Diet change, George, and Bramble at the vets
Yes I changed Bramble's diet to organic whiskers instead of usual but he as scratched his ears whilst he was on the normal stuff as does Minstrel. It could be dust mite allergy too. Bramble hasn't made anymore mess of his face. I have been putting E45 cream it - I would usually put 50% E45 and 5%) hydrocortisone but I ran out of the latter so need to get some more. It's what the dermatologist once recommeded for Tidge when she had skin problems to take the edge of the itch. How is George doing now - big prayers for him. Well this is the one you have been waiting for -went to see the boss man last night at my vets - he owns the company with about 6 practices. I was much happier with him and if he said I think it's time to euthanase I would trust him not like the one I saw before. He listened to me and when I said I wouldn't put bramble to sleep just because he is now blind or partially blind and that whilst he was eating, toileting, purring and kneadingand coping well that I'll fight with him because he has such a will to carry on. When he shows pain and withdraws then he is saying no more and then I will immediately help him to pass over aswhen cats stop eatingthey are likely to begiving up - and in Brambles case due to helath I think that will definitely be the case and it would not be fair to try force feeding him. He is eating like a gannet half the time at the moment. Mr Regan said well "thats fair enough and I think it is the right attitude". As I knew there is no way of knowing how bramble will progress. Sometimes cats pick up again but you never know with the later stages of such viruses just what is going to happen next. His face is not as itchy now - he definitely did test positive for calicivirus as confirm by isolation tests at Glagow University. Well I got the result I should have got from the other vet who refused to treat because she wanted to put him to sleep. He was given a steroid shot to help the allergy and it will also helpthe seizures - he was also given antibiotics for his eyes because he has keritonitis or however you spell it - he had that figured in about 6 seconds. We don't know again if sight will restore but what is certain is that there isn't much sight there at all at the moment - but at least he was happy to try and do something whilst Bramble still wants to fight and is coping. It may or may not pay off but at least everything is being done now to try and help him. He did say that all cats react differently so there is no way of knowing but worth a try. He said to get Bramble to eat as much as he possibly can to get some weight on him as like I said his spine is thin - so his normal food plus extra chicken, scrambled egg, pilchards, tuna, so I went shopping last night. So finger crossed that he has a bit more time left in him yet - however short that may be. Thanks eveyone for your support so far and I'll certainly scream for more if needed. I will still be praying - and I'll keep you all posted. Michelle, Bramble, Minstrel Buddy
Re: Diet change, George, and Bramble at the vets
Michelle, be careful with hydrocortisone in cats, if they lick it off, they can get rapidly low blood sugars, I think I recall hearing. Good luck with all the meat and eggs... While I do eat the stuff, I still get queasy if I get my fingers in a raw egg, so I can only guess how bad it must be for a vegan! can you get Nutri-Cal over there? It's a high calorie gel gook supplement. You can mail order it I think, from here if you need too. It really helped put the weight on Bones quickly. I use the store brand (Vita-Cal)from this website: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3177Ntt=vita%2DcalNtk=AllNtx=mode+matchallpartialNp=1N=0Nty=1 Here's the original: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=587Ntt=nutri%2DcalNtk=AllNtx=mode+matchallpartialNp=1N=0Nty=1 And here's the "new" cat version (have not tried it yet): http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3378Ntt=nutri%2DcalNtk=AllNtx=mode+matchallpartialNp=1N=0Nty=1 Jennhttp://ucat.ushttp://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html ~~~I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life.Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula!PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address you can send them to, to help feed Bazil! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.8/22 - Release Date: 6/17/2005
