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Weird call from the clinic tonight - not Charlies regular vet - left me a voice mail about Charlies medication being ready. ah...What medication? No one said anything about medication. Last time he was in with them was January for the Cystocentesis. So 1. They either royally screwed up and he's suppose to be on meds (though I for the life of me can't sort out what medications he would need 2 + months later) or option 2 - which is most likely - they've put it on the wrong file and now someone else who needs their meds doesn't have them. Holy mother of pearls what the helk is going on over there.
I agree with you on the LID. It's why I keep going back to the idea of cooking for him. I'm not ready for that yet though.
Me too. Poor baby - fix one thing - cause another trying to fix it. You all will be the first I tell. You're my peeps!
Reaction: *freaking out inside* then very calmly : "Crystals? What do you mean Crystals? I was told he didn't have crystals."
When he was first brought in there were no crystals - they failed to tell me he developed them during us fixing him. *Sigh*
We love them - so we panic.
I hate emerg visits so I give you biggest hugs right now.
Hypertension - yup - that would make sense. Please let us know how she does on the follow up. I'm hoping it's a fluke from not feeling so well.
Yeah - just say "no" to that toothpaste stuff. No good at all. Bad stuff in it.
I'm reading up on the Strix. Might be a good option temporarily to loosen stuff off. The power has to be in hotter water first, then cooled so might not be good for the fountains - but I am going to email them. Doesn't hurt to ask.
TheBoy'sMom - your cat sounds a lot like mine! I recently had to change Amber's diet to novel protein and increase her wet food intake, and she loves food when its new but doesn't like to eat it again after that. It took me probably 3-4 months of trying various foods with various toppers and being persistent to finally get her to eat the new stuff. Toppers are a good idea for enticing them and also, I learned, patience and persistence. I hope you manage to find one your kitty will eat![/QUOTE]
I love your use of "Disturbances" :-)By "disturbances in the GI", I meant vomiting and diarrhea. It is just as possible that it is the peas or one of the gums that causes a reaction as much as the protein. That's what makes this so difficult. To be honest, LID foods aren't helping here when they add extra ingredients that don't belong there. This is why so many IBD cat parents end up going to raw or homemade cooked to eliminate the nonsense ingredients.
I agree with you on the LID. It's why I keep going back to the idea of cooking for him. I'm not ready for that yet though.
HAHAH I'm glad I'm not the only one that is doing that. I feel must less nuts now.Love your ingredient idea. I did the same thing so I can cross check once we get to the experimenting stage.
I am hoping he does not have the crystals anymore! I'm sure you'll let us know
Me too. Poor baby - fix one thing - cause another trying to fix it. You all will be the first I tell. You're my peeps!
I am laughing right now only because I react the same way. You should have seen my face when his regular vet said "Well that food he's on will get rid of the crystals so as much as you think it's junk, he needs it right now."Her murmur conversation went like this. I took her in because she was vomiting and before the vet even got to that she said "Your cat has a heart murmur. Has that ever come up before?"
This was me: No..? *induce internal panic* (yeah I don't take my cat being sick very well..)
Reaction: *freaking out inside* then very calmly : "Crystals? What do you mean Crystals? I was told he didn't have crystals."
When he was first brought in there were no crystals - they failed to tell me he developed them during us fixing him. *Sigh*
We love them - so we panic.
Heart murmurs are graded 1 to 6. A 2 is a soft murmur so that's a good sign. I'm glad they noticed it and took the time to check her out properly.Then she said that at Amber's age (14.5 y) she may have early heart disease and recommended a cardiac pro BNP. She said if that were positive, she'd recommend a cardiac ECG. I then became very concerned about it but we did the blood test and it was negative. She said that was good news but she still may have early heart disease. She asked if she ever gets tired while playing and kind of lies down breathing heavily. I'd say she does somewhat - not open mouthed or anything but with somewhat heavy stomach breathing. But she also has heaps of energy when playing though. I'd say she has slowed down overall in the last year. Right now, we're keeping an eye on it. I had to bring her in to emerg a few weeks after that for constipation and they heard the murmur then as well. She has a checkup in a couple weeks and we'll see what they say at that time. I want them to check her BP at that time, too, in case the murmur could be related to hypertension.
I hate emerg visits so I give you biggest hugs right now.
Hypertension - yup - that would make sense. Please let us know how she does on the follow up. I'm hoping it's a fluke from not feeling so well.
*whispers* It's going pretty good - I don't want to say it to loud or think it to loud - cause they'll knowwwwww and then no one will co-operate."Might kinda work" toothpaste is never than not at all! I'm glad to hear its going ok for you.
I'm pretty sure you can use Strix in a water fountain. If not, it also comes in a liquid form. I just get the powder cause its so cost effective.
Yeah - just say "no" to that toothpaste stuff. No good at all. Bad stuff in it.
I'm reading up on the Strix. Might be a good option temporarily to loosen stuff off. The power has to be in hotter water first, then cooled so might not be good for the fountains - but I am going to email them. Doesn't hurt to ask.
TheBoy'sMom - your cat sounds a lot like mine! I recently had to change Amber's diet to novel protein and increase her wet food intake, and she loves food when its new but doesn't like to eat it again after that. It took me probably 3-4 months of trying various foods with various toppers and being persistent to finally get her to eat the new stuff. Toppers are a good idea for enticing them and also, I learned, patience and persistence. I hope you manage to find one your kitty will eat![/QUOTE]
o,O brilliant idea! I'm sure I can get some and give it a whirl! It would be nice to reduce the toppers and therefore be able to reduce some of the extra possible problems.Toppers reminds me.. F FeralHearts - if Charlie wasn't liking his wet food, could you get some hydrolyzed protein treats to crumble and put on top? I finally clued in since Amber was getting Hill's z/d that she could have the treats, too, but we have the Royal Canin ones. She really likes them! Ask your vet if they carry them or can order them. Maybe not now if you want to keep it limited, but down the line it could be nice if he has to stay on the diet.