Prayers going out to Lucy. I hope she gets better soon! :) Wendy
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lucy's diarrhea has gotten significantly worse-- she > had a large quantity of > liquid diarrhea 5 times today. She also vomited up > the raw food that I > syringed her, about 5 hours after she ate it. She > is purry and able to go up and > down stairs, but a bit out of it. I will call the > vet in the am as soon as > they open. Please send her energy, prayers, etc. > > I gave her about 100 ml of fluids this morning. Do > you think I should give > her more? I am not force-feeding her any more today > and have removed all > food, hoping that by fasting her for 12-18 hours it > will stop the diarrhea. This > has worked for her before, and is recommended on a > lot of websites. > > I have to believe this is from the antibiotics, as > she had been doing well > before getting the URI and going on antibiotics, and > on day 4 of clavamox she > suddenly went from completely solid stools to > complete liquid, with no > in-between. I am assuming that it happened from > accumulated effect of the > clavamox. I am hoping, anyway. Probiotics did not > nothing, and may have made her > worse, as she is worse today than she was yesterday. > > > If anyone has any thoughts about whether or not I > should give her more > fluids, please let me know. Otherwise, I am not > giving her anything else tonight, > will talk to the vet in the morning and plan to fast > her, and then will see > if she will eat some cooked turkey with fiber powder > mixed in (her usual fare > is cooked turkey with fiber and bone meal and > taurine, E, and B vitamins > mixed in). > > I am quite worried about her. Last night, despite > having had diarrhea in > the morning, she was very perky and playful, and > this morning came running to > see me in the morning. She has declined through the > day with increased > diarrhea. She likes me to pet her, and she purrs a > lot, but is pretty wiped out. As > I guess would be expected from diarrhea and > vomiting. > > Thanks, > Michelle > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups (http://groups.yahoo.com)
