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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 21, 2024, 12:29:23 PM »
Firmer larger poop, but the dots are still there.  I'll try another night, but if it goes on too long I'll have to call the vet. Queen Eva has never had anal gland problems I don't want to start with this now! Mazy cat, Jennie, and Bibbs are the three cats out of eight, who had to have their bottoms squeezed regularly. Jennie's I was able to get to spontaneously erupt sometimes by turning her on her back in my arms and kind of juggling her bottom, but I don't think I would try that with Queen Eva. I doubt she'd tolerate it, and I'd be afraid of hurting her, because of her spondylosis.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 21, 2024, 06:44:49 AM »
A closer look later yesterday, it looked like one side was emptied but not the other, so I gave her another psyllium dose last night, instead of the lactulose, again. I used a little bit more psyllium I think. I put plenty of water in the meal, but she didn't eat it right away, it sat for an hour and by the time she ate it, it already looked like I should have used even more water. That psyllium does soak it up! Inside their bodies too.

So I wanted her to have more liquid after she finished the meal.  I looked at the cans of Reveal (single protein/broth "complementary" products, no other ingredients) and decided to try the broth in one of those. I didn't need to give her any of the actual meat, I just wanted her to drink, so I opened a can of Reveal chicken and poured off the broth, it gave her about half an ounce(by weight) of liquid and she drank it right up!

Another tool in my arsenal, yay.  I threw the meat away. Small price to pay. There are six more cans of it already purchased, and if she only needs this procedure once a month, it isn't as extravagant or wasteful as it sounds, because I would have to trhow them away after they expire anyway. They are good until 1/2026. :).
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on February 20, 2024, 08:45:55 AM »
Thanks for the update!   fingerscrossed the psyllium clears her out.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 20, 2024, 08:27:46 AM »
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.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on February 19, 2024, 09:10:09 AM »
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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.

Makes sense!   :)
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 19, 2024, 08:43:28 AM »
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.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Pookie on February 16, 2024, 03:16:55 PM »
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 16, 2024, 12:03:06 PM »
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.
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Caring For Your Cat / Re: Queen Eva threw up with a pink tinge
« Last post by Middle Child on February 15, 2024, 09:14:56 AM »
Yes if we did the acupuncture they could do the B-12 shots at the same time. Really though she is thriving at the moment. the problem is vet keeps wanting to reduce the pred dose. She's doing so well on the current dose I hate to rock the boat.

About every two weeks or so she goes off her food for a day or two, and spends most of the day in a Burrow. Last time it went on long enough, I gave her fluids, this time I didn't have to, she was eating again quickly enough.  She is at her maximum weight, 7 pounds. Playing enough for me not to be overly concerned about arthritis pain.
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Declawing / Quebec, Canada bans declawing
« Last post by Middle Child on February 11, 2024, 08:47:55 AM »
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.
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