Vibes for Duchess pls - NOW REHOMED!

[Daisymac]

Best of luck today xx

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

sending lots of good luck vibes for Duchess today.  I hope the vet can find out what is causing the problem.

[Desley (booktigger)]

Good luck today

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Poor Duchess and suspect its ear related but nothing that can be seen and she just needs loads of time and care. Lots of good wishes for her 

[Gillian Harvey]

Thanks 

Lots of vibes for Duchess to get better soon , hope the vet can find out what it is .

Bungly had polyps in her ear before i had her , she had her ear taken off and them removed in a major op , then had her ear sewn back on again ,but over the hole !
I imagine she was deaf in that ear after , but she never had any more problems with her ear .

Wow! thats some operation! well I suppose I will know more tomorrow .

[bunglycat]

Lots of vibes for Duchess to get better soon , hope the vet can find out what it is .

Bungly had polyps in her ear before i had her , she had her ear taken off and them removed in a major op , then had her ear sewn back on again ,but over the hole !
I imagine she was deaf in that ear after , but she never had any more problems with her ear .

[ChrisB]

Do hope that the vet can quickly find out the problem and Duchess soon feels better 

[Gillian Harvey]

Well, despite 7 days of antibiotics, Duchess was still very wobbly and holding her head at a funny angle, so I took her back today and vet wants to do exploratory look in her ear under anaesthetic. Duchess wouldnt let vet look in her ear properly this time (funny, she was ok last time) so it was impossible to see whats going on. Vet's thinking possibly polyp/mass of some sort, but we won't know until she's had a good look. Duchess is booked in for tomorrow, poor little girl    - this also means that her, Juliette and Bramble can't have any treats when I go in last thing tonight - cos Duchess is nil by mouth, which means her mum and sister will have to be too - they will be pleased! 

[Daisymac]

So glad she is feeling better 

[Tan]

That's so brill hun so glad she is feeling better   

[Guest]

awwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Wow 

[Gillian Harvey]

Oh dear got it all wrong thought that Juliette was a kitten LOL never realized she was the mother.......sigh

She just acts like a kitten Gill lol! (she's 12 yrs old  )

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Oh dear got it all wrong thought that Juliette was a kitten LOL never realized she was the mother.......sigh

Anyway lots more good wishes for Duchess 

[Gillian Harvey]

thanks  she's still quite wobbly, and it doesnt help that mum Juliette keeps swiping her 

[madkittyrescue]

great to hear that Duchess is improving Gillian.  All the harbour babies send their healing vibes and for her and you x

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Yes shaking head is not a good thing to do lol and hope she continues to improve 

[Gillian Harvey]

Thanks all  She is eating much better today, but still very wobbly and if she shakes her head she promptly falls over! Anyway we've started the antibiotic tabs today and its back to the vet in a week, unless I'm worried about her before then of course. I've got lots of those carpet pieces over the floor of the pen, so's its a bit of a softer landing than vinyl if she does wobble over 

[cazzer]

glad she is doing better

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Pleased she seems to be doing better and hope she is on the road to recovery 

[Tan]

   Hope she is a bit better today hun. Sending loads of love over for her and you. 

[Guest]

bless her. Give her a kiss from me x

[Gillian Harvey]

Thanks everyone  there is a slight improvement today I think and we'eve been back to the vets for another jab, plus pills for the week. I let her have a wander round the room while I was on the computer yesterday evening, big mistake, she wasnt very keen to go back in the cage oops!! Still hadnt eaten much this morning, but she stretched her legs again out of the cage, and bless her, she even tried to bat a ball around  After vet visit I decided to try her back out in the pen, put a bed down on the floor, rather than on the shelf, for her, and when I went back a bit later she was curled up in it. She also joined the others when I went in to feed them, and was tucking in to her plate while I watched for a bit, so think she is going to be ok.

It was scarey seeing her falling over like that, especialy as she had seemed fine the evening before, I immediately thought neurological - but then remembered one of my cats having something similar which turned out to be a middle ear infection.

I've had labriynthitis too and the dizziness is realy horrible.

[Guest]

Oh nooooo! 

[Lindsey (thefunkyinuit)]

Sending healing vibes  Get well soon Duchess

[Dawn F]

poor duchess oh has these attacks as well - I've literally seen him fall on the fall with it (hes a former rugby prop so not easy to lift up lol!) the meds do kick in fairly quickly so hope she is on her feet again soon and you get your room back

[Jasmine]

Oh poor Duchess 

I'm on strong drugs to stem what the doctors think is viral labrynthitis (sp?) or worse case scenario a pituitary tumour - on top of the ME!!, and when I was initially spinning round the room at a hundred times a second, my first thought was how awful if a cat got this!

Sending her healing vibes for a quick recovery
 

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[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Lots of love to Duchess and as you probably know I suffer with ear probs and as Stuart says they affect your balance and also can make you sick so you cant really eat.

I hope that she improves quick  cos if its a virus, it could take a longer time.   

[Zenith (Liz)]

Get well vibes for Duchess 

[puggy1975 Zoe]

Get well soon duchess

[Janeyk]

Poor love, sending get well wishes for her xx

[Stuart]

Sending Duchess tn's of get well soon vibes

I had a bad ear infection years ago, Very Very Painful, and yes it really affects your ballance greatly
didn't want to eat anything iether 

sure the meds will kick in for Duchess and She'll be back to normal in no time 

[Jiji]

Hope Duchess is improving.

[Tiggy's Mum]

Poor thing Must have been really frighetning for you too  Hope the meds do their job and she's back to normal soon enough 

[Gillian Harvey]

When I went in to the foster cats yesterday morning - the three girls came running over to me as usual, except that Duchess was staggering, like she was drunk. Holding her head down, and she fell over a couple of times. Went straight back in to phone vets - couldnt get appointment at the closest branch (cats action trust use different vet to my own) and then couldnt get an appointment till later at the further branch  Anyway, vet thinks probably an ear infection, thinking about it she had been a bit sensitive when stroking round that area, but is really affected her balance. She had antibiiotic and steroid jab, vet said to keep her confined for safety - so I put her in my large crate with her bed and try etc - up in spare (?) room, so's can keep close eye on her.

She was worse yesterday evening, couldnt even stand up without falling straight over, and she's not eating. I'm thinking, she's perhaps a little better this evening, but still not had anything to eat, maybe a few bites of tinned, am leaving some dry overnight for her.

Got cats everywhere now lol! Chico still being brought in (to my grooming room) from his pen overnight - in case he is vocal and wakes the neighbours! and now Duchess is in my workroom  This wasnt supposed to happen when I started fostering - that is why I've got pens in the garden I thought lol!