Yay Coco! Keep it up!
I do need a set of steps for herNow, I am looking for ramps with banisters/sides!!!
We started her back on metacam and she is so much better… not tired and wanting to walk around alot moreIf she is only getting gabapentin once a day, then I think the vet is correct in suggesting that you split the dose - and administer every 12 hours. Check with the vet to make sure that is what they meant, but I am willing to bet they say yes. If I recall correctly, gabapentin is usually given every 12 hours anyway, sometimes every 8 hours depending on the dosage and needs.
When looking for steps, look for wide based ones - the typical steps on cat stairs are far too small, IMO. I did find one ramp with a railing, but not sure you would want to spend that kind of money. They weren't cheap. I am just wondering if you couldn't set two ramps side by side and connect them together on the underside with some boards to make a wide ramp (to help compensate for no railing).
Where did you see the stairs? On Amazon?If she is only getting gabapentin once a day, then I think the vet is correct in suggesting that you split the dose - and administer every 12 hours. Check with the vet to make sure that is what they meant, but I am willing to bet they say yes. If I recall correctly, gabapentin is usually given every 12 hours anyway, sometimes every 8 hours depending on the dosage and needs.
When looking for steps, look for wide based ones - the typical steps on cat stairs are far too small, IMO. I did find one ramp with a railing, but not sure you would want to spend that kind of money. They weren't cheap. I am just wondering if you couldn't set two ramps side by side and connect them together on the underside with some boards to make a wide ramp (to help compensate for no railing).
I saw steps on both Amazon and Chewy.Where did you see the stairs? On Amazon?
Coco update…well she has been successful with so much we decided to trial her going down the stairs…we all gathered round to catch her if she fell…she ran down the stairs so fast much too our surprise and then looked up at all of us as if to say “what are you guys so worried about”
One month is so needed to see where they will be at. Anything less is a disservice as she has progressed so amazingly this month.
Thanks for the update!! So, so happy for Coco and you!Coco update…well she has been successful with so much we decided to trial her going down the stairs…we all gathered round to catch her if she fell…she ran down the stairs so fast much too our surprise and then looked up at all of us as if to say “what are you guys so worried about” One month is so needed to see where they will be at. Anything less is a disservice as she has progressed so amazingly this month.
Again, glad to hear Coco is overall doing well! I agree with talking to the vet (and maybe even a neurological consult, just as a reference point). Is this a very recent development, or something that kind of has been going on for most of the time she has been recovering? I wonder if this is just a small 'residual' effect of her stroke, and it happens when she is sleeping because she is so relaxed. It could also be something more recent because of her better mobility (just a wild layperson's guess).
I never had Feeby checked by a neurologist, but many years ago when I discussed Feeby's 'sleeping twitches' (the only time she ever demonstrates this behavior is in her sleep) he suggested it was some small neurological issue and would likely remain as such. Well, knock on wood, that seems to be the case. If I catch it, I can normally just place a very slight bit of pressure anywhere on her body and it stops - sometimes it will start again but repeating the pressure stops it again.
Certainly, get it checked out, but I hope what you are seeing in Coco is something similar to what I have seen in Feeby!
And it’s been this way since her strokeI did send video to my vet and that is exactly what she said
She had suggested maybe seizures and if I wanted to try medication ( don’t really want her on more meds) or that it’s residual effects from stroke
I like you can stop it as soon as I pet her
I was just wondering if anyone else had the same experience