I need caring advice from someone holistic-minded

I'm in emotional pain right now and a bit tired so it's a bit difficult to write this right now, but I need to so I can save my dear Frisky's life. This morning I awoke early very groggy to find my hubby next to me bawling in tears. He looked just terrible and I touched his arm and looked at him with concern. I then looked over at Frisky who looked very tired and distressed and I immediately sensed something was very wrong. In a nutshell, my hubby told me he figured out what's wrong with our dear little Frisky kitty. It's a long story, but I'm sharing the very short version due to sense of urgency and emotional pain.

I don't know if I mentioned this, but Frisky is an FIV kitty who we rescued and adopted from an apt. pkg. garage and was bitten on the ear. The problem has been staring us in the face. He was diagnosed with FIV and the caretaker person who took care of him b4 we did told us he'd be fine and could live a very healthy long life. Sadly, she was feeding him terrible commercial toxic food unfit for humans that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole! Long story very short, he's been a very healthy happy kitty and we've been wonderful together and we still are. Hubby just did some research on holisticanimal.com and based on what he's reading, it turns out that what Frisky is suffering from is 3rd phase arch FIV. Frisky is suffering from intestinal problems and I need to do everything I can to help him restore his health and return him back to the healthy way he was before.

I could really use some kind caring holistic open-minded advice. I have various supplements and herbal holistic tinctures and remedies I can use to help restore his balance, but I am not sure what to give him. I will take any suggestions that are given to me and I will go buy the natural supplements at the organic store I go to if necessary. Please share caring kind open-minded holistic suggestions. Okay, thank you for listening.

Dayna, you never mentioned before that Frisky is FIV positive.

My heart goes out to you and Frisky, but please, don't try to diagnose and/or treat him on your own. I'm telling you this as someone who has had experience treating a cat with homeopathic meds.

Please see my post to you in your other thread in this forum about additive-free, organic food.

Dayna,

I don't have any advice but am sending love and prayers for your baby.

Lee

Originally Posted by Friskysmom

Sadly, she was feeding him terrible commercial toxic food unfit for humans that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole! Long story very short, he's been a very healthy happy kitty and we've been wonderful together and we still are. Hubby just did some research on holisticanimal.com and based on what he's reading, it turns out that what Frisky is suffering from is 3rd phase arch FIV. Frisky is suffering from intestinal problems and I need to do everything I can to help him restore his health and return him back to the healthy way he was before.

I could really use some kind caring holistic open-minded advice. I have various supplements and herbal holistic tinctures and remedies I can use to help restore his balance, but I am not sure what to give him. I will take any suggestions that are given to me and I will go buy the natural supplements at the organic store I go to if necessary. Please share caring kind open-minded holistic suggestions. Okay, thank you for listening.

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Please take Frisky to a vet ASAP. He sounds like he has serious problems which definitely need professional attention. Once there, you can either talk to the vet about what holistic remedies would be appropriate to give Frisky, or you can ask if there are any holistic vets practicing in your area that you could be referred to. But the most important thing is, get Frisky to a vet.

Good luck!

If he is FIV+ you need to get him to a vets immediately, they can live long, healthy lives, but they have a compromised immune system and can't fight things as well as a normal cat, so they need to go to the vets at the slightest thing, as what a normal cat would be able to deal with, an FIV+ cat can't. Have you tried doing a search for holistic vets in your area?

Aww he needs to see the vet. Vibes comin' at ya.

I'm sorry to hear Frisky is so ill.

Have you tried looking for a holistic vet in your area? http://www.ahvma.org/referral/index.html I really liked the vet I found on this site.

Let us know how it goes.

ACKKKKK!!!


Oh God...I can't take this any more!!! I visit him every 20 minutes or so to feed him a little, pet him and cuddle with him and answer my health ailment condition which forces me to have to visit the potty several times a day and he STILL Meows and meows and meows!!! OH GODDDD!!! I have contacted 2 holistic DVM vets who seem very kind and are willing to answer a couple questions and I will do that, but I"m so tired right now I can barely phrase my questions right. I feel so guilty for keeping him in the bathroom still, but his butt is still yucky and he's not grooming bathing right. We put down a plastic trash bag to cover the floor due to his yucky residue stinky butt and I had to change it 2 or 3 times now, including once today.

I guess I just need and want someone to reassure me that I'm not a terribly mommy and I'm a good 1 to him and that he'll be okay. Reminds me of a yelping whining lonely little puppy. He's driving me nuts...I have to clean up after him every time I go in the bathroom now and I grow more tired and feel more drained with each time I go in there so I can only take so much! After all, I'm human after all! Okay, I'm done venting, at least for now...;-) arg grrr ack ugh! "''''''''''''''''

from my heart,
VERY tired Frisky's Mom

Is Frisky sick?

I just read some of your previous posts. Frisky is sick, bless his heart. I hope this doesn't sound harsh, and believe me I am not trying to be that way, but why won't you get him to the vet? You keep mentioning your looking for holistic vets in Starke. If you can't find one there, isn't there a vet that you can take him to for treatment and once he is stable and feeling better begin your search for a holistic vet in the area surrounding Starke? Also, it sounds like he needs to be actually seen not just discussed over the phone.
PLEASE get him to a vet. He is not going to get better by being locked in a bathroom with nothing being done to help solve the cause of his problems. We can't tell you that he is ok and that he will get past the crying because he is sick.

Ummmmm. Is anyone else getting as confused as I am about this? There's a cat , Frisky, confined to the bathroom( for days?weeks?) because he has " residue butt" ( from diarrhea? diet? is not this easily correctable? What steps are being taken now? Dietary changes?) but it's been said that he may have FIP too although he " meows and meows and meows" which sounds like a pretty bored cat to me. Signs of FIP include distended stomach, skyrocketing fever, kidney failure and since this has been going on for some time one would think these signs would be pretty evident by now if FIP was present. So what we have here, so far, is a cat confined to the bathroom, meowing his head off, with diarrhea. Flagyl is a prescription that can stop diarrhea in its tracks.Has any vet prescribed it? Was this prescription asked for? Any prescription?With all of this loose stools/diarrhea one would think that the cat would be becoming severely dehydrated by now. This is becoming overwhelming because it's becoming chronic, for both Frisky and Friskysmom. It needn't have gotten to that stage. This is not going to correct itself. Frisky cannot help himself and unless someone steps in here, this is going to go on and on and on.............

I agree with the above 2 posts. I could not believe my eyes when I read that this is still going on.
Bottom line...Get Friskey to a vet now!
If you are so depressed that you cannot care for Friskey...get help for yourself, in your area (not online) from a professional.
But for now...take your poor kitty to a real live vet! He is suffering.

This is troubleing to see that this is still going on. with no more corrective measures being taken. friskys mom he is crying because he is bored, and stressed from being kept away from everyone. it is not his fault he has a stinky butt. He needs to be seen by a vet NOW! I do not know how many times we can say this. I agree with another poster who said take him to a vet now. get him stable so he can join the family again, and than contiune looking for another vet.

There isnt anything else any of us can do...for frisky..or you..if help isnt found through a professional.

I am going to come across as mean but I don't care.

You are watching your cat DIE and suffer because you won't take him to a regular vet. That to me is cruel. If it were any of mine, I would do whatever it took to save them.

Your beliefs should come second when it comes to your animal dying. He should be at a regular vet so they can find out what is wrong with him ASAP and then they could offer you remedies you were more interested in.

I am sorry, I no longer understand Asking vets questions over the phone isn't going to get it done. I'm glad you have made contact with a couple of holistic vets, but now you need to get Frisky in - they can't possibly give you enough advice to help him without seeing him (and his poo).

I'm sorry you are tired and not feeling well, but this is about Frisky, he's suffering. June's post says it all.

Originally Posted by Friskysmom

I could really use some kind caring holistic open-minded advice. I have various supplements and herbal holistic tinctures and remedies I can use to help restore his balance, but I am not sure what to give him. I will take any suggestions that are given to me and I will go buy the natural supplements at the organic store I go to if necessary. Please share caring kind open-minded holistic suggestions. Okay, thank you for listening.

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Did everyone read this last paragraph in her post? Am I the only one that has a problem with it? It seems like if she want to "restore his balance" whatever the hell that means with some supplements at the organic store and people here are supposed to give her suggestions. Please stop asking advice on the internet for something this serious and get your cat to a real doctor. Obviously your so called holistic herbal supplements aren't doing anything but making your cat suffer longer.

The thing is, I don't think Friskysmom delayed in getting her cat help because she was looking for a holistic vet but this has now become the reason why nothing is being done...... waiting to see a holistic vet..... sometime in the future......meanwhile...... This has been going on well before she even asked about one. What that cat needs right now is some corrective measures from someone who can step in RIGHT NOW- holistic or otherwise. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to stop diarrhea in a cat. Friskysmom, work with what you have where you are. You may have other people you can rely on and ask for compassion and understanding but Frisky only has you.Take steps now to help your cat. No one else can do it for you.

i have never heard of FIP so i'm not going to say anything to ya...
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good luck frisky and "get wel soon vibes"

Originally Posted by ilovemy2cats

Did everyone read this last paragraph in her post? Am I the only one that has a problem with it? It seems like if she want to "restore his balance" whatever the hell that means with some supplements at the organic store and people here are supposed to give her suggestions. Please stop asking advice on the internet for something this serious and get your cat to a real doctor. Obviously your so called holistic herbal supplements aren't doing anything but making your cat suffer longer.

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" Obviously your so called holistic herbal supplements aren't doing anything but making your cat suffer?" She may have the supplements but she didn't say she used them. If you reread her first post on this thread she says " I could really use some kind caring holistic open-minded advice. I have various supplements and herbal holistic tinctures and remedies I can use to help restore his balance, but I am not sure what to give him. I will take any suggestions that are given to me and I will go buy the natural supplements at the organic store I go to if necessary" which means she may have the supplements but she's not used them yet. So, obviously ,none of it could have made the cat sick, right?
What is making the cat sick(er) is delay. Sometimes people who are suffering (emotionally or otherwise) will, unfortunately, watch an animal go through the same thing without taking steps to help it for some odd cathartic reason. I hope this is not one of those cases.

June you are right- when my horse started going rapidly downhill (despite conventional meds, multiple vets etc). I stepped out of the conventional measures but before moving forward I contacted a leading authority in my town on holistic measures. I paid dearly for a consultation, but with his help and guidance my horse was taken out of crisis mode.

If I remember correctly FM is not feeding this cat standard fare. She is not giving this cat quality canned or dry food, but some sort of vegetable concoction, which could very well be why the diarrhea is occurring. She is adament that where she lives there are no quality vets, and apparently not willing (or able) to travel outside her area to a better vet.

That is the story as I believe I remember it, but I am advancing on to senior citizenship and I could just be having a brain fart here-