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kendalll
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Hi there,
I posted this on some other forum, but I thought the x-rays were really cool and thought I would share them here too.
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I've had Guido for the last 11+ years. He's always been fat and happy until he quit eating about a month ago. Two weeks ago he ate two wax worms and passed those without a problem. But now still won't eat anything.
When I went to the vet she was a bit stumped and she couldn’t tell anything definitive without x-rays. Their price was $90. But it just so turns out that my friend is an x-ray / ct tech and he said to sneak him into the hospital at the end of his slow shift that night. Here’s the results! We took 4 shots. Two digital, two on film, these are pictures i took of the screen on the digital machine.
The diagnosis offered by the vet after the seeing the x-rays:
0.) Not that worried about the particles in the intestine area since he passed the wax worms that he did eat two weeks into the hunger strike.
1.) Possible congestive heart failure, the abdomen is filled with fluid and heart might not be keeping up leading to the other organs like the liver swelling up and retaining fluid everywhere.
Treatment: Blood pressure medication, diuretic effect should help with swelling and then appetite will return.
Result: No change
2.) After consulting with sr. vet figured infection might be a possibility
Treatment: Antibiotics
Result No change
3.) ???
Treatment: Next wants to try aspiration (draining with needle) or exploratory surgery.
My Response: Not happening (even if it’s free), if he’s got a tumor or failing organs I guess it’s just his time...?
Status right now: Guido hasn’t eaten anything but two wax worms in the last month. (And that was a couple of weeks ago. I can’t see him lasting much longer with no food, but he’s still active and alert, and doesn’t really appear to be in pain. Though he doesn’t seem to mind the taste of the medicine he’s pretty annoyed when I stuff the syringe in his mouth!
He’s still drinking water, and passing that in the form of urates or whatever you call them. Giving him warm water soaks, not sure what else, if anything to do.
Here are some more pics of his bloated vent area Picture gallery
I posted this on some other forum, but I thought the x-rays were really cool and thought I would share them here too.
X-rays Gallery
I've had Guido for the last 11+ years. He's always been fat and happy until he quit eating about a month ago. Two weeks ago he ate two wax worms and passed those without a problem. But now still won't eat anything.
When I went to the vet she was a bit stumped and she couldn’t tell anything definitive without x-rays. Their price was $90. But it just so turns out that my friend is an x-ray / ct tech and he said to sneak him into the hospital at the end of his slow shift that night. Here’s the results! We took 4 shots. Two digital, two on film, these are pictures i took of the screen on the digital machine.
The diagnosis offered by the vet after the seeing the x-rays:
0.) Not that worried about the particles in the intestine area since he passed the wax worms that he did eat two weeks into the hunger strike.
1.) Possible congestive heart failure, the abdomen is filled with fluid and heart might not be keeping up leading to the other organs like the liver swelling up and retaining fluid everywhere.
Treatment: Blood pressure medication, diuretic effect should help with swelling and then appetite will return.
Result: No change
2.) After consulting with sr. vet figured infection might be a possibility
Treatment: Antibiotics
Result No change
3.) ???
Treatment: Next wants to try aspiration (draining with needle) or exploratory surgery.
My Response: Not happening (even if it’s free), if he’s got a tumor or failing organs I guess it’s just his time...?
Status right now: Guido hasn’t eaten anything but two wax worms in the last month. (And that was a couple of weeks ago. I can’t see him lasting much longer with no food, but he’s still active and alert, and doesn’t really appear to be in pain. Though he doesn’t seem to mind the taste of the medicine he’s pretty annoyed when I stuff the syringe in his mouth!
He’s still drinking water, and passing that in the form of urates or whatever you call them. Giving him warm water soaks, not sure what else, if anything to do.
Here are some more pics of his bloated vent area Picture gallery
