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chickenwhispers you really didn't have to embarrass us children of the 80's with that video you know. I completely forgot how "cool" we thought we were in those goofy leg warmers. :lau
BTW are you trying to say that Alaskan is Bruno? :gig
 
casportpony said:
@ozexpat (and everyone else), I'm always interested in having multiple ways to treat sick birds, so tell me, how would those of you that medicate treat this duckling with both of the bacteria listed below?



-Kathy
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Kathy:


1st step - get a thick sharpie and put a line through drugs banned.
2nd step - look for a drug that the bacteria are sensitive to bug

I would cull the duck and peachick. Psuedomonas is too scary a bug for humans to be developing multi resistant strains on my farm. If I was going to treat it I would avoid gentamycin for the same reasons. One day, you may get the bug that your peachick has and you would want doctors to be able to treat it.

When I first came to America I was appalled by the "life at all costs" attitude of medicine. I am not just talking about the financial cost but also the cost to the patient's dignity. Decisions are made because doctors are scared of law suits and patients, along with their relatives are not given realistic expectations.

Then I saw the pattern crossing over into pets. Now we do hemodyalis on dogs. Dog owners are taught that its the right thing to do and vets make a fortune

An appropriate treatment sometines is euthanasia.
 
dsqard said:
chickenwhispers you really didn't have to embarrass us children of the 80's with that video you know. I completely forgot how "cool" we thought we were in those goofy leg warmers.
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What you mean leg warmers weren't cool?
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BTW are you trying to say that Alaskan is Bruno?
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Oz, wise words. I only see news stories of three legged dogs originating in USA. Not a common thing to see here. I think it's important to understand the amount of pain many things will cause. With a human you can explain that it's worth it because of some reason, but an animal can't understand why it is subjected to constant pain for months on end.
 
Oz I have to agree with you and the treatment for pets. I will go some distance (BP medicines for my dog) but if it comes to a cancer, I will not put an animal through chemo treatments. I love my animals and try to keep them healthy (inoculations, regular vet visits, etc) but I cannot justify spending that much on a companion animal. I also cannot justify putting an animal through those kind of treatments. They don't understand what you are doing, all they know is that they are sick and in pain. I understand people who do this and would never give them a hard time about it but I look at my "contract" with my animals as to cause as little pain as possible and sometimes that means making the hardest decision (and least selfish at times) by having them put down humanely. It is never easy to lose one that you have loved and cared for.
 
dsqard said:
Oz I have to agree with you and the treatment for pets. I will go some distance (BP medicines for my dog) but if it comes to a cancer, I will not put an animal through chemo treatments. I love my animals and try to keep them healthy (inoculations, regular vet visits, etc) but I cannot justify spending that much on a companion animal. I also cannot justify putting an animal through those kind of treatments. They don't understand what you are doing, all they know is that they are sick and in pain. I understand people who do this and would never give them a hard time about it but I look at my "contract" with my animals as to cause as little pain as possible and sometimes that means making the hardest decision (and least selfish at times) by having them put down humanely. It is never easy to lose one that you have loved and cared for.
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As someone going through lymphoma with my very special cat, I opted to stop at the tentative diagnosis (additional confirmation tests would only terrify her more and not change the treatment [because I am not doing chemotherapy] or therapeutic outcome) and treat her palliatively. If we can't get her bowels under control soon she will likely need euthanasia. There's a certain point where the treatment is far worse than humanely putting them down. As much as it's going to hurt me to lose her, I refuse to have her suffer.

That's my opinion.
 

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