[Rescuemomma]

The owner can. But as I explained - These groups don't often help with chronic problems. They help for emergencies and 1 time things that once treated, it's over. I don't think alot of the things we're seeing are going to curable - Especially if we confirm he has Cushings (which my vet and I are very suspicious he does). Guess I should have explained that better - There's reasons I can't apply for him, as well as reasons he likely won't be approved himself. I've already given the owner a list of organizations that he can apply with. But after recent conversations with the owner, it's likely Moose is going to be surrendered to a rescue I work closely with if my vet determines that he's going to need life-long management and support. If it's just hypothyrodism causing these problems, the owner can manage that - But if it's Cushings or several other things we haven't ruled out yet, the testing to diagnose and monitor, let alone the drugs to properly treat it are going to be out of his reach. Right now my vet wants to focus on getting him as healthy as we can before worrying about putting him through any more testing or diagnostics. Alot of the tests can be affected by stress as well as some of the medications we have him on or have had him on recently. Best to let his body heal and recover as much as it can before spending the money on tests that could be inaccurate with his current obvious problems.