I don't know where else to turn right now.
On March 15, my husband noticed our 12 year old Brit seemed to want to vomit, but couldn't. We brought her to the vet out of an abundance of caution because she cried like she had never really done so before. Vet couldn't find any issues, but prescribed an anti inflammatory to help her digestive tract, just in case.
By three days later on Friday, I was convinced her issue was that she hadn't gone poop for some time. Her eating had slowly significantly. An x-ray showed three stools that seemed to be the culprit. I asked about an enema, but the vet prescribed a weekend's worth of laxative to help get her moving. So we started her on that. It didn't work. She stopped eating. She stopped drinking. I started syringing water to her. She was in rough shape.
On the Monday, I got her in to the vet for an enema. The stools passed and the vet gave some appetite stimulant doses for several days. She started drinking again fairly soon, but was slow to eat. And I started hand feeding her for a couple days, and eventually her appetite returned. By the weekend I thought we should start to see her having enough in her to at least pass some stools, but nothing came.
She was steadily improving until today. She's barely touched any food (only licking the gravy of the meat, and barely that). I got her to drink some cat milk with a bit of laxative mixed in tonight, but her water intake is slowing again. And I discovered she had been eating her litter. I don't know how long it's been going on, and I wonder if that's why she hasn't been able to poop since the enema cleared her out. I do have sub-q hours that I can administer to her, so if she appears to be dehydrating, I'll be giving those to her tomorrow.
I'm terribly frightened for her. Our vet situation is not good. I live in a remote location, a three hour flight from the nearest emergency vet. Our vet in town has limited diagnostic capabilities - no on site lab, no ultrasound. They're closed on Wednesdays, Thursday mornings and weekends. I'm already broke and my credit is maxed right now. I'm so afraid for her.
Her brother had a bowel issue in December, and the vet was out of town. I flew him south, and the x-ray showed cancer had metastasized is his lungs. We made the decision to euthanize him. I don't want to give up on Brit, because other than this current situation, she's healthy. But I don't know what to do, and I'm running out of money and I think time, based on how long this has gone on. I could try another enema for her maybe? But I don't know if she's reluctant to try going anymore because of the trauma.
I'm a mess. I don't know what I'm asking for. I just needed to tell someone because I can't talk to anyone else about it.
On March 15, my husband noticed our 12 year old Brit seemed to want to vomit, but couldn't. We brought her to the vet out of an abundance of caution because she cried like she had never really done so before. Vet couldn't find any issues, but prescribed an anti inflammatory to help her digestive tract, just in case.
By three days later on Friday, I was convinced her issue was that she hadn't gone poop for some time. Her eating had slowly significantly. An x-ray showed three stools that seemed to be the culprit. I asked about an enema, but the vet prescribed a weekend's worth of laxative to help get her moving. So we started her on that. It didn't work. She stopped eating. She stopped drinking. I started syringing water to her. She was in rough shape.
On the Monday, I got her in to the vet for an enema. The stools passed and the vet gave some appetite stimulant doses for several days. She started drinking again fairly soon, but was slow to eat. And I started hand feeding her for a couple days, and eventually her appetite returned. By the weekend I thought we should start to see her having enough in her to at least pass some stools, but nothing came.
She was steadily improving until today. She's barely touched any food (only licking the gravy of the meat, and barely that). I got her to drink some cat milk with a bit of laxative mixed in tonight, but her water intake is slowing again. And I discovered she had been eating her litter. I don't know how long it's been going on, and I wonder if that's why she hasn't been able to poop since the enema cleared her out. I do have sub-q hours that I can administer to her, so if she appears to be dehydrating, I'll be giving those to her tomorrow.
I'm terribly frightened for her. Our vet situation is not good. I live in a remote location, a three hour flight from the nearest emergency vet. Our vet in town has limited diagnostic capabilities - no on site lab, no ultrasound. They're closed on Wednesdays, Thursday mornings and weekends. I'm already broke and my credit is maxed right now. I'm so afraid for her.
Her brother had a bowel issue in December, and the vet was out of town. I flew him south, and the x-ray showed cancer had metastasized is his lungs. We made the decision to euthanize him. I don't want to give up on Brit, because other than this current situation, she's healthy. But I don't know what to do, and I'm running out of money and I think time, based on how long this has gone on. I could try another enema for her maybe? But I don't know if she's reluctant to try going anymore because of the trauma.
I'm a mess. I don't know what I'm asking for. I just needed to tell someone because I can't talk to anyone else about it.