dragonchilde
06-30-2005, 11:12 AM
If you remember, a couple weeks ago, Tinkerbell vanished on me. He's my 16 year old cat, who's been indoor-outdoor his entire life. He's been known to vanish for three or four days like this before (just like he's tomcatting, but HOW he could do that is beyond me!) but this time it scared me, because his health hasn't been good, and well, he's just old!
He always comes when I call.
He finally came home, skinny, wounded, and dehydrated.
Well, he's doing much better! He's taken to his indoor-only restriction a lot better than I hoped for. I don't really think he has the energy to fight it anymore, and I help him into the window sometimes so he can sun. He really just sleeps all the time.
He's been on a strict diet of gooshy food twice a day, and hard food when he wants it. His fur is shinier and healthier, and he's filling out again. The wounds on his side (most likely self-inflicted, during his seizures) have completely healed. The last scab fell off, and now he has huge bald spots. ;)
I'm still working on getting all the caked in flea crap off of his fur, but that's proving to be a tough job.
He's a lot perkier, and though he's unsteady, still, we're not having to contemplate having him put to sleep as much as we were a week or two ago.
So, my old man is improving, through tender loving care and lots of soft Whiskas pouches!
Thanks for your prayers folks. They've meant a lot to all of us.
He always comes when I call.
He finally came home, skinny, wounded, and dehydrated.
Well, he's doing much better! He's taken to his indoor-only restriction a lot better than I hoped for. I don't really think he has the energy to fight it anymore, and I help him into the window sometimes so he can sun. He really just sleeps all the time.
He's been on a strict diet of gooshy food twice a day, and hard food when he wants it. His fur is shinier and healthier, and he's filling out again. The wounds on his side (most likely self-inflicted, during his seizures) have completely healed. The last scab fell off, and now he has huge bald spots. ;)
I'm still working on getting all the caked in flea crap off of his fur, but that's proving to be a tough job.
He's a lot perkier, and though he's unsteady, still, we're not having to contemplate having him put to sleep as much as we were a week or two ago.
So, my old man is improving, through tender loving care and lots of soft Whiskas pouches!
Thanks for your prayers folks. They've meant a lot to all of us.