Hello, I’m new to the group, thank you for allowing me to join. I have been reading all the valuable info. about Giardia because my cat, Mickey has it at the moment.
I’ve had him for 14 years since he was a kitten off the streets. He’s always been rather scared and no matter how much I’ve tried over the years I’ve not managed to gain his full trust. He’s very friendly with my three other cats but stays clear of my two tiny Yorkies. When these get sick, I have no problems giving them their medicines. Mickey has never been sick up till now, this is the time I’ve been dreading.
A couple of months ago we moved house and I’m now keeping all four cats stay indoors as we live on a busy street. Our previous house had a big garden and was in a safe area, the cats had access to indoors and outdoors.
One of my Yorkies had diarrhea recently for a couple of weeks but it cleared up on its own and she ate normally. Mickey has had it for a couple of weeks too but I took him to the vet four days ago when he stopped eating. He only poops a little in the morning and evening. His blood tests were normal. The vet gave me some meronidazole to give to him, naturally he wouldn’t take it and wouldn’t allow me to get close to him. I tried wrapping him up in a towel but he scratched, meowed angrily and tried biting me! I’ve tried all the suggestions that I found in the forums and nothing has worked. I’ve tried giving him all sorts of nice tasting food too. When I’m giving food to all my other pets he comes to the kitchen and looks on. He meows at me and ‘talks’ to me, we can have a little ‘conversation’ but when I try giving food to him he runs away. He drinks a little water every now and then during the day and I don’t think he’s dehydrated. He spends most of his day sleeping.
The vet wants to see Mickey again so I’m taking him tomorrow but he doesn’t like car rides. When I took him last Monday I thought he was going to die in his carrier. He laid down and just starred blankly. Anyone has/had a cat like this? I just don’t know what to do. Sorry this post is so long.
I’ve had him for 14 years since he was a kitten off the streets. He’s always been rather scared and no matter how much I’ve tried over the years I’ve not managed to gain his full trust. He’s very friendly with my three other cats but stays clear of my two tiny Yorkies. When these get sick, I have no problems giving them their medicines. Mickey has never been sick up till now, this is the time I’ve been dreading.
A couple of months ago we moved house and I’m now keeping all four cats stay indoors as we live on a busy street. Our previous house had a big garden and was in a safe area, the cats had access to indoors and outdoors.
One of my Yorkies had diarrhea recently for a couple of weeks but it cleared up on its own and she ate normally. Mickey has had it for a couple of weeks too but I took him to the vet four days ago when he stopped eating. He only poops a little in the morning and evening. His blood tests were normal. The vet gave me some meronidazole to give to him, naturally he wouldn’t take it and wouldn’t allow me to get close to him. I tried wrapping him up in a towel but he scratched, meowed angrily and tried biting me! I’ve tried all the suggestions that I found in the forums and nothing has worked. I’ve tried giving him all sorts of nice tasting food too. When I’m giving food to all my other pets he comes to the kitchen and looks on. He meows at me and ‘talks’ to me, we can have a little ‘conversation’ but when I try giving food to him he runs away. He drinks a little water every now and then during the day and I don’t think he’s dehydrated. He spends most of his day sleeping.
The vet wants to see Mickey again so I’m taking him tomorrow but he doesn’t like car rides. When I took him last Monday I thought he was going to die in his carrier. He laid down and just starred blankly. Anyone has/had a cat like this? I just don’t know what to do. Sorry this post is so long.
~ Keep us posted on how he gets along! I'm betting that he has turned that corner, and will barely look back!
I'm tickled that he's better, but don't be a stranger just because of that!
