Sick dog, bad food?

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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:28 am

@JoeTam- I never did administer fluids. The vet would hang the IV bag and the needle was stuck under the skin on its back while the credit card was extracted. I'm not complaining as the cat is fine now.

Hope yours gets better.

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:12 am

Connie, My Mom was a nurse, so the vet trusted me, I guess, to do IV's. I put the needle into the nape of the cat's neck too, sub cut. I always worried about driving home with 10 needles in the car, explain that to the cops! After 250 cc's of Ringer's Lactate, the poor feline would have this big bubble around his shoulder area, until it soaked in. Weasel (not our 419 Weasel), passed away about 10 years ago however, via Sodium Thiopental, when he he just couldn't go on. Damn fine Gentleman Feline, a lover, and my first cat. Still miss him.
Edit: Cooper the Box Dog sends slobbery kisses to everyone, and thanks for good wishes, when he's not growling at the Chihuahua puppy for stealing his DRY food! Laughing

P.S.
Here's the gang, left to right, Cooper, Rachel (Box #2), with the well guarded, infamous, "Purple Rope", and Cisco, AKA "Biscuit", the Chihuahua in his woosie pink golf shirt sticking his tongue out at me.http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/353293226_47790df02d_b.jpg
Total doggage, 155 pounds, US weight.

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:55 am

Here's a nice group for critters
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/adoggonegoodnaturalpetsgroup
it's called as the last slash sates
"A Dog Gone Good All Natural Pets Group"
The woman who runs it isn't a vet but she is a nurse or something like that. She helped my furbaby out when we needed some advice. I llike the whole site www.care2.com you should go give it a looksie.

Master Baiter Joined: 21 Jul 2005 Posts: 137

For those wanting to get their animals off of pet foods completely check out the B.A.R.F ( bones and raw food ) diet. A search on google will bring up many sites. My dog currently gets good quality dried food supplemented with veggies but I'm seriously considering swapping onto a completely raw food diet. Loads to read through first though !