Hi Elizabeth, Sweet Mama Kitty will be in my prayers. I hope it's just a rough patch that will be easily gotten over. If she's a little anemic, you might look into Pet Tinic when you take MK to the vet today.
Lance On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:18:19 -0500, "elizabeth trent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I'm worried about Mama Kitty this morning. > > She was diagnosed almost a year ago - and rebounded very well with > Acemannan. She's had a wonderful year, is at a healthy weight, and had > practically reverted to kittenhood! > > I noticed last night though that she didn't seem to be eating. This > morning > she just seemed very lethargic to me - almost like a rag doll in my arms. > When I let her outside - she went straight to some red clay dirt I > recently > dug and was eating that. Seems like I read here on the list that this is > called 'Pica'. My first thought was that red clay contains a lot of iron > and so perhaps she was trying to get a nutrient she needed. She ate some > grass too. She really started to stress when I tried to look at her gums > and so I didn't push it. I suspect she may be beginning to get anemic > though...I just have a feeling. > > Last time she crashed (when she was first diagnosed) - that nictating > membrane was showing in her eyes and she had lost a good bit of weight > (down > to 7lbs). Her eyes look good now - she just seems sleepy - and her > weight > seems good from what I can tell. It could be that she is just fighting a > URI or some kind of infection. It's so much harder for them to fight off > these things when they have FeVL+. > > I got her to eat a couple of bites of food before I left for work. I put > her in her favorite chair before I left too because as lethargic as she > seems, she would hardly be able to defend herself if a big dog came by > and > wanted to harrass her. > > Called the vet a bit ago and they will see her at 4pm. Maybe I am just > being paranoid but with this disease I'm not taking any chances. Please > send prayers and good vibes our way. > > elizabeth and mama kitty -- Lance Linimon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
