Looks like Rat Face is headed for the hospital. Ever hospitalized your pet?

[Bertha Venation]

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Mrs. V. went in to check on her this morning and the little brat escaped - and she'd gotten her cone off. Imagine Mrs. V. in a cast that's up over her elbow trying to catch a wily little cat.

Well, catch her she did, and she's back locked up in the guest room.

She is too big a handful, and if she keeps getting her cone off she could pull her stitches. So tonight she's going to the hospital to stay a few days.

Where on god's green earth we're gonna find the bucknards, I don't know. :shrug: Nothing can be done. We have to give her the best care we can.

Have you ever hospitalized your pet? What was wrong?

[Roon]

1. Yes

Dolly had problems with one of her kindeys and stayed at the hospital for three days.She was eventually put down. :-(

Piggy,(who looked a lot like ratface) quit eating when my ex moved his stuff out of the house after we broke up. He was in the hospital for 2 days before he died of liver failure.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Oh, jesus, Roon

I'm so sorry. :hug: :hug:

[Roon]

9. .

:hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

3. Yes, Bertha....

Philboy started vomiting blood in the middle of the night. Pure blood was also coming out his back end too.

He had that GI problem where they bleed profusely...I forget what it is called.

I rushed him to the dog hospital, and he ended up staying for 2 days I think. He was hooked up to an IV, etc.

He came out just fine, and I went to visit him while he was in there.

I was also very worried about the money, because it certainly isn't cheap...but you will find a way, and you can worry about it later. Number one priority is to get Rat Face better.

Perhaps you can set up a payment plan with your vet.

Best of luck, Bertha. :hug:

[Bertha Venation]

8. Damn, that sounds scary.

Thanks, Lefty.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Yes. Animal hospitals actually love and care about their patients, unlike those for humans. nt

[Bertha Venation]

7. They do care!

I'd be worried about someone who went into veterinary medicine who did not care about animals.

[livetohike]

5. Yes several times

I'm sorry about Ratface - I know she will be okay :hug: to you and Mrs. V.

Thinking back to dogs and hospitalizations (I've never had a cat):

Smokey was kept overnight for testing (he coughed up a drop of blood one night - one drop). After lots of tests, it was determined he had lung cancer. We had to put him down....

Ranger was hit by a car and kept overnight for observation. After visiting four different vets, Ranger was found to have a broken shoulder. An orthopedic vet suggested a body cast! The next morning, the body cast was on Ranger's sleeping blanket and Ranger was in the living room on the couch! $1500 dollars.....he healed on his own and never limped.

I'm sure there are more incidents, but my memory doesn't function like it used to :-).

[Bertha Venation]

10. It took four vets to tell you his shoulder was broken?

That's just criminal.

:rofl: about the body cast.

[livetohike]

13. Can you believe that?

We were so pissed! At least the third vet referred us to the orthopedic vet who finally diagnosed Ranger - and without an x-ray. He just felt the bones in the shoulder and knew that's what the trouble was. Surgery would have cost $2000, so we opted for the body cast. Ranger was 9 years old at the time. Coincidentally, the day before this happened, I fell while jogging and broke my shoulder! So I was in a sling. Ranger ran out to see a neighbor's dog and ran right in front of a car driven by my cousin's sister-in-law who was taking the shortcut home from her job. So much drama for two days.

After that, we called Ranger "Houdini".

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. no

but something took a hunk out of Mandu on his hind leg last week It is healing well (scabbed over , no redness)

[Bertha Venation]

11. OUCH!

Poor Mandu! Do you have horseflies there? LOL One chomped me once and it bled.

Glad to know he's healing.

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. it was definately from an animal

about the size of a quarter


No horseflies here , but I am certainly acquainted with them from my grandparents farm from years past


My Mandu is one tough kitty

[hunter]

12. One of our dogs, and one of our parrots.

They were not at all happy in the pet hospital, but they came home okay.

The dog was happy to see us, even though she was still very sick, and I suppose the parrot was happy too, but mostly she was angry and scolded me noisily all the way home, like "DON'T YOU EVER LEAVE ME WITH THOSE HORRIBLE PEOPLE AGAIN!!!"

The worst thing about parrots is they never forget the people they believe did them wrong. A repeat visit to the same vet is always an adventure.

Air hugs for your wily little cat! Air hugs because I know not to mess with a cat going back to the vet...

[Bertha Venation]

15. Air hugs - :)

Thank you.

Wily is right. She's like an eel - or, what I imagine an eel would be like.

Do parrots really remember people? Wow.

[hunter]

18. Sometimes they remember people better than I do.

There are a few people who are never going to be forgiven by our African Gray -- especially pet sitters who are not comfortable around birds, and veterinarians. She will growl like a mean dog as soon as she sees them, even if it's the same vet in a different office, or a pet sitter in a new house.

I'm not sure parrots are good pets, even for people who know what they are getting into. Our Gray is 25 years old, and all those years it's been like living with a noisy destructive toddler. She has all day to figure out how to get what she wants, and it doesn't matter to her if she gets it by being nice, sneaky, or by throwing temper tantrums.



How do you like my new house? I built it myself!

[Bertha Venation]

19. Smart bird.

:)

[blueraven95]

14. Hi Bertha,

I'm sorry about Rat Face - I hope she is better soon!

[Bertha Venation]

16. thank you so much

:hug:

[graywarrior]

20. Tell Rat Face Kamere says Meow and soon !