My nearly 6 year old Boston terrier has just been euthanised and it’s hardest decision I have had to ever make. I love him like a family member so this has devastated me. I had a home euthanise so he would be comfy and feel at home. For 2 years he couldn’t poo properly he went once 10-11 days without pooping and needed to go under anaesthetic and have manual removal of the poo the vet took an X-ray and he was so backed up with poo that she was surprised he wasn’t making fuss he was such a quiet little boy (which made me worry even if he’s in pain would he show it) the vet noticed on his X-ray Hemivertebra in his spine near the end which she said that might be the issue with pooping it would need to go around that butterfly shape vertebrae she said if it continued he would need to see a neurologist, but my vets always ask for payments upfront and then claim back insurance which can take weeks or months so you got to have the money upfront which is difficult for me somehow I found £700+ to give him a chance because vet said if it kept happening or if he didn’t have the removal prognosis is not good. Vet prescribed short term use of metacam for if the Lee was any inflammation of is spine and special food. Anyway fast forward he had trouble lots of time he was still straining mostly all the time he would have some time were he would poop everyday or couple days and thought great it’s getting easier but then it would happen again and I was using laxatives to try shift a poo or on tender hooks if he didn’t poop for a few days couldn’t let it do that long without pooping or I knew it would get backed up back to the vets and they wouldn’t keep putting him under anesthetic to do a removal of the poop. It happened again I had to take him the vets and they tried a laxative that went up his backside and sent him time that’s what they were willing to try and to let them know that worked it did and he went toilet so I ordered more and did use them over the months if I get he needed it, but he started really straining all the time like he had difficulty pushing it out, he stopped drinking completely for 4 months (must of been getting moisture from food) and lost a bunch a weight slowly over time untill one day I could see his ribs even though he ate properly so I didn’t understand this. He started having cluster seizures would have one every few days or a few on a few weeks then stop for a few months and then happened again. He started to loose ability to hold a urine or poo he started last few weeks doing it in his bed or around the house which was not like my dog :( he always did it outside. So I made the horrible decision to maybe end a suffering I didn’t know how he was feeling about all this it must not of been nice, I couldn’t afford to keep paying vet bills upfront and then not having it back for many weeks or months. If he needed a neurologist referral I knew that www going to be very expensive. I guess I’m just giving background here and to say im
feeling so guilty and upset like i got someone to murder him :( I knew he had the spinal condition but all the other stuff that was going on with him was speculation to what was going on does anyone know much about dogs and have some knowledge to what may have been going on? Here are his symptoms:
Hemivertebra
not pooping properly straining
seizures
alot of weight loss
ceased drinking water
Incontinence of urine and poop
could the above be caused by Hemivertebra?
im just trying to work through my grief and I guess I have alot of unanswered questions and wonders x