My baby girl Peach has been having a hard go of it. She had a fairly large mammary tumor removed about two months ago, then she had another pop up almost immediately. I was giving her a concoction of coriolus, shark cartilage, flax seed oil, soy yogurt and probiotics, and the tumors didn't seem to grow any over the course of six weeks. Then she started showing symptoms of a pituitary tumor, and almost overnight, two small tumors popped up at the surgery site.
Her vet gave us prednisolone and amoxicillin. We tried that for about a week with no improvement, still going downhill. Yesterday, we asked for bromocriptine; cabergoline wasn't available anywhere in the city. So, we've started that and are, of course, hoping she'll be one of those miracle rats and we'll get the old Peach back for a while longer.
My question right now is, how much water and food does she need? I'm pretty sure she's not eating her regular food, and she doesn't seem to know how to use the water bottle anymore. The last thing I want is her dying of dehydration while I'm trying so hard to save her with these meds. Right now, she gets about 1ml of liquid with her meds, a bit of soy or coconut yogurt w/ a bit of ensure, but she won't eat/drink more than a little off of a spoon. I'm trying to get as many wet foods and liquids into her as possible, but I think it's far from enough.
What else should I be doing to keep her from getting dehydrated? And what is a good amount of food for her daily? I give her some egg every second day, mixed up with a bit of almond milk, and she'll eat a bit of oatmeal, which I make extra watery. She doesn't love the Ensure, but she'll drink a little. What else should I be feeding her?
Ugh. I never imagined I could love something that weighs half a pound so much that the thought of losing her is crushing my heart, but seeing her slowly fade away is the worst.
Her vet gave us prednisolone and amoxicillin. We tried that for about a week with no improvement, still going downhill. Yesterday, we asked for bromocriptine; cabergoline wasn't available anywhere in the city. So, we've started that and are, of course, hoping she'll be one of those miracle rats and we'll get the old Peach back for a while longer.
My question right now is, how much water and food does she need? I'm pretty sure she's not eating her regular food, and she doesn't seem to know how to use the water bottle anymore. The last thing I want is her dying of dehydration while I'm trying so hard to save her with these meds. Right now, she gets about 1ml of liquid with her meds, a bit of soy or coconut yogurt w/ a bit of ensure, but she won't eat/drink more than a little off of a spoon. I'm trying to get as many wet foods and liquids into her as possible, but I think it's far from enough.
What else should I be doing to keep her from getting dehydrated? And what is a good amount of food for her daily? I give her some egg every second day, mixed up with a bit of almond milk, and she'll eat a bit of oatmeal, which I make extra watery. She doesn't love the Ensure, but she'll drink a little. What else should I be feeding her?
Ugh. I never imagined I could love something that weighs half a pound so much that the thought of losing her is crushing my heart, but seeing her slowly fade away is the worst.
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