Hi Belinda, I'm so sorry to hear about Fred's troubles. I have a CRF furbaby too, and she'll be 18 in a few months. She has head twitching. The only thing she's being treated for really is hyperT with Tapazole, and she gets 200 cc of fluids every week for the CRF. My vet never mentioned anything about her BP. Is that part of the progression of CRF?
Please let us know what the vet said this morning. I hope Fred gets better soon! :) Wendy --- Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > Fred my CRF furkid is having some problems, I took > him in to the vet > last night because he gave out a meow that sounded > like nothing he has > ever done before and when he tried to stand and walk > he did about a half > turn and then plopped back to the rug and his front > feet were > twitching. He's been twitching off and on for a > while. > > He's been on Norvasc for high blood pressure for a > while but apparently > his dose is no longer high enough, his BP was 230 at > the vets > yesterday. I called the vet in while he was > twitching and she is very > concerned about his BP, she told me to give him > double his dose when I > got home, he had already had his usual dose that > morning. Then she said > to give his regular dose in this AM and another dose > in the afternoon > today. He will get double what he's been getting > from now on. > > I didn't feed or mess with him the rest of the night > yesterday, and he > twitched off and on all night. He was very unsteady > on his feet and > slept for the most part. This morning he is not > himself still. He is > not as unsteady and not twitching that I've noticed > yet but seems very > slow and just looks like he doesn't feel good. I > gave him his > metachloprimide and am going to feed him shortly, > I'm going to wait and > give him his BP med close to the time the vet opens > so if I have to run > him down they will be open, they open at 6:30AM, > it's 6AM now. > > Please pray that whatever is going on, hopefully it > is just his BP and > the increased BP meds will control it, if not, that > whatever it is we'll > figure it out and can help him feel better. He > looks the worse he ever > has since this all started. > > -- > > Belinda > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > Be-Mi-Kitties > http://bemikitties.com > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367
