I took her temp again and it is down to 105.0 (was 105.7, then 105.3) and she fought me this time, then ate some of her raw food afterwards (I brought it to her, she still is just laying curled up). At this point I am going to wait a half hour and take it again and see if it is down more. Over 105 is dangerous according to info I found on the internet, and below 104.5 can wait for a regular vet appointment. If it goes down below 104.5 in the next hour or so I think I will wait and take her to the regular vet tomorrow (monitoring her temp through the night of course). If it doesn't I will take her to the ER. The ER is 45 minutes away, though, and they always insist on keeping them overnight, and she gets really stressed. I think the plusses of going to the ER are 1) they can do IV fluids which are faster than sub-q, and 2) they can give a dex shot, which can help bring it down fast. Everything else they would do I am doing, and the sub q fluids should start absorbing. Thank you everyone for advice, and please offer more if you have it-- and tell me if you think I am doing the wrong thing, please. I am totally stressed out right now. I am glad I did not take her to the ER right away because 1) I would still be in the car and her fever would not be being treated and probably would not have come down, 2) stress can actually increase fever in a cat, and 3) I am way to stressed and fatigued to drive all that way at night with her screaming next to me without risking an accident. At least if her fever is not down in an hour or so Gray should be home and can drive us. Michelle In a message dated 1/16/2007 7:26:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Michelle – I say wait – there really isn’t anything they can do to cure the problem – give some time as it often times goes down.. keep her cool --- but wait you don’t want to stress her too much ..
