Parenting-Furkids

Well hell. I suspected this would happen. Last night as I was doing a check on her bottom I saw two little brown dots, indicating her anal glands are getting too full. I've had a lot of experience with blocked anal glands and I know what to look for.

I was afraid the problem might present itself, with the softened stools from the lactulose. Last night I gave her psyllium instead of lactulose to try to bulk her up temporarily. She had a poop this morning that was much firmer, but a bit small, and didn't have the telltale anal gland clearing out odor. I've just taken a peek at her bottom but she scooted away so I can't tell if she just needs to wash or if the dots are still there.

I may have to repeat the psyllium a time or two for good results. It's all a balancing act.  this is day three on the reduced prednisolone dose and she is still Thundering around the house with her poop run and eating without trouble.

Started the 0.1 reduced dose today, per vet instructions.  I tried adding it to her first meal with her lactulose (dusted with forti flora), and she ate it that way.

After she ate it up she did the "I know you are going to grab me and shoot something down my throat" crouch, and then was surprised when I didn't.

I don't like adding meds to food, especially such a tiny amount, because there's always the concern if she doesn't finish it she doesn't get the whole dose. But this is only a minuscule amount of raw 0.3 ounce, with the lactulose and forti flora already added, so I thought it worth a try. She does hate being grabbed and squirted.  I had to add a tiny extra dust of forti flora to make her lick the last the bit of residue left in the dish.

 However at the first sign of deterioration in her appetite or activity level I'm going back up to 0.2. I don't know if she'll take that dose in her food, but I'll see if the time comes. The prednisolone has very little taste, to me, just sightly bitter.  I know because I tasted it. It is not flavored. But my taste buds are probably not the same as hers.

PS I want her to be able to take it in her food, in case I have to be in the hospital again. it's unlikely, but still, better to have the routine in place as normal, just in case.

The prednisolone is starting to help with her arthritis too. She's playing more, old Games she hasn't played in a while, and she is moving so much better, trotting around the house in a free and easy gait.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ban-cosmetic-surgery-pets-quebec-1.7111638

Ontario is the only hold out in Canada.

US declawing vets, greedy and lying and catering to selfish people, are the scourge of the earth, I lump them with pedophiles and abusers of all kinds.

Queen Eva hadn't peed in 25 hours and hadn't pooped in 49 hours. This morning I got up and picked her up and put her in the litter box and told her if she didn't go I was going to have to take her to the vet.  She jumped right out and ran away but about five minutes later finally went back and did both.

I remembered that I had done that when we first moved here and she hadn't used the litter box in over 48 hours, and it worked then, so I tried it again, and it worked again.