Author Topic: Help - inexplicable illness  (Read 11398 times)

Michelle.L.

  • Joined May 2021
Re: Help - inexplicable illness
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2026, 02:36:01 pm »
We made the difficult decision to let him go this morning. He couldn't stand anymore and was clearly in pain.
But thanks to anyone who tried to help.

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Help - inexplicable illness
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2026, 12:56:39 am »
You really did try everything for him.  It's so frustrating when even the vet can't diagnose the problem.   :hug:
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Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Help - inexplicable illness
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2026, 07:16:19 am »
Sorry to hear this. You couldn't have done any more for him  :bouquet:

Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Help - inexplicable illness
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2026, 01:14:55 pm »
So sorry Michelle, Its awful feeling helpless when we have something in pain, I always think while there's life there's hope, but pain changes that.  :hug:
Did you get the vet to have a quick look see if she could see anything wrong?

Michelle.L.

  • Joined May 2021
Re: Help - inexplicable illness
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2026, 05:17:55 pm »
I had two different vets out several times while he was ill, neither of them could figure out what was wrong with him. The assumption was that "something catastrophic" must be going in somewhere inside for him to decline so quickly.

 

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