Post by olivia on Mar 10, 2011 10:48:56 GMT -1
This morning I have had to have FlapJack pts. She was only very young, not even a year so it has come as a complete shock, especially as it all came on so suddenly.
She'd had to have a mammary lump removed about 6 weeks ago (which is obviously very young for one of those - but I'd put it down to one of those unfortunate one off incidents) but had recovered well with absolutely no problems or complications. Tuesday night she was absolutely fine - free ranged out with the others, tucked into her tea etc etc. They were asleep Weds morning when I went out so I did see her and I didn't get back until late Weds, so they didn't get any free range time, but when I went to feed them at 10pm she was collapsed. Quite dehydrated and she appeared to have lost the use of her limbs
I tried to rehydrate her with a syringe and tempt her with some baby food, but she was completely disinterested. To be honest I didn't think she was going to make it through the night. I sat up with her until the small hours and she seemed more stable (and not in distress or pain otherwise I would have called the vet out) so went to bed. She was obviously a fighter though as she was still with us this morning, so I took her straight to the vets who admitted her to intensive care to rehydrate her and get some kind of calories in her. It was hard to tell if her collapse was related to dehydration and lack of food or if her not being able to use her limbs is the problem which is causing her to be dehydrated/not eat. We were hoping that with some intensive support today we'll be able to make a better decision about the problem this afternoon. Vet and I were stumped though - her lungs sound fine, she had no internal lumps or swellings. All the symptoms look neurological - but I've never seen anything neurological come on so quickly and affect all four limbs. She's not got a head tilt and up to Tuesday night she was moving about, climbing and holding food completely normally (and I've never seen or heard anything like a Piturarity Tumour (which affects the front legs) or Hind Leg Degeneration coming on instantly and affecting the whole body).
Sadly the vet phoned a couple of hours after she was admitted to say she had deteriorated rapidly and was struggling to breathe. We both agreed that it was best to pts rather than continue to treat.
So sleep tight, run free and the bridge and may you find many toes to nip and then run off giggling about (her favourite game!)
She'd had to have a mammary lump removed about 6 weeks ago (which is obviously very young for one of those - but I'd put it down to one of those unfortunate one off incidents) but had recovered well with absolutely no problems or complications. Tuesday night she was absolutely fine - free ranged out with the others, tucked into her tea etc etc. They were asleep Weds morning when I went out so I did see her and I didn't get back until late Weds, so they didn't get any free range time, but when I went to feed them at 10pm she was collapsed. Quite dehydrated and she appeared to have lost the use of her limbs
I tried to rehydrate her with a syringe and tempt her with some baby food, but she was completely disinterested. To be honest I didn't think she was going to make it through the night. I sat up with her until the small hours and she seemed more stable (and not in distress or pain otherwise I would have called the vet out) so went to bed. She was obviously a fighter though as she was still with us this morning, so I took her straight to the vets who admitted her to intensive care to rehydrate her and get some kind of calories in her. It was hard to tell if her collapse was related to dehydration and lack of food or if her not being able to use her limbs is the problem which is causing her to be dehydrated/not eat. We were hoping that with some intensive support today we'll be able to make a better decision about the problem this afternoon. Vet and I were stumped though - her lungs sound fine, she had no internal lumps or swellings. All the symptoms look neurological - but I've never seen anything neurological come on so quickly and affect all four limbs. She's not got a head tilt and up to Tuesday night she was moving about, climbing and holding food completely normally (and I've never seen or heard anything like a Piturarity Tumour (which affects the front legs) or Hind Leg Degeneration coming on instantly and affecting the whole body).Sadly the vet phoned a couple of hours after she was admitted to say she had deteriorated rapidly and was struggling to breathe. We both agreed that it was best to pts rather than continue to treat.
So sleep tight, run free and the bridge and may you find many toes to nip and then run off giggling about (her favourite game!)
