Topic: FLUFFY-Not well again (Read 22201 times)

Beccles · « **Reply #56 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:58:34 AM »

Human dosage for errrr...

Becca-sized humans is 25-30mls a day or more as needed so 0.5 or 1ml sounds about right. There's no possible harm from having too much except bowels being a bit loose which from the sound of it is the absolute least of Fluffy's worries - you could always gradually reduce the dose down if 1ml twice a day is working a bit too well.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #55 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:49:54 AM »

Good to hear that Fluffy has been releived of one problem, colon hyydrotherapy is all the rage nowadays you know!

With regards Lactulose dosage see http://www.felinecrf.org/treatments.htm#constipation an exert from that article...

"A possible starting dose is 0.5ml once a day, but this may need to be adjusted with your vet's approval; Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook says that cats may be given up to 1ml per kg (0.5ml per lb) of bodyweight per day. It does take a couple of days for lactulose to work, so do not give too much too soon"

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #54 on:** March 27, 2007, 11:38:35 AM »

Quote from: tammy on March 27, 2007, 10:09:02 AM

[She lost about 300-400 g yesterday from all the poo that came out!! She looked a lot skinnier when she got home so it sure was bad!!

Oh poor Fluffy! I bet she feels SO much better now. Hugs to her.

tammy · « **Reply #53 on:** March 27, 2007, 10:09:02 AM »

Quote from: Hippykitty on March 27, 2007, 10:02:09 AM

All the posh cats have colonic irrigation!

Dont I know it!! It sure cost a posh amount............ I think Im gonna be paying mum and dad off for the restr of my life. Her tests in september cost £1300 and yesterday cost juts short of £500, so in total I owe my parents £1800. Ive paid most of last lot of but whenevr I seem to get anywhere near clearing it she needs something again!!

She lost about 300-400 g yesterday from all the poo that came out!! She looked a lot skinnier when she got home so it sure was bad!!

Hippykitty · « **Reply #52 on:** March 27, 2007, 10:02:09 AM »

Glad to hear that Fluffy has her appetite back. She must have been majorly bunged up!
All the posh cats have colonic irrigation!
Good luck

tammy · « **Reply #51 on:** March 27, 2007, 08:56:37 AM »

Quote from: Hippykitty on March 27, 2007, 07:45:45 AM

Is she still bleeding from her nose? Could this have been a one off due to a foreign body?

We had all sorts of tests done on her nose in the past and its definitely not due to a foregin object but an inoperable growth.

Fluffy is at home now-With somewhat greasy fur from the extra strenght enemer she had. Begging for food all the time and fishing for constant cuddles. Vet say we can carry on with dry but dumpen it down a little. We have been given lactulose for her last night and the vet reckons she should have 1ml twice daily (isnt that excessive?)

Fluffy isnt the the fluffiest cat in the traditional sense but she does have a very thick,coarse,dense coat and she has had problems with furballs in the past so she does get the stuff from the vets for furballs regularly. I think I will not feed her dry as much any more as I dont want to be asking for trouble!!
Poor sausage has a shaved neck again due to blood tests under sedation.....Its only just fully grown back from the last lot!!!

Big Purrs to you all from Fluffy

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #50 on:** March 27, 2007, 08:01:41 AM »

What did the vet say when you picked her up? Molly has constipation issues, the vet said to cut out her dry (impossible for Molly!!), add more water in her diet, try high fibre food and Lactulose if none of those work. She does fine on that. Good luck with Fluffy, did they run bloods as well?

Hippykitty · « **Reply #49 on:** March 27, 2007, 07:45:45 AM »

Maybe you could try giving her furball remedy. Is Fluffy a very fluffy cat? If so, she may have furball and this could be causing many of her symptoms (picky eating, breathing problems etc) though not the bleeding.

In many ways this could be good news. It could mean that she doesn't have anything major wrong with her chest. I had a cat who developed thymic lymphosarcoma (a chest tumour) as the result of FLV and feared this could be the case with Fluffy. Constipation is much less serious.

Is she still bleeding from her nose? Could this have been a one off due to a foreign body?

Good Luck and Good Vibes

Baggy · « **Reply #48 on:** March 26, 2007, 21:46:19 PM »

Dinah has Peridale capsules which bulk out the poo and help her to deliver a "proper" poo as opposed to a horrible hard twig, again the vet suggested these. I think oily fish helps too.

Amanda (mad4moggies) · « **Reply #47 on:** March 26, 2007, 20:06:45 PM »

You could try adding lactulose to her food. But i would check this with the vet first.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #46 on:** March 26, 2007, 19:34:17 PM »

Hope Fluffy is home with you and feeling better

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2007, 19:04:43 PM »

I'm glad Fluffy is coming home this evening and hope that this can be managed with diet etc.

If Fluffy was a human being, I'd know what dietary advice to give, but I don't know for a cat. I'd guess plenty of liquids in her diet, though? I hope the vet has advised her opinion.

anyway. PS The GP Ocean stuff is well sloppy.

tammy · « **Reply #44 on:** March 26, 2007, 17:27:00 PM »

Fluffy is coming home tonight! YIPEE-still dont know if there is anything else wrong with Fluff as vet took xrays to another collegue for 2nd opinion. Will find out at 6.30 when I pick her up. This isnt the 1st time Fluffy had been compacted this badly, it had to be cleared once before about a year ago. Anybody got any dietary change advice we can implement to help ease this problem??

tammy · « **Reply #43 on:** March 26, 2007, 13:38:40 PM »

PS Thank You so much for your little parcel Christine

tammy · « **Reply #42 on:** March 26, 2007, 13:37:39 PM »

How angry am I today!!

Ive been back and forth with the vets over the last 3 weeks complaining that the cat is constipated only to be told that she isnt. Now Ive had her booked in with a locum for chest xrays Ive had a call from the locum whilst Fluffy is still under saying that a corner of one xray showed the top part of her abdomen and it looks very compacted with fecal matter and would it be ok to xray her abdomen separately to check the extent of the problem. Then Im guessing she will get an enema whilst she is still under and cost me huge amounts of money as chest xrays werer unnessery. She says she could feel stuff in her belly when she was under but not knowing her history she didnt know it would be this, as she thought the usual vet had already checked for this!!! This Im guessing is why she is eating only very pallatable food as nothing else would fit in her poor little tummy!!

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #41 on:** March 26, 2007, 13:12:20 PM »

I've posted a pouch of cod with shrimps, so it should be with you tomorrow. Let us know how Fluffy gets on today.

tammy · « **Reply #40 on:** March 26, 2007, 09:46:08 AM »

thanks, we have 2 waitroses quite close to us so that shouldnt be a problem

Fluffy sends her very hungry puuurrrs from the vets this morning!!

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #39 on:** March 25, 2007, 20:48:10 PM »

Got your PM, Tammy and have replied. Judging from your postcode, Waitrose is your best bet but I'm sending a sample pouch for Fluffy.

xC

tammy · « **Reply #38 on:** March 25, 2007, 19:48:32 PM »

cc-i used to have one near work but I changed job 2 months ago-do not fancy 20miles each way for that but will try a net search and see. Thanks for the info

My local supermarket does the gourmet stuff just not the ocean range and thats what Im after.

ccmacey · « **Reply #37 on:** March 25, 2007, 19:46:22 PM »

Do you have a Tesco near by Tammy? They sell them there.

tammy · « **Reply #36 on:** March 25, 2007, 19:44:38 PM »

Blip
Have PMd you. Thank You sooo muuch

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #35 on:** March 25, 2007, 19:39:06 PM »

Send me your address by PM Tammy and I'll send you a sample pouch from our cupboard. If Fluffy likes them, you can check for local stockists...

xC

tammy · « **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2007, 19:34:57 PM »

thanks Desley

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2007, 18:51:02 PM »

Fingers crossed for tomorrow, and good luck for the urine sample, at least she is there anyway, so they can get one from her at some point during the day, or get it while she is under.

tammy · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2007, 15:14:29 PM »

Thanks Blip I will go shop now and look. Strangest thing is though she is not naturally picky. At her heaviest in January this year she weighed 7.1kg.She is down to 6.3kg now and I think this is all due to her illness. She loves actual tuna from a tin but her tummy has never taken it well and she will bring it back up, hence petfood in tuna flavor has alway been high ranking with her. Due to her size she was on prescription food for a longtime and this is quite bland tasting. Thats why I am surprised that now we are offering more flavored foods she will only go for shrimpy stuff.
Yvonne Never have tried pilchards with her but I hate the smell so we never have any at home-Ill try Blips suggestion.

Thanks for the support guys.

Had a look at my supermarket and they dont do the ocean range

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2007, 15:07:17 PM »

I have somehow managed not to see this before - fingers tightly crossed for Fluffy's vet visit tomorrow.

If she's keen on fishy shrimpy things, she might like the Gourmet Pearl Ocean Delicacies range, which are exactly that. Blip loves them.

to Fluffy

Yvonne · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:56:06 PM »

Yes Tammy good luck for tomorow.

Will Fluffy eat any other fish? for example tuna or pilchards or does it have to be shrimp?

Cleo used to like tuna in sunflower oil

tammy · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:48:43 PM »

Thanks Gill

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:47:12 PM »

Good luck tomorrow, hope everything goes well

tammy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:12:30 PM »

Thanks Helen

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #26 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:10:45 PM »

Poor Fluffy, keeping everything crossed for you both tomorrow

tammy · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2007, 14:01:02 PM »

Hi Yvonne,
She had breakfast when I got up about 10 and has been asleep in her hideyhole in the downstairs loo (its dark and quiet,she loves it there) ever since. Vet did say its normal for her to sleep a little more at the mo as her breathing probably wakes her up at night so she's more tired. Glad shes going in 2moro so she wont have to struggle for much longer. She refuses to eat anything but shrimp flavour meet in jelly-she's not fussed what brand as long as its that. We bough a whiskas multipack with all fish flavours and shell only eat shrimp-she did that with sheba too. She has been on dried pellets since she was about3 - 4 and shes 13 now-we tried the wet equivalent ut she went without food all day so we had to give in. She licks all the jelly off 1st goes for a nap and tahn comes back for the meat........

Yvonne · « **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2007, 13:49:50 PM »

Hi Tammy,

How is Fluffy today?

tammy · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2007, 13:43:23 PM »

Thanks Ela. From the perspective of needing a wee sample luckily we only have one cat at the mo so it will only be her pee in there. It just all that bother with making sure its fresh wee and not too old etc. Luckily because she is being put under they said if we cant get anything theyll try and squeeze it out of her bladder whilst she's there

Ela · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2007, 13:36:43 PM »

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and we have to attempt to take a urine sample before we leave the house..............That'll be fun!!!

Oh yes. Mind you I have often found that if I wash a tray , put it down and while I have gone to get the fresh litter a cat has got in the empty tray and weeed. Mind you knowing my luck if I needed a sample the wrong cat would get in and weeee.

My thoughts and I am sure the thoughts of many posters will be with you tomorrow.

tammy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2007, 13:21:51 PM »

amanda-she has been checked for internal bleeds and anaemia and all sign point to that not being the case. As one of her original symptoms was bleeds from the nasal passage into her foodbowl, it has always been a worry that if not extarnal sign were visible of bleeds that she may bleed into her osophegous and swollow the blood-so the vet checks for that whenever we are there with her no metter what the reason. Also she is nice and pink in her gums and mouth and other places and heart is working perfect so thats another good sign.

As for FELV if that is the cause of her worries, it may not be good news as we have been trating her symptoms for a long time now without knowing the cause and there are possible signs that the meds are not working as well as they were 6 months ago.

We never did get a call to say she has to be moved to wednesday so we are taking her in tomorow am - and we have to attempt to take a urine sample before we leave the house..............That'll be fun!!!

Amanda (mad4moggies) · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2007, 15:55:26 PM »

Quote from: tammy on March 24, 2007, 12:26:50 PM

Thank You Amanda. I will certainly mention this when she gets dropped off on monday. Feel silly really now-not thinking of that myself as I used to work for a vet!!

Thats ok. I didn`t know whether to mention it all in case it worried you more but i thought it might be important. Also, i know there are lots of possibilities for what could be going on but i was wondering whether it could be some sort of anaemia or clotting problem.

Ela · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2007, 15:16:45 PM »

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Ela - she actually asked about FeLV, not FIV!!

I appreciate that I was just giving good value for money but I should have added that if a cat is tested for FeLV and is poss it is possible that they can then go on to shred it so it is not necessary to PTS unless very ill and suffering.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2007, 14:13:05 PM »

Ela - she actually asked about FeLV, not FIV!! The lifespan for FeLV isn't as long as FIV, but it really does vary from cat to cat, and she might not even have it. It is worth getting it done if your vet feels it is necessary though. There is no treatment as such, but it does really depend on what symptoms are present, as it can affect them in different ways, and in certain ones, things can be given to help alleviate them. I do hope that your vet doesnt push her back till Wed, this needs dealing with asap

tammy · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2007, 12:50:13 PM »

Thanks Ela-Yes I did work at a vets long time ago-well 14yrs or so.

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