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So I found, so far, 5 more small tumors on Frankie since I shaved him down even shorter. He seems to be riddled with them. They are smaller than the 3 large ones next to his penis, but are tumors nonetheless. Most are about the size of a pea -- one is on the other side of his penis, two are one his back, one on his neck and one on his leg. The vet looked at them, and said he only see's the sense in removing the three big ones right now, and maybe one or two of the small ones for biopsy. If they come back positive, remove the rest. Negative, then leave them alone.
But he wants to split the surgeries up again, and do his teeth during one surgery, and the tumor removal during another. He said because his teeth will take a long while, as will the tumor removal since he is removing so many, and he feels it's too long for him to be under anesthesia. So we'll probably do the tumor removal first, since it's more important.
The vet also thinks he has a vitamin/mineral deficiency. Because I clipped his nails a few weeks ago when I first got him, and they grew back completely hollow. I also clipped him a bit shorter, so we could spot more tumors easily, and found that his skin was very... icky looking.
So the vet put him on a multi-vitamin supplement, and said I could add in the Solid Gold Seameal that I use on the crew, with his food as well and see if I see any improvement.
For Renee -- I called the health food store, and they don't carry the Essiac tea they said. They told me to try a place like Whole Foods, which told me they don't either.
Any idea where else I can get it? Can it be ordered online (and is that expensive?)
Also, Frankie is very picky, and only eats canned food, thanks to that woman feeding him canned his entire life. So... would I just add it to his can food and make it like a soup?
But he wants to split the surgeries up again, and do his teeth during one surgery, and the tumor removal during another. He said because his teeth will take a long while, as will the tumor removal since he is removing so many, and he feels it's too long for him to be under anesthesia. So we'll probably do the tumor removal first, since it's more important.
The vet also thinks he has a vitamin/mineral deficiency. Because I clipped his nails a few weeks ago when I first got him, and they grew back completely hollow. I also clipped him a bit shorter, so we could spot more tumors easily, and found that his skin was very... icky looking.
So the vet put him on a multi-vitamin supplement, and said I could add in the Solid Gold Seameal that I use on the crew, with his food as well and see if I see any improvement.
For Renee -- I called the health food store, and they don't carry the Essiac tea they said. They told me to try a place like Whole Foods, which told me they don't either.
Any idea where else I can get it? Can it be ordered online (and is that expensive?)
Also, Frankie is very picky, and only eats canned food, thanks to that woman feeding him canned his entire life. So... would I just add it to his can food and make it like a soup?