How many of your pets have/had cancer or tumour? If so, what kind of cancer?

Question

Curious to see if cancer is number one killer in animals. as with us humans

Really sorry to hear about your losses. I guess we all been through cancer.

Answer 1

I honestly have never had any do this. I feed the raw diet and i believe this has been a factor in my dogs being healthy.
There is alot of cancerous ingrediants in pet foods believe it or not. The chemical that is used to euthanize diseased livestock and cats and dogs has been found in many differant brands of grocery store food.
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cancer is the number one killer of our furry friends.............a cancer prevention diet for dogs should contain some of the elements of one for humans: fresh vegetables, essential fatty acids and a multivitamin every day. "It's a little extra insurance against things that break our bodies down."
http://www.janineadams.com/cancer.htm

Cancer is a major cause of death in dogs. As with people, it is much more common in older individuals than in younger ones.
http://www.espomagazine.com/vet/sept99.htm

all dogs have the gene just like people, but by feeding a healthy diet will help keep the immune system up so the cancer gene cannot take over. There are treatments for dogs with cancer just like on people,.

Answer 2

I had a 16yr old husky who died of Liver & spleen cancer. She hind legs were also paralized. We didn't know she had the cancers till the day she starting seizing 4 seizures in 2 hrs last seizure lasted 5 minutes. We rushed her 2 the hospital where we found out abt the cancers. We had 2 put her down because she would have kept having seizures 4 up 2 24 hrs then died painfully! My mother nor Husband could say yes to putting her down that decision fell on my shoulders! I didn't want her 2 suffer but I didn't want 2 lose my daughter! It was the hardest decision of my life to say yes! She was too old 4 chemo or treatment plus the cancers were spreading 2 her brain that's what was causing the seizures! If we didn't put her down she would have been brain dead w/in 24 hrs! Husky's normally live 12-14 & our vet said 16 was excellant! We didn't even know she had the cancer or tumours! All she had was fatty deposits under her skin which we had checked every 6 months when we went 4 her check up & Vaccanations! She only went 2 the vet 4 a check up 2 months b4 she died! That test even said it was fatty deposits!! I had her for 15 yr. I got her when I was 11!! I still miss her!! She died May 25,2005 @ 2:25pm. She will always b my baby & my daughter!!

Answer 3

It's unlikely you 'suffered' a brain tumour (i.e. it's unlikely that it appeared, then went away with some medicine). There are all kinds of reasons why your head can hurt. The only thing you can do is wait a month (like the doctor suggested) and then see what's happening. The doctor will have a far, far better clue what's going on then you realise. Don't trust the opinion of people on here (Who won't be doctor's), trust the person who's a trained doctor.

Answer 4

I found a pup abandoned in the Mojave in 1978. She had osteosarcoma years later. The other dog I had at that time had diabetes late in life and died of kidney failure. I have had another die of spinal cord disease. One with a quick growing cancer at age 8 , I don't remember what kind. I had to put our cocker spaniel to sleep last October for cancer at 16. It was a softball sized growth in his gut. I have a Great Pyrenees with tumors that are not cancer, not life threatening. I have two other younger dogs. I have had a number of cats. None have had cancer. I have two horses with sarcoma which is not life threatening now. I have had a horse with terminal cancer.

Sarcoma in horses can be genetic. The two I have now are siblings. Their mother has no cancer.

Commercial pet food would cause cancer in any living thing. They have even put euthanized pet bodies in it. It is garbage.
dogs have gotten ill from the amount of drug used to euthanize dogs in shelters being put in the food. Gross!

Answer 5

i just recently lost a boxer to a tumor 11-07-2006, the funny thing is when we had xrays done NOTHNING showed up on the xray... its f uc ked up cause i didnt evewn know if the tumor was cancerous or not. there was nothing we could do but amputate the leg but i wasnt about to put my 12yrs boxer through all that. so she recive the best care and attention for her last two months of life. 11-07-2006 we had and appointment to have her put to sleep and i call my horse vet to come to the house and put her down, well she was in a meeting so we made another appointment to take her to the vets to be put to sleep at 2:45... well at about 1:30 that day she wass whinning like she need outside so i took her out i the yard and was sitting with her and she died in my arms, she truelly showed how much she loved me that day and answered me, by going on her own with me there by her side she was the best of the best and i will never ever stop missing her. i will cry everyday till my time comes for me to see my baby girl agian ..she was just to good of a dog to have to say good bye too. im crying right now just thinking about her.. she was so much more than just a dog to me she was more like a kid, she was the only think that kept me here and help me get through my troubled life.........after i lost her from cancer my life just hasnt been the same. yes i do have another dog but he is not the same. there isnt another dog out there that could replace her.. if money could bring her back to me then she would still be here..

Answer 6

Only one. My rat had breast cancer. Luckily there was a vet in the area that would do surgery. She got better and lived another happy 6 months. A long time for a rat since the only live between 2 and 3 years.

Answer 7

My beagle named Joey was only 3 yrs old and got lymphoma, the vet felt that his lymph nodes were enlarged...he looked fine so I couldn't believe he had cancer. He did a biopsy and it came back positive, Joey still looked healthy aside from the enlarged lymph nodes...then after 8 weeks, during the last week, he started to seem ill, just threw up a few times, and the last day he woke up crying in pain, he wouldn't drink or eat or couldn't urinate...we took him to the vet and couldn't do anything for him, so to end his pain he was put to sleep , I cried so much, he went to sleep in my arms, I didn't want him to be afraid and I kept telling him I loved him...even now I get tears when I talk about it..so I'll end now. I wouldn't wish that experience for anyone who loves their pet...Joey was my buddy :(

Answer 8

I currently have a young dog with cancer - She is only 1 1/2 yrs old. Leah started about beginning of December with blood in her stools.. I took her to the emergency vets who kept her in overnight - She didnt poop for them but they did the general blood tests etc. We brought her home thinking everything would be OK as she was eating, drinking and still very active. Blood in the stools continued so I took her to my vet (the day after bringing her home). He did more tests, put her on antibiotics as he thought gastro etc etc. It was a couple of weeks until he said he would do x rays and maybe go in for a little look (as scans, blood tests etc shown nothing) Anyway while at the vets she pooped and he saw for himself the blood and went in to investigate. I can remember clearly when he rang me. It was 4.45pm 2 days before Christmas when he told me he had found a large mass in her bowel/colan and asked me what I wanted to do. There were 2 options - Biopsy or not to wake her. I rang my husband in tears and he rang the vet back and told them to do the biopsy. I went later that night to pick her up and the vet shown me pictures, this poor little baby had a tumor almost the size of a rugby ball inside her bowel.. He was gobsmacked himself as it was the last thing he suspected as the dog was very active, eating well, drinking well etc and had not once vomited... Anyway biospy results came back for us to be told chemo is no longer an option as it has spread to her regional areas.. Since finding out I can see the symptoms, She is becoming a little more lethargic and coughs a lot(but coughing up nothing) (Still no vomiting) The vet said we can give her whatever she wants to eat etc (other than the norm chocolate etc) She is on pain relief every six hours and cortizone 2 times a day to hopefully slow it down a little.. I know soon I will have to make that final journey to the vets and he will tell me it's time for her to go, and we as a family will stay with her until she passes over to Rainbow Bridge.
I dont think I will ever understand why, how this happened but I have been told it may have been due to a nick on her bowel when she was spayed. She was spayed at 8 weeks when we got her from the pound... Dont think we will ever know but I do know it is heart breaking for anyone who has to go through caring for a sick animal. Until the time comes she will stay on her medication and have her weekly vet checks

PS: I recommend every pet owner takes out pet insurance as so far in 1 1/2 yrs I would have had to fork out almost $10 k (Australian $$)

Answer 9

Rottweiler, Cancer started out in the ear and spread to the brain. She was 7 and many other pups from her litter died of the same cause

Answer 10

Unfortunately yes.

We had a chihuahua, and he had cancer in the ear.
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