Topic: TARKA IS COMING HOME!!Kitten with "enlarged" bottom!! - anyone experienced this? (Read 13421 times)

LesleyW · « **Reply #99 on:** October 15, 2007, 09:39:42 AM »

Sorry for no news over the weekend but had an horrendous time, lost three of my four handrearing babies. They just faded over 24 hours and were gone.

The last one, Gizmo (named in honour of Tan's Gizmo) is thankfully strong and still thriving so all my attentions have been on him for the last 24 hours, worried sick looking for any sign of illness.

Anyway, to better news - phoned the Hospital this morning and Tarka is doing formed poos (each poo is written down with full description of shape, size and consistency

) and if he continues like this through the day he can come home tonight.

He is on strict diet of W/d and peridale but so far poos are good and bum is clean.

Will up-date later today to let you know for definite if he is coming home.

Hippykitty · « **Reply #98 on:** October 14, 2007, 07:40:08 AM »

Owing to life being complex here, I've been out of the Purrs loop for a while. I've read bits of this thread, but not all. Has anyone looked into the possibility of some abnormality of the anal glands which sit at either side of the anus. Poor Sam had hers cleared on sat morning (she's not a happy cat!).
If there is some gross abnormality, such as a failure of the drainage system to develop properly, this may not be something the cat can live with, or there may be some form of surgery.
But I'm sure the vets have already looked into this.
Thinking of you.

Schmew · « **Reply #97 on:** October 12, 2007, 22:03:32 PM »

Thinking of you all Lesley and hoping Tarka can come through this

xxx

clarenmax · « **Reply #96 on:** October 12, 2007, 10:00:21 AM »

I will keep everything I can crossed that there is a solution to Tarka's problems

Felix (Caroline) · « **Reply #95 on:** October 11, 2007, 21:26:09 PM »

I really hope there is an answer for Tarka

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #94 on:** October 11, 2007, 21:10:38 PM »

I agree if he is so bright then there must be an answer, please let there be an answer for Tarka

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #93 on:** October 11, 2007, 20:20:24 PM »

I do hope that there is a positive change in him by Monday.

LesleyW · « **Reply #92 on:** October 11, 2007, 20:19:44 PM »

I was taliking to one of the nurses and she had a kitten that had the same sort of problem from two weeks of age. Had every test imaginable and nothing was ever picked up but she perserved and by the age of six months the problem seemed to resolve itself. It's just getting hubby to agree to have a dirty kitty here for the next three months or more.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #91 on:** October 11, 2007, 20:11:15 PM »

Every instinct I have is that, if he is so bright and lively in himself, there must be an answer.

I so hope it can be found.

LesleyW · « **Reply #90 on:** October 11, 2007, 20:06:20 PM »

We are trying a new mixture of medication and food and Caroline my Vet has said there will be no charge and let's see how he is on Monday.

He is sooo bright in himself, if only we can find the right combination to stop the runs.

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #89 on:** October 11, 2007, 19:36:42 PM »

I so hope the vet hasnt given up on Tarka

Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #88 on:** October 11, 2007, 19:33:50 PM »

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #87 on:** October 11, 2007, 16:12:19 PM »

Oh dear this is terrible news, the last thing I wanted to see.

I know you have tried everything that has been recommended and would love for there to be a miricle for Tarka

Felix (Caroline) · « **Reply #86 on:** October 11, 2007, 15:00:59 PM »

Oh no don't know what to say

Would a raw meat diet help him in any way its just that I have been reading about Raw diets and that its help a lot of cats with different problems, as Simba has I B D

clarenmax · « **Reply #85 on:** October 11, 2007, 14:25:34 PM »

Oh hun, I'm sorry about Tarka, I really hoped he had turned a corner

I pray there is one more thing which can be tried, and will work xx

sheryl · « **Reply #84 on:** October 11, 2007, 14:22:02 PM »

Oh Lesley Im so sorry that little Tarka has not improved. Praying for a miracle xxx

Dawn F · « **Reply #83 on:** October 11, 2007, 13:57:38 PM »

poor Tarka and poor you Lesley, you really have done everything you can for him

Mojo · « **Reply #82 on:** October 11, 2007, 13:52:27 PM »

oh no poor Tarka

Im sure you have done everything humanly possible for him. So sorry

LesleyW · « **Reply #81 on:** October 11, 2007, 13:49:57 PM »

Just phoned the Hospital and Tarka is leakiing green runny poo again. We are running out of things to try with him.

I am going in tonight and I think it will be time to say goodbye to my little boy.

Mark · « **Reply #80 on:** October 11, 2007, 09:35:23 AM »

Great news Lesley. Lets hope he keeps it up (no pun)

clarenmax · « **Reply #79 on:** October 11, 2007, 08:40:26 AM »

Keeping everything crossed

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #78 on:** October 11, 2007, 07:59:37 AM »

Fingers crossed for him.

hOrZa · « **Reply #77 on:** October 09, 2007, 22:56:14 PM »

Excellent News

Schmew · « **Reply #76 on:** October 09, 2007, 22:31:52 PM »

Sounding good! Fingers and everything else crossed even more tightly!

x

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #75 on:** October 09, 2007, 18:32:24 PM »

Oh I do hope this will continue, purrrrrrrrrlease

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #74 on:** October 09, 2007, 17:50:59 PM »

Quote from: Lesley (Eight Lives Left Kitten Rescue) on October 09, 2007, 15:53:28 PM

hopefully this is the start of his recovery.

Oh, I do hope so

Felix (Caroline) · « **Reply #73 on:** October 09, 2007, 15:54:31 PM »

That is really fantastic news

LesleyW · « **Reply #72 on:** October 09, 2007, 15:53:28 PM »

Spoke to my friend Sharon at the Vet Hospital and for the first time today Tarka is not leaking poo!!!!

In fact he has not even done a poo today yet and this is after only 24 hours of his new regime.

Hopefully my vet will be phoning me later but I am just soo pleased for him - hopefully this is the start of his recovery.

Schmew · « **Reply #71 on:** October 08, 2007, 23:19:12 PM »

Everything crossed Lesley, give him a cuddle for us

x

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #70 on:** October 08, 2007, 16:12:12 PM »

I have all my fingers crossed for little Tarka

sheryl · « **Reply #69 on:** October 08, 2007, 15:07:38 PM »

Fingers, toes and everything else crossed for little Tarka - positive vibes and healing thoughts for the little one xxx

Love and hugs to you Lesley xxx

LesleyW · « **Reply #68 on:** October 08, 2007, 14:58:51 PM »

Have just found some info on Fabcats website about Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats and some of the details seem relevant to Tarka's case so have e-mailed the details to my Vet. The good news is that they normally recover from it, the bad news is that it can take up to nine months with some cats having diarrhoea for 2 years.

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #67 on:** October 08, 2007, 14:52:06 PM »

Fingers crossed for little Tarka

blackcat · « **Reply #66 on:** October 08, 2007, 13:46:55 PM »

which is why I was wondering. If it was diarrhoea, he would be dozy, if it is simply that his bowel is not closing properly, he would still have runny poos but it would not be running him down. Just a thought, and, as you say, he is too tiny to be able to do anything yet anyway.

LesleyW · « **Reply #65 on:** October 08, 2007, 13:42:50 PM »

Just spoken to Caroline, one of the partners of the practice and she has apologised that no one has been in touch.

She has gone through his case study and has decided at the moment to give him white fish only to eat. She says it could be something really silly that we are overlooking such as an intolerance to chicken and, as with most diarrhoea cases he has been on quite alot of chicken recently, so swapping to white fish, and also changing antibiotic to erythromycin as other seems to be ineffective.

I asked if she thought it could be physical rather than an infection and she said it would be hard to diagnose without gut biopsy etc so not to go that route yet, and he is so small that any surgery or investigation at the moment is restrictive. They are going to keep him on this regime for the next 48 hours with no extra charge and see if there is any change. Caroline also said that he is sooo bright so I just can't give up on him.

PLEASE KEEP FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS FOR MY LITTLE BOY.

Felix (Caroline) · « **Reply #64 on:** October 08, 2007, 13:13:03 PM »

I really hope that It can be sorted out for you

Will be thinking of you both

blackcat · « **Reply #63 on:** October 08, 2007, 13:08:48 PM »

have they given any thought to whether the anal sphincter is closing? If the muscle at the opening of the anus is not closing properly there would be a constant weeping of faeces. Not sure if it would be fixable surgically, but if you had a name to give the problem then you could start finding solutions. at the moment you are just bleeding money with no result. Ask them to look into is (so to speak) and give you an answer...

LesleyW · « **Reply #62 on:** October 08, 2007, 13:05:45 PM »

I've just been on to the Vets and although Tarka is still very bright in himself the diarrhoea is no better.

Just had a good moan to them because I have not heard from a Vet since last Wednesday and nobody can tell me where to go from here or what the next step is!! but at the moment things are not looking good. He seems to be oblivious to the fact that he is constantly "weeping" diarrhoea and he has no control whatsoever over it. Everything he comes into contact with gets covered and my poor friend Sharon who works at the vets has just had to completely clean him and his isolation cage because someone decided to give him a couple of cushions to climb over and that just made things ten times worse.

I don't think the outcome is looking good and I feel really harsh for saying that but I cannot have a kitten or cat in the house that "weeps" diarrhoea everywhere and it is no quality of life for him to be locked in a crate all the time.

I really am at my wits end with him.

Schmew · « **Reply #61 on:** October 07, 2007, 21:53:12 PM »

How's little Tarka doing Lesley?

x

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #60 on:** October 04, 2007, 19:46:44 PM »

What is the vet suggesting, he cant expect for this to be made right by itself?

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