SQu
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My mom has a lovely chocolate labrador, 4 years old. She has a mystery ailment that is making her very anaemic. She needs regular transfusions to feel well, which transform her, but then she rapidly declines again. On Wednesday they're going to put her down if things don't improve, because of her suffering. In between transfusions the poor thing shivers and is miserable. She is particularly hungry all the time but neither fat nor thin. I noticed her coat is rough and coarser than you'd expect. I thought some treatment for tick disease can be very harsh and damaging to (think) the liver, but apparently the vet says that's not it.
I was wondering about cypro maybe as I gave some to my dad (yes, we are that kind of family, no problem treating across the species line ...) who had a terrible enervating cough (he's 85, strong but a lifelong smoker, it was winter, very dry air, he had flu but it carried on long after the infection was over) and it cured his cough and gave him back his strength almost overnight.
If she was old and weak then maybe I'd make peace with it but she's young and well other than this. Thanks for reading.
I was wondering about cypro maybe as I gave some to my dad (yes, we are that kind of family, no problem treating across the species line ...) who had a terrible enervating cough (he's 85, strong but a lifelong smoker, it was winter, very dry air, he had flu but it carried on long after the infection was over) and it cured his cough and gave him back his strength almost overnight.
If she was old and weak then maybe I'd make peace with it but she's young and well other than this. Thanks for reading.