Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary

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Max

Max

Max

It is with great sadness that we tell you that Max passed at 2pm on 13 March 2024, surrounded by all the people he loved and who loved him.
He hadn't been able to eat for a day or so, and cried throughout the night.
The night staff, Richard and Jr had been taking turns holding him and playing soft music.

Max

Max

Max RIP

Max RIP

He could no longer stand and was whimpering.
We have fought alongside Max through the many ordeals he has had, but this time there was no fight to be fought.
We took him outside at 9am and sat with him under his favourite mango tree. He was very peaceful there with us all sitting around him stroking him and retelling the tales of the adventures he has had.

We told him how special he was, what a good boy he was and how dearly he was loved.  When it was time we held his head, looked him in the eyes and told him he was just going to sleep for a short while. And when he wakes up, he will be in the most beautiful place. Shaun will be waiting for him, along with his other friends.  He passed under his favourite mango tree, and we held a service for him there.
He was cremated and his ashes are next to Shaun's in The Mighty Shaun Memorial Clinic.
Run free Max, you were the best of boys.

Max

Max recovered

Max Recovers

All Max's boils are gone! We are monitoring every day but as of 3 weeks ago no new boils have appeared. Plus his cough seems to have gone. No coughing at all in the last couple of weeks.
This is still all very tentative but it seems like he is in a good place for now.

Max boils gone

Read all about Max on his Profile Page. 

Max responds to antibiotics

Max responds to antibiotics

As we reported last week, Max has been getting multiple boils over the last couple of months.  We were able to have the bacteria identified as a strain similar to MRSA, which is resistant to most antibiotics.  

Max during treatment

Three treatments were available - one was too strong for his failing kidneys, another was far too expensive, but Rifampicin, was cheaper and available.

Rifampicin antibiotics

Max's boils disappearing

5 days later, the boils are drying up, and he hasn't thrown up which is great as if he did we would have to stop using it.

Max gets treatment for boils

Max has been getting multiple boils over the last couple of months. We have tried him on numerous antibiotics and also tested him for Cancer - thankfully he was negative. Ideally, we would do a culture of the boil to identify what bacteria is causing the problem but there is nowhere to do that here in Dumaguete. The boils are very painful for him.
We are limited with medications for Max as he has kidney disease so we need to be careful we don't overtax his kidneys

Max gets treatment