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The Riggs saga has continued. We've had 2 PU surgeries, a cystotomy, two rounds of enemas, and 4 weeks in a catheter. The last 2.5 weeks have been rough with howling while in the litter, and the most obscene diarrhea i have ever witnessed. We have an appointment for Monday morning, because a second round of Veraflox didn't curb the litter howling. Vet hopes it's just resistant bacteria, but I came home tonight to a mostly unresponsive kitty. Picked him up and pressed around on his abdomen to check for a distended bladder, ended up accidentally expressing it and he peed a lot.
He then collapsed and his third eyelids made a showing so i grabbed the rectal thermometer: 103.2F. Left a message w/ my vet's emergency answering service, syringe hydrated and have a very light fan on the boy. He got up once to shoot out another stream of lava diarrhea and put him back on my bed to rest. He's a little more responsive now than before but clearly still struggling.
Anyone have experience on how to manage the fever until I can get to the vet tomorrow if necessary (for an emergency fee) or make it to monday?
He then collapsed and his third eyelids made a showing so i grabbed the rectal thermometer: 103.2F. Left a message w/ my vet's emergency answering service, syringe hydrated and have a very light fan on the boy. He got up once to shoot out another stream of lava diarrhea and put him back on my bed to rest. He's a little more responsive now than before but clearly still struggling.
Anyone have experience on how to manage the fever until I can get to the vet tomorrow if necessary (for an emergency fee) or make it to monday?