Thanks, Michelle...I had the same reservations about the cypro as I haven't had much luck with it in the past...I, too, thought that steroids would be enough to stimulate his appetite (and they did, he ate well before the cypro kicked in)! Okay...I'll give my vet a call and ask for the combo shot and see where that takes us! It's 1/2 cc of each, right? Thanks, again...
Jen **************************************************** "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan George ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:50 am Subject: Re: What to do next for Ewok > > I absolutely think it is safe to give him the combo shot. The depo > will not > actually kick in for a couple of days, and I know from experience > with Simon > that you can give a dex shot two days in a row (I think I gave it > to him three > days in a row when I thought he was dying the first time). > > Cypro can make them restless. How much did you give him? You can > try giving > half the dose. The good thing about giving a lot of steroids, > though, is that > it stimulates appetite even better than cypro, usually, so you may > not need > to give that at all if you give him the combo shot. > > If the vet will not give him depo, I would seriously suggest upping > his pred > dosage. I know you can give 20 mg/day to a cat with cancer, and > someone > posted last night that her cat was on 40 mg/day. > > Sorry you are going through this, > Michelle > > In a message dated 1/10/2006 9:45:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Well, we had a few good hours last night just after he came home from > the vet's (that's when I took that picture of him). The vet had > givenhim cypro and I believe this may have affected him negatively > as he > became restless as the evening went on. This morning he is up and > about, but his walk is stiff and he still seems to be a little > restless,though not as much as last night. There was a glimmer of > hope when he > went to the dry food dish and bent over to try to eat (he hasn't > eatendry food in some time)...but he just couldn't bring himself > to actually > eat (he tried a couple of times). I'm going to syringe a little food > into him and see how he tolerates that, would it be safe to give > him the > combo shot, Michelle? I guess it's just touch-and-go, right > now...I'mlooking for signs from him as to what he wants to do... > > Jen > > > > >
