Hi Wendy,
Sorry for your troubles with Julie. I am almost positive my vet told
me when I was in there 2 days ago that when giving oral potassium any
they don't need is discarded through their urine which I had never heard
before. I posted this question on the vet list I'm on but haven't
gotten a reply yet, I'll let you know soon as I do.
I do know my other vet told me not to worry about the other cats eating
Fred's food with the potassium in it, so who knows. I was worried about
that too.
Fred is not doing good today, he isn't eating at all and he vomited
about 4 hours after he got his meds this morning. He hasn't eaten
anything since. I just gave him some pepcid, I have to give him his
clavamox at 9PM so I guess I'll have to syringe feed him enough to coat
his tummy, we have to get rid of that infection.
Looks like as soon as we can, we'll be doing another tube since Fred
isn't cooperating. His kidney values are all almost back to normal, I
will not sit by and let him slowly starve to death or worse yet get
hepatic lipidosis. It's his choice, eat on his own or get a tube so I
won't feel bad about it.
I'm will assist feed but I've never been good at it so in the 2 or 3
weeks we have to wait before we can do another tube he'll probably be in
horrible shape again, that's what upsets me so.
--
Belinda
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