Topic: Meet Mr No Name - he's Valentino (Read 55046 times)

madkittyrescue · « **Reply #127 on:** February 28, 2009, 16:20:43 PM »

great to hear that the wee man is feeling much better. fingers and paws crossed he continues to improve!

pappilon · « **Reply #126 on:** February 28, 2009, 15:30:19 PM »

I am so pleased that Valentino is feeling better and eating well.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #125 on:** February 27, 2009, 21:13:44 PM »

Glad Tino is eating well.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #124 on:** February 27, 2009, 20:36:11 PM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on February 27, 2009, 07:30:14 AM

Sue - the home isn't an issue, he can always live his life out here.

I know. you're a big softie!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #123 on:** February 27, 2009, 07:30:14 AM »

Thanks - he is still eating well, so doesn't look like we will need to use Metacam, which I am pleased about due to his liver values. We haven't had the thyroid results back yet, not sure what is going on with the lab, normally get them back by now, but hopefully they will be back today. He is now a lot more vocal and definitely demanding food, which is good. He has been here two weeks today, i think I will take him for a quick weigh next Tues to make sure he has put some of the weight he has lost on.
Sue - the home isn't an issue, he can always live his life out here.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #122 on:** February 26, 2009, 12:38:54 PM »

He seems to have his appetite back, then

Fingers crossed for the blood test results.

clarenmax · « **Reply #121 on:** February 26, 2009, 09:02:00 AM »

Wow, he's eating loads, he's obviously feeling much perkier

Fingers crossed for the blood results

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #120 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:46:42 AM »

Ah well you see - did Valentino try to look in your mouth, eh? Eh?? No, I bet he didn't.

Keeping my fingers crossed for the result of the blood tests. Would be so nice if this little fellow didn't have any complications and could find a good loving home to live out his twilight years.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #119 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:46:07 AM »

I will hopefully hear today Jane, they were sent to the lab on Tues, and when I have them done on a Thurs evening, I find out on a Mon. I have to make an app, so will ring up at lunch and see.

Janeyk · « **Reply #118 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:44:57 AM »

Good news so far and fingers crossed for the bloods when do you hear?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #117 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:43:30 AM »

He certainly is, and is much brighter and more responsive towards me, although he does expect food everytime I walk in - luckily there is plenty in the house!! Ironically, we both had dental treatment on Tues, although mine was nowhere near as bad as his!! So now just waiting for good news on his bloods - if his thyroid is normal, she might want to retest his liver in a month to see if it was just the infection or a liver issue, but I wouldn want to home him straight away anyway.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #116 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:40:40 AM »

Four and a half pouches! Blimey, he is feeling more chipper.

Though as you say, it could be hyper-t. Let's hope not, though, and hope he's indeed just making up for lost time.

(I'd growl too if I'd been to the dentist - "gerroff me mowf!")

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #115 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:37:11 AM »

When I nipped home at lunch he had eaten everthing, even a few biscuits, so I topped him up, and he had eaten all by the time I got home. All in all, he managed 4.5 pouches (and prob would have had more if I had let him), plus two lots of biscuits and some cat milk and a bit of chicken - so he is certainly feeling better!! I just can't work out if he is making up for lost time, or if he is indeed hyper-t - but we will know today. He is managing Felix pouches quite well, although does seem to favour gravy food - his poos aren't 100%, so he will have to have his gravy food limited. He is a lot happier in himself, although growled when I picked him up. The only problem is medicating him, he wont let me open his mouth.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #114 on:** February 26, 2009, 07:25:34 AM »

How's he been since yesterday Desley? Are you on pouch 199 yet?

Baggy · « **Reply #113 on:** February 25, 2009, 22:17:19 PM »

Dinah was also a gravy girl, except on the random days she wanted jelly or pate...but these were few and far between. I hope he eats well again tonight.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #112 on:** February 25, 2009, 19:52:15 PM »

Blip only likes foods in gravy - she won't touch pate. Perhaps she and Tino are related?

Hope he gets stuck into his food

Jasmine · « **Reply #111 on:** February 25, 2009, 14:11:00 PM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on February 25, 2009, 07:44:25 AM

- over 200 pouches in the house.

And his aim in life is probably to get you to open each one

Seriously though, really pleased he has come thru the dental and has now got an appetite.

pappilon · « **Reply #110 on:** February 25, 2009, 13:21:46 PM »

Aww bless him, i am glad he is eating now .

I love oldies

JackSpratt · « **Reply #109 on:** February 25, 2009, 09:45:58 AM »

They're so contrary in their old age, aren't they?

Glad he's OK.

clarenmax · « **Reply #108 on:** February 25, 2009, 09:32:54 AM »

Ah bless him, the fact he eat everything overnight sounds like there's an element of him trying it on Desley, but who can blame him

Janeyk · « **Reply #107 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:36:44 AM »

All sounds good so far and fingers crossed bloods are not too bad....hopefully it's just infection from the teeth and that he can now build back up

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #106 on:** February 25, 2009, 07:55:43 AM »

i know, bless him - I wonder how much of it he is putting on so I will put something else down, as he did eat everything overnight - so since his dental that is 2 pouches, at least 3 plates of sliced meat, 2 bowls of cat milk and whatever he has licked htis morning - his pooing seems to have slowed down though, which hopefully is a good thing.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #105 on:** February 25, 2009, 07:48:22 AM »

Oh Desley

Typical old boy.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #104 on:** February 25, 2009, 07:44:25 AM »

Thanks for posting Sue, and thanks for trying JS!!
Picked him up last night, and he had eaten a pouch of sensitivity at the vets, despite me telling them he didn't like it - I gave him half a pouch which he promptly ignored!! He had some cat milk, and a plate of sliced meat, I tried him on some pate food, which he ignored, so he had about 3 plates of sliced meat last night, but overnight he had eaten all the wet food. This morning he finished off the pouch of sensitivity, and acted starving, so I opened a tin of supermeat, which he is ignoring, the rest of hte pate, which he is also ignoring, so have opened a pouch of felix in jelly and some felix roasted, to see what texture he would like to eat, and left him a saucer of cat milk. He definitely can eat, so now it is just a case of seeing what kind of foods he likes, and if he likes food in gravy, it will be a trip to the shop - over 200 pouches in the house, and very few in gravy!! Unsurprisingly, he is ignoring his dry food.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #103 on:** February 25, 2009, 06:58:19 AM »

Hope Valentino wakes up hungry this morning and ready to eat.

clarenmax · « **Reply #102 on:** February 24, 2009, 21:43:32 PM »

Glad he was able to have the dental, hopefully he'll be better able to eat more now, and build his weight up a bit

JackSpratt · « **Reply #101 on:** February 24, 2009, 21:42:24 PM »

Thanks Sue. I have 40 emails waiting to be read, but still can't access it. Poor Tino.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #100 on:** February 24, 2009, 21:35:09 PM »

Quote from: JackSpratt on February 24, 2009, 18:47:28 PM

Erp. Desley sent me an email but I can't open it. ( hotmail playing up.) Wonder if it was this info?

It was JS - my post was on behalf of Desley.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #99 on:** February 24, 2009, 19:23:14 PM »

Just checking up on Valentino. Will keep up the positive thoughts while we wait to hear what is going on with the little old fella

It does bring it home to me when I reflect that Blip weighs nearly 5kg and she isn't fat. Poor Tino weighs only a little more than half that and he's male!

JackSpratt · « **Reply #98 on:** February 24, 2009, 18:47:28 PM »

Erp. Desley sent me an email but I can't open it. (

hotmail playing up.) Wonder if it was this info?

Baggy · « **Reply #97 on:** February 24, 2009, 17:35:36 PM »

Phew, have been thinking about Valentio all day.
What a relief that they managed to perform the dental, let's hope it really makes a difference to him. If he is hyper-t and couldn't eat that would certainly explain his rumbly tum.
All of my best vibes are coming his way.

Fingers crossed for Desley that it's third time lucky.

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #96 on:** February 24, 2009, 16:10:50 PM »

Posting update on behalf of Desley:

We had a major scare this morning when he was booked in and his weight was 2.8kg - he was 3.2 last Mon, so his not eating had had a big impact. I got a phone call at lunch to say his kidney levels were OK, but his liver enzymes were high, both his ALT and his ALK-P, way higher than Sam's were, but his bilirubin was OK. This could indicate either an infection, a thyroid prob or liver issues, so we have sent blood off for his thyroid, which will be back in a couple of days. He has had about 4 teeth out, and will hopefully feel a lot better, but time will tell whether it is enough to get him eating again, and he will need lots of TLC and building up, he needs to put on the 400g he lost, and more besides. So not out of the woods, but hopefully in the right direction, we just need to wait and see if he is hyper-t or not. She wouldnt like to guess an age, but apart from the 4 she has taken out, his teeth are good

i can't believe that this is 3 in a row that have been picked up old and painfully thin, and all have needed a dental, all have had raised liver enzymes, and 2 of the three are suspected hyper-t!!

Jasmine · « **Reply #95 on:** February 24, 2009, 12:51:55 PM »

Fingers crossed for Tino today.

Janeyk · « **Reply #94 on:** February 24, 2009, 09:26:37 AM »

I'm sure he'll be loads better after a dental, lots of luck for today

clarenmax · « **Reply #93 on:** February 24, 2009, 09:07:19 AM »

Fingers crossed

Sue P (Paddysmum) · « **Reply #92 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:04:21 AM »

Thinking about you today Desley, and hoping all goes well.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #91 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:55:56 AM »

Sadly it is nothing to do with him being used to regular food, it is his mouth - the ab's have worked well though, he wasn't nearly as smelly last night, and his fur on his legs is looking cleaner. He had a bit of his terrine, and half a pouch of Gourmet Perle, plus a plate of chicken and a plate of sliced meat while I was at work. Didn't eat much last night, and is starving this morning, bless him. Not long to go till he can go to the vets and have his bloods done, it is just a waiting game to see if they are good enough now.

clarenmax · « **Reply #90 on:** February 23, 2009, 13:35:25 PM »

Hope he starts to eat a bit more regularly, it could be as suggested below, that now there is food down all the time, he doens't feel the need to gulp it all down in one go

Baggy · « **Reply #89 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:53:09 PM »

It's so frustrating and worrying when they eat so randomly, even more difficult when you don't really know the cat and his habits. At least he is still managing to eat, the strategy of giving him a bit of everything seems to be working. At least after the blood tests you'll get to know what is going on, and let's hope they can do the dental. I'm really rooting for this chap, keep thinking about you both.

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #88 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:54:41 AM »

I wonder if he is used to eating only at night

Tiffany used to have her day's food put down in one lot every evening, when she spent her nights next door, and I still do it for her, as she is not interested in eating during the day

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