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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on December 26, 2023, 10:10:48 AM »
First:  Belated Merry Christmas!

2nd:  I understand the worry about taking her off the pred.  I went through that with Kitty.  And I know vets freak about keeping pets on pred long-term, but per Dr. Plechner, some pets need to be on low-dose (key words there are LOW dose) pred, because their adrenals aren't producing enough cortisol, and/or they have too much estrogen in their system which lowers cortisol and causes inflammation.  The low-dose pred is just enough to bring things into balance, kind of like a person who is hypo-thyroid takes a thyroid medication to bring those hormones back into balance.

My point is, while hopefully she'll continue to do well once she's off the pred fingerscrossed, if she does continue to need it, she may be one of those pets that needs to be on a low-dose to keep things in balance and control inflammation.  He had a bunch of specific tests that he ran, but the main thing is to use the lowest effective dose.  I had Kitty on .2ml/day, and that seemed to work for her.

Why bother with a shelf?   :D  She's seems fine with the dinosaur.   Silly7

Congratulations on getting everything set up!  Woo hoo!   bananamiddlechild BanWooHoo dancingbanana bananamiddlechild
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 24, 2023, 10:26:54 AM »
Holy crap I did it! I hooked up the wireless and firestick and amazon to the new tv --all of it! Not without much angst and tears and pain, but by gosh I did it. All by myself.

Wow. I am in awe of myself lol
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 24, 2023, 07:57:54 AM »
Queen Eva checking out our Christmas present: a new-to-me TV. New enough to be able to be used with modern technology, but not so new I can't operate it. It's all formatted already and I hooked up my dvd player without any trouble. The friend who donated it also gave me a Firestick for Christmas, so I still do have some learning to do.

If ever I can find someone to remove that old dinosaur for me, I'll build Queen Eva a shelf to perch on above the TV instead.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 23, 2023, 08:48:10 AM »
I'm so afraid of taking Queen Eva off the prednisolone. Today was her last dose of the taper. Supposed to be. But good grief it's a long holiday weekend, and so is next weekend, I don't want her crashing on a holiday.

There's still some in the bottle, so I might keep going for a few more days, with the every other day, until I can speak to my vet.

When I do take her off, if she crashes, I'm wondering if I even need to put her through any diagnostics, since, as shown the pred helps her so much, the treatment will be the same, whatever the outcome.

If she continues on the upswing, good. But I'd rather wait to find out, either way, AFTER the holidays. If I do keep the specialist appointment, she'll have to be off the pred anyway, so it would be better timing to take her off at the beginning of January. It's a very very tiny dose, but it's helping her so much.

She has gained 1 1/2 more ounces since last weigh in 4 days ago. 6 pounds 6 ounces now. I bought her a Red Dot, in the hopes of getting her running a little bit. She's gone off all her Running Games. I'm careful not to let her overdo, but she had a fun run last night and another this morning.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on December 20, 2023, 08:28:46 AM »
Say it with me:  We do the best we can.  :)  grouphug

HangInThere
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 20, 2023, 05:54:04 AM »
She had some very hard dry stool so I gave her some lactulose. Dosed her twice, with 1 ml Monday night and then 0.5 ml yesterday at lunch. Poops back to normal after that.

She's still eating like crazy, mostly canned with one raw meal in the morning.  She's worse on the off-pred days and after Saturday she's off it all together and I'm scared of that.

Still NO sign of any hairball accumulation, though I am still not seeing it in her poop, it HAS to be there, because she could not eat 1.5 ounces of canned with water added in one sitting, if she had a wad in her guts, one would think.

Chewy has discontinued the Organix brand of canned I use, but they didn't say why. I've searched and don't see any indication that the brand has been discontinued. I did order something else, from Ziwi Peak, to try, just in case, but she is doing really well on the Organix. She always has, in spite of the pea content.

I'd prefer her to be on raw, but she's eating this canned like she's ravenous, so I'll keep her on it mostly, for now, to keep trying to bring her weight back up.

She'll play a little but only lying on the floor batting at the feather Games, or her Fly Swatter Game on the bed.. Her arthritis is bad, but I think the cosequin is bothering her stomach. After she has it she crouches in discomfort.

Same with the SEB.

So the only supplement she's getting now is her s.boulardii with her raw meal. Canned meals, which are the bulk of her diet at the moment have nothing added to them but water. I am getting one ounce (by weight)** of added water a day into her. I haven't gotten the Vet's Best yet.

** I did a conversion and now know that 1 ounce of water by weight is equivalent to 0.95 fluid ounces. So it's that much extra added to her diet which is 78% moisture to being with.

EDIT:  I am striving for 12 hour fasts overnight, but during the week I can't manage it, the best I can do is 11 hours. It's easier on weekends because I can wait to feed her later in the morning. But during the work week,, it just doesn't work, so 11 hours it is. Sometimes 10 1/2. :(
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on December 19, 2023, 04:01:51 PM »
Thinking of you both, and hoping all's well.   fingerscrossed fingerscrossed fingerscrossed Hug1 Hug1 Hug1
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on December 17, 2023, 02:37:16 PM »
grouphug

I'm glad she's had some poops, and that she's eating.  That's good news!

As for the Denamarin, I don't blame you for holding off on using it.  Salmon oil is also an antioxidant, if Queen Eva needs one, and could be added to her food, saving you both the stress of pilling.

The book that has the face/ear/paw maps is Reflexology for Cats by Jackie Segers.  She walks you through how to do it, so if you do want to try it, you may want to order her book.  I think she's in New Zealand.

Xing fingers that the 12 hour fasts help out, and that the constipation resolves quickly!   fingerscrossed
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 17, 2023, 06:28:25 AM »
Another nice poop over night with some fur in it. I'm not sure if it was enough fur, but we'll see. I'm giving her 12 hour overnight fasts.

I'm in a quandary about the Denamarin though. I can't see me having a fight with her every morning, soon I won't see her at all in the morning, if I attempt this pill, that has to be syringed down with 3 ccs of water. It's only guess work if it will do anything and I'm not inclined to put her through it at this stage.

I think I forgot to mention the Denamarin. Vet recommended it as an antioxidant. Says they suggest it for pancreatitis patients. Which Queen Eva is not confirmed to have, since we couldn't do the blood work.

I took my question about it to the Raw for IBD group and only got one useful answer from someone who is (I think) a vet tech said they use it for support in pancreatitis cases.

Still, it is not confirmed she has pancreatitis, and I'm just not putting the two of us through it at this stage.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on December 16, 2023, 07:50:44 AM »
Queen Eva likes her ears drubbed, and accepts combing around her chin and neck. I appreciate your offer, I do, you are very generous to offer your time and effort. It's not that I am not open to Reflexology, I am sure it can be an effective tool, but I have no skills in that area nor the current brain function to learn them. I would be more afraid of doing harm from doing it wrong, than helping.

However, since you've brought it up, when I am feeling less tired, if that ever happens, I'll look it up and try to learn more about it. I don't want to bring my own troubles to Queen Eva's thread but I have terrible brain fog and live most of each day in terror that I will be presented with something I cannot comprehend, but should be able to grasp.

Since she hasn't passed any fur I gave her a 12+ hour fast hoping the fur would get moving. This morning she had two small hard stools, which now indicates she is constipated. Sigh......

I've just given her a 0.6 ml dose of lactulose.

EDIT 10:57 (2 hours later) she did have two more stools.  Still very firm but one had some fur in it. Too soon for the lactulose to have taken effect, so those would have come regardless.  She still has an appetite as well.

She peed and pooped and it would have been an ideal time to do the nail trim, which she is due for, but my sister is coming and I'm not sure when she will arrive, so I didn't want to start it and be interrupted.
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