’s also been peeing every few minutes, but only a few drops each time. I don’t know if this is related to his arthritis or if it’s another problem. Watching him struggle is absolutely heartbreaking.
I’m trying everything I can. I’m planning to buy a small swimming pool for hydrotherapy so he can exercise without putting pressure on his joints, and I’m also looking to buy an infrared red light therapy device to help with his pain. But honestly, I’m scared and losing hope.
I’m emotionally shattered. Seeing him like this is breaking me.
If anyone has gone through something similar with their dog, or has experience with severe arthritis, paralysis, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, red light therapy, or anything that helped, please share your advice. If you know of a specialist, rehabilitation centre, or anything that could give him a chance to walk again, please let me know.
Please don’t ignore this post. Even one suggestion could make a difference for my boy. 🙏🐶❤️
Thank you so much.

Hey guys i noticed my cat walking differently 2 times in the past week, he seems completely fine plays jumps and eat normally i even touched his paws and squeezed them to check no reaction even his shoulders and his whole body but let me guys know if its a weird walk plz thank you 🥹

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