Hi Lance,
I'm sorry Ember is still having some problems. If she has a delicate
digestive system, the best first course of action is to put her on one
type of quality canned food, (see if you can find a single protein) and
take her off the dry, (it's harder to digest). Stay away from grains
and by products. If she likes the EVO, you could give her a few pieces
of kibble as treats, but I know that my IBD girl, Gypsy, has relapses
whenever she eats anything other than the turkey mush I make for her,
(I'll send you the recipe off list, it's really helped her). Gypsy was
very near death when I started feeding her a raw diet that saved her
life. Unfortunately my little girl is very finicky and she started to
refuse the raw. She's now doing very well and has been on the cooked
turkey for months. I'm so hoping that this is something transitory and
that her system will re-adjust. You should get her on a probiotics
too. They make a "pet formula" acidophilous that you can find at the
health food store. Start with small amounts at first. You might want
to mix in a bit of plain whole milk yogurt in with her food too. They
also sell something called Benebac (sp?), at Petsmart type places for
kittens to balance the good bacteria. I understand your anguish at not
being able to stay with her all the time. What can we do? Someone has
to earn the cat food! It sounds like she's doing pretty well, except
for the continuing stool problems.
Sending prayers, good wishes and calming energy to you and Ember,
Nina
Lance wrote:
Unfortunately, it seems like Ember still is having digestive
problems. On Thursday, the vet gave her the injection (of what, I'm
unsure), and I gave her a Centrine pill the next day. For Friday and
Saturday, she seemed to eat and drink fairly normally. No BMs in the
box until Sunday, however, and it seemed that the first visit to the
box yielded loose stool, while the second was definitely diarrhea.
She still has an appetite, and I believe she's been drinking water
normally. She wouldn't touch the soft Felidae I had out earlier, but
just an hour ago, she ate some dry Innova EVO. I gave her another
Centrine pill, and have picked up the wet food, leaving out only the
dry and her water.
Earlier on Sunday, I did give her a very small bit of Kitty Kaviar. I
gave her two treats of Kitty Kaviar on Wednesday. I'm wondering if
she's having a problem with that? Ember has really enjoyed the KK
when I've bought it before, though it may have caused one loose stool
once. However, about a month ago, she managed to get into a can I had
just opened, and ate virtually the entire can! I didn't see ANY
problems after all of that, which I thought was strange. Anyway, she
certainly won't be getting any for a long time.
I apologize for giving such a blow-by-blow account. I haven't gotten
any sleep, and I'm trying to decide what to do about work, since I
took off two days last week when she was ill. The one promising thing
is that she has not had the odd, listless behavior she had when this
all started on Thursday. She's been behaving normally, so that would
seem to be good.
Oh, how I wish I could work at home!
Sleepily,
Lance
