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Michelle what is cat fence? Sheila
Re: more on Lucy
I'm just catching up with your posts about Lucy. I was feeling a little better until I got to this one. Your sweet Lucy is such a delicate flower. I hate to think of forcing more medications on her and I've got it in my head from somewhere that flagil is an esp harsh med. Is there any way to assist feed her her regular diet? What do you have her on now? Could you blend whatever it is up enough and mix it with water so you could syringe her? I'm betting she's got diarrhea from the whatever is making her feel lousy, the stress of the vet visit and the change in diet. I think I'd hold off on any more meds until you see how she responds to the IM. Trying to keep her stools normal is probably not as important as keeping her system as strong as it can be to battle whatever is causing the fever. You know I feel for you. This just sucks. Many prayers for you and Lucy, Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, now Lucy has diarrhea too. I do not know if it is because I gave her baby food, or because I gave her Lysine (her IBD flaring up) or if it is just the fever doing it. I was going to cut down on her pred because it can be counterproductive to fighting an infection or virus, but now I don't want to because her IBD may be flaring up as well. Should I give her flagyl, which normally helps the IBD, on top of the Clavamox she is on? Michelle
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My mom asked me the same thing just now-- why I force fed her baby food rather than blending up her normal turkey diet. I have no idea. I just did not think of it. I will definitely do that from now on. Thanks. flagyl actually seems to really help her get over IBD flare-ups. I just learned that a couple of months ago. It helps more than anything else, it seems, even more than raising the pred dosage. But right now I think I will focus on her fever/URI. She is on clavamox for that, and hopefully will get I-R tomorrow (is that what you meant when you said IM?). I will go from there. She walked around and rubbed and purred for a bit after fluids, but now is sleeping in an odd position. Poor baby, she is pretty knocked out by this. Her nose is bubbling now, though, so I do think it's a URI. Thanks, Michelle In a message dated 10/24/2006 12:19:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm just catching up with your posts about Lucy. I was feeling a little better until I got to this one. Your sweet Lucy is such a delicate flower. I hate to think of forcing more medications on her and I've got it in my head from somewhere that flagil is an esp harsh med. Is there any way to assist feed her her regular diet? What do you have her on now? Could you blend whatever it is up enough and mix it with water so you could syringe her? I'm betting she's got diarrhea from the whatever is making her feel lousy, the stress of the vet visit and the change in diet. I think I'd hold off on any more meds until you see how she responds to the IM. Trying to keep her stools normal is probably not as important as keeping her system as strong as it can be to battle whatever is causing the fever.You know I feel for you. This just sucks. Many prayers for you and Lucy,Nina
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Yes, I meant IR, not IM. This isn't the first time your mom and I have been on the same page :). I'm glad to hear Lucy was rubbing and purring, that's a good sign. Don't worry about her sleeping more than usual, she needs her rest, poor little sprite! Do you have "Little Noses" in the house, just in case? When Spencer was blowing his nose all over the house I gave him Phenylephrine (rx) diluted with 5 parts saline. It doesn't sound like she needs anything as strong as that and the Little Noses are made to be gentle enough for children. If you feel it's necessary for her congestion, I'd try that first. Hang in there girl, Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mom asked me the same thing just now-- why I force fed her baby food rather than blending up her normal turkey diet. I have no idea. I just did not think of it. I will definitely do that from now on. Thanks. flagyl actually seems to really help her get over IBD flare-ups. I just learned that a couple of months ago. It helps more than anything else, it seems, even more than raising the pred dosage. But right now I think I will focus on her fever/URI. She is on clavamox for that, and hopefully will get I-R tomorrow (is that what you meant when you said IM?). I will go from there. She walked around and rubbed and purred for a bit after fluids, but now is sleeping in an odd position. Poor baby, she is pretty knocked out by this. Her nose is bubbling now, though, so I do think it's a URI. Thanks, Michelle
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I do have Little Noses. But her congestion itself is not terrible. I just mentioned it because it is further evidence that this is a URI. Though I guess it might be the congestion, rather than the fever, that is making her not want to eat. Michelle In a message dated 10/24/2006 1:03:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I meant IR, not IM. This isn't the first time your mom and I have been on the same page :). I'm glad to hear Lucy was rubbing and purring, that's a good sign. Don't worry about her sleeping more than usual, she needs her rest, poor little sprite! Do you have "Little Noses" in the house, just in case? When Spencer was blowing his nose all over the house I gave him Phenylephrine (rx) diluted with 5 parts saline. It doesn't sound like she needs anything as strong as that and the Little Noses are made to be gentle enough for children. If you feel it's necessary for her congestion, I'd try that first. Hang in there girl, Nina
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Michelle, Do you know how Lucy got a URI? Is she indoor only? Do you work with other cats? Just curious, always looking to protectmy troublemakers. Leslie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: more on Lucy I do have Little Noses. But her congestion itself is not terrible. I justmentioned it because it is further evidence that this is a URI.Though Iguessit might be the congestion, rather than the fever, that is making her not want to eat.Michelle
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She goes outside under our supervision. We have cat fence on the fence tops to keep them in, but because we live near a road I still get nervous letting them out without supervision. Plus she hunts if unsupervised. The weather recently got cold here, and maybe we were not keeping the heat up enough. It was 63 degrees in the house when I checked the other day. In the spring that would be warm, but I think after the summer it feels cold. Today I have it up to 73, which is warmer than I would usually keep it, but I want to keep her warm. I also have a space heater on, though she is not laying near it. Other than that, I don't know. Their immune systems are weak because of the FeLV. Many cats always carry herpes virus, which can cause URI, and it just rears its head every once in a while when their immune system goes down from stress or something else. .Lucy is on steroids for IBD and has been for a few months now. That can encourage Herpes. Also, someone came to clean the furnace the other day, and she got scared and hid in the ceiling for a few hours. Perhaps the stress lowered her immune system further. I don't know. I do not volunteer at a shelter anymore, and do not remember seeing other cats recently. But who knows. I was at my parents' house last week and they have two cats; they are not sick, but they go outside, and maybe they are carrying something. But in my experience talking to other people, even people with single indoor-only FeLV+ cats still report that they get colds every once in a while. I just hope that is all Lucy has. Michelle In a message dated 10/24/2006 2:03:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michelle, Do you know how Lucy got a URI? Is she indoor only? Do you work with other cats? Just curious, always looking to protectmy troublemakers. Leslie
