Gwen and Morris
Member Since 2009
OK, so Morris & I have been hiding again for a couple weeks...sorry, but life gets in the way some times! I have finally had a chance to update his spreadsheet though! I have not tested him yesterday or today as I ran out of strips!!! UGH!! I will be heading to the store for more today.
I took Morris to the vet yesterday for his yearly checkup. My vet looked at his teeth & then showed me...he DEFINATELY needs a dental! While doing his exam, she discovered that Morris has a slight heart arrhythmia! When she was listening to his heart the first time, she heard this arrhythmia twice. When she tried to listen for it again later during his exam, she did not hear it again. I will be posting over on health to find out more about this, but it could cause complications for him having anesthesia. I doubt my husband will agree to spend the small fortune it would cost for Morris to see a cardiologist (not to mention, it would also involve a long & costly ferry ride to the mainland for this). It sounds like my vet would be willing to do a dental for Morris even with this arrhythmia, but she wants to prepare me that things may go wrong because of this.
Unfortunately, we could not get his labwork done yesterday because the silly boy urinated during the short trip from the exam room to the back room where they take the lab samples! We have made an appointment to go back next Thursday to have all his labwork drawn.
The rest of his checkup was very good! His weight is holding steady at 6.12kg or 13.49lbs....my vet says this probably slightly more than his ideal weight, but with his diabetes factored in, it is probably a good weight for him...we just don't want him getting any heavier than this. He was also given his yearly combo vaccine for panleukopenia, calicivirus & phinotracheitis; his rabies vaccine is not due again until Aug 2012.
I took Morris to the vet yesterday for his yearly checkup. My vet looked at his teeth & then showed me...he DEFINATELY needs a dental! While doing his exam, she discovered that Morris has a slight heart arrhythmia! When she was listening to his heart the first time, she heard this arrhythmia twice. When she tried to listen for it again later during his exam, she did not hear it again. I will be posting over on health to find out more about this, but it could cause complications for him having anesthesia. I doubt my husband will agree to spend the small fortune it would cost for Morris to see a cardiologist (not to mention, it would also involve a long & costly ferry ride to the mainland for this). It sounds like my vet would be willing to do a dental for Morris even with this arrhythmia, but she wants to prepare me that things may go wrong because of this.
Unfortunately, we could not get his labwork done yesterday because the silly boy urinated during the short trip from the exam room to the back room where they take the lab samples! We have made an appointment to go back next Thursday to have all his labwork drawn.
The rest of his checkup was very good! His weight is holding steady at 6.12kg or 13.49lbs....my vet says this probably slightly more than his ideal weight, but with his diabetes factored in, it is probably a good weight for him...we just don't want him getting any heavier than this. He was also given his yearly combo vaccine for panleukopenia, calicivirus & phinotracheitis; his rabies vaccine is not due again until Aug 2012.
