Nina, I am so sorry to hear about Spencer. I am praying that he will start eating again. I know when some of my babies won't eat I will get a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and sometimes they will eat that. I know it may not help with Spencer. Both of you are in my prayers.
Cindy Reasoner --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > I can't make up my mind about Spencer. He's been on > the dex shots since > 9/7. I started to half his dose eod on Sat. It > doesn't seemed to have > had any negative effect. If it wasn't for the fact > that he's all but > stopped eating, I would think he was on his way to > recovery. He's so > emaciated now. He continues to enjoy life, he does > things that are not > at all in line with someone that is dying. He has > decided that the roof > of our outside habitat is the perfect place to get > away from it all and > somehow he scales the 8 foot fence to climb up > there. The first day he > did it I helped him down, figuring he wouldn't be > able to do it > himself. I was wrong. I haven't seen him do it, > but he gets up and > down on his own. He's active during the night and > his eyes are bright. > He's not hiding, he's not sleeping excessively, when > he sees me approach > he meows hello to me, if only he would eat! I've > tried assit feeding > him. He stresses out and won't swallow. He acts > like he's interested > in food, sometimes he'll take a couple of bites, > then he makes a face > like the food is his enemy, like it makes his > stomach hurt to eat. It > doesn't seem like he's not eating because he's > preparing to die, it's > like it hurts to eat, so he won't eat. > > Bruce thinks I should leave him alone, that I > shouldn't bring him back > to the vet. He thinks that I'll only be making the > time he has left > miserable to do so. I just don't know what to do. > When I ask Spencer > about going to the vet to see if they can help, I > swear I hear him say > NO! No more vets! I don't know if this is wishful > thinking on my part, > but I keep wanting to save him. We never had a > diffinative > diagnosis... I hate the idea of him slowly starving > to death. I hate > the idea of pts before he's ready. I hate the idea > of bringing him to > the vet and putting him through the poking and > proding. I just don't > know what to do. > > Thanks for listening, > Nina > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
