Hi,
We were gone for about 14 hours, and when we returned home around 1:30 a.m., there was vomit on the rug.
KiKi has never had a problem with vomiting - so I knew something wasn't right. The kids were in their "Nursery", so I knew this was from KiKi.
One of the spots had a black spider in it - one or two of the spots had grass in them - guess he tried to help himself by eating grass (I keep grass inside for the cats).
Don't think the spider was a black widow - nothing I saw makes me think it was - other than it was black.
Background:
About 2 a.m., I called the emergency lines, the people I spoke with were cautious, but didn't really voice concern.
One person tried to get me to tell her how his gums looked - he's black, so are his gums (couldn't really get him to cooperate, either - no help there.)
They just told me to watch him, that if I became more concerned to bring him in - they're open 24/7.
By 3 a.m. he had stopped his vomiting, but was very lethargic (something the tech told me to expect - other than that - I can't say that I felt that I needed to go out in the dark of the night and drive to a place I'd never been - well, not with what I was observing at the time.
If the on-call tech would have been more "scary", I wouldn't have cared about the risks about driving at night even if I had to go by myself.
Today, he appears to be recovering from what ever it was, but he isn't taking in fluids, at least, that I've seen - and only this late afternoon did he eat some meat & meat juice that I offered.
When ever the "kids" are around him they perk him up. Phoebe has been especially loving to him, while Simon picks on him. The "kids" are good medicine for him.
Need some ideas please:
He's trying to urinate with little success.
He keeps climing in and out of the litter box.
He's had some bowel movement - had grass in it - I'm not sure, but I really don't think he's had any diarreah.
I was able to give him a good massage - last night he didn't want me anywhere near his tummy to massage it. I'm a believer in massaging - so is KiKi
. I'd like to think the massage has helped him rest.
Right now, he's resting - hasn't been up to try and go potty - been asleep for a couple of hours in fact.
Of course, if I think he's still not drinking enough, and he's still having problems urinating tomorrow - we'll be seeing the vet tomorrow (Monday).
Because I am usually over protective I'm trying be "rational" instead of overreacting to something that seems as "common place" as eating spiders. (I've been researching on the web, but can't find something to tell me what to be expecting when something like this happens.)
Any ideas as to what may be going on, what kind of things I should be looking for, etc.?
Any info that may help me be a better FurMommy - cause I know, now with three, plenty of things can happen - and they usually happen when the Vet is "closed", and I can't panick with every thing that may occur.
Any good reference books that you can recommend will also be appreciated.
Meanwhile - I guess the questions is: "What should I expect when he gets sick from eating a bug, or spider?
Thanks,
Gloria
We were gone for about 14 hours, and when we returned home around 1:30 a.m., there was vomit on the rug.
KiKi has never had a problem with vomiting - so I knew something wasn't right. The kids were in their "Nursery", so I knew this was from KiKi.
One of the spots had a black spider in it - one or two of the spots had grass in them - guess he tried to help himself by eating grass (I keep grass inside for the cats).
Don't think the spider was a black widow - nothing I saw makes me think it was - other than it was black.
Background:
About 2 a.m., I called the emergency lines, the people I spoke with were cautious, but didn't really voice concern.
One person tried to get me to tell her how his gums looked - he's black, so are his gums (couldn't really get him to cooperate, either - no help there.)
They just told me to watch him, that if I became more concerned to bring him in - they're open 24/7.
By 3 a.m. he had stopped his vomiting, but was very lethargic (something the tech told me to expect - other than that - I can't say that I felt that I needed to go out in the dark of the night and drive to a place I'd never been - well, not with what I was observing at the time.
If the on-call tech would have been more "scary", I wouldn't have cared about the risks about driving at night even if I had to go by myself.
Today, he appears to be recovering from what ever it was, but he isn't taking in fluids, at least, that I've seen - and only this late afternoon did he eat some meat & meat juice that I offered.
When ever the "kids" are around him they perk him up. Phoebe has been especially loving to him, while Simon picks on him. The "kids" are good medicine for him.
Need some ideas please:
He's trying to urinate with little success.
He keeps climing in and out of the litter box.
He's had some bowel movement - had grass in it - I'm not sure, but I really don't think he's had any diarreah.
I was able to give him a good massage - last night he didn't want me anywhere near his tummy to massage it. I'm a believer in massaging - so is KiKi
Right now, he's resting - hasn't been up to try and go potty - been asleep for a couple of hours in fact.
Of course, if I think he's still not drinking enough, and he's still having problems urinating tomorrow - we'll be seeing the vet tomorrow (Monday).
Because I am usually over protective I'm trying be "rational" instead of overreacting to something that seems as "common place" as eating spiders. (I've been researching on the web, but can't find something to tell me what to be expecting when something like this happens.)
Any ideas as to what may be going on, what kind of things I should be looking for, etc.?
Any info that may help me be a better FurMommy - cause I know, now with three, plenty of things can happen - and they usually happen when the Vet is "closed", and I can't panick with every thing that may occur.
Any good reference books that you can recommend will also be appreciated.
Meanwhile - I guess the questions is: "What should I expect when he gets sick from eating a bug, or spider?
Thanks,
Gloria