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We’ve made the call, passing her off in 5 minutes. Appreciate all the help, but with the rapid decline in the last 24 hours this seems like the most humane decision. We have a tattoo consult on Thursday to memorialize and we will scatter her in the field we took her when it was warm. Appreciate...

She does seem to be having some trouble breathing. She’s very calm and she’s lighter than she’s been. We gave her some meal worms and she excitedly went right for them (we know they’re not great for her but wanted to see how she reacted). She also gobbled 6ml of that prune baby food with water...

When she is in the tank she’s black all over. When we take her out to play she’s happy as a clam and closer to her normal colors (though stress marks are clearly visible on her belly). We are alternating feeding oxbow herbivore intensive care and another brand of omnivore intensive care powdered...

We were fine doing this if she wasn’t in pain, but based on the amount of gas built up in her system the vet believes she is pretty uncomfortable. We don’t want her to suffer if it can be helped and with all that gas compressing her chest the vet believes she is in pain. We were given 3x doses...

Surgery won’t help the gas problem. The gas problem is affecting her quality of life. The mass is about 3x finger width s long now

Vet took an x Ray, said there is a large amount of gas built up in her system that is compressing her chest. Vet said she won’t make it much longer and surgery may not even be an option if we can afford it. We are going to speak to the mspca hospital and see if we can possibly afford surgery but...

You think? It’s so large....... she’s been on laxatives for 4x days now, though her temps are still not where they should be at night

Got some prune baby food (was all they had at CVS). Mixed it with some water, olive oil, and raw honey. She happily consumed about 3ml of that. Just doing 2x baths today, second one soon so she was a couple hours under the lights before bed. Vet appointment is 1:30pm tomorrow. She’s so active...

Yeah the length of time isn’t that much of a worry, she was only going about 2 times each month in the last 4 years, sometimes less. The worry is how she keeps trying and only getting tiny squirts out as well as the size/firmness of the mass in her colon. We gave her a morning feeding but will...

All she has eaten is Dubias, crickets, and general greens (dandelion, collard, mustard) we use a separate feeding tank and she’s never out without constant supervision so it definitely isn’t something foreign. We are letting her run around the bedroom, it’s about the warmest place. She doesn’t...

Will 1x bath be good enough? The last ER said due to the size of the mass it was highly unlikely to pass, so 2-3 baths would be best. It clearly stresses her out, but she’s still lighter in the bath than she is when we put her back in the tank. Whether it’s a tumor or not, she’s continuing to...

We are drawing the bath almost as hot as it will go. We are filling it until she can’t stand freely in the deepest part, that pic was at the end of it. We are giving her 3x hot baths and 2ml of lacrulose laxatives each day. I’ve tried mixing a banana and some olive oil and as mentioned before we...

You can’t really see it from above. The previous picture I posted was of her lying completely flat, you can see how her right side has a large bulge in her middle.

If she makes it to tomorrow she has her regular vet appointment. At the ERs nobody really suggested an X-ray or blood tests, just hugely expensive testing regiments that we couldn’t afford. Hopefully the regular vet will be able to get those both done so we have some answers, but we are still...