This whole thing has been like a puzzle!!! Lucy's scratch-like marks between her ear and eye are a result of the thyroid med. The intense itching was nearly unbearable from what I understand and we were told to stop the med immediately. We decided to try the prescription diet next, but we were told to give her a a bit to heal the ear area. He gave us a can of the YD to try once she is clear. We are still waiting for it to completely exit her system and heal. In the meantime...something new.
Lu's treatment included an antibiotic to clear up a tooth infection. She started to eat a little dry food, but not a whole lot. She would eat Sheba..but not all of it and we chalked it all up to still not feeling well because of the thyroid med impact. Yesterday, we noticed that she really wasn't eating a lot at all (even the canned) but would scarf the treats down. She is using the litter box, but the past couple of days, she hadn't come out of the bedroom much. I would say she was hiding in the closet and under the bed, but those sleeping places were not unusual for her...she just tends to sleep where she just ends up....totally a Lu thing. Tonight, she licked a bit of Sheba...that was all. Then my husband decided to try and offer her one of those gravy pouch things you can buy. She ate nearly the ENTIRE thing. He then put a ton of treats down. She ate every single one. I watched her eat these things. They are the Temptations brand. They are not rock hard, but not too soft. Lucy seemed to eat these oddly. It was like she did not want to chew these things AT ALL. You could tell she was struggling to move each treat around in her mouth in order to eat it. With these things, you can hear a cat crunch a bit when eating them. Lucy did not make the crunch, but she managed to eat every single one. We are talking 30-40! Not a normal dose, but we were trying to feel this out. This cat was hungry!!! So, while the infection was cleared (she saw the vet on Monday), what we did not not realize was that she must still have pain! She is not a happy girl. She just kind of lays in the bed...doesn't come out of it very often. Before realizing tonight she clearly has some eating issues still, I was in a panic because she just does NOT look like she is well at all. She looked better Monday than she does now (that's when she saw the vet). When I get into bed, she comes up on me and will not leave me all night (that I'm aware of and until she gets up in the morning for treat time with my husband). Last night, I was in my side and she was on my shoulder sound asleep. She must've been dreaming because I could feel those muscle twitches cats sometimes have when they sleep. All I could think about was what an honor to be trusted so much by a cat that they just conk out into dreamland on their human.
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So, anyway. Here we are on a holiday weekend. I have the vet's personal cell phone but I really don't want to call him ON Thanksgiving but at the same time, I do not want Lu to be in so much pain (and the vet did show me a tooth that wasn't healthy...but it was not really infected, either as she is still on the z-pack antibiotic every three 3 days).
Is there anything I can do AT ALL to help control this pain she has? That has to be what this is with the way she ate those treats. In hindsight, I did notice she would have some treat crumbs fall out of her mouth (maybe a few months ago) while eating them....could she have been struggling then and I didn't realize it? Honestly, at the rate she is going right at this moment, I wouldn't give her to Christmas....but if it's a pain thing, I need to figure out how to control it until I can get into the vet again!
This is just as awful as when your kid is sick...if not more-so because you can't explain this to a cat
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Lu's treatment included an antibiotic to clear up a tooth infection. She started to eat a little dry food, but not a whole lot. She would eat Sheba..but not all of it and we chalked it all up to still not feeling well because of the thyroid med impact. Yesterday, we noticed that she really wasn't eating a lot at all (even the canned) but would scarf the treats down. She is using the litter box, but the past couple of days, she hadn't come out of the bedroom much. I would say she was hiding in the closet and under the bed, but those sleeping places were not unusual for her...she just tends to sleep where she just ends up....totally a Lu thing. Tonight, she licked a bit of Sheba...that was all. Then my husband decided to try and offer her one of those gravy pouch things you can buy. She ate nearly the ENTIRE thing. He then put a ton of treats down. She ate every single one. I watched her eat these things. They are the Temptations brand. They are not rock hard, but not too soft. Lucy seemed to eat these oddly. It was like she did not want to chew these things AT ALL. You could tell she was struggling to move each treat around in her mouth in order to eat it. With these things, you can hear a cat crunch a bit when eating them. Lucy did not make the crunch, but she managed to eat every single one. We are talking 30-40! Not a normal dose, but we were trying to feel this out. This cat was hungry!!! So, while the infection was cleared (she saw the vet on Monday), what we did not not realize was that she must still have pain! She is not a happy girl. She just kind of lays in the bed...doesn't come out of it very often. Before realizing tonight she clearly has some eating issues still, I was in a panic because she just does NOT look like she is well at all. She looked better Monday than she does now (that's when she saw the vet). When I get into bed, she comes up on me and will not leave me all night (that I'm aware of and until she gets up in the morning for treat time with my husband). Last night, I was in my side and she was on my shoulder sound asleep. She must've been dreaming because I could feel those muscle twitches cats sometimes have when they sleep. All I could think about was what an honor to be trusted so much by a cat that they just conk out into dreamland on their human.
.So, anyway. Here we are on a holiday weekend. I have the vet's personal cell phone but I really don't want to call him ON Thanksgiving but at the same time, I do not want Lu to be in so much pain (and the vet did show me a tooth that wasn't healthy...but it was not really infected, either as she is still on the z-pack antibiotic every three 3 days).
Is there anything I can do AT ALL to help control this pain she has? That has to be what this is with the way she ate those treats. In hindsight, I did notice she would have some treat crumbs fall out of her mouth (maybe a few months ago) while eating them....could she have been struggling then and I didn't realize it? Honestly, at the rate she is going right at this moment, I wouldn't give her to Christmas....but if it's a pain thing, I need to figure out how to control it until I can get into the vet again!
This is just as awful as when your kid is sick...if not more-so because you can't explain this to a cat
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That made me happy!!!! I know she may just be suffering from old-age, as well, but I will take any "life" she is showing me...
