If you do board your kitty, make sure that the vet is a good one. I had a nightmare experience with leaving my cat at the vet's and if I hadn't gone to pick him up, he would have died. They did NOT syringe feed him, NOR give him any IV fluids, even after I had asked them to. I complained to the Texas Vet. Board to no avail. That board is currently being revamped to get rid of the good ol' boy system they've had for years to protect one another. Sorry to scare you, but I just don't think that the vet can care for our babies as well as we can (short of surgery), and they sure don't love them like we do.
:) Wendy --- Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Leslie, > > Sorry for all of your turmoil about your trip. > Can you have Satch boarded at your vets office while > you are gone? > That way they can force feed him (and they are > usually pros at it) > or even give him nutrients via IV if necessary. It > would give you alot > more peace of mind during your trip... > > Kat (Mew Jersey) > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Leslie wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:47:54 -0700 > > From: Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: Satch is coughing > > > > Hi, > > I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond, but > things change so fast and I > > hate writing all optimistically just to be > congratulated and have to reply > > with bad news. > > > > Satch held his appetite and a ~102 degree fever > over the weekend. It dropped > > to 100 yesterday, is back up in the 101 degree > range today. His spirits > > seemed to gather yesterday, as his appetite waned. > His congestion sounds > > just awful, I wish that there was kitty > expectorant to give him. Nothing > > much is coming out and I wonder if the coughing is > making his throat sore > > and hence the not eating. I hate not eating cats! > They make me want to > > curl up and cry. He's not going to be easy to > force feed. He hasn't > > stopped completely, but compared to what he > normally eats, he may as well > > have. When do you start the force feeding? How > long do you give them to > > regain interest? Again, his spirits seem good, he > slept close last night, > > isn't in hiding, he hangs out in the windows and > meows like he wants food, > > then when it's pointed out to him, he just walks > away. He's still drinking > > water on his own. Does he know that he'll vomit > if he eats and that's why > > he doesn't? I don't want to add vomiting to the > mix. When I put more tuna > > in his mouth he gagged it back up. Same thing > with some fancy feast. > > > > He ate some of my raw food last night, not much. > He ate some baby food last > > night, licked it off of my fingers, but again, not > much. He ate some > > tuna/drank the juice, but not much this morning. > I'm off to the store for a > > humidifier to help with the breathing and the > makings of the liver shake. > > > > I'll call the vet again today to get his take. If > he says to start the > > forcefeeding, I don't know what to do. > > > > I'm supposed to go back home to St Louis for four > days tomorrow to see > > family. I can't leave a cat that needs to get > force fed with someone. My > > boyfriend was going to watch him, and I was okay > leaving him the task of > > giving the Clavamox, but he's a dog person (who > also loves Satch) - so > > asking him to force feed seems unfair to both > parties. > > > > I'll ask the vet today what the Western Herbal > Tincture was intended to do, > > I don't think that it's meant to be ongoing, it > made Satch vomit, so I > > stopped using it. > > > > I'm so distraught, I don't know what to do. I > just want him to eat again. > > I can't leave him not eating, but how can I > explain to my 97 year old > > grandmother that I canceled my trip to come back > and see her for a sick cat? > > > > Leslie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 5 > > > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:41:39 -0700 > > > From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Satch is coughing > > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; > format=flowed > > > > > > Oh for God's sake, Satch better be okay. With > situations like this I > > > usually stop praying to Spirit and start > threatening :). You did good > > > taking him in right away. It sounds like you > met a nice new vet in the > > > process and he knows about the 'don't wait and > see approach for a pos', > > > that's a good sign! I like that he was > encouraging you to adopt another > > > too. Yep, I like his attitude. Find out what > the herb is that he put > > > Satchmo on and let us know what it is, we're > always looking for benign > > > ways to improve immune response, (I assume > that's what the herb is > > > for?). How is Satchmo doing now? Any more > coughing? Are you positive > > > it wasn't just a hairball? Keep us informed, > > > Nina > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
