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He's a beautiful boy. He's coming home today, right? Happy Homecoming and that all will be well from now on. :heart3:
Stinker a.k.a. Stinkerdoodles a.k.a. Doodlebug is indeed home now. He was "weirded out" for all of 5 seconds before he ran over to Tar Pit and butted heads with him.I hope your Lil Stinker is home with you today and that you might have some more definitive news from the vets.Staying positive for your little manhoping that this was just some illness or infection.....
I think you are thinking very clearly, especially since you have had not sleep :lol3: I SO wish we had that "crystal ball" but then life ... well, wouldn't be filled with the ups and the downs, we would know what to expect all the time. I guess what I am saying is that sometimes you just have to accept that you have done all you can emotionally and financially. Live in the moment, enjoy the time you have and STAY POSITIVE that you WILL have many, many more days, weeks and months with this special little creature. You might be surprised :cross: I have been in your shoes and I am sure others here have been too. Every day is a gift and I have learned to take it as such. Give Stinker a rub :rub: from me !!!!!! I bet he is SOO happy to be home and I am hopeful that he will continue to do well :cross: .Frankly, I am just exhausted by the whole thing. I haven't slept or eaten right in the last 5 days. But I've sort of "zenned out" and decided that he either doesn't have FIP and will recover from this...or he has FIP, and there's nothing I can do but what I am doing anyway, which is feed him, love him, and keep an eye on him. I have already sort of "accepted his death" so no matter how things turn out, I will not be surprised. I'm just going to love him silly for the weeks, months, or years he has with me. :heart2: :heart2: :heart2: :heart2: :heart2: :heart2: :heart2: :heart2:
Oh yes, other than the supernaturalresistance to receiving the pills, he's back to being the little ball of fur blur he always was.I am the opposite of Willowy in that liquids are a nightmare for me and piling is much easier and much quicker for me. BUT for Stinker - well, it sounds like neither will work. SO as Willowy suggested, I would get the injectable antibiotic. OH these kitties!!!! The stress and worry!!!!! and sleepless nights!!!!! Some are just nearly impossible to medicate. Best of luck and sending you loads of good luck vibes
OHI am assuming that he is doing better though???
Agree with you about convenia. It is way over used and way overrated. For some, it may be a 'life saver'. But it is over used, in my opinion. And it stays in the system for up to 60 days.I am also adding this, be CAREFUL of Convenia, the injectable antibiotic. Pooka, the cat I mentioned died from it. It doesn't kill all cats, however if a cat has an allergy to it like we found out Pooka did there is no way to remove it from the cats system. It is there for a month, and if he is allergic he will not make it a week. Pooka started foaming hours after the shot and then seizing, and I regret to this day that I let me vet talk me into a shot for a URI on my very easily pilled baby. Pooka trusted me and took pills with no fuss, and yet my vet just assumed I would want the convenience of the shot instead. I know you said Stinker is not easily pilled, but make sure he really needs the antibiotics badly enough to risk Convenia.
OH please DO tell us your method ?!!! Might help others tooThere are many methods to pilling a cat. I prefer pills over liquid and have found the method I use to be practically fool-proof. (yes, I know I sound like I am bragging. That's because I am. :lol3
I just want to say I know how you feel, the same thing happened with my Toby and letting the vet talk me into giving him a three year rabies shot, and he now has VAS vaccine associated sarcoma and is on chemotherapy. Even though the vet did that to your cat, you still wish every day that you could make that decision over again and you wonder how these drugs can be legal and given out so freely.I am also adding this, be CAREFUL of Convenia, the injectable antibiotic. Pooka, the cat I mentioned died from it. It doesn't kill all cats, however if a cat has an allergy to it like we found out Pooka did there is no way to remove it from the cats system. It is there for a month, and if he is allergic he will not make it a week. Pooka started foaming hours after the shot and then seizing, and I regret to this day that I let me vet talk me into a shot for a URI on my very easily pilled baby. Pooka trusted me and took pills with no fuss, and yet my vet just assumed I would want the convenience of the shot instead. I know you said Stinker is not easily pilled, but make sure he really needs the antibiotics badly enough to risk Convenia.
OH please DO tell us your method ?!!! Might help others too
We use smoked fish roe to hide quartered pill pieces. Just roll it up in a little ball of the fish roe, mush it closed around the pill. All our cats are crazy for smoked fish roe and swallow the whole thing without messing around. The texture is kind of sticky too, so they get busy swallowing trying to get as much down as they can as quickly as possible before anyone else gets some!
That's the best trick we have found, but I would like to find out if there are more tricks too