Queen Eva's internal medicine appointment is scheduled for Wednesday January 17th at 9:30. I would have preferred a Friday, but I didn't want to delay any longer. I will probably have to take the 18th off as well, though I hate to sacrifice the day.
I am most likely going to end up running out of vacation time again this year like I did two years ago.
Tapering the prednisolone starts tomorrow.
Fur is essentially roughage, which is all fiber really is. Just to try to clarify. And I agree that cats don't really need fiber.
Is Upstate open on Saturdays? Maybe you can connect with them then?
I wonder why the vet won't give you liquid instead of pills. I wish she would listen to you, as you know what works best for Queen Eva.
The clinic is open 24 hours a day, but they only do things like schedule appointments during regular 8-5 business hours.
Well there are different types of fiber that provide different benefits.Soluble and insoluble. Vet wants her to be on a combination of. Right now I'm putting her on just some SEB added to one meal a day and well see. I will get the Vet's Best though. Slippery elm apparently provides both soluble and insoluble, from what I've read. Too bad I didn't start with that instead of the psyllium, when this issue first started three years ago.
Liquid pred doesn't keep long. So there's no point in dispensing it in advance. Pills are more shelf stable.
If she goes on it long term, I will have them send the script out to Wedgewood, which was where I was getting Mazy cat's pred in liquid form.
What I asked was that she put a standing order in Queen Eva's record, so that if I called, they'd be able to dispense it (the liquid pred) when I asked for it, even if my vet wasn't there.
She said that wasn't practical, that it was better for me to keep the pills on hand.