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Pamfyson

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My mother's spaniel has been admitted into the vets with this, and is very poorly. I have no experience of it and 82 year old mother is distraught. Can anyone tell me the likely treatments and prognosis of it please. Harry is 9, and is neutered and has always been in good health until this. any information is gratefully received.
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One of my mum's dogs has got this - he has to have regular injections (vit B I think?) but he has really picked up since being diagnosed and treated.

He is a cavalier, about 9 years old I think, and is as happy as anything now :)

ETA - sorry, just googled him, he is 11 years old now :O I remember him being born, seems like yesterday, eek!
 
My Teasel had this last year, she was suddenly being sick, lots of bile and very painful. She had 3 days in the vets on a drip and painkillers, but thankfully she got better. She is now on a low fat diet ( she was not on a high fat diet before, we think she scavenged something on a walk). She was 8 when she was poorly.

Fingers crossed for your Mum's dog x
 
As Teaselmeg, my Springer Molly kept being sick and bringing up bile. Kept hiding away and not her usual crazy self. She's eight now and had pancreatitis June 2012. I took her to my usual vet where the practice owner, a brilliant small animal vet, had recently retired early due to severe back problems and sold the practice to one of those big veterinary conglomerates and they were useless! I was told off for feeding raw and told she probably had a blockage, I should watch her over the weekend and get back to them on Monday if she was no better. I wasn't happy with their advice and rang my Large Munsterlander's breeder and asked her to recommend a vet, which she did. Vet was over thirty minutes drive away but I would never use another practice now! Luckily, they agreed to see Molly out of hours even though I was a new client and been to another vet. Vet was fantastic! She x-rayed her, commented that both her spleen and liver were enlarged, did a blood test, results came back in minutes and she diagnosed pancreatitis. She was very impressed that I fed my dogs raw, too! Molly was successfully treated with the appropriate drugs and was bouncing again within a couple of days. She now has Chappie as her staple diet with the odd raw treat. Touch wood, she hasn't had any recurrence of pancreatitis and hopefully she'll carry on bouncing for years to come!
 
Keeperscottage thank goodness for the second vet. Teasel started off on Chappie ( vet wanted her to go on Royal Canin rubbish), she is now on either Natural Instinct ' Special Diet' or Nutriment 'Low Purine' both are raw mixes. She had been fine for the last 18 months.
 
Teaselmeg, I will Google the dog food you have mentioned - sounds interesting! I understand clients are leaving my original vet practice in droves (a member of their staff told a friend of mine) and I have recommended new vet to lots of friends who have been similarly impressed! I used to drive almost twenty minutes to get to original vet so the extra ten or so minutes isn't that onerous and I'd happily travel further for the first class treatment my pets have received! Really, really pleased with new practice and they don't treat you like an idiot which I felt the young vets at the original practice did!
 
Thank you for your replies. Your experiences give me hope. Mother thinks that this has occurred because he snitched some raw sausages and it was something in the meat. I'm more leaning toward something rank on a walk. We are hoping that he will improve quickly. The vet is due to phone my mother in the morning with an update, so hopefully they will be giving us good news. Thanks again you've been really helpful.
 
To update those kind folk. Sadly mother's Harry was PTS early this morning. The vet opened him up suspecting a blockage, which was apparently correct, however they also found that he was riddled with cancer, so it seemed the kindest thing to do to let him go. Mother is distraught, he is her constant companion. The bill is scandalous imo. £1800!!!! This is unimportant in the scheme of things, it was the dog that mattered, but still seems a frightful amount.
Thankyou for your help and comments.
 
Oh I am so sorry to hear this Pamfyson :( I have been in the same position myself, simple diarrhoea turning out to be lymphoma of the gut, but it is absolutely heart wrenching when it happens so I am thinking of your mum at a very sad time for her :( :(

The bill is absolutely extortionate, I would be telling them what they could do with it if I were you!
 
I agree that the bill is extortionate, sadly the parents won't argue it, they are too upset and have told me not to bother. I would refuse that amount. By all accounts the first quote was £7k!!!!!! Mother has all of her marbles so I really don't think she got confused about it. I did tell her not to even think about paying the latter amount and she argued it. The £1800 was the revised quote!!!! If I lived closer I would take it up myself but at 2 hours away it's difficult, especially when she already agreed it. Not good though.
 
Teasel's bill for 3 days in the vets, on a drip with painkillers etc was about £600, she also had x rays, blood tests and an ultrasound etc. It's such a shame, when the outcome was so very sad that the vets are lining their pockets.
 
Molly's bill for out of hours appointment, x-ray, blood tests plus results, consultation, drugs, etc etc was just over £300 and I don't begrudge a penny! However, £1,800!!!! And £7,000.........what?? Xx
 
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