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Lelanae said:
Osprey, hawk or eagle?
I just know that it decapitated three of my girls today and was eating my legbar when I scared it--maybe 60 feet --away. It is still sitting in my cherry tree, waiting for my girls to leave the henhouse. I locked them in. All raptors are protected, I presume? I am not happy---the legbar was my son's favorite...
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maybe a osprey, not an eagle and i don't see a red tail, looks kinda like a osprey that we have down south, fish hawk we call them, the ospreys are bigger than a red tail but not as big as a eagle
 
It’s pretty much a guarantee that Sturgis will be “crossing The Rainbow Bridge” soon.
I don’t intend to own another pet, but ... well, I’m keeping pet supplies. What I’m not keeping is; an old medium dog bed that is good enough to not toss, but more suited for on your porch for cats to nap in.
A new bag of hamster food, and some treats.
Various dog toys, and two small breed heart worm (Heartguard) chews.
I am in Clearfield County if anyone has an interest. Sturgis is not doing well, and I will have to make “the decision” within the next four weeks.

Do you know how this is torturing me he :barnie (Yes, you all do)?!
 
BullChick said:
It’s pretty much a guarantee that Sturgis will be “crossing The Rainbow Bridge” soon.
I don’t intend to own another pet, but ... well, I’m keeping pet supplies. What I’m not keeping is; an old medium dog bed that is good enough to not toss, but more suited for on your porch for cats to nap in.
A new bag of hamster food, and some treats.
Various dog toys, and two small breed heart worm (Heartguard) chews.
I am in Clearfield County if anyone has an interest. Sturgis is not doing well, and I will have to make “the decision” within the next four weeks.

Do you know how this is torturing me he :barnie (Yes, you all do)?!
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I'm sorry he's not doing well :( Our Rocky had an extremely bad week a few weeks ago. He was unable to stand up on his own, wasn't eating and had to be carried out to go to the bathroom. We waited almost a week and called the vet to make the final appointment. That night, when we got home from my son's piano lesson, Rocky was standing in the kitchen wagging his tail..... The next day he was even better so we cancelled the appointment. It took him a couple weeks to eat right again but now it's like nothing happened. Were still not sure what went on with him but at his age, he doesn't have much longer. I hope Sturgis has some relief.
 
It seems that animals know when they are about to go, and suddenly seem to pick up. I guess humans do it too on occasion.
He has a few good days, but even when he seems okay, he can’t handle being picked up to be put on the couch or bed. He wheezes and pants.
If the air is off, he varies between panting heavily nonstop, to gasping for breath. The temperature is 70* when he’s doing this. Duckling has stopped complaining about being cold, because she knows that he needs it. She just gets her throw.
He’s falling and slipping around, limps on and off, is bloated (sometimes he can’t even lay on his side), coughing.
This all started pretty much the last time he was at the vet in April. Within a week anyway. Oh! He has developed lumps, and the ones I can feel in his stomach have not only multiplied, but gotten bigger. At first I thought the first lump in his stomach was just a fat deposit. Now I feel three distinct lumps.
Of course I can do more bloodwork and testing, but I just don’t see paying hundreds of dollars, up to 1,000 to do all the testing. I did that with Harley. One week, and $4,500 later, he died anyway.
“More” meaning he had tests in April.
 
I'm sorry abby... there is no easy way to make the decision and it doesn't get any easier even when it has been done many times. We had to take one of our cats last week.... he gave us 15 good years, and I knew he deserved me doing right by him no matter how much I hated doing it.
You have treated that pooch like a king for his many years, he has had a full and happy time with you and duckling and has known what it is to be loved You will know when the time is right.

The dog bed may make a good transport cushion for a box or cage.
 
BullChick said:
It’s pretty much a guarantee that Sturgis will be “crossing The Rainbow Bridge” soon.
I don’t intend to own another pet, but ... well, I’m keeping pet supplies. What I’m not keeping is; an old medium dog bed that is good enough to not toss, but more suited for on your porch for cats to nap in.
A new bag of hamster food, and some treats.
Various dog toys, and two small breed heart worm (Heartguard) chews.
I am in Clearfield County if anyone has an interest. Sturgis is not doing well, and I will have to make “the decision” within the next four weeks.

Do you know how this is torturing me he :barnie (Yes, you all do)?!
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yes, i just helped with the rainbow bridge on the 17th. still crying everytime i think of her. so my heart goes out to you:hit
 
BullChick said:
It seems that animals know when they are about to go, and suddenly seem to pick up. I guess humans do it too on occasion.
He has a few good days, but even when he seems okay, he can’t handle being picked up to be put on the couch or bed. He wheezes and pants.
If the air is off, he varies between panting heavily nonstop, to gasping for breath. The temperature is 70* when he’s doing this. Duckling has stopped complaining about being cold, because she knows that he needs it. She just gets her throw.
He’s falling and slipping around, limps on and off, is bloated (sometimes he can’t even lay on his side), coughing.
This all started pretty much the last time he was at the vet in April. Within a week anyway. Oh! He has developed lumps, and the ones I can feel in his stomach have not only multiplied, but gotten bigger. At first I thought the first lump in his stomach was just a fat deposit. Now I feel three distinct lumps.
Of course I can do more bloodwork and testing, but I just don’t see paying hundreds of dollars, up to 1,000 to do all the testing. I did that with Harley. One week, and $4,500 later, he died anyway.
“More” meaning he had tests in April.
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:hugs
 

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