Well sally is up for adoption! yea!! Wonder if she'll find a home today? probably not. But soon Im sure.. she's a wonderful kitty.
Took jack to the vet, even though he had pretty much stopped coughing. He had a smidge of a temp, and the vet hinted around that we could take an xray to see if there was anything going on, but that might be a bit over the top. I said it totally wasn't, so we sat around waiting for the xray.. which was fine. A bit of inflammation in the lungs, but with the hacking he was doing it isn't surprising. So he's on Baytril for the next 14 days, 1/2 a pill twice a day.. The first one wasn't the smoothest thing in the world to do, but we got through it ok. He was almost interested in eating it on his own (it is liver flavored.. finally a pill manufacture that gets it) but Ollie and Muffin were trying to horn in on his "treat" and it just wasn't good enough to fight for it. Will have to put it in a string bean next time.. lol
Muffin decided I needed to wake up this morning at 5am. She started by 'kneading' on my breast, then when I rolled over, it was my arm. When I hid that she came up and licked my nose. I threw her off, so she jumped up and licked my cheek. I threw her off again, and by that time the commotion got Eli's attention, so they started wrestling on the bed. I tossed them both off with one good shove from my foot, but then they were right back on the bed again. I gave up.. and got up. Silly kitties
Sally is eating more and more.. doing well. Im thinking I'll bring her back this weekend. *crosses fingers that nothing else goes wrong*
Jack was sleeping on the top of my chair a little while ago. Woke himself up coughing. Wasn't a hair ball type cough. I got concerned and knelt on the chair to look at him. He was just coughing, so I patted him and tried to keep him calm. he didn't want me to do that, so he got up and went into the kitchen. Still concerned I got up and followed him. His coughing caught everyone else's attention, and we were all huddled around jack. (except Em who was sleeping in the other room). Jack walked off again coughing. He stopped coughing and looked at me. I went over and told him it was ok to cough anything up if he needed to, or if he just wanted to cough that was fine. Ollie walked up to him and head bumped him, and started acting protective.. even to the extent of swiping at eli. Jack walked off and started coughing again. I didn't want to continue to bug him, so I went back into the living room. He seems to have stopped now, but this really has been one strange thing. Jack doesn't usually cough. Its usually muffin that does. Although we did have day of kitty beauty this morning, so maybe in the combing, or the teeth brushing, or the eating of the treats so that no one else could get them, something wasn't as it should have been. *reminds self not to get paranoid*
and yes.. this is kitty soap opera.. kitty light? as the kitty turns? Another kitty? *giggle*
and we have poo! she ate a half a bowl of food. I refilled it, and she ate some more, turned her nose up at the reheated friskies, actually drank some water - something she hasn't done since I started giving her fluids. I patted her tummy and told her she was a good kitty, then left. She wants some more attention cause she's sitting by the door crying, my kitties don't quite know what to make of it.
Emmy came down with a bit of URI herself. No matter how careful I am, it can't be careful enough obviously. Fortunately she is doing much better. Caught it early enough I guess.
It has been a lazy day for me. I took a two hour nap this afternoon. The kitties seem to have fallen suit. They are all just lounging around. Muffin has been following me around, but when ever she gets to the room Im in she flomps on the ground. its kinda cute.
We went down to see her last night, and she was still refusing me. Hubby pulled a few pieces of dry food out of the bowl and offered it to her and she ate. Confirmed everything I believed that she really needs someone else right now.. She didn't eat much.. a couple of mouthfuls.. but she went over to the bowl almost acted surprised there was a whole bowl of that food in the room :)
This morning I got a call from Denise. Saying the only thing she could think of that they could do for her is give her fluids. I reminded her that I am giving her fluids. She recommended I call mann anyway. I don't think mann can do much for her, but I think she'll take more kindly to someone else forcing food down her throat.. so I got very frustrated.
I went down to see sally. She was her usual pathetic self. I opened up a can of Friskies, and that she was interested in. Or more correctly say she's interested in the jelly. That goop is pure nectar of the kitty gods.. I swear. I got her to eat maybe a quarter of the can. Hey.. its a start. I replaced the old dry food with new dry food, and she had a few nibbles.. then went off to wash herself. Since I hadn't pilled her yet this morning, I grabbed her and pilled her, then threw a few more bites of food into her. the first two she took ok, but the last two she was trying to rip my arm off. Gonna try and heat the food up this afternoon.. Didn't work a few days ago, but who knows.. it might work now.
I have to say this whole experience has left me very frustrated. I know there isn't much that can be done for URI.. and if she were just sitting here miserable that would be one thing, but this whole not eating thing.. its scary. She hasn't had a decent bowel movement in a week.
Btw.. I found one of the best cures or remedies for feline acne. Tea tree oil facial wash from the body shop. It doesn't say its safe for pets, but a) since she's not washing under her chin well anyway and b) I washed her chin off afterwards with a safe soap, I figured.it would be fine, and she has been.
That black debris on her chin all but disappeared after the first washing. It came back slightly, so I washed it again, and its totally gone. Washing alone just wasn't cutting it, but with the tea tree facial wash, it pretty much jumped off her chin. it was amazing!!
Sally is still not eating on her own. Yesterday she looked much worse than she had, I was starting to really worry, but today she looks better. Yesterday I force fed her about 8 tablespoons of food total.. three in one sitting, four or five in the second. I had a bit of steak, and she ate the first piece, but not the second. this morning the other piece was gone. I put down some fresh food and water, and she had three or four pieces of food, then gave up. I forced about 7 tablespoons of food in her this morning.. *crosses fingers this stimulates her to getting healthier to eat on her own*
Im thinking the comments section of this blog aren't working well. or maybe the comments have just dramatically dropped off. If your reading this, could you just post a comment saying hi.. if I don't get any I'll look into getting a new comments host.
