Hi,
I'm new to these forums. A couple weeks ago, my dog had trouble getting up and his hinder legs were very weak. I took him to vet and they ran blood tests. They said that he has diabetes as well as hypothyroidism.
He's only 7 years old. Anyways. He gave me thyroid pills and insulin injections. I started him on those and the first few days went relatively ok. Now my dog absolutely refuses to eat anything. I gave him 4 different types of canned food, 2 different types of dry food, chicken breast, canned fish, cheese, peanut butter, all the stuff he used to LOVE until this week. He won't eat any of them. He will sniff them for half a second, and turn his head away in disgust.
It's been 2 days and I can't even give him insulin if he's not eating. Also, I'm on the younger side myself too and I have a terrible phobia of needles, injections, drawing blood, most medical procedures that involve cutting or piercing through the skin and this whole thing has been extremely difficult for me. My hands literally shake when I'm getting ready to give him insulin and I can't sleep at night thinking about it. There is NO way I could draw blood from him in order to monitor his glucose because I'd faint as soon as I saw his blood.
I honestly don't know what to do and I honestly think I don't have the capability to take care of a diabetic dog, especially when he refuses to eat and I have no idea what's going on. The vet said "even if he skips a meal, you can still give him half dose of insulin" but what happens when he skips like 6 meals?
Also he's a very large dog at nearly 100 pounds and since his hinder legs are weak due to diabetes, I can't just take him to vet all the time. He has great difficulty even standing up and even greater difficulty getting in my car. If he was a small breed, I could just grab him and carry him to the vet every time something goes wrong.
He's too young to be put down due to my incompetency either. I wish there was a shelter where I could put him, pay for all his medical and food expenses and they watch and monitor him. If there was such place, I'd donate money to them every month for the rest of my life. I definitely don't want to put him down and I don't know what I'm going to do. I feel like he's going to suffer until he passes because of me.
I'm new to these forums. A couple weeks ago, my dog had trouble getting up and his hinder legs were very weak. I took him to vet and they ran blood tests. They said that he has diabetes as well as hypothyroidism.
He's only 7 years old. Anyways. He gave me thyroid pills and insulin injections. I started him on those and the first few days went relatively ok. Now my dog absolutely refuses to eat anything. I gave him 4 different types of canned food, 2 different types of dry food, chicken breast, canned fish, cheese, peanut butter, all the stuff he used to LOVE until this week. He won't eat any of them. He will sniff them for half a second, and turn his head away in disgust.
It's been 2 days and I can't even give him insulin if he's not eating. Also, I'm on the younger side myself too and I have a terrible phobia of needles, injections, drawing blood, most medical procedures that involve cutting or piercing through the skin and this whole thing has been extremely difficult for me. My hands literally shake when I'm getting ready to give him insulin and I can't sleep at night thinking about it. There is NO way I could draw blood from him in order to monitor his glucose because I'd faint as soon as I saw his blood.
I honestly don't know what to do and I honestly think I don't have the capability to take care of a diabetic dog, especially when he refuses to eat and I have no idea what's going on. The vet said "even if he skips a meal, you can still give him half dose of insulin" but what happens when he skips like 6 meals?
Also he's a very large dog at nearly 100 pounds and since his hinder legs are weak due to diabetes, I can't just take him to vet all the time. He has great difficulty even standing up and even greater difficulty getting in my car. If he was a small breed, I could just grab him and carry him to the vet every time something goes wrong.
He's too young to be put down due to my incompetency either. I wish there was a shelter where I could put him, pay for all his medical and food expenses and they watch and monitor him. If there was such place, I'd donate money to them every month for the rest of my life. I definitely don't want to put him down and I don't know what I'm going to do. I feel like he's going to suffer until he passes because of me.
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