Double sick leo

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majahawt

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We've encountered a small new problem with her - she stopped eating again. She started eating really well about halfway through her treatment and then just didn't want to eat anymore when treatment was over. Her behaviour and personality is 100% back to the way she was before she got sick and she's always been a bad feeder so I'm not sure how worried I should be about it. She'll only eat from a dish because she gets too distracted by us if we try tong feeding lol (she wants to come out and hang basically 24/7). I'll be taking her back to the vet on Tuesday so I guess we'll see what she says!
 
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majahawt

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I'm sad to say that we had to put her down yesterday. She was dropping the weight she'd gained quickly and her stomach was very bloated. She was obviously in pain. The vet did a quick ultrasound to make sure there was nothing we could do (egg bound, etc) but all she saw was tons of small nodules, presumably damage/eggs/larvae from the parasites. I took her back home with me and we're going to bury her with her favourite piece of bark today. We held her a little last night and she looked very peaceful. I'm absolutely devastated but I know it was the right thing to do. My boyfriend hasn't cried even once in over 10 years and he was sobbing yesterday, we miss her a lot already.
 
CWilson13

CWilson13

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So very sorry to hear about Eclair. :( I am sure she loved that you spent time with her all the way to the end.
 
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majahawt

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Thank you all for your messages. In hindsight, I've realised just how miserable she was - her behaviour, appearance and mood was completely different from usual. Since she was always a bad feeder, we would say that if she did get really sick, we would not let her suffer and waste away. I'm glad we were able to give her a peaceful passing. She's sorely missed but at least we have a framed paw print from her that we took before we buried her.
 
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