Pound Shilling & Pig
Adult Guinea Pig
I have mentioned my 18 year old cat Gingerbread on a couple of other threads in recent weeks, so some of you will know he has several medical conditions, the worst being his liver failure and has been living on borrowed time for several months now.
He has really started to wind down over the last couple of days, just wants to sleep and has stopped seeking me out to demand food. Yesterday he would only eat chicken, not his regular food and today he is not interested that either, so I braved the co-op on a busy bank holiday to buy him his favourite things and he has eaten a tin of gourmet gold pate I took to him but he is not eating or drinking enough and seems a little confused and the house feels so quiet without him coming to ask me for something. He just sleeps.
I spoke to the ooh vets earlier for advice re pts. Gingerbread is frightened of the car at the best of times and frightened of people he doesn't know, so they said as he is not in distress it is better to wait and see my regular vet (who we have been visiting every month for over a year) and I think so to. His monthly appt is booked for Wednesday but I will most likely be taking him tomorrow. I hate the thought of him being frightened at the end, before covid 19 I had made arrangements with my vet that (depending on circumstances) he would come out to pts at home to save my boy that final, fearful car journey. That is not possible now.
My heart is breaking, I love him so much. I know 18 is a good age but that is a long time to share your life with someone and doesn't take away the pain
He has really started to wind down over the last couple of days, just wants to sleep and has stopped seeking me out to demand food. Yesterday he would only eat chicken, not his regular food and today he is not interested that either, so I braved the co-op on a busy bank holiday to buy him his favourite things and he has eaten a tin of gourmet gold pate I took to him but he is not eating or drinking enough and seems a little confused and the house feels so quiet without him coming to ask me for something. He just sleeps.
I spoke to the ooh vets earlier for advice re pts. Gingerbread is frightened of the car at the best of times and frightened of people he doesn't know, so they said as he is not in distress it is better to wait and see my regular vet (who we have been visiting every month for over a year) and I think so to. His monthly appt is booked for Wednesday but I will most likely be taking him tomorrow. I hate the thought of him being frightened at the end, before covid 19 I had made arrangements with my vet that (depending on circumstances) he would come out to pts at home to save my boy that final, fearful car journey. That is not possible now.
My heart is breaking, I love him so much. I know 18 is a good age but that is a long time to share your life with someone and doesn't take away the pain