Prayers and healing energies for Alani and Blaze and all your kitties.
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Prayers and healing energies for Alani and Blaze and all your kitties.
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All your kitties and you are in my prayers.
Poor Alani! I hope it's something very treatable, and something that those two brother cats keep to themselves.
Hugs!
What a nightmare. Well I had a 7:30am appt. and at about 6:40am the veterinary hospital called to tell me that the vet I had an appt. with had called in sick. The lady said that I could be seen as an urgent care case and since I had an appt. I wouldn't be charged any extra. I went in and I had to wait a while. I wasn't seen until a little after 8am.
Alani's temp was normal and his lungs sounded clear but he did sound a bit congested. He did have a coughing attack in front of the vet so she was able to see what I was trying to describe to her. She looked up Blaze's records to see how my regular vet had treated Blaze. Alani is now on an oral liquid antibotic,doxycycline, 2 times a day for 14 days. He was given a vitamin B12 shot to help his appetite and he'll also get 50ml of sub-q fluids every day for about 1 week. I have plenty of fluids and needles already. Alani's appetite is much better and Blaze is back to his normal goofy self. I decided to keep them both in the bathroom for a few days. I sure hope that Alani's cough will go away in a few days and that none of my other cats will get this. Thanks again everyone.
I'm hoping and praying that whatever-this-bug-is does not spread to the rest of your furbabies! I'm so happy that Blaze is on the mend and I hope that Alani is close behind him.:love:
Whew, at least you got some answers, and we hope they both are feeling better with no further spread or complications!
I didn't get back to this thread for a few days.
So glad you found out what the issue is with Blaze, and now he is so much better. Isn't it such a relief when you see them start acting like themselves again? Even is it is a "goofy boy, lol.
Come on Alani, you too need to recover quickly.
Interesting that you had been to a cat show. I know at the show itself, we are always warned do NOT pet the cats, ask first, if you pet one, use the Purell before moving on, etc. That would be interesting if you brought something home from the show. Too bad there is no way to check if any of the cats there had this! Then you would know for sure. It's too bad, because I know attending the shows is so interesting and informative.
I'd like to ask: you said you have plenty of fluids and needles. Do you get them from your vet or another supply source? Not something I keep on hand! But with 15 pets of course I have quite the supply box as well.
Prayers for continued healing!
At the cat show I did pet a Maine Coon cat briefly after I asked his owner if I could. I later saw a cat sneezing who was in one of the cages at one of the judging rings. I made sure to wash my hands very well when I got home before I touched any of my cats. I could've also brought something home with me after Sky's vet visit. It was very busy that day but most of the pets there were dogs. If something is air born there's not much you can do to prevent it though. I got the sub-q fluids and needles for them at the vet. They gave me more needles than I'll need. It's so much cheaper to do this at home if you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
Thanks again everyone.:) Poor Blaze is feeling great and he really wants out of the bathroom. I told him that Alani would be very lonely in there by himself and he'd be crying and getting stressed out without his brother. Alani still has his horrible cough.:( I hope to be able to let them both out by late Sat. or some time on Sun. Blaze's treatment will be over on Sunday but Alani has to take his medicine 2 times a day for 14 days total. My other 4 cats are really enjoying being able to come and go from my bedroom as they please. When Alani & Blaze are out, I have to keep my bedroom door shut so they won't get into things in my bedroom. I've especially noticed that both Pearl & Ziggy are really enjoying being "redhead free" because these boys love to try to play with them and they just won't have anything to do with them.
I let both boys out of the bathroom today and they were so excited.:) They were running around sniffing everything and also trying to rub up against my other four cats who didn't like this too much. Blaze started chirping in delight and he's totally back to normal now. Alani is doing much better and I haven't heard him coughing at all today. He may still be a little bit congested though. Blaze is finished with his medicince and sub-q fluids but Alani still has a while to go with his medicine and I hope to be able to continue giving him sub-q fluids until Wed. Now Sky, Blaze, and Alani still need to go back to see my vet for a recheck. So far my four other cats are doing well and I hope that I'll finally have healthy cats for a long time to come. Thanks again everyone for all of the prayers and positive thoughts.:)
Yay! Here's hoping for no more sickness for a long, long time!:D
Wonderful to hear all it well. :) Prayers that it remains ever so.
Thanks again everyone.:) A little while ago I just heard Alani coughing again and he still sounds a bit congested too.:( He's still on his medicine for a while yet. I was able to consolidate Blaze's & Sky's recheck appointments so they'll both be seen this Sun. at 2pm. Alani won't be seen again until the following Sun. at 2pm. I sure hope he'll be recovered complelely by then.
Please get well soon, three precious kitty guys!
Krazyaboutkatz, how are your kitty guys?
Alani & Blaze are doing great and they've been running around playing, wrestling, and bouncing off the walls again.:D Sky is doing okay but he still sneezes and coughs sometimes. His eyes will also sometimes have some white or yellow goopy stuff in the corners. I'm glad that he and Blaze are going in for rechecks this Sunday. Sky is still on his allergy pills but this may not be enough for him. I'll update more after the vet visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
I hope everyone gets the all clear soon! It's such a worry when they're not their best. Update after Sunday - kisses to all of the kitties!:love:
Thanks Maggie.:) Well Blaze is 100% back to normal.:D Sky is probably about 80% my vet told me. His right eye is still getting goopy stuff in it so he's back on Tobramycin drops in both eyes twice a day for the next 14 days. He'll also continue to take his antihistamine pill but I'm going to try him on only 1/2 a pill daily instread of 1/2 morning and night. On Fri. night a little after 11pm, Sky had a coughing fit that lasted between 20-30 minutes.:eek: It scared me so much that I called my vet's office and I spoke to a vet tech about it. I was able to calm him down and I was told to monitor him. He hasn't had an episode since. Now my vet wants me to write down every time Sky coughs so we can monitor this condition and treat it accordingly. I know that my allergies have also been bad lately so I can kind of relate to poor Sky. Alani continues to do well and he goes back for a recheck this Sunday at 2pm. He's still on his medicine until Wed. night. He did have a coughing attack today but it sounded like he was trying to cough up a hairball. I gave him some hairball medicine and this helped a lot. Thanks again for all of your prayers and positive thoughts.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom
So sorry Blaze is having all these problems. Have you tried Pepcid? Works wonders on Snoopy with his IBS and occasional acid reflux. It does help the gagging reflex and settles down the stomach. I give Snoopy at full 10 milgram tablet 2x a day when he has a break out.Quote:
Originally Posted by krazyaboutkatz
For a cat: A common dosage is 1/4 of a 10mg tablet every other day, or every day if necessary. I'd ask vet if you could give it 2x a day.
I know all about using pepcid because my Storm gets 1/2 of a pill every night. Blaze and Alani had a laryngeal infection so they both had to be put on antibiotics. Now I think that I may be getting sick. My throat is scratchy and I just don't feel all that great.:( I'll probaby wake up tomorrow morning with a sore throat which will then turn into a cold. I've been lucky in that I haven't been sick in a long time. I'm hoping that it's only allergies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craftlady
Hope they continue to improve. Hope you feel better too.
Keeping good thoughts and prayers for Blaze.
I'm sorry to read that you have been having all these problems Tracey. I hope all goes well for Sky and Blaze tomorrow, and I hope that you are OK too!
Thanks. Blaze and Alani are doing great but Sky's right eye is still goopy and a bit red looking and he still sneezes and has coughing attacks sometimes. I'm trying to get over a bad cold. I'm beginning to feel a little better but now I keep getting coughing attacks.:( I hope that the rest of the year goes better than the first 2 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom
Thanks he's now doing great.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Craftlady
Thanks.:) Sky and Blaze went in for rechecks last Sunday and Blaze is 100% better. Sky is only about 80% better. He's now on more eye drops but his right eye is still not doing too well.:( I take Alani in for a recheck tomorrow and I'm sure that he'll check out fine too. I'll be talking to my vet about Sky though. I hope he can finally get through this allergy problem soon. I also hope that I'll recover from my cold quickly too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties
Everything went well with Alani's recheck today and my vet decided not to even charge me.:) Maybe because I'm now sick and also because she knows that I've been spending a lot of money on my 3 sick cats. I also found out that now if I bring in more than one cat at a time for a routine vet visit, that the second cat will cost less. Now I've decided to bring Storm, Pearl, and Ziggy in together in March for their annual checkups because this way I'll save at least $48.00.:) If I bring in one cat it costs me $69.00 just for the visit but each additional animal would then cost me only $45.00. Office visit rechecks are also only $45.00. I'm sure that this sounds very expensive to most of you but prices in CA are very high.
Good to hear Alani is doing well!:) My vets have given me quite a few breaks when I had a few sick furkids.;) Good to hear you have a vet that will 'help' you out.