Tubby & Peanut's Mom
01-31-2005, 09:45 AM
I'm so proud of myself. :) :rolleyes:
I awoke this morning to the sound of Peanut throwing up. This is not a common occurance, but not something that never happens either. Every now and then it seems like she eats too much or too fast and throws up. So I was concerned, but not panicky.
Then I go to give her and CJ their treats, and she's acting weird, rubbing her butt on the rug. The only other time she has ever done this is when she had a UTI. But, I'm thinking, she's taking antibiotics, how can she have a UTI? So I dismiss it.
Then she's acting weird like she would take a step or two, then plunk her butt down. Get up, take a step or two and plunk her butt down. She did this a few times, and between this and the throwing up I'm now starting to panic - thinking of what I have to do at work and which vet to call to get her in ASAP.
I go downstairs to clean the litter boxes and notice she did poop - good thing - but it is one of the most moist poops she's had in a long long long long time. So I start to think that maybe the antibiotics are starting to cause her to have diarrhea. She is on a stool softener because her poops are normally so rock hard, so I start to think that between the stool softener and the antibiotics....
So I go upstairs and check her butt. Sure enough, she's got a big mass of mixed up hair and poop. I get the scissors out and ever so carefully give her a butt trim. At first she's not happy and fights it, but as I start getting it off she calms down. I think she could feel that it was disappearing so she let me finish. As I headed back downstairs, she was cleaning her butt and when I went back up to check on her, she seemed fine.
Sooo....I'll be watching her tonight to make sure that's all it was, and to watch to see if she gets diarrhea now :rolleyes: but I'm so proud of myself that I didn't totally panic and rush her to the vet. ;) :D
Oh, and no more stool softener until the antibiotics are done and it appears she needs it again. :p
I awoke this morning to the sound of Peanut throwing up. This is not a common occurance, but not something that never happens either. Every now and then it seems like she eats too much or too fast and throws up. So I was concerned, but not panicky.
Then I go to give her and CJ their treats, and she's acting weird, rubbing her butt on the rug. The only other time she has ever done this is when she had a UTI. But, I'm thinking, she's taking antibiotics, how can she have a UTI? So I dismiss it.
Then she's acting weird like she would take a step or two, then plunk her butt down. Get up, take a step or two and plunk her butt down. She did this a few times, and between this and the throwing up I'm now starting to panic - thinking of what I have to do at work and which vet to call to get her in ASAP.
I go downstairs to clean the litter boxes and notice she did poop - good thing - but it is one of the most moist poops she's had in a long long long long time. So I start to think that maybe the antibiotics are starting to cause her to have diarrhea. She is on a stool softener because her poops are normally so rock hard, so I start to think that between the stool softener and the antibiotics....
So I go upstairs and check her butt. Sure enough, she's got a big mass of mixed up hair and poop. I get the scissors out and ever so carefully give her a butt trim. At first she's not happy and fights it, but as I start getting it off she calms down. I think she could feel that it was disappearing so she let me finish. As I headed back downstairs, she was cleaning her butt and when I went back up to check on her, she seemed fine.
Sooo....I'll be watching her tonight to make sure that's all it was, and to watch to see if she gets diarrhea now :rolleyes: but I'm so proud of myself that I didn't totally panic and rush her to the vet. ;) :D
Oh, and no more stool softener until the antibiotics are done and it appears she needs it again. :p