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I have a kitty who has chronic pancreatitis, early stages of renal disease, and is IBD to boot.  Poor kitty. He is going to be 15 at the end of the month. He also is chronically constipated and is on Lactulose 2 ML BID.- He weighs 9.8 lbs and is doing pretty well now. He is an Oriental...

Dear new friends, It is with great sadness- and great difficulty that  share that Dr. Hush Puppy went peacefully and softly to the Rainbow Bridge last night. Our vet called to tell me that he had taken a huge turn for the worse. I asked her if it was TIME, and she replied- "Yes, I think so."...

JenMeow, Yup- we are on top of the bandage issue now with our vet. We had another bandage change this past Friday and another one today I would imagine. I did leave an extensive update in my response to Crimmie. This support here has been so helpful and makes me feel a lot more confident.  ...

Crimmie I am so sorry to be so late in responding. Things have been extremely hectic here. We finally got the hang of feeding! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and Hush Puppy had no problems initially with the feedings. In a few days he was feeling better and even was eating some of...

Bonks to you crimmie! Thanks so much for your encouragement. It really helps! We just bought a bird-water dish that attaches to the cage.  He is fast asleep so will wait to attach it when we do our 1:00 PM (ET) feeding. Boy do I wish that pet health care was tax deductable as it is for humans...

No we are not doing subq fluids yet. He seems to be getting sufficient fluid with all the flushing we are doing. Our vet wants us to flush 5-10 MLS before we feed and 5-10 everytime after we feed. He also is getting meds through the tube so he gets 2 MLs with each of the meds we give him in the...

My kitty Dr. Hush Puppy, a Lilac Point Oriental age 15 just had a feeding (eg tube) placed this past Monday. He also has vestibular disease due to a raging inner ear infection. He had an MRI on Thurday and thank goodness no tumors anywhere- brain perfect- but he is wobbly like crazy so he has to...

Hush Puppy is now at the AVS in Maitland Florida having extensvie testing. He had a thorough neurological exam this morning which was essentially inconclusive so they are doing an MRI, spinal tap perhaps, xrays and blood work.  Hopefully they find nothing- hopefully they discover a lurking...

Thanks so very much for all of your support. That article was SO very helpful. I sent it to my husband also since both of us are rather nervous about this whole thing. We visited him yesterday a few hours after his surgery and he was still kind of out of it.  I spoke with a vet tech this...

Thanks to both of you for your replies. Right now Dr. Hush Puppy is probably being prepared for the surgery to insert the g-tube. The vestibular issue seems to be getting much worse.  Our vet asked us to bring him in yesterday for fluids which usually makes him feel better but this time it did...

Hi all, I have a 15 year-old Oriental Shorthair neuter named Hush Puppy. We have been battling a herpes flare for a few weeks now. He is getting  Idoxuridine for ocular herpes  Chloramphenicol as a secondary infection prevention and Buprenorphine for pain control. I have been syringe feeding...

Hi! I am new too!  I am so glad I found this remarkable site. I am slowly moving through exploring all the nooks and crannies, as any well behaved kitty would do:) My husband Marty and I have two wonderful senior Oriental Shorthairs. Dr. Hush Puppy- a Lilac Point, is a very laid back and...