Gigabyte
Well-known Member
Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2011
- Posts
- 248
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2011
- Messages
- 248
GB has been real sick for quite some time, since November. He went through three weeks of GI stasis and has never been good at keeping weight on anyway. But now, we moved suddenly (we're moving back because it seems to be the cause of issues).
But the point is...he always has one issue or another. It's cost me $500+ for vet appointments with specialists and they have found nothing but motility issues. I have been spending 16hrs a day caring for him, coaxing him to eat. I have Critical Care but he hates it. He'll only eat hay and veggies occasionally, and he doesn't drink enough. And he has times when he gets real gassy and painful and needs drops for gas and pain meds. I have never invested so much time, care, emotional attachment, and money into a pet. I'm exhausted.
I guess I will decide once he gets home to and moved to a C&C cage, but we won't know anything about if there's a tumor or anything if we don't do a surgery I can't afford. I love him, but I think I'm being cruel to him. He's my best bud.
I think if he is okay after all, he needs a cagemate, because with me working fulltime soon and going to vet tech school, he is gonna get lonely. But that's when I can afford another and he's okay, if it happens.
What are your opinions on this whole deal? Most of the time where we were he was okay enough, running around during floor time and right before we moved, he started popcorning too.
What do you all think about his life quality and all that? He is not getting floortime here because it's gross, but he gets 2hrs at least at our home. But he's still gassy. Any ideas or suggestions to improve life quality?
But the point is...he always has one issue or another. It's cost me $500+ for vet appointments with specialists and they have found nothing but motility issues. I have been spending 16hrs a day caring for him, coaxing him to eat. I have Critical Care but he hates it. He'll only eat hay and veggies occasionally, and he doesn't drink enough. And he has times when he gets real gassy and painful and needs drops for gas and pain meds. I have never invested so much time, care, emotional attachment, and money into a pet. I'm exhausted.
I guess I will decide once he gets home to and moved to a C&C cage, but we won't know anything about if there's a tumor or anything if we don't do a surgery I can't afford. I love him, but I think I'm being cruel to him. He's my best bud.
I think if he is okay after all, he needs a cagemate, because with me working fulltime soon and going to vet tech school, he is gonna get lonely. But that's when I can afford another and he's okay, if it happens.
What are your opinions on this whole deal? Most of the time where we were he was okay enough, running around during floor time and right before we moved, he started popcorning too.
What do you all think about his life quality and all that? He is not getting floortime here because it's gross, but he gets 2hrs at least at our home. But he's still gassy. Any ideas or suggestions to improve life quality?