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askye at 06:32pm on 03/01/2005
askye at 06:32pm on 03/01/2005I realized I left everyone hanging about Mom's cat. He doesn't have renal failure or FIV, he does have some liver problems but the vet was stumped and suggested Mom give him 5mg of Pepcid to try and help his stomach. and said maybe he'd gotten into something toxic and was working it out of his system.
Mom took him home and he perked up, started drinking water and showing interest in food but not eating any. We gave him Pepcid and started seeing what he would eat - some bread, a bit of ham, and kibble -- but ONLY if he was hand fed. Well she gave him some canned food and he licked it dry and then nibbled on some.
Yesterday I hand fed him kibble and tried to coax him to eat out of the dish. Finally he did and ate quite a bit. Which is an improvement, Mom was getting worried because he's lost weight and you can feel his spine and some ribs. He's MUCH perkier, even showed interest in the yarn when I was practicing crocheting. And instead of curling into a tight little ball and looking miserable he's stretching out and wants to be petted. So, no idea what's wrong but it looks like he's on the mend. We are catious and I'm worried he'll take another turn for the worst. It's been very trying on Mom.
Oh! and when I was hand feeding him he started making chirpy noises that kind of sounded like he was saying "num num num". He was quite cute and we fawned over him.
My cat discovered a container of crunchies that was on the floor. The lid was loose and she managed to work it off and was pulling the crunchies out of the bottle and eating them. I left it on the floor (but on a towel) to see what she would do, and she'll go over there every so often and pull them out of the container and eat them. I'm probably more amused by this than I should be.
Mom took him home and he perked up, started drinking water and showing interest in food but not eating any. We gave him Pepcid and started seeing what he would eat - some bread, a bit of ham, and kibble -- but ONLY if he was hand fed. Well she gave him some canned food and he licked it dry and then nibbled on some.
Yesterday I hand fed him kibble and tried to coax him to eat out of the dish. Finally he did and ate quite a bit. Which is an improvement, Mom was getting worried because he's lost weight and you can feel his spine and some ribs. He's MUCH perkier, even showed interest in the yarn when I was practicing crocheting. And instead of curling into a tight little ball and looking miserable he's stretching out and wants to be petted. So, no idea what's wrong but it looks like he's on the mend. We are catious and I'm worried he'll take another turn for the worst. It's been very trying on Mom.
Oh! and when I was hand feeding him he started making chirpy noises that kind of sounded like he was saying "num num num". He was quite cute and we fawned over him.
My cat discovered a container of crunchies that was on the floor. The lid was loose and she managed to work it off and was pulling the crunchies out of the bottle and eating them. I left it on the floor (but on a towel) to see what she would do, and she'll go over there every so often and pull them out of the container and eat them. I'm probably more amused by this than I should be.