#tw sick animal

[dreaming-in-seams]

Y’all know the sick cat scam going around on tumblr? I’ve seen a lot of advice —good advice!— on how to not fall for one of those scams

But

I also know a lot of my mutuals are good people with big hearts who easily feel guilt-tripped into believing someone’s seemingly heart-felt story.

So idk if my two-cents are any help, but as a veterinary receptionist I think I have a solution on how to approach a convincing“Sick Cat” plea:

Offer to make a donation on their behalf directly to the vet clinic!

Idk about every vet clinic around the world, but I know amongst the many clinics I have worked for/with, none of them would EVER turn down an anonymous donation to someone’s account for their sick pet! I take many of those calls. We LOVE them! Any money towards helping a pet get better is welcome money. I’ve taken $5 donations, $50, $1000 —I even dropped in a $20 from our spare change bucket once.

Think about it: the vet clinic doesn’t want this animal to suffer. But they also can’t do a procedure or treatment for free because they have hard working employees to pay, and veterinary care (in the US) is privatized (it’s the sorry reality but until HUMAN health care improves, animal health care just is where it is in this country)

Does the vet clinic care where the money for the procedure is coming from? NO. They don’t care if it’s your grandma’s credit card, $6000 in cash, or a bunch of random people calling to put $10-100 dollars on some random person’s account. Money is money to an office manager, and whatever is there to cover expenses for a sick animal is a weight off EVERYONE’S shoulders. (I may just be a receptionist, but even receptionists hurt when an animal passes away.)

So. If you have someone on your dash or in your inbox asking you to donate money to their Venmo or PayPal for their sick cat/dog/ferret, and you really don’t know if it’s legitimate but don’t want to blow them off in case it is…

Ask them the name of their vet. Look it up on google. And call.

The receptionist will ask for the owner’s last name and the pet’s name. If the “owner” is legitimate, they probably will give you some identifying information for the pet or the account. If they don’t want to (for internet safety) there are ways for the receptionist to narrow it down. I.e. the procedure, age of the animal, when their last appointment was, their doctor. And especially if it’s a pricey procedure that the owner has had difficulty finding funds for, SOMEONE at the clinic will know!! If the person in your inbox is legitimate, then they will probably WELCOME you calling their vet to make a donation!

(Tbh, if people call to donate for an animal, it makes a stronger case for the vet to cut costs on the procedure because it PROVES the owner is making a sincere effort to pay)

DON’T just take the phone number of the vet from the person asking for money without verifying it. The phone number could be theirs or a friend who is just gonna take your card info and run off happily into the sunset with it. Verify (via the internet) that the vet is real. If the info they gave you about their sick pet checks out on the vet’s end as all being true, DING DING DING it’s not a scam!!! Donate away!!!

But if it IS a scam, the scammer will probably try to convince you it’s easier to give money to their Venmo (it’s not), or that their vet doesn’t take donations (they do). If they are avoiding this option, and the other signs of scam hold up, then block them and walk away.

TLDR: if you’re not sure if it’s a “Sick Cat” scam, offer to call their vet and make a donation!

#animals #veterinary #vet care #tw sick pet #tw sick animal #please ask if you want more info on how this would work #happy to divulge information on how vet clinics work #the more you know the easier it is for everyone

[pfirsiche]

Click for prices! No graphic nfsw but nudity and pin ups are okay.

Hi everyone sorry for entering my e begging era. For starters I’m a disabled autistic person whose special interest is birds, and I get deeply attached to my birds as they’re usually my only companions during bad chronic pain days. My canary, Calypso, desperately needs a trip to the vet but I’m currently not able to afford it. She’s developed big nasty scabs on the undersides of her wings and has plucked most of her flight feathers from the worse wing. We think it may be feather cysts but have no way of knowing. The sooner I can get her to see a vet the better, but i don’t even have the money to cover the urgent care exam fee the only avian vet in my area charges. Any engagement with this post helps, so even if you can’t commission me, just reblogging helps!

Thank you so much.

Attached below are bird pictures so I don’t seem like the ‘scam @ bankingsite.com “sick dog image” Google’ guy. She’s supposed to have flight feathers on that wing.

#commisions open #art commission info #emergency commissions #tw sick animal

[atonalginger]

Today has felt like the bit from Monty Python Holy Grail movie where they're tossing people are on the cart and the old man goes "I'm not dead yet!"

...I can explain under a read more. Tw: sick animal and talk of declining health

So Fry is in renal failure and has been for a year and a half now. Well probably longer but that's when we discovered it. And we have him on the special diet and he's on meds for his increasing bile and stomach acid and...

He was given 1-2 years. And his health is starting to decline in a way we can see. He hasn't been drinking as much water, he's been coughing more, and more reluctant to eat. Today he even refused food until I did a whole elaborate song and dance with him with a fresh can of food and a special lunch.

And he wanted me to sit with him and pet him while he ate, which he never wants...

I had a long talk with one of his vets and there are tests we're running but it's sounding like his health is shifting and there's not much that can be done...not with his age and condition. They gave him subcutaneous fluids and some anti nausea meds and we can hope he'll rebound but...for how long we don't know.

But here's where the Monty Python skit comes in. Fry has been lethargic and depressed all day until we started changing for the vet appointment. he sprung to life like he wasn't refusing food earlier, racing through the apartment like a puppy. At the vet he slipped his harness and nearly ran outside and was generally a bundle of nerves and energy.

"...I feel happy!"

But he still is reluctant to eat. And much quieter in the car...and his body seems to have absorbed that bump of water in a flash when it's supposed to happen in hours...he doesn't want treats of food right now...

I'm not ready for this

#personal #tw sick animal #tw death mention #hes not gone yet #but its a matter of time #it is not a good week for this #it would never be a good week but we have family flying in on thursday #anxiety is through the roof #I don't know how I'm going to get through this...I will...but gods it will be tough

[limescars]

emergency vet bills !!!

Our kitten Shrimp had an emergency and almost went into cardiac arrest yesterday. He's slowly recovering and is spending two nights at the vet's, as they believe it may be pneumonia, but he's so little that they can't run the usual tests.

Now that he's in good hands, we've been focusing on raising the money needed for his bills. We need $4000 overall, so anything helps, and all support is appreciated, whether it be donations or just liking and reposting. Thank you so much <3

#gofundme #mutual aid #mutual assistance #vet bills #bills #help with bills #help with money #help needed #please donate #donate if you can #donations #donations are appreciated #thank you for reblogging #interaction appreciated #pls interact #tw sick pet #tw sick animal #tw sick cat #cw sickness #ily if u interact #mutual funds #go fund me #funding #funds needed #money needed

[idledoll]

Guess whose turn it was to go to the vet today?

As I've mentioned plenty of times, I barely see Croak these days except on the camera mounted in his cage, but he popped out of his nest just as I was getting ready for bed earlier this week and when I got a look at him, I noticed he was breathing harder than normal. Since respiratory tract infections can get bad very quickly with hamsters, I didn't want to wait and see, so off to the vet we went.

Luckily, the vet didn't hear any clicking or squeaking and he certainly wasn't acting sick when he was giving them hell during the exam! But I was sent home with antibiotics just in case, since it's almost the weekend, so I have them on hand if needed.

Unfortunately, it just appears that Penny, Seamus, and Croak have all decided to start showing their ages all at once. Which is I suppose what happens when you make a habit of adopting middle aged/senior pets only. Especially when a lot of those pets have such short lives to begin with.

#The Hambones #Croak #hamster #dwarf hamster #hybrid dwarf hamster #tw sick pet #tw sick animal #petblr #hamblr #rodentblr

[caring-for-crewmates]

My amongi wobbles around and bumps into furniture :( what should i do?

In a situation like this, it's probably either a neurological condition that affects their balance, or they're having vision problems.

Until you can get the little guy screened for those issues, try padding furniture and keeping their usual walkways clear of any obstacles.

#among us #among us babies #among us husbandry #tw sick animal #tw animal suffering

[thelampisaflashlight]

Manager Cat is sick, and things aren't looking great, but we're hoping it's something treatable and that she'll be back to her old self soon enough.

We're trying to be optimistic, but the thought of losing her is a lot right now, even though she's still here...

It's never easy facing the idea that you might lose a pet, and it feels like so criminal that I've only gotten to know her for a year now.

We'll know more tomorrow.

#Lamp rambles #Can a duck be a cashier? #tw sick pet #tw sick animal

[yumnasfunblog]

So there's an Aesop's fable that's remarkably similar to a story in Kalila wa Dimna. In both there's an animal (a lion in the fable, in Kalila wa Dimna it's a Crane) who are having difficulty hunting because they are getting older.

So they both make a trick that involves lying and eating those who believed them.

The Lion tells animals that he's sick, so they'll visit him. Then he eats them up.

The Crane, on the other hand, tells the fishes that a fisherman was going to hunt them all, and that he'd deliver them to safety. But he just eats them.

In the story about the lion, the fox realizes that there's only prints leading in, and realizes what was going on. Then he warns the other animals.

The Crane's story ends much more brutally, however. The Crane makes the mistake of trying to trick the crab. The crab realizes what's going on (bc there are bones in the nest) and kills the crane.

Here are the links to the stories, if you all want to read.

#tw death #tw murder #tw lying #tw manipulation #tw sick mention #tw sick animal #tw hunting #tw animal death #tw animal harm #tw crabs #tw bones

[transcendentpheonix]

A cat showed up on my doorstep today. They has incredibly enslaved eyelids and me and my mom took them to the emergency room

I already feel like i have a really close bond to it for some reason and I'm prepared to set up a payment plan to pay for it.

I have started called them Bear

#vent #tw vent #tw vet #tw sick animal #cat #stay cat #rescue #blessing #goddess freya #goddess of cats

[amyrafierceblade]

My goat is sick and Idk how to help him

He won't hardly move, refuses to eat, he has mild(not very loose) diarrhea(not bloody though) and we can't afford a vet

Mom suggested he might be constipated, or have bloat, but is there anything else?? Something I can do at least??

#tw sickness #tw sick pet #tw sick animal #idk what to do we can't afford a vet

[miss-may-i]

Found out today that my little kitten has FPV. We're starting her on some pretty aggressive treatment and so far she is responding well. She's on fluids, Vitamin B, and anti-nausea medication.

#nonsims #fostering kittens #tw sick animal

[doctor-grimshaw-and-co]

Dr. Boris' Midnight Experiment

It's a little past 11pm. Dr. J. Damien lays with a pillow over his face, and sheets haphazardly laying over him; he's snoring so heavily that Dr. Grimshaw can hear him from his office directly downstairs. Dr. Grimshaw is writing down the process for new medical spells for Nurse Willow to try out, as well as compiling a list of ingredients on a separate sheet; there always seems to be something he missed the first few times!

Dr. Boris Ivanovich opens the back door, leading to the abandoned graveyard in the forest. He walks heavier than usual, meaning he's found a substantial corpse.

Dr. Grimshaw looks up from his desk just in time to see that Dr. Boris is carrying, not one, but two corpses; a half decayed human, and a fresh deer.

"Oh, bloody hell..." he thinks pausing his writing.

He hesitates to do anything for a second, contemplating if he should; last time he got involved, he got bitten by his creation. Luckily, it didn't cause any damage before Dr. Damien shot it. Dr. Boris wasn't happy that day...

But the last time he didn't do anything, it tried to eat a stray cat outside. Dr. Grimshaw sighs and gets up, following Dr. Boris and his new toys.

"Dr. Boris," he calls, "Your creation better not bite!"

They get to his office; it resembles an old surgical theater. He puts the corpses down on two tables next to each other, then signs, "No. I take lower jaw (of) human corpse, and upper jaw (of) deer. No bite easy."

Dr. Grimshaw sighs, "Well then, make sure it can eat, at least..."

"Yes," he signs turning around and positioning the corpses to be better placed on the tables.

Dr. Grimshaw sighs lightly, but smiles; he enjoys seeing his colleagues happy, even if they get happy mangling corpses to create a Frankenstein's monster type being. Well, granted, it's not like he can complain; it's only a couple steps further than he goes on his favorite (but usually unpracticed) hobby; dissecting the rats that his snake, Balthazar, doesn't eat and making tans of their skin.

Dr. Boris turns back around and signs, "You stay (to) watch?"

He ponders for a moment; "Yes, I think I will. Let me get my mask." He goes back to his office and puts on his mask, coming back.

Dr. Boris gets his surgical tools and begins to carefully dissect the parts of the human that he wants to keep; the lower jaw and upper torso. Granted, some of the muscles will need to be replaced with the deer's fresh ones.

He then dissects away the deer's upper jaw and head, as well as the legs and several muscles.

Dr. Grimshaw notices he doesn't take the tail and pipes up, "No tail?"

Dr. Boris fumbles a bit because he's used to seeing the memes, "No bitches?" and "No head?" on Twitter and Pinterest.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you..."

"No," he signs before turning around, "I see two jokes on internet, similar (to what) you said."

"Oh," Dr. Grimshaw is on Pinterest and Tumblr a lot, "Like, "No head?"

Dr. Boris facepalms, "You (are) old. Why (do) you know (that)?"

"Oh, come now; it's not as if I'm completely technologically illiterate!" he chuckles, "And I believe I was the one who introduced you to Pinterest?"

He hangs his head; "For love of god, why is he like this...?" he thinks. He signs, "Fine." and goes back to dissecting the animal, now getting the tail, just so Dr. Grimshaw won't say that again.

After about another hour and a half of surgery, Dr. Boris is stitching up the new creation. Said creation looks similar to a forest god, or monster, depending on the genre.

He signs for Dr. Grimshaw to come over, which he does, and heal the incision sights, which he also does; he puts one hand at one end of an incision, then "zips up" along it (this is how he gets bitten by things, but at least he started with the mouth this time).

When Dr. Grimshaw's done, Dr. Boris begins using his elemental powers to start moving blood, moving air, and sending sparks of electricity to restart the heart and brain.

After a few minutes of doing that, the corpse begins to twitch, then flex its fingers and hooves, then eyes and jaws.

He continues helping send electrical signals to the muscles so it can loosen up and start moving properly on its own.

It tries to get up, but falls off the table and breaks its upper jaw and nose in half; it groans weakly. Dr. Grimshaw instinctively tries to help it and corrects the broken bone. Several maggots wiggle out of its bleeding nose and fall to the floor.

"Okay, then," Dr. Grimshaw says, "At least that groan means there's some brain activity despite the maggots..."

The corpse starts to try and move on its own. It moves like a deer, but falls to the floor because of the short arms.

It begins to try and scream; it comes out as a low hiss, then gargle. It coughs and a slurry of blood, maggots, and their waste comes out of it's lungs; into Dr. Grimshaw's face (this is why he wears the mask!)

The corpse begins to choke and convulse, hitting Dr. Grimshaw with a few appendages, including an antler, as he gets up and away from it.

It begins to, almost purposefully, bash its head against the ground and table; which causes quite a racket. Dr. Damien rushes down the stairs and both the doctors freeze and turn towards the open door hearing his footsteps.

"What in the goddamn fuck!?" he yells, still in his pajamas but wearing his mask and some slip on boots, "Do you fucking realize it's fucking midnight!?" He sees the, now just twitching, corpse, "Guys, what the fuck...?"

"Sorry..." Dr. Grimshaw says and Dr. Boris signs.

Dr. Damien facepalms and throws his head back, "Ughhhh!" he brings his head back, "Could you at least try to not make creations at midnight???"

Dr. Boris signs, "Only time (to) get corpses..."

Dr. Damian hangs his head, "I need a fucking sound proof room..." and goes back upstairs.

After he's gone, Dr. Boris signs, "Deer maybe sick."

Dr. Grimshaw sighs, "Yes, well, let's clean up, shall we?"

The two spend the next few hours cleaning up the mess ("It's good that Nurse Willow didn't wake up!") and disinfecting the room, hallway, and taking a shower with anti-viral, bacterial, and fungal soap.

They have learned nothing from this and will do it again. Probably within the next week or so. Granted, if Balthazar doesn't eat the next day, it might honestly be tomorrow morning.

They will not learn anything from that either.

#dr. grimshaw and co lore post #oc lore #dr. grimshaw #dr. j. damien #dr. boris ivanovich #nurse willow #necromancy #healing magic #frankenstein style monster #tw corpse #tw dead animal #tw chronic wasting disease #tw dissection #vulture culture #plaguecore #plague doctors #plague doctor ocs #snake mention #tw sick animal #yes they showered together #balthazar the pet snake

[rielzero]

My guinea pig might not make it through the night. She's sick.

(Pic was from when she was fine)

I'm so fucking sad man. This happened to me before with Wibble. Mikki died of old age during the night last year. Pucky has only been with me a year and now she's going to leave me.

I've been crying the whole day. My sweet baby.. 😢😥

#tw sick animal

[idledoll]

It's like watching a whack-a-mole machine running.

So, as you can see, I took Penny to the vet yesterday. She's been showing signs of chronic kidney disease for a couple months now. I've been watching her closely at home while feeding her a kidney-friendly diet, but this week she suddenly lost a bunch of weight and started looking distinctly the worse for wear, so I took her in to make sure there wasn't anything I was missing.

The vet agrees that it's most likely CKD (it's difficult to say for sure without blood tests, which are difficult to do on a hamster) and that what I'm already doing with her diet is pretty much all she can recommend.

The good news is, Penny is still bright and energetic. I've given up on trying to guess how much time I have left with a hamster, since they always seem determined to go in the opposite way you expect, so we'll just take each day as it comes and see what happens. In the meantime, Penny is getting a lot of oatmeal and scrambled eggs, which she is loving.

#The Hambones #Penny #hamster #syrian hamster #petblr #rodentblr #hamblr #tw sick animal

[multifandomsoup]

Out for an ultrasound

#marcy dont look #hospital #tw sick animal #tw animal injury

[yoohyeontual]

Puppy is okay 🥰

#well he’s not getting worse for now at least 😭 #they took some blood to test if he need more potassium or if he pee so much cause of diabetes #and I hope really bad that it’s not diabetes isn’t he suffering enough 😭 #but physically he is okay everything is fine other than it’s heart #he’s sleeping now going too many emotions going to the vet kcbdjdjd #he couldn’t stop moving the vet is so kind but you could see under all the comfort they try to show him they were annoy fkdbjdbd #and me and my dad tried to calm but nothing work without touching him but we couldn’t get in the way neither poor baby fkdbjdjd #that makes me feel better being alone with him for so long like yes I’m always worried about his heart #but at least no worry add to all of this :’) #except if they tell us he has diabetes but still not bad enough for me to freak out #alex.txt #tw sick dog #tw sick pet #tw sick animal