I've been offline for a few days. I hope Spencer feels better.
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Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Tonya,
I think he's okay from eating the litter. It was just another thing to worry me and the one thing I wasn't doing anything about. The vet had suggested an ultra sound to check, but I've been spending so much money (I don't have) the last couple of weeks on animal related stuff that I decided to wait and watch instead. Of course after I got home I wasn't sure I'd done the right thing.
No, I didn't know he was positive. I suspected he was fiv +, but it was a shock to hear he was pos for both fiv and felv. Like Michelle said, he may not really be pos for fiv, I'll know for certain when we do the IFA test. I did start him on Dox this morning and I'll be starting the VO this evening when Bruce gets home to hold him for me.
His respiratory rate has me concerned. I just looked up the normal rate and found out it's 16-40 breaths per minute. Spence is at 52. Other than that he is slowly improving symptom wise. I'm going to go and offer him more food right now. Thanks for the support,
Nina
catatonya wrote:Nina,First of all I really doubt this has anything to do with the clumping litter. Did you not know Spencer was positive? I would treat with doxy just in case of hemobart and maybe try immunoregulin. Hang in there.First of all, I'm sorry I haven't been able to keep up with the list
lately. As always, my prayers are with you and your furbabies.
I got some bad news about Spencer yesterday. For about five days before
I took him to the Internist on Friday, he'd been showing symptoms...
Clear discharge from his eyes and nose, waning appetite, lethargy and
then finally I caught him eating some of that dreaded clumping litter.
I know, I know, we just discussed the hazards of clumping litter, but I
bought some more of it because I needed some and it was all Costco had
in stock. About two weeks ago he also had a bout of vomiting that
lasted a couple of days. I'm still waiting for my vet's office to send
me the full results of his cbc, he's got anemia, (Hematocrit 19.5 and
Nutri-fils 1295). I'm reeling from the result of his fiv/felv tests,
he's positive for both. Right now he's on Clavomox and Baytril, (I had
put him on Clav last Wed pm). He's acting a little better, but I still
haven't seen him defecate, (he's out in general population still, so I
could have missed it), and I'm worried about a possible obstruction.
One of the vets thought she felt "something hard" when she palpatated
him, the other vet didn't feel anything. The article Michelle posted
mentioned something about homeopathic vets treating for obstruction, but
it didn't say what, or how. I've emailed the woman that wrote the
article and have a call into a vet I've used that treats with
homeopathics. Of course she's out of town for the next two weeks.
Hopefully the vet that's filling in for her will have some advice
without making me bring Spencer in for an xray or ultrasound. Does
anyone know anything about the treatment for clumping litter obstruction?
Hideyo is sending me a box of VO, hopefully it will get here by
tomorrow. Hideyo, I wrote to you earlier about Michelle at my vet's
office being on vacation for the next three weeks. When I asked about
getting the dispensation process started for VO, they told me it would
have to wait until Michelle returns. I'll try to call you later so we
can talk about this.
Please everyone, send prayers and good thoughts that Spencer bounces
back and my fears about the clumping litter are groundless.
Nina
