Unepuce
Well-Known Member
My old man MacGyver has been treated for an abcess right next to his penis for a good couple of months. He's been on Baytril for a long while, and since that didn't seem to work, he was switch to Trim Sulfa... which he completely refused taking. After 3 days of fighting, I looked for abcess information on here, read about Amoxicillin, grabbed my Rat Health Care guide and called my vet the next day about it. He is now having Clavulin and seems to be enjoying it.
Last week, I found the abcess was getting bigger and harder, so I went to the vet to have it cleaned up so I could start serynging a clean wound. When I saw her face, I knew this was bad news - the abcess had turned into a tumour. Mac now has a tumour sticking out of open skin on his belly.
When this was still an "abcess", I had seen my vet and Victoria's and neither was inclined to put Mac through surgery due to his age - he will turn 2,5 years old in June. He also has another tumour on his back that's been slowly growing for the past 6 months, and removing both would put him under aneasthesia for too long. Plus, the tumour is too close to the penis - removing it would be too risky. Basically, last week I was told to either put him down now, or keep nursing him until he suffers too much or cannot pee anymore. Of course, since he is still lively, I couldn't put him down.
My big concern is that the tumour on his belly seems to be bleeding every other day. I mean bleeding, light red fresh blood that will not stop for 24 hours. I started hydrotherapy twice a day plus Polysporin last weekend and I'm sure it helps, but it seems like something into him keeps filling up with blood and keeps popping up every other day. I don't know how many times I have started to grab the phone and call the vet since yesterday, but deep down, I am convinced she won't be able to do anything more... is there anything more I can do? I hate being so helpless when I see his trusting, desperate eyes during hydrotherapy... breaks my heart :sad3:
I also see that this thing hurts, despite the Metacam. If anyone has any inspiration, I admit I am at loss...
Last week, I found the abcess was getting bigger and harder, so I went to the vet to have it cleaned up so I could start serynging a clean wound. When I saw her face, I knew this was bad news - the abcess had turned into a tumour. Mac now has a tumour sticking out of open skin on his belly.
When this was still an "abcess", I had seen my vet and Victoria's and neither was inclined to put Mac through surgery due to his age - he will turn 2,5 years old in June. He also has another tumour on his back that's been slowly growing for the past 6 months, and removing both would put him under aneasthesia for too long. Plus, the tumour is too close to the penis - removing it would be too risky. Basically, last week I was told to either put him down now, or keep nursing him until he suffers too much or cannot pee anymore. Of course, since he is still lively, I couldn't put him down.
My big concern is that the tumour on his belly seems to be bleeding every other day. I mean bleeding, light red fresh blood that will not stop for 24 hours. I started hydrotherapy twice a day plus Polysporin last weekend and I'm sure it helps, but it seems like something into him keeps filling up with blood and keeps popping up every other day. I don't know how many times I have started to grab the phone and call the vet since yesterday, but deep down, I am convinced she won't be able to do anything more... is there anything more I can do? I hate being so helpless when I see his trusting, desperate eyes during hydrotherapy... breaks my heart :sad3:
I also see that this thing hurts, despite the Metacam. If anyone has any inspiration, I admit I am at loss...
Poor boy.
