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Hi folks,
Honeybees mom here. This week we had a scare with Bee being a bad girl. Bee is now 7? 8? 9? Unknown age.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning she kept waking us up every hour from midnight on to 4am. I didn't think anything about it because I was half asleep . At 4am I woke up and she was trying to chew the mail and anything else..I am assuming she bit a tomato leaf by her symptoms. I am currently growing baby plants to sell and she normally does not want anything to do with non grass or cat nip plants.
So at 4am she did a stinky poo and we had to put her in the sink to wash out the soft stools in her fur ..it's long right now. And this was when she kept rubbing her face on everything. We got her cleaned up and i googled it then decided to get her looked at. I couldn't find any chewed plants other than one leaf with a tear. Took pictures of it and put cardboard up to keep her out of it.
We went to one of the ER vets in the area, she was bright eyed and agitated. They said the leaves are not poisonous but do cause gastro upset and mouth pain. So we did not do blood tests or fluids. They said she was hydrated and looked good. Looked at mouth didn't see anything wrong. Gave her a shot of pain meds to stop the mouth pain. Which within minutes helped.
Then came home. Stayed home wed. Made sure she was ok..she was depressed but she still ate and drank water. Sat on the deck staring off into space. That night she slept on the hard table and refused her bed. I knew something was off. She held her pee all day..i put her in the box qnd she gave me a big pee.
Yesterday went to work..worried about her. Took her to regular vet last night. They didnt see anything wrong.
She got blood work and urine tests done. Nothing showed. Gave her fluids and cerenia. They prescribed sucralfate for Honeybee.
It's to coat her stomach help with discomfort. She reacted well to it. She got some more this morning. She slept in bed with J and she was quite content.
So just want to let people know that you need to barricade off tomato plants from your pets. It won't hurt them but definitely uncomfortable. She's doing better. Hopefully the next few days will help her get better...just our drama this week.
Bee in the window wanting to play outside.
Honeybees mom here. This week we had a scare with Bee being a bad girl. Bee is now 7? 8? 9? Unknown age.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning she kept waking us up every hour from midnight on to 4am. I didn't think anything about it because I was half asleep . At 4am I woke up and she was trying to chew the mail and anything else..I am assuming she bit a tomato leaf by her symptoms. I am currently growing baby plants to sell and she normally does not want anything to do with non grass or cat nip plants.
So at 4am she did a stinky poo and we had to put her in the sink to wash out the soft stools in her fur ..it's long right now. And this was when she kept rubbing her face on everything. We got her cleaned up and i googled it then decided to get her looked at. I couldn't find any chewed plants other than one leaf with a tear. Took pictures of it and put cardboard up to keep her out of it.
We went to one of the ER vets in the area, she was bright eyed and agitated. They said the leaves are not poisonous but do cause gastro upset and mouth pain. So we did not do blood tests or fluids. They said she was hydrated and looked good. Looked at mouth didn't see anything wrong. Gave her a shot of pain meds to stop the mouth pain. Which within minutes helped.
Then came home. Stayed home wed. Made sure she was ok..she was depressed but she still ate and drank water. Sat on the deck staring off into space. That night she slept on the hard table and refused her bed. I knew something was off. She held her pee all day..i put her in the box qnd she gave me a big pee.
Yesterday went to work..worried about her. Took her to regular vet last night. They didnt see anything wrong.
She got blood work and urine tests done. Nothing showed. Gave her fluids and cerenia. They prescribed sucralfate for Honeybee.
It's to coat her stomach help with discomfort. She reacted well to it. She got some more this morning. She slept in bed with J and she was quite content.
So just want to let people know that you need to barricade off tomato plants from your pets. It won't hurt them but definitely uncomfortable. She's doing better. Hopefully the next few days will help her get better...just our drama this week.
Bee in the window wanting to play outside.