Sorry, I'm so behind on posts...so this topic may have already been discussed...but what kind of pain killers is Ginger on? My Pips had a similar tooth extraction and the vet gave me an injectable pain killer (I think that I only gave it to him once a day, right between the shoulder blades) that went to work immediately (and very effectively by the look on his face!)...and it did wonders for his appetite...I imagine Ginger's mouth is extremely sore and probably now associates a plate of food with a large amount of pain...I know you want to limit the number of drugs Ginger is receiving, but a stronger pain killer may dull the pain enough to encourage eating! Just a thought...you guys are certainly in my thoughts!
Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:20 pm Subject: Re: Ginger > > I did give her the sulphur, which I have in the house, in the > manner that > you suggested. I do agree on some level about not giving many > drugs, which is > why I did not give her the pain killer this morning. The reason I > am > thinking about the I-R is that the article on the > felineleukemia.org website > actually says that it gets positve cats who have stopped eating to > eat again in 50% > of the cases at the author vet's clinic. I don't know if he is > telling the > truth or not, but if it could get her to eat that would be > wonderful. It is > not supposed to have side effects. Well, actually I think I read > somewhere > that it could, but the vet who wrote the article said he has > treated 700 cats > with it and has never seen any side effects, and people on this > list have used > it and have never seen any side effects. So I thought maybe this > one thing > is worth trying. Do you think that is a bad idea? I am still open > to not > doing it. I am hoping the dox will make her URI better in a day > or two and then > I will stop the antibiotics. The only other med she is on besides > the dox > is pepcid to try to counteract any nausea the dox might cause. > Michelle > > In a message dated 5/13/05 1:48:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I agree with Nina - any additional drugs you may give her right now > might be a burden and too much to handle for her right now - I > feel that > she needs a break from all that - at least until she starts eating > again. Michelle, please don't give up, Ginger is going to get > better,you have to believe that, and she needs you to believe in > her. I was so > scared of losing Leo, and the only people who did not give up a > hope is > my and my holistic vet. > My holistic vets told me to avoid supplements and drugs in a > situationlike this - that's why I suggested homeopathic remedy - it > makes their > body to heal and deal with whatever they are dealing with no side > effect- you just have to find the right one that works for the > specificproblem you are dealing with. > > Michelle, I lost my Henry boy after giving baytrill antibiotics - > whichalmost never happens to anyone - but Henry's body was > compromisedalready and couldn't deal with drugs and it ended up > killing him. > > > > >
