I have just joined the forum and thought it would be good to introduce you to my lovely Bella. She is now 5.5 months old and is turning into a lovely girl. She has caused me many sleepless nights starting off with a nasty bought of Campylobacter 2 days after I picked her up, and just after she got over that she came down with Giardia and Coccidiosis. The past 3 weeks seem to be the first time I haven't been picking up cow pats in the garden.
The photo of her is when she was 9 weeks old and she is now turning into a lovely fox red colour. I'll get a more recent photo of her up soon.
The chocolate lab in the other photo is Harry. I lost him when he was just 15 weeks old He is still very much missed and yes I will admit that I got Bella a month later to fill the void he left, which she has certainly done and more.
I'll be having a good read through the forums as I have a few questions, so you may be seeing more posts from me soon.
Hi, Thanks to all for the welcome and as for Harry's sad demise, I've put the story below (sorry it's a bit long winded!)
Harry got hold of a tube of cream my Dad had been using for skin cancer. I suspect our kitten knocked the tube of cream onto the floor as Harry could only just get his nose to the edge of the table. I took him to the vet as soon as I found him eating the tube and they pumped his stomach and gave him charcoal. They then arranged for me to take him to Willows in Birmingham as they have 24 hour care (it was a Saturday). I left him at Willows thinking I'd be back to collect him on Sunday so not too concerned. Unfortunately he took a rapid turn for the worse and they tried everything (particularly as he was so young), but he didn't make it and I agreed the kindest thing was to put him to sleep. By this point, his kidneys had started to fail, they were helping him breathe and he was fitting despite being sedated This all happened in the space of 7 hours, from ingesting the cream
It turns out the cream is highly toxic to animals and in all reported cases of ingestion, the animal has died.
It was a hard and very preventible death and my Dad took it very badly. He felt incredibly guilty for a long time. Needless to say absolutely anything that even might be of harm is kept firmly locked away.
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Meet Bella
He is still very much missed and yes I will admit that I got Bella a month later to fill the void he left, which she has certainly done and more.
I'm so sorry 
