I have to tell everyone that Mr. Black Kitty purred last night, and I just sat down and cried. This morning when I got up and went in to clean out his box and feed him, he'd peed in the box(yeaa) and he purred continuously! (Yeaa!) And, of course, he was starving for food.
Gloria At 10:43 PM 11/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >Jamie - > >Yup, that's reassuring, cause it does sound like MBK - I mixed the Flagyl >in his food tonight, but he didn't touch it. Hmmm, I thinks to self, >maybe I'll just leave the food there and see how much he's eaten in the >morning. > >Gloria > > >At 10:20 PM 11/12/01 -0500, you wrote: >>Gloria- >> >>We had one foster cat with the big G and it took FOREVER to get him over it. >>I really though he was going to die. He was skin and bones, but would still >>eat like a horse and purred all the time. He had horrible diarrhea though, >>so I guess they don't get any nutrients from the food and probably why they >>seem to be starving all the time. I saw his card the foster kept on him, and >>he had done like 4 weeks of Albon and Clavamox combined- both drugs the whole >>time. He was just a tiny little thing too. We "plugged him up" temporarily >>w/ canned pumpkin and then did another 2 weeks on the nasty stuff (someone >>posted the name earlier, starts with an "F" and I can't remember it still!) >>We also did sub-q fluids and gave him Pedialyte. He was so good too, he just >>took whatever we gave him and never acted fussy. Anyway, it is a major pain >>to get rid of, but he did pull through. Vet called it a "protozoan" >>infection and said it's worse than the worm types. >> >>Jamie >
