sonkie
Gold Member
Well had to take Tigger to the vets last night as he wasn`t walking very well and would often fall over and couldnt manage the stairs.
They decided to keep him in for tests as he wouldnt stand, they did bloods etc and all came back clear so they did xrays this morning and found his bowel and bladder were full to bursting but this was because of the pain he was in from his spin and back legs.
His spine in the lumber area was crumbling and both hips one of which was already damaged from an accident when he was 4 months old. His muscles were also wasted especially the left one which had virtually gone........hence he couldn`t walk.
So the vet rang while he was still under anaesthetic and told me what had been found, she could try him on stronger painkillers than he is already on but it wouldn`t do anything for his legs, basically I had to decide there and then on the phone to put him out of his misery it was the hardest decision I have made and we couldn`t get out there to say goodbye.
They decided to keep him in for tests as he wouldnt stand, they did bloods etc and all came back clear so they did xrays this morning and found his bowel and bladder were full to bursting but this was because of the pain he was in from his spin and back legs.
His spine in the lumber area was crumbling and both hips one of which was already damaged from an accident when he was 4 months old. His muscles were also wasted especially the left one which had virtually gone........hence he couldn`t walk.
So the vet rang while he was still under anaesthetic and told me what had been found, she could try him on stronger painkillers than he is already on but it wouldn`t do anything for his legs, basically I had to decide there and then on the phone to put him out of his misery it was the hardest decision I have made and we couldn`t get out there to say goodbye.