cat update

[cellio]

Baldur had a dental cleaning on Tuesday. (Aside: I did not expect retrieval to take an hour and a half even taking into account the bad weather. Good thing I left early.) The antibiotics he needs come in liquid form; getting him to swallow a mouthfull of liquid doesn't work, but given that he never met food he didn't like, that isn't so bad. I've been mixing the liquid into some canned food.

Last night he was very uninterested in the food -- picked at it and then walked away. This is completely out of character. He was also very lethargic (yes, even for him) last night and this morning. And he seems to have had some, err, distress in his lower GI tract. So I didn't give him this morning's dose and called the vet when they opened to confirm that, yes, those symptoms are compatable with that drug. So no more Clindamycin for him right now, and we'll see how he's doing in a day or two.

Poor guy. I hope he's back to his usual only-kind-of-lethargic state soon.

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[indigodove.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty! Hope he feels better soon.

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[cellio]

He slept at my feet last night, which is the first time since the dentist visit that I've seen evidence that he's jumped up on anything. So that's progress.

[mrpeck.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about his reaction to the medicine. I hope they find one that doesn't have the side effects. I'm spoiled by Sinbad. At the moment, I'm having a hard time imagining a cat that won't take liquid medicine even though I'm sure they exist. When I comes to cats, I have a very small sample size. :)

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[cellio]

And when I hear of cats that take medicine without a struggle, I am in awe. That is completely outside my experience. :-)

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[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who's greatest talent is getting cats and babies to take medicine. She has many other excellent and impressive skills and talents, but I value the ability to get a cat to take medicine above all. ;)

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[cellio]

Wow. Can you ship her up here for a few days? :-)

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

Poor kitty! It's so pitiful when kitties don't feel well. Hope he is his old self again soon.

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[cellio]

He seemed to be doing better this morning, which is a good sign.