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Just following up here about my Olive, who was given Convenia Oct. 23, 2015. Today is April 4, 2016. Physically, it seems Olive has recovered, although the amount of sleeping she does can sometimes concern me. Perhaps the saddest turn of events is that Convenia changed her personality. Olive...

My sweet Olive LOVES the bathtub, drinks from the faucet (never her bowl), is super friendly to everyone with a giant personality, and loves to cuddle. Everyone who meets her feels this unique gentleness and sweetness, almost like she really does have a soul. What a blessing she is to me. It's...

Thank you Columbine! I've never heard of Felifriend, so I'll check it out. I never considered hand feeding either. Wouldn't you know, she just developed another sore, this time a hot spot on her neck. I'll have to check the forums for this now! I'm constantly putting out fires with this little...

Ouch! That's gotta hurt! Your poor boyfriend. I really think you're just a novelty at this point, like a new toy, and things will even out in a month or so. Also, there could be something about your smell that the cat is attracted to. When my sister got pregnant, her once aloof cat became wildly...

I adopted my adult cat in early June and we bonded immediately. Olive was cuddly, affectionate and my constant pal. I never had a cat this loving. But on Oct. 23, she was given four shots at the vet for a minor skin condition and they nearly killed her. It took weeks for her to recover, and just...

Handsome--the cat shelves are in the other room, and as my two-room apt is so small, I really can't move them. The cat bed is a basket with this cool piece of sheepskin or something in it (I won it in a raffle this weekend), and it's right under where I have the Feliway plug-in. (That's in the...

About a month ago, I finally put up some cat shelves that I'd bought for my Olive (3 years old) this past fall.  She was going through an awful time, as she was injected Oct. 23 with four meds at the vet for a minor skin issue, one of which was Convenia, and she nearly died. (My posts on all...

I'm glad to hear about "Composure," as I'm having some anxiety issues with my cat as well. I won't repeat a lot of the great suggestions here, but I will second the suggestion that you try Prozac. I work with a rescue group, and our leader swears by it, as she's used it for both her own cat and...

Mom of Maxwell, I can't believe I missed your post here. Thank you for such a complete and loving response. I think you're right... That some more blood work is in order. She's going backwards now instead of forward. The most heartbreaking thing is that she's starting to lose all interest in...

http://store.jacksongalaxy.com/store/jg/category/3310/spirit-essences-all;jsessionid=47F3F4F45D4BBD797E9C13038043F8C3 OK, that's his store page. Was able to copy it into a new post, but still having trouble typing.

I did pull out my Spirit Essences elixirs last night, and I have to say, she did calm down. I think they had an effect on me too. I also pulled out two Bach Flower essences that I had custom made for each of us when she first got sick. These are the formulas made by Jackson Galaxy, the cat...

P.S. I've also pulled out my sprays that I bought from the Jackson Galaxy web site...Stress Stopper and Scaredy Cat. I'd purchased them last year for a foster cat I'd had here. I also have the Feliway thing plugged in, but that doesn't seem to be doing anything. I have the spray version, which...

My cat, Olive, also has had a sudden personality change. She was injected with Convenia and DepoMedrol a month ago, and she nearly died. Long story short, I've pretty much nursed her back to health, and she was returning to her normal self, but a week ago, a vet tech was here just to meet her...

Thanks for asking MomofMaxwell!  Olive is coming along, but it's slow going. Her appetite did return, but now another round of lethargy seems to have set in. Has anyone else experienced this? Where their kitty perks up, then goes into deep sleeps again? I know cats sleep nearly around the clock...

Reba, how did you treat your car's anorexia and vomiting during these periods? My cat had Convenia 16 days ago and had terrible lethargy immediately. She began to perk up on Day 10, but since then has had a complete lack of appetite. She has been given sub-q fluids and on Friday was given an...

Niferno -- I said the same thing a few posts back. For thousands of years, cats have been eating a protein-only diet, so that's how they're wired. As their ancestors were desert animals, their bodies are designed to extract fluid from their food. A cat will NEVER get as much water from a water...

To Murphy and  MomofMaxwell, Murphy, you're absolutely right. I need to go with what she'll eat right now. She IS eating her dry food somewhat, so I don't think she's in danger of me having to force feed her, but I will definitely call the vet tomorrow. I'm worried that she's not eating enough...

My Olive began to perk up last night (Day Ten since the injection). She sat on my lap, laid next to me for a long pet, even kicked around a toy briefly. Today she was MUCH brighter and just seemed more like herself.  I was overjoyed, but suddenly she seems to have lost her appetite completely. ...

OK, I'm so late to this discussion, but I believe these cats are reacting to the plaque build up. Big cats in the wild do not get stomatitis because they eat not only organs and flesh, but they scrub their teeth clean by chewing on muscle, tendons and bone (raw bone does not splinter). Just look...

Stephanie, thank you so much for walking with me through all this. I truly appreciate it. I do have a bag of IV fluids here, which I'm supposed to give sub-Q, but I just didn't have the heart to stick Olive with another needle yesterday, as she had been at the vet four times in eight days...