Hi, I have a 13 year old staffy. He has been diagnosed with seizures (epilepsy) Along with this he’s gotten. Very big mass on his paw right at the start of the nail.

I’ve been advise that surgery is the only option and they would have to take the whole toe, my issue is that he’s 13 now and has a condition that could cause issues along with removing one of his toes that he uses to weight bare.

What would be your advice for this? I’m so incredibly scared to make the wrong decision, I don’t want to loose him.

Hi, I follow on fb even though I’m in Cecil county. My son’s dog has been having anal gland infection for about 6 or 7 weeks she’s been treated with a number of different antibiotics they feel a mass up there they’ve done two different kinds of cultures and don’t see any cancer. I told them no more medicine we want to to go to a specialist and they sent us to Blue Pearl they looked at her records and noticed that she has MRSA they came back and one of those cultures and none of the medicines that she had been treated with covers MRSA. So they cultured it again today and we hope to have her on a stronger medicine that will cover that within a week. They at first had recommended that we go forth with the bilateral anal resection which we were going to do until they found that in her record and then we decided to try the medicine first between the other vet prescribing the medicines that did not cover MRSA even though a test that they had done showed it and all the different rechecks and more medicines my son is almost $3,000 in after today the surgery was going to be another 8000. We’re hopeful that the proper medicine for MRSA will work but if it doesn’t and we have to go forth with surgery can we get it at a better price than 8000. That with the almost three just astronomical. Any other advice you can offer would also be welcome. Thank you for all you do .

My 16 (maybe 17) year old tortie cat Rose is constipated maybe has megacolon? This happened to her about a year ago. Had to take her to emergency where she had an enema. We changed some things around and were doing well.
The past Friday started out normal, when I got home from work she was hiding and had vomited, mostly food, around the house. She then postured like she was going to defecate and nothing happened. From my experience with her last time i figured she had a piece of poo stuck. Started her on lactulose and was going to call the vet in the morning. Being a holiday weekend her vet, and other vets were not open. I was forced to go to emergency. Because this was familiar to me, I opted not to do an x-ray (due to cost) and had an enema done with subcutaneous fluids and anti nausea with continuing lactulose and adding MiraLAX. She didn’t poop that night and the next morning she hadn’t peed either. She was also acting a little funny. Back to the ER we went. This time we did x-rays and bloodwork. She was full of poop. Vet said option 1 would be keeping her hospitalized with an enema every 6 hours with tube down her throat with a flow of miraLAX then re xray. Cost was well over $4,000, not to mention the stress. Option 2 we could do another enema but she didn’t think that she would pass the stool and basically suggested that I consider putting her down. Due to her age and the chronic nature of megacolon. After lots of tears and thought I asked if we could try the enema again more fluid, drain her bladder and keep up with the laxative routine. I wanted to give her a chance. So we proceeded. Vet was able to pull a lot of poop out and on the way home she passed two more pieces of stool, then later that night pooped again. She’s still a little off, but she went thru a lot the last couple days. I have a follow up appointment with my vet.
With what I have read about megacolon, I realize that at some point the mobility will be lost and surgery is the only option, with her age I don’t think that would be in her best interest
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But I also refuse to accept that I should be seeking euthanasia at this point. Is that wrong? Am I putting her thru way too much?

I would like to adjust her diet to a low residue and add cisapride to her regiment.
I know that was a long story to get to such a short question, but I am sure I am not alone in this. I just want to give her a fighting chance within reason. I uploaded her x ray, I’m not the most computer savvy so sorry for the roughness
Thank you to whomever takes the time to read this.

Dr. Magnifico- I have a 14 year old CKD/CHF/Anemic cat that is having some heavy breathing and very weak! She is on Varenzin however, I believe she needs an Iron Dextran shot. She was on Aranesp previously (had to remove her due to her having seizures from the medication) however, it was tanking her iron, so she had an iron dextran shot and it helped a lot. I’m having troubles finding someone that can do this fast. Is this something you offer and how quickly could she receive it? I believe she is tanking but VEG just quoted me $4-6k to bring her in!!!! I’m already at $30k and just don’t know I can do that right now. Also, if she is at the point of needing a blood transfusion, where can I get that done and NOT spend $4-6k???

What to do: Chronic [minor] rectal prolapse in my 8 month old kitten. Since the day I got her she’s had a swollen rectum and we have gone through every non-intrusive mitigation. An important note: I found her deep in the backcountry of Idaho as a kitten, likely dumped by her original owner. She has tested negative for all abdominal worm parasites through multiple fecal exams. We despite that did two rounds of de wormer. She is on a specialized sensitive stomach diet, we did topical steroids, probiotics and lactulose which she still takes to help control softer stools. Her prolapse as not gotten any better and in earnest seems to be the most swollen its ever been. Dr suggested Coloplexy surgery but stated the risks as we don’t know what the root cause is. I worry she is dealing with sphincter issues and may come out of the coloplexy with incontinence. + that surgery is no joke and invasive. I wonder if there are any other parasite cleanses that would be suggested that are not worms- or if letting her live with it as she has could also be a choice. She does not struggle to poop and doesn’t show signs of stress of pain. Any advice ( and words of encouragement ) would be so helpful.

Hi!
I have a 9 year old Pitbull mix with history of mast cell. I noticed a lump on his chin in April and brought him to the vet for aspiration. It came back mast cell. The vet put him on a dose of prednisone and I continued giving him his daily Benadryl. His surgery for removal was scheduled for 3/19. We did a mass removal and dental at once. When he was finished the vet called and said the prednisone made the mass disappear completely so she did not operate on the site at all. A month later, now that his pred course is finished, the mass has returned on his chin and is clearly a mast cell. I don’t know what to do next because I spent the money I had on his surgical visit on 3/19 with the expectation that his mass would also be removed. Do you have any recommendations on what I should do? Thank you in advance!!

Hi Dr Magnifico,
I have a 6 year-old female cat who came to us as a stray and always had noticeable creaky purring sounds. She was about 1 year old when we got her. She has recently developed noisier breathing and almost whistling, and the vet said the sound comes from her nose or trachea, not from the lungs. Bloodwork normal, they don’t think it’s allergies. No nasal discharge or coughing. I saw your videos and think it may be a polyp (the vet said it’s possible). another vet quoted me 1800 for ct scan and 1800 for removal. I can’t possibly afford that. Prednisolone helps for 5 minutes then it starts again. I have not tried an inhaler. She is quieter (sometimes completely quiet) when she is asleep. No mouth breathing at any time. Dr says most likely not asthma.
Do you have any suggestions on what else we can try and also would you be able to see her and check for polyp without an additional ct scan (due to cost)? Thank you.

I took my cat to the vet to get unblocked and not 24 hours later he was blocked again. I paid a $2000 vet bill and now they’re telling me that I have to pay another 2000 to do the blockage again but I don’t have the funds to do that And I’d like to get a PN so this doesn’t happen again, but I don’t have the funds to do it, and the vet told me to euthanize him. But that’s not fair. I wanna try to save his life if I can They told me to surrender him please. I need some advice. I don’t know what to do. I’m just blowing my eyes out every day.

Hello!
I came across your youtube video about ivdd. I have a 6 years old mixed breed dog (around 20-22lbs, not overweight and actually pretty active) that suddenly showed limping and abdominal pain. I went to the vet and at the beginning there was just a suspect of pancreatites + muscle strain and started a 5 days treatment with gabapentin and metacam. The fifth day seemed almost back to normal, but the week after she got worse than before. The vet than suspected a ivdd, blood test was perfect, and suggested cage rest and new medications (gabapentin, robaxin and metacam). Now, it’s the nineth day but don’t see much improvement. She doesn’t limp as before, actually she walks pretty ok, she is just very stiff and walks super slowly, no wobbling. She doesn’t like to be manipulated so it’s extremely difficult to lift her up to bring her outside to go to bathroom or turn her. Once she lies down she keeps that position for hours. I just wondering if you have any advice or technique for dogs that growls if approached. I’m pretty sure it’s just a fear response cause she doesnt bite but i don’t want to hurt her and once she screams, even out of fear, i dont know if I’m doing something wrong. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

My male kitten is almost 1 year old now.When he was 5 months of age, rectal prolapse occured for the first time .we went for purse string sutures, two times since then but problem was not solved.when he strains,prolapse comes out easily,mostly when he suffers from diarrhea orconstipation.he is otherwise healthy.Now for the past 4 days he had his prolapse out,it didn’t retract within a day unlike past occurrence post suture times.Tissues are red ,moist on its own ,soft .it started with diarrhea which was controlled with medicines our past vet prescribed during his first prolapse time,only doddyoff,rajmet,rantidine etc.he had vomitted once a day,and was controlled by rajmet.Initially for 3 days he was on plain water,fish boiled and chicken boiled water and on forth day he had a little bit cat food,wet jelly,tuna.But prolapse remained out,swelled,sometimes reduced,sometimes same again. Now,I have booked vet consultation,but suture failures are so common with him and I feel underlying reasons must be treated too.I don’t want any aggressive intervention or excessive medicine which my kitten was given during sutures healing.Can you suggest any process which will be beneficial for his health still prolapse problem would also resolve except colopexy.