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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:40 PM Original message |
How far will you go to extend an elderly pet's life? |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. We would go through, spend and do anything for our pets |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a good friend who had a beloved cat on IV |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. With the two cats we had before Sonia, that passed away. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I empathize with you... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. no easy answer, but here's a book that may help |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I just don't see spending thousands on a pet.... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. When a specialist gives heroic measures a good chance of extending quality of life, I'll do it. |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Sure- you made a decision based on the advice of a specialist... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is possible |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Are you sure it's renal failure? |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. pretty sure -- last trip the the vet in Nov. the vet said |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Oh, goodness. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. We could not find the courage to end our last beloved dog's life... |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:09 PM Original message |
happened to me, too, when I was in high school - my mom and |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. I honestly don't know. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. thanks - I do remember seeing your thread, I think, and |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. I had a diabetic cat |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not much. |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. Our Axie is 19 |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. My Tonka will be 14 in June |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Until the point at which the animal isn't enjoying life anymore. Anything past that is cruel. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. it woudl depend on how much i had. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Pets are as Individual as People |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think our pets let us know when their time has come... |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. that's where I am - will the treatment affect his quality of life |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I think you will make a wise, loving decision... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. My mother kept her elderly renal-failure cat alive for two years. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. I spent $8,000 on Portia |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-08-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. The only cat I was ever involed in putting down was Gerry. He lost |
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