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Ouch! Glad you're feeling better.
This is your thread, using it as a journal is a great idea. A fantastic tutorial. I was going to suggest wrapping her in a towel like a burrito to medicate but if she will freely take them, all the better. You are doing great. Love the updates and photos. Wear long sleeves (and gloves?) when you need to grab her and stay safe.Hope it's ok I'm sorta using this thread as a journal of sorts. I just wanna be able to document things that happen, and progress, etc. And it'll be fun for their future parent(s) to read one day!
So not to start this "entry" out on a bummy note, but the bites Cribbage gave me the other day were pretty bad. Two of my bosses (pharmacists) disagreed on what to do... One said watch & wait, one wanted me to go to urgent care and get an Rx for antibiotics ASAP. I reminded him I don't have insurance and he acted surprised... Hello guy, you're my boss and you know I'm part time lol
I took ibuprofen to reduce swelling, washed with Hibiclens twice a day, applied Neosporin and kept bandaged while at work.
I decided last nite if the redness and swelling didn't go down by this morning, I'd go get treatment.
But thankfully this morning, the swelling and redness had gone down quite a bit. Still keeping an eye, but I'm really thinking I got verrrry lucky.
Still taking the ibuprofen (tho haven't needed nearly as much today as I did before), and keeping with the Hibiclens washes and Neosporin/bandages whilst at work. Keeping them in the air at night.
Last night I had to clean the cage and I stupidly left the room for a minute with the cage door open. Cribbage bolted and hid in the room. My first thought was, "If she's out, how can I medicate her in the morning!?" so I kept trying different strategies of how to get her back into the little hidey house thing to get her contained again, but nope.
I decided I'd sleep in there last night and if I heard her go into the cage to eat or use the box, I could close the cage door.
I forgot what it was like to try sleeping around a kitten... Fiddle kept waking me up with purring and head bonks and sneezing fits and attempts to play. She'd settle down and sleep for just a little bit next to me.... But then back to the purring/headbonks/sneezing/playing ... Eventually around 3am I got mad and came out to sleep in my recliner in the living room.
This morning I gave Fiddle her Clav (so easy, that gal) and again attempted different strategies of getting Cribbage contained. Nope, wasn't happening. Eventually had to give up and go to work, feeling bad she didn't get her meds.
When I got home, I ALMOST got Cribbage contained but she bolted across the room into a different hiding spot. I finally thought, "screw it" and just went at her mouth with the syringe. She took it. Only lost one little drop.
Petted her a little bit. I do this a few times a day, just keep trying to show her that touch is ok. I'm not gonna pick her up .. Just touch. She doesn't love it, but she tolerates it.
They're eating well. Favorite wet food so far seems to be Wholehearted Flaked Tuna Kitten--Those bowls were licked clean in a FLASH. A fellow shelter volunteer friend who works at Whole Foods got us some Rescue Remedy that I'm adding to their water. And another friend thru our shelter who actually works as a cat behaviorist and directs the program in our "feral" (we prefer to call it "undersocialized") room at the shelter actually mixes up certain different flower essences that have helped the cats in that room A. LOT. And I found out tonight she's going to make a very special customized mix for Cribbage. Very happy to hear that!
So that's the latest news from here.
Posts are useless without pics, so here's a pic of Fiddle with a bag of nommy kibbles a friend sent from our Amazon wish list.
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It takes a village, even for a coupla little foster kittens.
Yeah, that was with a towel.This is your thread, using it as a journal is a great idea. A fantastic tutorial. I was going to suggest wrapping her in a towel like a burrito to medicate but if she will freely take them, all the better. You are doing great. Love the updates and photos. Wear long sleeves (and gloves?) when you need to grab her and stay safe.
YIKES! That's quite a little buzz saw you have there!Yeah, that was with a towel.
I know right!? I get sooooo nervous touching her and giving meds, but 5 days later and she hasn't even attempted to attack again. She simply doesn't wanna be picked up. So I won't pick her up!YIKES! That's quite a little buzz saw you have there!
You are a great cat mom How did the meet and greet wth BF go?I know right!? I get sooooo nervous touching her and giving meds, but 5 days later and she hasn't even attempted to attack again. She simply doesn't wanna be picked up. So I won't pick her up!
Fiddle absolutely adores Boyfie...You are a great cat mom How did the meet and greet wth BF go?
Fiddle absolutely adores Boyfie...
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Cribbage isn't impressed by having a visitor in the least, I haven't been able to touch her. Did get her meds in her tonite, and called that good enough. He'll be leaving tomorrow, and then we'll be getting back to our more rigid play attempts, touching, etc routine.