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Post by judypops on Jun 28, 2013 12:10:15 GMT
I steamed her again this morning and now her nose is unblocked. She ate another small bit of the a/d but no matter what I try she will not eat her antibiotic.
A few minutes ago she was heaving and just puked bright green liquid, I'm guessing it's bile. I called Mam and she then called the vets and was talking to the vet nurse from yesterday. Mam is going to get a long lasting antibiotic injection that we will give her when she looks a bit better. Her blankets in her box are all dirty now so I have her in her carrier while they are washing.
Fingers crossed that nothing else goes wrong and I just hope she doesn't have the kittens until she is better.
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Post by lotsofcats on Jun 28, 2013 12:28:47 GMT
Poor Mrs. Woman. It's good that her nose is now unblocked and that she can eat something. Keep trying her with food. Fingers crossed that she is much better before she has her kittens.
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Post by tonib on Jun 28, 2013 22:00:24 GMT
Glad the steam is working for her & she is eating the a/d even a small amount, hopefully a bit more now. Hopefully the long-lasting antibiotic will do the trick.
I don't know about timings of spaying but even 10% of the time outside could put her at risk of getting pregnant again. The only comment I'd make about the timing is that she'll probably have to wear a cone collar so she doesn't remove the stitches & how that would affect the kittens. Also where would the spay be & would this interfere with the feeding of the kittens. However I would expect a vet to take these into consideration.
I'm not an expert on spaying or kittens - I've always had adult neutered cats but perhaps some one else who is could comment on this.
We have to put sun cream on Lexie's ears where the hair us thin on the white skin, the coloured fur (she's a calico) has coloured skin so is more protected. We use a baby's sun cream.
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Post by judypops on Jun 28, 2013 22:45:54 GMT
The vet wanted to see us so we brought her in instead. He said despite her not eating she was still in good shape and that it is most likely an upper respiratory infection. She is right as rain now.  I asked if he knew how far along she is and he said it won't be long now and there is a good few in there, lots of arms and legs.  She ate a tiny bit of her regular food, wasn't interested in the a/d. I even boiled a chicken breast for her, she was dying to smell it but had no intention of eating it, so Charlie and Morandi helped out with that part, once she was a safe distance away!!! |
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Post by tonib on Jun 29, 2013 0:32:29 GMT
Presumably she had the long-lasting injection when she saw the vet. Sounds like she may be on the mend if she's trying her own food. Hill's wet prescription foods are often liver based (not sure about a/d) & our cats really don't like it. We have to give Penny daily meds for her arthritis, she used to be on Hills R/D to lose weight, the dry was fine but it couldn't be used for the meds. We used to give her some R/D moist but she often wouldn't eat it (or not much) so we couldn't guarantee to get all her meds into her. We now use Gourmet Gold (1/3 tin) each morning for her powders & some fish based Applaws (a couple of teaspoons ) in the evening for her Yumega oil (she's not over keen on that so need something strong smelling) & her Metacam. None of the older cats like the pate foods (again often liver based) - we don't buy them so not sure whether Lexie likes it or not. What we do for our pets! |
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Post by vonnie on Jul 1, 2013 9:15:08 GMT
Hi, thanks for the link Tonib! I got here a bit late but glad you're well on the way to sorting this Judypops.
The AD is really good stuff but if you are still struggling to get it down the key is smell! A cat won't eat if it can't smell the food so the idea is to make it stinky. Pop some of the AD into the microwave (make sure it's a microwave happy dish) for 5 seconds on full power. Don't do it longer because (1) you only want it warm and (2) it will really stink if cooked longer! This is our 'we mean business' way to get a cat to eat at our vets, does work too (well, not always- this is cats we're dealing with!).
Also on the spaying part, it is amazing and very scary how quick a cat can get pregnant again. We did a spay on a cat who had just weaned her kittens (they were 5-6 weeks old). When we opened her up we found she was already pregnant again by 1 week!
Most vets will spay as soon as the kittens are fully weaned. You'd ideally need to keep her in for 7 days with a 'cone of shame' to stop her licking. If she is fully outdoors (never goes inside) or feral you do the best you can, as long as they are inside for the first night- longer if possible for a better recovery.
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Post by judypops on Jul 1, 2013 10:57:52 GMT
Thanks for the info vonnie.
She has perked up quite a bit but is only eating the jelly off her food, didn't eat any chicken or a/d. I'll try warming it up later.
I don't think she will like the cone of shame but she is indoors the majority of the time now because I'm at home all day and we don't really want her leaving to have them in a ditch.
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I asked if he knew how far along she is and he said it won't be long now and there is a good few in there, lots of arms and legs. 
