Good afternoon all, we have an appointment set for our dear Butkus tomorrow first thing but wanted to check this forum for any advice in the meantime. Butkus is 8yrs old and the past 3 days weāve noticed a change in him. He has gone #2 in the kitchen which is not like him at all. That was 2 days...
Thank you for sharing your experiences, I don't feel so alone now! The surgeon did tell me that he wouldn't be sure of his palate until he was into the surgery? Butkus didn't start losing oxygen until he was in recovery and that's when he did the palate surgery. So your guess is as good as mine...
Well we woke up this morning and the bleeding/draining has subsided. I did have an appt scheduled with his primary vet to change the dressing on his paw, and she was not concerned about his tail. She said it looks good, and that he may have rubbed it and that caused the rupture. The antibiotic...
I agree, he just jumped right to the procedure as the solution. I would think that there has to be some other options, because I am not going to put him under again-I refuse to. Thank you for your input I appreciate it!
Hello,
We have been on this website numerous times and finally took some time to register. It took us awhile to decide on the tail amputation, Butkus had an inverted corkscrew tail that had deep tail pockets and literally was infected every other month. We had just gotten tired of the vet costs...