#tw animal sickness

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.

He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.

He was poisoned.

He was sick.

He was suffering.

"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.

"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain.   No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."

The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.

Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.

Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.

But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.

#flaco #tw animal death #tw animal sickness #better dead than fed is a horrific mindset #zoo animal welfare #screenshot feat the WCS's inability to remember to remove their editorial template from highly sensitive press releases round 2 #colored text #people who loved the ideal of him more than the reality of him #congrats #you killed this owl #I'm still so mad that people who wanted him to stay loose got all sorts of media attention for the elegies they wrote when he died

[hdsources]

hi everyone. i have some good news and really bad news to share. the good news is, i passed my exam. i didn't pass the first time i took it, but my retest was last friday and this time i did. i was extremely relieved since working and dealing with classes and the stress of it was very hard on me. so i'm glad that it's done. now for the bad news, ( tw: animal sickness / death ) my dog, who i've had for around nine years, went to the vet yesterday for what we thought was going to be the start of his arthritis treatment. the vet told us late december that he was starting to have it and eventually, we would need to give him a monthly injection to treat it, so when we went there, that was the only thing we were expecting to do. however, the vet checked him out and felt like something was wrong so she did an xray and my lovely baby boy has an enlarged spleen and two+ tumors (which she's almost completely sure is cancer) in his liver. as he's 12 (i adopted him when he was three) she did not recommend surgery and felt that it would only give him pain if he managed to pull through and as the tumors/spleen were causing him have trouble walking (what we thought was actually the cause of his arthritis), she told us to humanely euthanized him as he would not have the quality of life. we will be saying goodbye to him tomorrow at 3pm. i spent the whole day with him today and tomorrow me and my dad are going to give him an amazing last day before the appointment. this is the first time i've had to deal with losing a pet and the pain i've been feeling since yesterday is something i've never felt before. tomorrow is probably going to be the hardest thing i've ever done and i'm terrified of going back home knowing he won't be there anymore. he's been with me since i moved out of my parent's place, i never lived alone without him. i won't be too active until probably may 1st. i may come on earlier than that if i need to keep my mind occupied so i wanted to let you guys know i won't be online much (if at all) until then. thank you for understanding.

#update. #tw animal sickness #tw animal death

[nowimhaunted]

Guys please keep midnight in your thoughts I think she had a another stroke she isn’t able to walk because the left side of her body isn’t working

#tw animal sickness #she is going to the vet and I’m just sobbing <3

[swampstew]

Life update:

Well, cat news got worse. We’re looking at compassionate euthanasia for our girl. Our options are letting her go, or having her go through a CT and another tap but our vet said she’s already so frail and weak that he’s not sure she would survive any more invasive procedures, nor did he want to give us false hope with potential costly surgeries that have a 50% rate of failure anyways.

He recommended we try upping her current diuretic to see if that does anything over the next week or two to reduce the fluid in her heart sac but he does not have hope considering she’s already been on a high dosage for the last 6 weeks. Over the next two weeks we will be doing everything in our power to make her remaining time stress-free and full of love before we say goodbye.

That said, I will not be around as much. Content creation and original fics are basically halted but I will try and get some event stories out so I have something to work on instead of stewing in sadness. I won’t hold myself to a timeline for them but I already outlined and started writing them and want to see them through, so please be patient with me as I get them out when I am able to.

This blog has been my hobby and safety net since last year so I don’t plan to abandon it, however I may be quiet and keeping to myself. Please don’t take it personally if I don’t respond to messages or DMs right away. So many of you have reached out or been otherwise supportive and it’s been a true blessing to have y’all in my life, not just during cat’s illness but overall, and I want you all to know how much I appreciate every single one of you in this fandom.

- Raven

#Raven announces #big sad #unhinged #tw animal sickness #tw animal illness #posting update #swampstew bedtime stories #oh captain my captain mini event #blog hiatus #posting hiatus

[alfiely-art]

My bantam Yuma has started moving really slowly and tripping over herself with her wings slightly out. I'm worried about her. I was filling the chicken food container when I saw her trip at the door and just sorta... lay there for a second. I picked her up and she had the most defeated and sad look I've ever seen on an animal. She might be too cold, so I turned on the heat lamp. If she's still alive when I get home I'll bring her into the house to separate her from the other chickens, because they keep pecking her when she wants to eat. She's still trying to eat, which is good, she's just... not doing good. It's awful. I've never had a chicken do this before. Most of them have died via other animals attacking, one died of old age and it was so so so much different from that. None of the others are having problems, but I really don't want this chicken to die. She's one of the spunkiest and silliest chickens I've ever had. She's going to be a year old soon. I really hope she makes it.

#sigh #complaining #tw animal sickness #animal sickness #chickens #textpost #sad.

[missegyptiana]

one more hour until i say goodbye to my childhood dog forever. i’m in so much pain. this is my second childhood dog i’m losing and i just wish i didn’t have to go thru it again. but she’s suffering so much. i’m so sad rn idk what to do

#tw dog death #tw death #tw animal death #tw animal sickness

[frenchintellucteal]

About Beads 🐾

Currently worrying a lot about my little bean of a cat. Beads has had a coryza when still in foster care. He was vaccinated and all, but as you may or may not know, when a cat gets coryza, it will always carry the virus.

Yesterday, we were strolling around in the city (as we often do, never longer than 30 minutes), him in his special travelling cat backpack, sniffing around the book store while I would look around and relax. Everything was fine, he seemed really happy, as always when we go out together that way.

However last night, his third eyelid was showing a lot on his right eye, even with his eyes opened, light seemed to hurt his vision and he would squint his eyes a lot. He was very calm, which is unusual for him at night as he is usually playful during dinner hours (he's almost 7 months old). He would also not find any enjoyment in food. My partner and I got very worried very quickly, and tried to check if something was perhaps stuck in his eye : maybe there was some dust? Nothing. We tried to find some sleep and not worry too much about it.

Today, we were very happy to see that his third eyelid was no longer obstructing his vision! But our relief was cut short when during the day, we began to notice his right eye got really foggy. We tried to feed him wet food (which he devoured!) and make sure he always had fresh water to drink so that he would be hydrated enough. Tonight, his still foggy eye started crying and we're worried sick.

We're two young adults, my partner doesn't have a job currently, mine doesn't pay enough to be qualified as a job. We struggle paying rent and paying food. I don't want Beads to suffer because of human money problems. And I'm genuinely scared for this little angel.

PS. Those pictures weren't taken when his eyes were visibly impaired. I just think they're very cute. Also, I just wanted to vent about this.

#is my cat going blind??? #i feel so guilty i shouldn't have brought him outside #I'm so sorry beads #i love you my little angel #kitten #cat help #tw animal sickness #cat owner #cat owner struggle #tw animal injury #tw animal illness

[belleamante99]

Today, for National Clean Your Home Month, I took my old lady cat, Sophie, to the vet because she’s been acting a bit off. She has a diagnosis of stage 3 kidney disease but that’s been stable for more than six months. The last few days she hasn’t been eating much and has struggled to jump up on the bathroom counters. She was also vomiting about once a day.

Her kidney levels are the same, but the blood work showed she has a marker that indicates she might be bordering on going septic. They checked for a UTI, which came up negative, but sometimes cats with kidney disease can mask a UTI because they drink and pee so often. They also did x-rays and her lungs were good.

There is possibly a small mass on her liver, but they aren’t sure if it’s anything to worry about. Even if it is cancer, we won’t be changing how we treat her because she’s 15 years old.

She also has arthritis in her hips by her tail and in her elbows.

They’re giving her anti nausea meds, antibiotic shot, and subcutaneous fluids. If she’s feeling better, I’ll bring her back in a week to check again. If she’s not, I’ll bring her back Monday.

I now have no money and am worried about my old lady girl. She came home from the vet and promptly chowed down on food, which has stayed down all day.

#naclyoho #Sophie Rebecca Jane #my cats #cats #tw animal sickness #this is me

[mynameis-a]

does anyone want to know where the idea of jackalopes (most likely) originated from?

because i’m gonna tell you!!

(content warning for under the cut: talking about fucked up rabbits, and at the end there are three pictures of rabbits with horn-like structures on its faces. the first one has it the worst with the horns all over its face, the second one only really has them on one side of its face, the third has a few.)

ok so its called scope papillomavirus, or cottontail rabbit papillomavirus!

it can cause keratinous structures that look like horns to sprout on the rabbits head!

and, like how manatees were mistaken for mermaids, it makes sense as to how these horns would be mistaken for antlers. especially as they can form on the top of the head.

(IF YOU LOOK IT UP PLEASE SPECIFY “HORNS” IN YOUR SEARCH. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PART OF SPV AND THE OTHER VISIBLE ASPECTS OF IT ARE MUCH LESS COOL.)

aaaaanyways, this is what it looks like :D

i think its pretty fucking cool :D

#that moment when the autism of loving anything to do with animals (even the fucked up things) overpowers whatever empathy i have #i was originally going to post about chronic wasting disease in deer because theres an entire cryptid about that #(its called the notdeer incase anyone was curious) #but that one is a hell of a lot more fucked up so i just stuck with this one #♡⊱a talks #infodump #infodumping #info dump #info dumping #animals #tw animal illness #tw animal sickness #tw: animal illness #cw animal illness #cw animal sickness #scope papillomavirus #cottontail rabbit papillomavirus #jackalope #cryptid #i think thats enough tags #putting the a in autism

[awryen]

tw: sick animal

Not having a good day at all.

Oskar, my cat, had some kind of bowl obstruction/constipation last month. We got him through it and he was back to eating and not vomiting up food.

Queue a month later and we're back to where we were a month ago. Only this time, minus the vomiting.

He just wasn't eating. Or drinking. I had to force feed him food/water for a few days. He's gotten thin.

And before someone gets snotty, no, we didn't notice at first because he was generally ok and we saw him drinking from his fountain.

We still had a laxative left over from last month so we gave him that and did the force feeding thing before we were able to get him an appointment.

Turns out...fluid has built up around his lungs and heart, mainly on the left side. The doctor got it drained and he's feeling better...but...this isn't gonna go away.

He either has cancer or heart failure. Which are both pretty common in male cats, apparently.

I'm, uh...devastated. He's not even 9 years old yet. But his body is giving out on him.

We him back home for a few days, to keep an eye on his breathing and spend time with him...but we're more than likely gonna be putting him to sleep sometime this week.

I can't let him suffer fluid accumulating in his chest cavity and casuing him to have trouble breathing and unable to eat.

My mom held on to three animals way past the point where they needed to be put to sleep. I will not do the same to him.

But gods does this hurt.

#dunno if i'll delete #tw animal sickness

[caring-for-crewmates]

Do amongi lay eggs or give live birth? Also are there teacup amongi? I've seen one wandering around my new neighbourhood that I've been unable to catch, according to the neighbours they've been there for at least two years and are still very smol.

Amongi give live birth, usually in litters of 1-4 minis. They are born early, at around 5 months, and crawl into their mother's pouch to finish developing.

While some Beans are born with a stunted growth condition, one should not intentionally breed "teacup" amonguses. The condition that causes the smallness is closely associated with bone and lung issues.

#among us #among us babies #among us husbandry #tw birth #tw animal sickness #tw animal suffering

[meefy]

I try to be as relatively general and vague about my IRL life here, but yesterday we found out my fourteen year old dog has an enlarged heart which is constricting her trachea, along with fluid in her lungs. She is newly on a diuretic and a heart medication and just started a cough suppressant till the others take effect but she is still waking up coughing all through the night and has the past four nights now. We are all exhausted and I am bracing myself for the worst while we wait for her cardiology appointment to get a specific diagnosis. I'm crying as I write this, this dog has been my reason to get up every morning pretty much her whole life, and she is still so happy and full of energy and it would break my heart for this to just be it.

All this to say that whatever you believe in - good vibes, thoughts, prayers - my family and I would really appreciate it.

#meefyspeaks #tw animal sickness

[professor-nikolai-frost]

... I think I need to see if I can take a trip into town with Rover today. He has not been eating much lately and has developed a bit of a recurrent sneeze since last night.

#a current happening #tw animal sickness

[nowimhaunted]

Me trying to convince myself that I have other reasons to live besides my cat

#I’ve literally had her for 17 years now #since I was SEVEN years old #i can’t imagine my life without her and it terrifies me so much #tw animal sickness

[spamtonrescuesociety]

Hi, it's your friendly Cyber Cosmetics™ representative here again!

First off, I'd like to clear up any misconceptions. We've had a bit of a rough time in the press lately, but I can assure you, it's all exaggerated! We're pretty sure one of our competitors was out to dirty our names, so don't believe a word you see.

Our main Business Condo™ is a small room-sized shared living space for about 40 Spamtons, give or take—things happen, so it's hard to keep an exact count!—and they have a full, healthy diet of kibble, plus the promised kromer bill if they perform well for the week. You may be wondering how we keep track of all those pesky "pipis"—we've invested in special "Pipis-Be-Gone" surgery for all of them, so it's not something we have to worry about. We really did think of everything!

We'd love it if you could reconsider. Your Spamtons could help shape the future of Cyber Cosmetics ™!

Uh-huh...we see...

For starters, 40 Spamtons in one room is obscene. At the bare minimum, Spamtons require at least two arms lengths of space in both directions. I can't imagine how cramped they must be, I doubt they're able to freely move around.

Kibble can be fed to Spamtons in a pinch, though it shouldn't be their entire diet. We find that regular kibble dinners can cause stomach aches and malnutrition.

Finally, pipis-be-gone surgery is incredibly barbaric. A Spamtons ability to produce pipis is vital to their mental and physical health. People think that this surgery removes pipis production entirely, which isn't true. It instead leads to pipis being produced in dangerous places, such as the stomach or even the lungs. This, coupled with the dangerous product testing, is why your Spamtons are dropping in numbers.

We at the Spamton Rescue Society have no choice but to seize your Spamtons under the PROTECT act. Our insincerest apologies.

#spamton #deltarune #spamton husbandry #spamton rescue society #tw animal disability #tw dangerous surgery #tw animal harm #tw animal abuse #tw animal sickness #tw animal death #Cyber Cosmetics

[cecelovesrats]

jesus christ i just got back from the vet and vincents (the himi/siamese ritten) respiratory issues have progressed to a middle ear infection. i have never had to give meds to a rat this tiny :( i am so worried about him

#cece.txt #tw animal sickness #tw pet sickness #rat update