Author Topic: waiting for Vet decision! (Read 7614 times)

Backinwellies · « **on:** November 22, 2012, 12:40:38 pm »

Socks.. our lovely black and white cat has shrunk to a skeleton... took him to vet this morning,,, no obvious diagnosis so bloods taken. Cant afford extensive tests or treatments so may have to make decision later based on economics not medical grounds ... hate these decisions

....... and before anyone mentions insurence... my dog is insured but my cats are both ex-feral farm kittens and insurence around here for cats is beyond common sense costs.

Dans · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2012, 01:01:40 pm »

Keeping Socks in my thoughts.

Dans

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2012, 01:53:17 pm »

darkbrowneggs · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:07:51 pm »

So sorry to hear this - thinking of you

Bionic · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:10:44 pm »

Oh poor Socks

Lets hope its nothing too serious and he makes a full recovery.
Sally

Ina · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:15:14 pm »

My thoughts are with you... I'll never forget the day I had to make that decision with my first cat.

Rosemary · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:24:21 pm »

Hope the prognosis is good.

doganjo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:26:13 pm »

My Rio gets terribly thin at times - perhaps it's just a bad case of worms as well. Hoping, hoping

Mammyshaz · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2012, 02:46:36 pm »

hope it's not too bad, if he is still eating well etc it may be a case of overactive thyroid which is treatable

Backinwellies · « **Reply #9 on:** November 22, 2012, 04:36:05 pm »

Well worst news.

Either diabeties or over active thyroid (quite unusual in such a young cat Socks is about 7) .... further tests would be needed to identify....... but as you correctly say Mammyshaz both are treatable .... however Socks is an independant cat who takes off for days on end so daily treatment would not an option even if affordable.

My daughter (23) in tears but also agrees he should not be confined .... he started life free on a farm, lived his life free to visit everyone and get fed by whoever he could talk into it... (he has a huge fan club) so he will have to take a final trip to the vet soon (but not yet!)

The saddest part is he will never get to go to Wales to live on our new smallholding which he would have loved.

YorkshireLass · « **Reply #10 on:** November 22, 2012, 04:38:27 pm »

So sorry to hear this

jaykay · « **Reply #11 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:11:27 pm »

Poor Socks

Lesley Silvester · « **Reply #12 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:18:18 pm »

That is so sad but you are making the right decision for Socks.

Dans · « **Reply #13 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:29:56 pm »

:-(

Know that he had a good life with you. So sorry to hear this

Dans

luckylady · « **Reply #14 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:36:22 pm »

Oh, so sorry to hear about Socks

waiting for Vet decision! - The Accidental Smallholder