An Update On Tiger And Cooper

I didn’t fairly get the bed room lobby to the “completed” level that I wished to achieve earlier than I shared one other replace with y’all, so in the present day, I assumed I’d share an replace on Tiger (our stray cat-turned-outdoor cat) and Cooper (our canine). A number of of you’ve got requested for updates so let me get you caught up.

I’ll begin with Cooper. Cooper is about 11 years outdated, though we’re not 100% positive how outdated he’s as a result of we adopted him from the Humane Society, so all we’ve to go on is their guesstimate of his age after we adopted him. At the moment, we had been informed he was 5 years outdated, however he’s at all times had the vitality of a pet the entire time we’ve had him, so I actually don’t know. But when their estimate of his age was correct, that will make him 11 years outdated.

And getting this canine to take a seat nonetheless for an image is just about unimaginable. He simply needs to run, play, sniff all of the issues, mark his territory, and so on. Obedience coaching has been an entire bust with this one. 😀

Anyway, about 2.5 months in the past, Cooper began regurgitating his meals, so on the night of July 4th, I took him to the emergency vet clinic the place they did scans and ran checks. The scans confirmed that he had a tumor of some kind in his chest that was inflicting a situation referred to as megaesophagus, and that secondary situation is what should be blamed for him to regurgitate his meals.

After which that very same week, he had an enormous cyst come up on his hind finish within the span of in the future. It ruptured, and the entire thing was very gross, so I needed to take him for follow-up vet visits for that over the following 4 weeks so they may regulate it and see if it might heal or if he wanted surgical procedure.

Due to the megaesophagus, I began feeding Cooper his common meals (Farmer’s Canine) combined with a lot of water to make it simpler for him to swallow, and I made him sit upright whereas he ate after which keep seated for 20 minutes following every meal. I additionally began feeding him smaller meals extra occasions all through the day.

Right here’s the loopy factor. I bear in mind again after I took him to that emergency vet clinic, they had been telling me the totally different choices I had, and certainly one of them was to place him down. That night time. They supplied to place him down that night time on July 4th, and gave me that possibility due to the “ticking time bomb” in his chest.

Effectively, ever since we acquired by way of that entire episode — these very attempting two weeks with the regurgitation after which the large cyst on the again of his proper leg/hip space — Cooper has been completely tremendous. He has had no regurgitation in any respect. His vitality degree is simply because it has at all times been. He’s weight is regular. The whole lot about him is strictly because it was earlier than I took him to the emergency vet clinic on July 4th.

It simply appears very odd to me. I don’t wish to pay to have extra scans accomplished as a result of (1) that prices some huge cash, and (2) they need to anesthetize him to do this, and at his age, I don’t wish to threat having him put beneath only for the sake of curiosity. It took over 24 hours for him to get again to regular after the final time they did that, and it simply appears too dangerous to do it once more when it’s probably not mandatory. However I joined a few teams on Fb for house owners of canine with megaesophagus, and I see the situation these canine are in, and it breaks my coronary heart. Cooper reveals no indicators of any of that. He appears to be thriving, and I don’t have any method to clarify that. He’s simply his regular hyper self, and all he needs to do is run, soar, twirl, and play. And eat.

Tiger can also be doing very well. He hangs round our home just about all day daily. He sleeps on high of our van or beneath our van. He spends his days hanging round our property. And each morning, I can discover him right here, ready for his meals.

He’s the sweetest, cuddliest cat ever. He likes to he held. He likes to be scratched. And I wish to carry him inside so badly.

I’m simply frightened about how he and Cooper would get alongside. When Cooper sees Tiger by way of the door, he goes completely loopy. Barking, growling, leaping.

I assumed maybe he would have calmed down by now since Tiger has been hanging round our home for nearly a 12 months (I feel). However he hasn’t calmed down in any respect. I don’t know how you can “introduce” Tiger to Cooper in a means that I might really feel secure doing in order that I can carry Tiger inside.

However I’d like to discover a means as a result of I need candy Tiger to return inside earlier than winter will get right here. I don’t need him to need to spend one other winter outdoors. So if in case you have any recommendations on how you can get these two to dwell collectively in peace and concord (or fairly, to get my very excitable, hyper canine to dwell in peace and concord with Tiger), I’m all ear. Even when Tiger stays largely an outside cat, I need him to have the choice of coming inside when he must or needs to this winter with out having to quarantine him in a single room away from our different two animals like I did final winter. I imply, if that’s my solely possibility, that’s what I’ll do. However I’d fairly not need to quarantine him when he’s inside. I need him to be like a traditional indoor cat when he comes inside, however I don’t know how you can get Cooper to permit that. So I’m all ears if in case you have solutions.

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