Topic: Good vet vibes please (Read 16326 times)

clarenmax · « **Reply #70 on:** August 25, 2009, 08:47:51 AM »

Best of luck for Molly this evening

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #69 on:** August 25, 2009, 08:05:26 AM »

Molly is going up for another check up tonight, she does still look a tad dehydrated and not pooing as much, but she hasn't really appreciated some of the adult food I bought her. I would like her to put a bit more weight on though, she is feeling a tad boney - but then she is 16.5.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #68 on:** August 23, 2009, 10:40:10 AM »

BM - he lived with a dog for a couple of weeks with his previous fosterer, so thought he woudl have been fine with the pup.
Thanks Jane - I need to see how he goes on this week and then ask if he should still have his bloods redone or if we need to wait a couple of weeks, as he lost nearly a weeks worth of meds.
I am going to take Molly this week (not taking all cats in one go again) - if I give her an extra meal of wet or add too much water, she gets very loose, and not sure that is normal.

Janeyk · « **Reply #67 on:** August 22, 2009, 22:26:50 PM »

It's a pain isn't it, Pep has missed 3 this week! I have to take him for bloods doing this week so hoping his bloods have come down for his dental

Bazsmum · « **Reply #66 on:** August 22, 2009, 21:34:49 PM »

Eek! Defo a nightmare piller!

I would'nt worry about him being a naughty boy with your sister's pup, cats always have the upper hand where dogs are concerned....

Hope his back end starts filling out with his extra portions!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #65 on:** August 22, 2009, 20:36:16 PM »

Thanks - I started him on one a day tonight - was the worst night for pilling him though, took about 7 goes and two tablets, so hopefully the operation is an option. He hasn't been a good boy all day really - my sis brought her 12wo JRT pup, we let him see Sam first (due to the no teeth), and I thought Sam would be the best, and he went for the pup - and we did it outside so he wouldnt see it as in his house. Poor pup was very scared. He also refused to come in all afternoon, so I had to leave him out while i do my errands, which I dont like - but my neighbour kept an eye on him.

When he was on my knee last night, you could tell he had lost weight on his back end, so he is currently on extra rations.

MrsR · « **Reply #64 on:** August 21, 2009, 20:11:48 PM »

Sending get well vibes

Bazsmum · « **Reply #63 on:** August 20, 2009, 13:36:09 PM »

Well I suppose not being sick overnight has been an improvement so prob just being a wolfer! Glad he has picked up and long may it continue for the lovely gent!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #62 on:** August 20, 2009, 07:53:14 AM »

He had been a bit sick when I got home last night, so I split his meals up over the evening, hopefully it was just that he ate it a bit quick. I will wait till tomorrow before starting his meds again.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #61 on:** August 19, 2009, 18:10:50 PM »

Glad there's been an improvement and Sam seems happy.

Janeyk · « **Reply #60 on:** August 19, 2009, 12:46:54 PM »

Glad to hear Sam is eating a bit more again, this could happen if his thyroid hormones are stabilizing usually it takes a while for this to happen if they are quite underweight though because their body wants to eat lots to build up. Just keep an eye on him - hopefully it's just that and not the drug.

clarenmax · « **Reply #59 on:** August 19, 2009, 09:21:19 AM »

Glad he's picked up again, and yes eating less is probably a good sign as his levels may have reduced

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #58 on:** August 19, 2009, 08:07:20 AM »

He is a lot better now thanks, not eating as much, but then if his levels have come down a lot he wont need to. He is spending more time outside but he seems content

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #57 on:** August 18, 2009, 14:23:15 PM »

Sorry to hear Sam is off colour, Desley, and hope he perks up of his own accord

Bazsmum · « **Reply #56 on:** August 18, 2009, 13:46:43 PM »

Sending tons of positive healing vibes Sams direction, hope the man can pick up soon!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #55 on:** August 18, 2009, 07:41:59 AM »

He is still off colour and quiet, but I am not rushing him to the vets, as the likely reason is a reaction to Felimazole, I am going to do what the vet told me to do with Tino, and make an appointment on Thurs just in case the few days off the meds haven't made much difference. I dont remember Tino acting so different - but I am hoping this could mean that his thyroid levels are a lot lower so he doesn't need the higher dose, and praying his mouth isn't involved as he is barely touching his cat milk and it is the only way i can get Antirobe and Metacam into him. I have laced his cat food with ham to get him eating some, and pulled out some turkey to cook for him tonight.

clarenmax · « **Reply #54 on:** August 17, 2009, 09:17:08 AM »

Aw, hope he's feeling much better xxx

Janeyk · « **Reply #53 on:** August 17, 2009, 08:23:57 AM »

Poor Sam, hope he starts to feels much better today xx

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #52 on:** August 17, 2009, 08:15:09 AM »

Need some more vibes for Sam please, he had an off afternoon/evening, and I am hoping it is just a one off rather than a reaction to the Felimazole. He brought up a furball, and when he came in a few hours later, he had a nasty pooey smell to his bum area, so I tried to clean him off which he hated and he then brought up 3 lots of white foamy stuff. He didn't really eat much last night and hasn't been that interested this morning. I will see how he goes today before ringing the vet.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #51 on:** August 15, 2009, 13:08:21 PM »

Trigger, that is what I thought at first, it is normally taking 3 attempts at wrapping it for him to eat it.

It is BM, and at least with meds we can reduce them to keep his appetite better - but the meds aren't a cure and long term I think they can have issues of their own. But, if we treat his thyroid and his mouth does get worse, it is constant antibiotics, and if it gets to the stage where he gets resistant to the ab's, and then can't eat, where do we go? I think i am scared of putting him through the op and him struggling with his mouth, as then I haven't really bought him a lot by putting him through an op.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #50 on:** August 14, 2009, 14:49:29 PM »

I can see where your coming from with ref to having the op with his mouth issues.... Its really awkward, does sound as if when the thyroid is treated that his hunger will be less added with the mouth probs....

Good luck with finding an answer to your worries Des, hope he can be sorted for his benefit and yours!

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #49 on:** August 14, 2009, 11:58:52 AM »

that sounds like something only the vet can advise on, Desley

I must say if Trigger develops HyperT I would want the operation, as a lifetime of pilling would be a nightmare for us both

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #48 on:** August 14, 2009, 08:35:07 AM »

I am having second thoughts on the op for him too, as I know it doesn't always work and I worry about his mouth - what if the thyroid is the only thing that is keeping him eating while his mouth is so bad, and what if treating his thyroid surgically means he really suffers with his mouth? He is a nightmare to pill though.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #47 on:** August 10, 2009, 08:18:30 AM »

No idea, i haven't seen him, just what my neighbour told him, that Sam likes to go under the chair next to the guinea pig. One advantage is that Sam has no teeth, and I do keep his claws clipped due to picking on neighbours cats, so hopefully he couldn't do too much damage. I personally would make Sam leave the house, but that is up to my neighbours.

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #46 on:** August 09, 2009, 21:45:55 PM »

am a bit worried about the guinea pig, Desley

how does he look at him?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #45 on:** August 09, 2009, 19:05:18 PM »

Think I would rather him go in there to pinch food than to pick fights - one of hers sometimes comes in to pinch Sam's food too though - Sam lets him come into my house though!!
Thanks Jane

Janeyk · « **Reply #44 on:** August 09, 2009, 19:02:36 PM »

lovely photos Desley

Millys Mum · « **Reply #43 on:** August 09, 2009, 19:02:22 PM »

Sneaky boy

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #42 on:** August 09, 2009, 18:57:09 PM »

:-) My vet wasnt initially going to do his bloods - I found out one thing today that explains one of my little niggles - he wasn't over eating like most hyper-t cats, I had just put it down to being caught early (although he had started to pinch Kizzy's leftovers) - but my neighbour told me today she often finds him eating her cats biscuits (good job they have JWB, or I might have had upset tum issues - although one of them has today). He can also be found sitting with the guinea pig from time to time!!
Just taken another one of Molly looking gorgeous

Millys Mum · « **Reply #41 on:** August 09, 2009, 18:47:24 PM »

Sam looks great going by what i had read!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #40 on:** August 09, 2009, 11:47:47 AM »

I never see my Teddie (18yr old) drinking water either, she does eat 4 pouches of wet a day though and the vet said she obviously gets all her fluid needs from that!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #39 on:** August 09, 2009, 11:45:00 AM »

They are - if I had done Molly and Zia the other way round, they would have been in age order too!! We have a new neighbour who saw Sam yesterday and thought he was only young!! Molly does look less spikey, and she is happy - although I have cut out her dry food completely, and I haven't seen her drink any water at all the past couple of days, but then she is only eating wet food with extra water.

Bazsmum · « **Reply #38 on:** August 09, 2009, 11:42:00 AM »

Them pics are lovely Des!

Glad the meds are kicking in for Sam....He reminds me of my Gigga!

Hope the extra water in Molly's food will do the trick, glad to hear she is well in herself though!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #37 on:** August 09, 2009, 10:04:25 AM »

Well, I think the meds are working with Sam, he is a lot less restless and will sleep in one place longer these days. The only problem now is that everytime the fridge door/oven/cupboard door opens he is there begging!! Here are some piccies of them taken over the past couple of days - Sam's pic isn't great, he sits like a meercat to be picked up, but wasn't for doing it when I wanted to take a pic.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #36 on:** August 07, 2009, 19:06:42 PM »

Thanks - still able to trick him with the meds, and he hasn't stopped picking on neighbours cats unfortunately.
Molly is still looking a tad dehydrated, I have added more water to her food tonight. She seems fine in herself though

Bazsmum · « **Reply #35 on:** August 07, 2009, 12:19:23 PM »

Aw bless him, Sending out more positive vibes for him~~~~~Best wishes!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #34 on:** August 07, 2009, 12:11:47 PM »

That's interesting, and does make me feel better. I felt really sorry for him last night, he was having his game of Da Bird when he suddenly yelped, and refused to play with it again (to the point of running out of the house) - it obviously hurt his poor mouth. I have swapped it for Da Mouse today and he is a lot happier with it, but I am more cautious now, as he does go for the string rather than the mouth, and i dont want it to rub against his ulcers.

Janeyk · « **Reply #33 on:** August 07, 2009, 11:12:08 AM »

Quote from: Desley (booktigger) on August 06, 2009, 18:35:33 PM

He did, and he can eat raw pieces despite having no teeth and mouth ulcers!! They had corned beef reduced, so he had that for his meds this morning, but it is a nightmare to use. Will have to get some ham tomorrow.
Most labs do vary, i think when Norman's were done his was a different range (different vet who did his testing). There was a thread on CC that anything in the top quarter range (I think) should be checked with a Free T4 test, as they can actually be hyper-t, but not have values high enough on the normal test. I wonder if I should have pushed for htat for him before now as he was bang on the top end - the cat on CC was something like 44ish and they did a second test and the cat was indeed hyper-t.

Possibly Desley, they also told me when mine was diagnosed that it may not have been picked up with a previous test, years before because the results can vary day to day so I would think that would also apply to animals.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #32 on:** August 06, 2009, 18:35:33 PM »

He did, and he can eat raw pieces despite having no teeth and mouth ulcers!! They had corned beef reduced, so he had that for his meds this morning, but it is a nightmare to use. Will have to get some ham tomorrow.
Most labs do vary, i think when Norman's were done his was a different range (different vet who did his testing). There was a thread on CC that anything in the top quarter range (I think) should be checked with a Free T4 test, as they can actually be hyper-t, but not have values high enough on the normal test. I wonder if I should have pushed for htat for him before now as he was bang on the top end - the cat on CC was something like 44ish and they did a second test and the cat was indeed hyper-t.

Janeyk · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2009, 13:35:02 PM »

awww, he sounds as if he enjoyed his turkey (Pepper enjoyed his last night too) I'm sure he'll enjoy some ham though aswell Desley.

I think (from when we were discussing the different levels vets use for kidney results) that ranges can vary I don't know what our vets are but it does say on Pepper's vet documents that anything between 13 and 65 is fine so maybe your vets is lower? - although, the vet did write underneath the ranges that ideally he wanted it to be about 50.

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