Jack has CRF, he was diagnosed a few months ago, but he is doing pretty well now, Sub-qs every other day, pepcid at night, some B vitamins, some phosphorus binder and some baking soda. Hes actually doing really well. I got a lot of help from the yahoo group, fwiw.
Well spring is showing up...
So far we've given Jack about 10 sub-qs, and its always taken 2 of us, but I travel for work and eventually my wife will need to give Jack sub-qs by herself. How likely is this?
How successful have any/all of you been at giving sub-qs by yourself?
Our cat Jack has taken a notable turn for the worse. He was diagnosed with CRF 1 month ago, the vet ran a LOT of IV fluid through him for 2 days, that really perked him up, but...
We brought him home and switched his food to kidney friendly wet food, he didn't like it much so we switched...
Which did (or will) you choose and why?
I could really go either way at this point. We have 2 acres, mostly sage, and Jack sure loves to hunt mice out there, so for him to spend eternity in the sage he loved so much seems like a good way to go. I think I'd prefer to plant a nice...
Jack has CRF, he was throughly flushed for 2 days at the vet about 2 weeks ago, his blood numbers were 120 urea and 6.5 creatinin, those dropped in half with the massive IV flush for 2 days. After the flush he had a bunch of giddy up back in his step, but over the last 2 weeks he has slowed down...
Our cat Jack jumps into our arms pretty frequently, typically from the ground. He'll land with a paw on either side of your neck and rub his face on your chin/nose, we'll of course catch him when he lands on us. But he doesn't use his claws at all, he totally trusts you to catch him.
Once or...
Hello!
My wife and I are the lucky housemates of Jack Bombay, and his sister Leenya, they're total buds, Jack is 11 and Leenya is 6. Jack is an Expert, fwiw, and Leenya is a highly ranked professional, here is a pic of them, Jack is the black one,
And another,
A couple of week ago...