I'm hoping it will go well tomorrow also. If only I could get a little food
into him. I can't believe this has all went down when my Vet is away. He
will be back in 7 days and at the moment it feels like a life time. He is
such a wonderful man, how he can work with an associate who is such a fruit
cake I will never know.
I feel that he is worst off today because of the mess she created in his
little neck, with all the poking, boy would I like to take some blood from
her with a nice blunt needle.
Thank You for your prayers, at this point he needs them. I will let you
know what happens tomorrow night, our appointment is at 6:00pm
Lisa.
<div>I hope Kitty's pred. is kicking in and the visit goes well with the
optho. tomorrow. I HATE it when my vet's not available. My vet can always
draw blood without the cat or myself ever even noticing she's doing it!
That's why I love her even when she pisses me off about other stuff. It
totally pisses me off when a vet or tech screws up a draw on a sick cat
especially. You and Kitty are in my thoughts and prayers.</div>
<div>tonya<br><br><b><i>maimaipg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]></i></b>
wrote:</div>
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style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#1010ff 2px solid">See
if you can find some Feliway spray--not the plug in--and spray it
around<br>where he is and on yourself. It will help calm him. You also might
try<br>catnip (organic or a plant if you can find it). I have used both
with<br>frightened, angry, upset cats successfully.<br>----- Original
Message ----- <br>From: "Nina" <br>To: <br>Sent: Tuesday, August
30, 2005 5:55 PM<br>Subject: Re: Won't Eat....Please Help<br><br><br>> Hi
Lisa,<br>> I can hear the panic in your voice and how very much you love
your<br>> Kitty. You are right, you need to get him to eat. It is
wonderful<br>> that he has been so healthy and has a few extra pounds to
help him<br>> maintain right now. He is in danger of HL if he goes
without eating<br>> anything in a 24 to 48 hour period. That means if you
get something<br>> down him, he'll probably
be okay. I know the sound of "syringe<br>> feeding" can be
intimidating. Don't think of it as "force" feeding,<br>> think
of it as "assisted" feeding. Like you would a baby. There is
a<br>> group for help with this, here's the link:<br>>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline-Assisted-Feeding/<br>><br>> Poor
thing must be so panicky with his eyes giving him trouble like<br>> that.
Not to mention the vet trip from Hell. All he's going to want<br>> to do
is hide. Please try to calm yourself. Put on some soft music and<br>>
keep the room he's in dark. If he wants to hide, go ahead and let
him,<br>> (after you get his meds and some food in him of course). Speak
softly<br>> to him and tell him how the two of you will see this through
together.<br>> Tell him you will do your very best to make sure no one
scares him, or<br>> puts him through any more trauma than absolutely
necessary. (I'd like<br>> to punch your substitute vet in the neck
btw).<br>><br>> Prayers that Kitty rebounds soon, please let us know
how you guys are<br>doing,<br>> Nina<br>><br>><br>> Elizabeth
Paz wrote:<br>><br>> ><br>> > Hi everyone,<br>>
><br>> > Has anyone got any ideas on how to get some food into my
kitty?<br>> ><br>> > He has had FELV since 03. He was a very
sick kitty and we were a<br>> > breath away from having to put him to
sleep. We wanted to try and<br>> > give him a chance, even though our
Vet and the Ophthalmologist that<br>> > was treating kitty's eyes were
against it. He was on Prednisone 5mg a<br>> > day for about 6 months,
he began looking and acting healthier. then<br>> > his meds were
changed to half a pill each day, and then finally a half<br>> > a pill
every other day.<br>> ><br>> > August of 04 he was taken off of
all meds, and became a healthy chubby<br>> > cat. ( 16 lbs) He has
been wonderful till Friday of
last week. Then<br>> > over this weekend his eyes clouded over
(Uveitis returned) and he is<br>> > not eating a thing. I have tried
everything, even his favorite snack,<br>> > and no way.<br>>
><br>> > We went to the Vet yesterday (Monday), and guess what, the
Dr. who has<br>> > worked with us is on holiday. What a mess. The one
that we saw was a<br>> > bit of a fruit cake. She tried to draw blood
and had such a problem,<br>> > it took three tries with kitty crying,
can't even tell you what I was<br>> > going to do to her if hubby had
not stepped in. I spoke to her about<br>> > the prednisone. She said
she did not want to put him back on the<br>> > prednisone at this time
and on and on and on. I told her our Dr. made<br>> > it quite clear to
us,( it was down on his chart also ) that if we saw<br>> > that he was
sliding to get him back on the Prednisone. It was like<br>> > talking
to the wall. She
gave me an anti-biotic for ten days for him<br>> > and that was
it.<br>> ><br>> > Today I called and got one of the other vets
who pulled Kitty's chart<br>> > and gave me a prescription for the
prednisone. I will be starting it<br>> > later. Tomorrow we will be
taking him to his Ophthalmologist and<br>> > hopefully she will be
able to get his eyes back under control. Please<br>> > God.<br>>
><br>> > I am quite sure at this time he is only seeing shadows,
and is so<br>> > frightened from every noise. I can't get him to eat.
I know how<br>> > important this is on a chubby cat, and how quickly
they can get...<br>> > Hepatic Lipidosis and it may be fatal with his
immune system..<br>> ><br>> > A few moments ago I put a little
food on my finger and had to force<br>> > his little mouth open and I
put it on the back of his tongue. He did<br>> > swallow it, and is now
sleeping.<br>>
><br>> > Would anyone know of any other way of doing it.<br>>
><br>> > Sorry about this winded letter, it has been a long and
heartbreaking 5<br>> > days.<br>> ><br>> > Thank you for
taking the time to read it.<br>> ><br>> > Lisa.<br>>
><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>>
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