Buddy, The Mighty Lizard Hunter - Suspected Pituitary Macro Tumor

Wow, lots going on, hope the SEB helps over all. It's a good sign if that it settled his tummy. Of course pumpkin settled his tummy too but then the allergies :(

What a cool idea leslie has about the tummy test! Great one I'll have to remember that.

Waiting to see how he does on the SEB. Sorry I missed the poll. :(

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Sharlene, with my allergy boy, there will be many more polls!;):D
Condolences to you and your family over the loss of your aunt. I hope Molly wasn't too put out having to stay at the vets. Let's hope she didn't terrorize the poor vet techs. Was their hair standing on end when you went to pick her up? LOL
Hugs,
Kathy

I haven't been able to pick Molly up yet, we just got back from the airport. I'll be able to pick her up tomorrow morning.
I'm sure Molly managed to do some terrorizing. She usually does. :)
Thank you. It is always good to see the family, and sad to have to say good bye to any of them.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

I'm so sorry Sharlene. You don't have your baby tonight!:o How does anyone expect you to get any sleep?;)
Big hugs,
Kathy

It's just so very quiet in the house when she isn't here. Tuesday night, hubby came home from work, walked in and said I'm home and no one except me was there to greet him and so sad, but I didn't want any treats. It wasn't the same and he said, oh I forgot she is already at the vets.
Now I just have to figure out what time I can go get her, since I am working tomorrow. Ugh
I'll probably try to go early.

hugs,

Sharlene and Molly muffin

Sharlene,

my sincere condolences on the loss of your aunt.

I'll bet that Molly is having a blast at the vets. We had a miniature poodle that spent a few days at the vets. Come to find out that she was spoiled rotten! They share their lunch meat with her and she sat on the vet's lap every night while she caught up on paperwork :)

Molly will be eager to see you both tomorrow :)

Bum, i missed the poll. I would have gone for SEB though! Fingers crossed those allergies keep away from Buddy. YAY so pleased your holidays are here, sitting by the pool watching the butterflies and birds sounds idyllic right about now as we have an antarctic polar blast ripping up the country! Is freezing out there, very quick pee stops for the boy! But it's the weekend so we can stay in by the heater all weeked if we choose! :)

Sharlene:
Hope your baby is back with you by now. I think it is more stressful on the human end when they are not home. Tipper has never been away from home and I hope she never has to be. Blessings
Patti

Kathy;
So glad to hear Buddy had no reaction to the SEB and that it helped his tummy. After all tummy noises will scare the lizards away! I always have a syringe in my purse, and many in the house. They are handy dandy little items for times like these. Blessings
Patti

Hi Kathy,

Most of mine like the taste but I still mix it in their food most of the time simply for convenience. The one who needs it most often, Trink, is the one who hates it and the one who is usually off food when she does need it. :rolleyes: So I often syringe it with her, which is always a fight. I do sometimes mix a tiny bit of dark Karo syrup in with it to help keep her sugar levels up while she's off food - itty bitty ones are prone to low blood sugar episodes when they don't eat well - and the syrup makes it a tad bit more palatable to her. Another herb works the same way and is not endangered like SEB so I use it as well. It's called Marshmallow - and MAN, it tastes really yucky! No one in the house likes that one and you can't disguise its taste very easily.

I really hope the SEB works well for Buddy with no allergic reactions. Once his stools are more normal, you can start cutting back the SEB, making it weaker and weaker, til he is off of it. It doesn't need to be weaned, you can stop and start anytime you wish - but by slowly weaning him off, you can tell by his stools if he needs more or if you can continue to decrease the SEB. I gauge Trink's status like this - if the stool has a shine to it, that typically means mucous which means inflammation so she still needs the full dose of SEB; if the stool is formed most of the way, no shine, but has tail on it that gets thinner and thinner, then she still needs the SEB, but can try a lower dose. Once the stool is formed, no shine, no tail, then I feel comfortable stopping the SEB. I keep watching for shine or tails for a while and give her a dose if I see either one. She's had her first colitis flare in over a year just recently so I think this approach works for her. And we got through this one, like several other flares, without antibiotics. ;)

Hugs and gentle belly rubs,
Leslie and the gang