Hi All,
My family has had a shocker of a year with our pets, some of you might remember my thread regarding my 6.5yr old Bullmastiff and her cancer. She passed away in mid August. This tuesday, our 14yr old Labrador was diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread to his lymph nodes. And yesterday, our 12yr old Turkish Van cat (adopted her when she was 10yrs old) was diagnosed with a bile duct tumor with possible spread to her liver. Our previous cat passed away in 2009 from a brain tumor.
Our vet is at a loss as to explain why our pets have all suddenly got cancer. We have always vaccinated our pets, treated them as best we could when they were sick, and have had them sterilised. They get good food (Hills Science diet and Canine i/d- cats get Supercoat dry biscuits and premium wet cat food), and no one in our family smokes, we live in a good neighbourhood nowhere near any industrial sites etc.
We're very nervous to bring any new animals into our home (our only healthy animal is my 2yr old moggy cat). Has anyone else experienced this? We just cannot understand what we've done to have this happen
My family has had a shocker of a year with our pets, some of you might remember my thread regarding my 6.5yr old Bullmastiff and her cancer. She passed away in mid August. This tuesday, our 14yr old Labrador was diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread to his lymph nodes. And yesterday, our 12yr old Turkish Van cat (adopted her when she was 10yrs old) was diagnosed with a bile duct tumor with possible spread to her liver. Our previous cat passed away in 2009 from a brain tumor.
Our vet is at a loss as to explain why our pets have all suddenly got cancer. We have always vaccinated our pets, treated them as best we could when they were sick, and have had them sterilised. They get good food (Hills Science diet and Canine i/d- cats get Supercoat dry biscuits and premium wet cat food), and no one in our family smokes, we live in a good neighbourhood nowhere near any industrial sites etc.
We're very nervous to bring any new animals into our home (our only healthy animal is my 2yr old moggy cat). Has anyone else experienced this? We just cannot understand what we've done to have this happen