Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Forum Maintenance
Just a quick message to say don't panic, the forum hasn't disappeared, it is down for essential maintenance and may be down for a while as these things rarely run smoothly.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Please spare a thought for Maeve
This lovely old lady is Maeve. Please spare a thought for a dear little old Irish lady who has had a horrible life.
Maeve has spent, at least, the last 5 years locked in a shed and never been outside. When our Eire volunteers got her, her nails were deeply embedded into her pads, she was extremely thing and she had mammory tumours. Originally because of her condition, our Eire Co-ordinator thought that Maeve would have a week or so of pure love in a foster home, being fed good food and then make a decision with the vet to send her her over the Rainbow Bridge.
In the tradition of a true Wiccaweys oldie, Maeve is having none of it!! She laughed at the thought of a walk across the Bridge just yet. She's out and her life starts here!!
Our Eire vet says she's actually around 14 or 15 years old. He said her heart is good and strong and she does have tumors underneath. He wouldn't like to investigate the tumours as it would disrupt them and he'd need to do a complete mammory strip both sides and he doesn't know if she'd be able for that. He reckons she'll live a few years happy enough as she's been like that for a very long time and she's got this far despite all the hardship. The vets advice is to let her live out her years with them. He doesn't think he'd be able to do such a big operation on such an old lady.
Maeve has come round lovely and will wag at her Eire foster mum and come for cuddles. We had hoped that we could find her a permanent retirement home in Eire, however despite Eila's best efforts there are no takers.
Maeve is so sweet and so brave, she deserves a couple of years happiness to potter around in. She has some arthritis in her back legs but nothing that stops her getting around, so she is coming to Wiccs to join our retirement home. She will have whatever she wants, for as long as she needs.
Watch out for a new Matriach on the yard!!
Our Eire vet says she's actually around 14 or 15 years old. He said her heart is good and strong and she does have tumors underneath. He wouldn't like to investigate the tumours as it would disrupt them and he'd need to do a complete mammory strip both sides and he doesn't know if she'd be able for that. He reckons she'll live a few years happy enough as she's been like that for a very long time and she's got this far despite all the hardship. The vets advice is to let her live out her years with them. He doesn't think he'd be able to do such a big operation on such an old lady.
Maeve has come round lovely and will wag at her Eire foster mum and come for cuddles. We had hoped that we could find her a permanent retirement home in Eire, however despite Eila's best efforts there are no takers.
Maeve is so sweet and so brave, she deserves a couple of years happiness to potter around in. She has some arthritis in her back legs but nothing that stops her getting around, so she is coming to Wiccs to join our retirement home. She will have whatever she wants, for as long as she needs.
Watch out for a new Matriach on the yard!!
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