Hi Michelle, How is Lucy doing today? I hope she is better. I had surgery on my feet a few days ago, so I have been out of the loop and am trying to catch up on my emails.
:) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For the past two days, Lucy has had liquid diarrhea, > and now she is not > eating at all and is acting less energetic than > normal-- not chasing her laser > toy, which she normally runs all around chasing > obsessively, only playing with > string a little. She has had IBD since October, and > was doing really well on > a raw diet and 1.25 mg of prednisone every 3 days. > This came on suddenly > yesterday. Apparently Gray left out a bowl of olive > oil that he was dipping > bread in, and when he went to put it away a few > hours later noticed that a lot > of it was gone. Lucy does like olive oil-- I gave it > to her once when she was > constipated, just a teaspoon full, and she licked it > up. So I am hoping that > the way she is feeling right now, and the diarrhea, > is just from her eating > too much olive oil, and that it will get better > soon. I am not sure she has > every stopped eating before though. I put her back > on 10 mg/day of > prednisone, and force-fed her some turkey baby food. > She also licked up a little > turkey baby food on her own, but not much. This > morning there was foamy yellow > puke with blades of grass in about 4 or 5 spots in > the house, so maybe she > started getting nauseous from the oil yesterday > afternoon, ate the grass, threw > up during the night, and now has an upset stomach. I > am hoping that is all it > is. But she is positive, so I always fear lymphoma. > Salmonella is also a > possibility, I guess, since she eats raw turkey, but > it is apparently pretty > rare for cats to get that. Gray said he is pretty > sure that a lot of the olive > oil was missing, and there is nothing else that > could have happened to it, > as Patches can not jump on the counter. > > I have a vet appointment scheduled for tomorrow > morning. Do you think I > should take her? Do you think that drinking a bunch > of oil two days ago could > make her still feel sick two days later and not want > to eat? I guess that the > fact that she already had IBD and could not even eat > normal cat food without > getting sick might make her respond worse to > drinking oil than a normal cat > would. I can not handle losing another cat right > now. Not that I can ever > really handle it, I guess. > > Any thoughts, advice, prayers, or good energy you > can spare would be > appreciated. > > Thanks, > Michelle > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
