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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 12, 2014 10:00:39 GMT
So Carlotta hasn't eaten or drank anything in 4 days now, and as it only takes 48 hours for Hepatic Lipidosis to set in, we are off to the vets when their Sunday opening hours start at 1 today. I've tried absolutely everything to get her to eat or drink and nothing works. I guess she may have to be force fed at some point, because there is no way she will recover from whatever ailment she has without nutrition. Poor thing.
I am going to bring some of her raw food with me to the vets incase they do want to feed her, as it was normal cat food that made her sick and the only think she has ever consistently eaten without being sick is raw food, and she seems to like this stuff better than cat food anyway.
Sorry I know I probably seem like a hypochondriac when it comes to Carlotta, but 4 days is too much, she needs nourishment. Today when I went to see her in her spot on the couch, which she has virtually not moved from since she stopped eating, she gave me a whimper of a miaow, her miaow is usually loud and harsh so it was hard to hear. I put her in my bed and she then got up and actually used the litter tray, for both, only the second time I've seen her use it since this started (although she may have gone while I've been at work), then came back to bed and snuggled in with my man and me.
As much as I don't trust or like my vets after Mieze's worm episode, they are the only ones open and I have to give them a chance for Carlotta's sake. She enjoys going out in her cat box and seeing the world at least, the only cat I've ever seen who actually seems to enjoy it haha.
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Post by scallywag on Oct 12, 2014 10:36:10 GMT
Hi Erika sorry to read this, hope the vets get her sorted, they may put her on a drip / keep her in ? last thing you want is de hydration Let us know how you get on. Big {{{HUGS}}}
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2014 11:23:07 GMT
Ooooh four days IS very worrying I remember how stressful it was last year when we were trying to get George to eat in his final weeks as the FeLV took hold. Fingers crossed and (((BIG HUGS))) for Carlotta Let us know how it goes
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 12, 2014 12:57:41 GMT
Hello, thanks for the well wishes. Been to the vets now, she said her heart, lungs and things are totally fine, her intestines seem a little larger than normal and her stomach is pretty much empty, plus she's reeeally dehydrated. They tried to give her a drip (can't remember the name of the stuff but got it written down apparently so will doubt check later) under her skin but they only got it for a little while, it's cold and Carlotta didn't let them get it for long. She also got an injection of Metacam as a painkiller and the vet gave me two homeopathy thingies to squirt into her mouth, 1ml of both a day followed by some food, either given normally if she will eat it or squirted into her mouth with a syringe (minus needle obviously) that she gave me. Gonna look up the two homeopathy things before I give them, they are to be before her evening meal anyway.
Well the good news is that when we got home, Carlotta ate a little! In fact she's just gone up now for some more, so I guess the Metacam has worked. I wonder what has been causing her pain? Hopefully it's just that she vomited so much after the Bozita that she had a sore throat or something? Who knows, wish she could talk haha. Hopefully she starts to feel better soon now she's finally eating! She's certainly acting a lot more herself.
Mieze isn't too happy though, apparently Carlotta smells funny after the vets and she keeps sniffing her then slapping her on the top of the head haha. Carlotta doesn't seem too bothered.
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Post by migsy on Oct 12, 2014 13:31:13 GMT
Glad she seems to be heading the right way now by eating something.Had a chuckle at how Mieze reacted though,would be great to know what M was thinking about it all. (Huh,anything to get attention....BOP!).
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Post by cazypops on Oct 12, 2014 13:47:14 GMT
I'm glad to read that Carlotta is feeling a little better after her vets visit. Hope it carries on now and she gets back to full health.
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 12, 2014 20:52:13 GMT
Haha migsy it was made even funnier by the fact that one of the times Mieze was doing her sniffing and head slapping thing was when Carlotta was eating, so it looked like Mieze was trying to dunk her head in the food. Well she appears to be okay now, but will keep an eye out, hopefully whatever it was that stopped her eating doesn't return. She scoffed up her tea, she really loves that raw stuff. I have to say, the trip to the vets was a joy today. No one pays attention really when I take. Mieze out in the box, or when I go for walks with Rosa, but Carlotta attracts a lot of attention. I was waiting for the bus to the vets today and a man actually came to a halt on his bike, and came over to talk to me about her haha. He was amazed to see a pure white cat and was most impressed. She loves going out in her box too and peers out at people as they walk past, so eager to see that her little ears poke out the metal door part, which of course just made the man think she was even cuter. Then while on the bus I realised I was on the wrong one, dummy, and had to walk the whole way to the vets. On the way, loads of older men who would look at Rosa with disdain or even fear, would bend over with big grins on their faces to greet Carlotta and say in German "awww pretty kitty!" and things, which I find amusing because the German word for kitty is "Mieze" (Mieze's previous owner had a Polish girlfriend, and when they got her he had apparently joked about calling her Mieze, which the Polish lassie, not knowing what it meant, thought was a great name haha), and I imagine Carlotta to be horrified at always being mistaken for her flabby, kind of bullying, slobbery and frankly disgusting at times, adoptive sister. I've always thought of Mieze as a rather large (both in size and character) rich lady who dines on croissants all day, with crumbs all over her track suit, shouting profanities at the staff in the bakery and shoving plebs out the way when she goes up to the counter for more. Carlotta is more of a Brain (from Pinky & The Brain), but with more style. She'd be on the other end of the bakery in her Chanel suit sipping a cappuccino and watching on in horror.
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Post by tonib on Oct 13, 2014 0:49:14 GMT
smilesbetter, Glad to hear Carlotta has now eaten. Sounds like the Metacam has helped. I'm intrgued as to what the homeopathic things are, our vets usually give us some Metacam to dose for the next so many days but that is mainly for actual or suspected limps/wounds/abcesses/arthritis. How did she do with the evening meal? I can just picture Mieze telling Carlotta off for smelling of that horrible place the humans call vets! Ours don't react bar a quick sniff, I think they're all used to it! Nice to read bout the reaction of the locals to Carlotta - she'll be asking for celebrity status, with dur reverence from her servants, now
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 10:54:37 GMT
Awwww Mieze....you're still MY number one Glamour Girlie, whatever your Mummy and Sister may say about you! Had to laugh at the vision of her bopping Carlotta tho' When Lily was spayed I had visions of Chilli being quite hissy with her but she was ok *phew* Glad to hear Carlotta has eaten a little anyway. My vets always seemed to give a B12 injection to stimulate the appetite but my previous fosters were either very old or, as in the case of George, terminally ill Fingers crossed this does the trick and gorgeous Carlotta is back to her normal self very soon (((HUGS)))
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Post by scallywag on Oct 13, 2014 11:27:11 GMT
Haha migsy it was made even funnier by the fact that one of the times Mieze was doing her sniffing and head slapping thing was when Carlotta was eating, so it looked like Mieze was trying to dunk her head in the food. what like this sorry couldn't resist, just had to go dig this out my folder
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 13, 2014 19:18:44 GMT
Hahaha scallywag that's exactly what it was like. Well, she ate yesterday and seemed to be fine, but when I woke up in the morning she had left the bed and gone back to the couch. She looked like she had when she was ill and I was worried, and got my man to keep an eye on her while I was at work. He said she was sick this morning with undigested food and so he'd thought I'd fed her, he put out food though and she didn't eat any. She's pacing around now and does look like she's in pain of some sort. The vet said if she still wasn't drinking, to use a syringe thing to squirt dribbles of water into her mouth, so I'll do that to make sure she at least doesn't get dehydrated any more than she has been, and if she's still no better tomorrow then I'll bring her to the vets after work. Clearly the painkiller helped, which I guess shows that there is pain somewhere and it's not gone away. Poor thing. The vomiting is what she normally does on normal cat food. There is a chance she might have ate some of Mieze's food last night, I'll need to be more careful. In any case it was over twelve hours after her last meal that she was sick, as usual. I've always found this to be seriously wrong but my last two vets said it was nothing to worry about. I wish I'd gone with my gut instinct and got a better vet sooner, but hey I've got a decent one now so hopefully they can do something about it. It makes me wonder if she has always had something wrong with her digestive tract and it's coming to a head now. I mean cats should have digested food within a few hours at most, and she usually vomits around 10 - 12 hours after eating, completely undigested food. So worried :/
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Post by tonib on Oct 13, 2014 20:42:51 GMT
Sorry to hear that the Metacam seems to have worn off & Carlotta's not eating well again. Hope the water syringe does its job & she stays hydrated.
What were the homeopathic treatments? Did she take them OK?
Good luck for tonight & hope you don't need another vet visit but glad you've got a better vet this time.
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 13, 2014 21:00:25 GMT
Well I've not used the homeopathy things yet as I can't find much about them online and am wary of trying anything that might cause any harm to Carlotta. They are Nux Vomica-Homaccord and Engystol ad us. vet. Apparently I am to put 1ml of each into a syringe together and then squirt it down her throat followed by a meal. From what I can find online, Nux Vomica can help nausea and also back pain and muscle spasms, and I can't find anything about the use of Engystol in cats. The little jars contain 5ml each and the vet said to do it over a few days. My man was absolutely horrified when I told him, he says homeopathy is just water. That makes it sound a little less likely to be dangerous at least.
What do you guys think? Have any of you used either of these? Would you give them a go? Know what the side affects can be?
What I could do, if I decide to give them, is offer her food, and if she still refuses it then use them and if not, leave them. I am reluctant to be putting anything into her body that isn't needed, although apparently Nux Vomica helps clear the body of other medicines. I really have no idea, I've never thought anything at all of homeopathy, positive or negative.
In any case I have a syringe for that, another for water if needed which I think I'm going to do now anyway actually as she is still very dehydrated, and a third for feeding her if she still refuses to eat. If she doesn't eat tomorrow morning on her own, we'll go to the vets as soon as they open. Something is causing her pain. I wonder if it's anything to do with the enlarged intestines the vet said she could feel? She didn't say any more about it.
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Post by scallywag on Oct 13, 2014 21:22:04 GMT
What a worry for you smilesbetter I hope you get to the bottom of this soon. As far as homeopathic goes, all I know is in humans it is not an instant cure, it takes up to 10 days to build up in your system before you feel any releif. Good luck {{{HUGS}}}
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Post by smilesbetter on Oct 13, 2014 22:22:20 GMT
Thanks scallywag hope she's better soon. Well I've read up on Nux Vomica now, it sounds a bit risky for Carlotta as apparently it should be avoided with anyone with seizure conditions as it can prompt seizures. Carlotta has Hyperesthesia which is little understood. Some people believe is is a seizure condition as some cats suffering from it show signs of epileptic fits immediately after a Hyperesthesia attack. I really don't wanna risk Carlotta having a fit, especially not when she is as weak as she is. I did tell the vet about four times that she had Hyperesthesia, but then it's super rare so she maybe doesn't even know what it is.
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