Little Boy Blue

Heh. Diddle.

Helter skelter in a summer swelter the birds flew off with a fallout shelter

I am sure some idiot is going to post in an indignant matter about 2,500.00 being spent on a dog while children are starving.

I have zero problem with this, not even slightly. Dogs have only brought me joy, and people? a lot of headaches, problems, and difficulty.

I would suggest canceling food stamps, welfare and instead spend the money on dogs. Every dime. Leave no dog left behind. Fark people.

I reserve the right to change my mind if a dog ever smashes my $200 truck window to try and steal a $20 GM factory radio, or if a dog ever calls me on the phone pestering me to buy something I don't want. I also don't ever see squeegee dogs begging money at traffic lights.

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. That's more than my lazy wife will do, that big, fat, farking, smelly baboon.

BTW: squeegee dogs would be a great name for a band. I call it, and shotgun.

Only $2500? My cat had an obstruction (hairball) and it cost more than twice that amount to get it diagnosed and surgically removed. Or maybe I got ripped off.

/doesn't matter though, it was totally worth it
//love that little monster
///he has insurance now

Nice

fred_chan: Only $2500? My cat had an obstruction (hairball) and it cost more than twice that amount to get it diagnosed and surgically removed. Or maybe I got ripped off.

/doesn't matter though, it was totally worth it
//love that little monster
///he has insurance now

Your cat was probably harder to diagnose, therefore there were more diagnostic costs involved. This was a young dog (most likely; I would say that because his rads show he is not fat and he shows no signs of old age in his spine). Young large-breed male dogs are most likely to eat crap like this, so a not eating/ vomiting dog of that description get xrays first. Additionally, he ate metal, which shows up plain as day on rads. Easy diagnosis. No need for a barium series, or repeat rads, etc.
Your cat, on the other hand, probably had non-specific signs and had a lot more rule-outs; also hair-balls are not radiopaque and can be hard to detect on rads. Maybe needed more than one set of rads, or rads and an ultrasound. I'm guessing bloodwork in there too, because of the possibility of renal failure causing GI signs.
Also, there are regional differences in the cost of veterinary care, just like with most things.
Glad your kitty is okay.

Good: Flock of Seagulls song from the other thread is finally eliminated from my mind.

Bad: It's been replaced by a children's nursery rhyme.

/Shakes fist at both subbies

ubersexy: I am sure some idiot is going to post in an indignant matter about 2,500.00 being spent on a dog while children are starving.

I have zero problem with this, not even slightly. Dogs have only brought me joy, and people? a lot of headaches, problems, and difficulty.

I would suggest canceling food stamps, welfare and instead spend the money on dogs. Every dime. Leave no dog left behind. Fark people.

I reserve the right to change my mind if a dog ever smashes my $200 truck window to try and steal a $20 GM factory radio, or if a dog ever calls me on the phone pestering me to buy something I don't want. I also don't ever see squeegee dogs begging money at traffic lights.

My $14,000 pride and joy (the older dog has had 2 TPLO's knee replacements and disc surgery). Better than a new car to keep him around for a while.

spentmiles: Little Boy Blue

He needed the money. OHH!

Man, do I love diagnosing metallic foreign bodies. There aren't many easier diagnoses, and more straight-forward fixes.

Also, I love that this is "national" news. I need to start submitting x-rays and stories to the local media.

Had a dog that ate a dildo a few days ago. Chewed it up well so the x-rays weren't as much fun as one would hope. Also didn't need surgery. Nevermind, that's not a good story after all.

my dogs (for caddisfly).
One lived to be 15, the other 16. Both passed a couple of years ago:



Roxanne, the reddish one, was smarter than a lot of people I have met.

They loved snow. (You can tell from their insanely thick fur). It had to be in the teens to get them to want to come in. To get them to look up for the picture I had to say "Squirrel" lol.

//so very hot

I was told there would be no Aerosmith.

Piggie in the Middle.

/Do a poo poo.