pets with cancer

pinkteapot

This post should be reported to the RSPCA. Withholding medical treatment is listed by them as a form of animal cruelty.

Any pet should be taken to the vet if something is wrong. A vet can't euthanise without your consent. If they want to put the pet to sleep, question them on what the alternatives are and go to a different vet for a second opinion if you're not satisfied.

OP's "advice" is sickening.

sneekymum

Thanks all for your advice. (Apart from the judgmental sickos who follow me around other parts of this site to post snide messages). I'll see what the vet says.

Katiehound

Actually I was going to say that as far as I am concerned vets have wanted to try every treatment known to man rather than concede that my dog is either old, frail and had a good life, or that the cancer is so aggressive that it is galloping. I have therefore made the decision to let my dogs (sadly more than one) be put to sleep. (In this day and age I do sometimes wonder if some vets see the £££s clocking up-sorry if that sounds cynical.)
However I have always sought the advice of the vet, anything questionable off we go!
Glad to hear that you are off to the vet. Maybe the verdict will not be as you surmise.

Tiddlywinks

sneekymum wrote: »

Thanks all for your advice. (Apart from the judgmental sickos who follow me around other parts of this site to post snide messages). I'll see what the vet says.

As opposed to what?

You have prevented your sick and lame animal from receiving medical treatment... that is cruel and fits my description of what a "sicko" might do.

People like you should not have pets - you have no empathy or compassion.


You should be ashamed of the suffering you have allowed.

mitzu

From my experience I can say that you have been lucky, my story is a bit different from yours, my previous dogue de bordeaux had lung cancer and we found out in the last stage up until that day she was fine, no indications that something is not right, she was eating fine, drinking, but on that day in the morning she was happy to see us, come to make fuss of us, but by the hour her health deteriorated and her stomach doubled in size, we called the vet to come and see her because she couldn't lift herself up she was weighting 54kg , but they couldn't only after 8pm, this was 4pm so we decided not to wait and take her in her bed, when we got to the vet he confirmed our worst nightmare that nothing can be done for her because all her stomach was full with blood and we could see through her eyes which have changed been more yellow and she wasn't responding in the end it was the most hardest decision that we had to make, for us our pets are our babys. When we have lost her she was only 5 year old beautiful, lovely and caring dog. We have to make the most of it when we have a pet, because we can loose them so easy.