Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

Lol Trish, you never know when I am about!! ;) I am still up with Jasper pretty much every night, but usually only once now, which is a big improvement. Sometimes on weeknights I don't come on the forum, or next thing I know I have been reading and typing away and then it is time to get ready for work. :eek:

Well, I know I have shared Jasper's rabbit poop habit with you. But it is time for Mel, Patty and Valerie to be enlightened. :D :D If he has access, he eats it like it is a delicacy. Sooooooo gross. He has contracted a parasite twice from it!! Now I have my yard barricaded to the hilt, so for the most part I can keep those pesky critters out. I worry now about him getting ahold of any since his immune system is not the best now due Cushings/Addison's.

And I'm with you, if he gets ahold of a bug, it is likely going down the hatch as I panic and can't do anything about it. I am totally dreading when those dastardly 17 year cicadas start coming out here. I am certain my pups will try to eat them as I read that they taste sweet to dogs. I remember our family dogs growing up always eating those like they were going out of style, and they are EVERYWHERE once they come out. And they are huge. I am having anxiety just thinking about it!!

What are 17 yr cicadas?? We have cicadas here, but they here every year. I quite like them, well listening to them anyway... certainly not touching them. Flynn does not eat bugs, yay.. well except for fly's! That is one of his jobs, he actually gets a little manic trying to catch them :rolleyes:

Never heard of a Cicadas is it like a cricket?

Just thought. Why is it that the worst the poop is for them the more attracted they are too it! You think they would learn!

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Eewww...rabbit poop!!We have enough goose poop,no need for rabbit poop!Plus we don't have alot of rabbits,skunks,etc here because of the high coyote population.That's why I really hate when I see cats out because they don't last long outside.:mad:.

Fella was my little fly catcher!:).As dominant as he was,he was also quite the follower.He NEVER bothered with the goose poop till he saw Grace enjoying it so much and then fig he was missing something!:D.And then he graduated to the cat poop as well:D.I now have to face the opening of the litter box in a corner so only Buster can jump in there.BUT I still see Gracie try to turn the box around with her nose so she can get in there..yuk!!

Ok,I now have a serious question for you-I know I know I know I'm STUCK on that surgery and if I do anything this weekend,it is to email that doctor my concerns and clarify everything once and for all.As you know,Fella's tumor was tiny and was NOT in the vena cava as originally thought.Have you ever heard of dogs passing away after having an adrenalectomy?I never have-I read wonderful stories which makes me very happy(like your boy Flynny).But because of that,it makes me really question what happened with Fella even more.Is the surgery itself risky or only risky if it involves the vena cava?Just trying to sort facts out in my mind-hate thinking one way if it's not necessarily true.

Cicadas are like locusts. In fact they might be a type of locust. They are big and they make a chirping type of sound, usually at night. The 17 year cicada comes out only every 17 years to mate and lay their eggs which live under ground for another 17 years until they emerge again. It seems like they are usually around for about a month or so, and they all come out at once. The noise at night is deafening, it will really keep you awake. And they are literally everywhere once they start coming out. They have beady red eyes, and dogs love to eat them. They are huge, 1-2 inches in length.

Usually they are the worst on the East Coast of the U.S., but we get it bad here also, just in fewer numbers I think. We have regular cicadas every year also, just not an infestation.

Oh my days. I would not be able to cope with that. Do not do bugs. I would have to permanently stay inside for that month.

It is the surgery itself that is risky, vena cava makes it worse. I think the mortality rate is around 20%, so yes there are bad outcomes and unfortunately Fella was one of them. I hope you get some answers though Patty, as it will help in the long run I think. xx

Dear god that sounds awful! Imagine them living underneath you all that time. That's disgusting. We do not have those 17 year ones that I know of. So this is the year? I am imagining those plagues where they swoop in and eat everything in site and leave again. :eek:

Eeww...they are disgusting!We had them in Maine but I don't notice them here thank God!!
Well,the sun is coming up and the birds are chirping so I guess that's my sign to get to bed for a few hours before Grace is waking me up!So nice to talk with you all about just appetizing topics!:D.
Goodnight!

Night Patty! Have a godo sleep, don't let the bed bugs bite (or cicadas)... cya tomorrow xx