HELP PLEASE

we have been offline for a while but have MAJOR problem. Ellie, our old lady has fluid on lungs and this is putting strain on her heart. she is under the vet and on medication but she is refusing to eat. tried everything that I nw she likes, ice lollies,treats, chicken, am struggling fi ideas. she s dropping weight in front of my eyes




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Poor old girl.

What about a little scrambled egg or some potato with meat juices poured over?

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Scrambled egg should be fine

Can't really advise as no doubt you sound like you've tried all the normal stuff but hope she picks up a bit soon for you

Poor girl. She's 14?

I'm not sure what I would do apart from giving her easy digestible foods. Keep her comfy x

Jackieb wrote:Poor girl. She's 14?

I'm not sure what I would do apart from giving her easy digestible foods. Keep her comfy x

yes our little old lady, at the vets people thought she was 14 month she is so petite. just not eating anything and we are trying everything. even thing she shoudnt have :-(

I would advice small meals of chick and scrambled egg at regular intervals.

So sorry you are going through this and i hope she picks up very soon

Well we managed to get her to eat a whole malted milk biscuit that was on the table! Tried everything else from fish and chichen to mince and veg. Off to the shops today to buy her some puppy milk and try that with some wheatabix maybe she will like that.

How about porridge instead of wheatabix? The wheat might not agree with her.

She might like some goats milk yogurt x

Some steamed chicken with a splash of gravy maby ?

Hugs ••

great news, Ellie AET a whole mackerel with rice, next meal porridge. wish us luck.

Good luck. Keep us posted on our she is doing. ><

Well the update for today is that Ellies breathing has slowed considerably (not laboured) which I think indicates that there is less fluid on her lungs and that she is getting more oxygen through which hopefully is reducing the stress on her heart. She is still only eating small amounts of food but she is doing very little and it looks like she has put a tiny bit of weight on, fluids however she is taking plenty. She still has plenty of fight in her as every time I give her tablets she locks her jaw down on me as if to say no. But I am that little bit more determined and she will take her medicine We are not back at the vets until next Thursday when I hope that they will give us some positive news. PS these are just my thoughts as I am not a vet and would not want anyone to follow this as fact with their precious pet. x

Thanks for the up date Caz, good luck at the vet next week i'm sure they will have some good news for you ><

aww bless her ! much hugs to Ellie !

sad news. sadly Ellie did not have enough energy for that last battle and sadly passed okay in her sleep last night R I P Ellie

Very sad, sorry to hear this. R.I.P Ellie.

Hope you are ok

caz64 wrote:sad news. sadly Ellie did not have enough energy for that last battle and sadly passed okay in her sleep last night R I P Ellie

So sorry to hear this Caz , at least you have not had to make any tough decisions and know she passed away peacefully

All our thoughts are with you

RIP Ellie ><

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. We're here for you if you need to talk.

RIP Callie, run free & wait at Rainbow Bridge.

So very sorry to read about Ellie, Run free at Rainbow Bridge

Oh so sorry to hear this Caz

RIP Ellie - u put up a good fight x

Hugs to u Caz x

So sorry to hear this, rip Ellie. Hope you are ok Caz?

Hi Guys, many thanks for your kind thoughts. Dusty is confused as we keep calling her Ellie but other than that she seems OK. Think that she is used to our daft ways especially as we call her Doodles and not Dusty and Ellie was Smellie so there were really six of us in the house. I can smile today as I am glad that we didn't have to make that tough decision and also when I think that two years ago the vets advised us to have her put down due to arthritis but we got past that, and she had an extra two years.

Thats lovely to hear that you had an extra two years of happiness with Ellie. You know, its nice that she passed away at home too with those she loved. Hugs to you all ><