Anyone here owned a disabled pet? How is it? I've had a

Define disabled.

I have a dog with dysplasia in every leg and a non-functional pancreas.

My moms dog has bad arthritis in his back legs. Got him some rubber things for his claws. He has been so happy now that he dosnt struggle to get up.

I had a cat with feline cerebellar hypoplasia, and a cat that was missing an eye

>>2233514
That sounds disabled.

Once meet a cat with schizophrenia, that liked to sleep in the middle of the street, get into random people houses and behave like he has lived there his whole life.

FIV cats' lifespans are much shorter, and they'll eventually need vet care.

My shelter always tries to advertise them but they're less appealing than roundworm kittens. When you have a million strays to choose from, why would you pick a sick one?

>>2233542
In that case, I'll say something incredibly cliched and admit that I've never really seen him as disabled.

Expensive? Yes. Do I have to write up a 20 page manual for whoever I leave him with because his care is stupidly, ridiculously complicated? Yes. Is it easier to feed 20 racing huskies in the dark and snow at -8 degrees than it is to feed him on a regular day because of the whole pancreas thing? Yes.

But he's otherwise healthy and he's hit age milestones I never thought he would reach while maintaining a surprising level of fitness.

He's beginning to creep into old age, though. This saddens me, but it's the same age that most dogs of his breed start to slow down, and considering how absolutely fragile and prematurely old he's seemed in the past, I think he's doing quite well.