Glad to hear Tiger is home and I hope he will be feeling better soon. Prayers and positive thoughts continuing.
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Glad to hear Tiger is home and I hope he will be feeling better soon. Prayers and positive thoughts continuing.
Thanks for all the positive thoughts and affirmations! I believe they will help. I don't want to view any of this as sad because this really is a second chance to spend time with him and I am so grateful.
He is much perkier this morning and went ballistic on the cat tree as soon as he woke up so that was great to see! He had a big breakfast of canned salmon and asked for seconds which I gave him. :)
The drooling has stopped and the coughing spells seemed to have stopped as well. He is still mr. wobbly legs but it usually takes him 2 or 3 days to recover from the ordeal of surgery.
He is on Prednisilone two times a day for inflammation that will tapered off after 3 days. Thankfully he eats that mixed into his food. I won't start the Transfer Factor for another day or so to make sure that he isn't gagging or coughing. The cream cheese can get a bit sticky in his throat and I don't want to add to that.
Candace, you mentioned some stinky cat salmon. That sounds like a good idea, do you know of a particular brand? I think Fancy Feast has a salmon that I could try and sneak some Transfer Factor into.
Here are two pics and one video that I took about an hour ago of Tiger laying in his donut bed on our deck. Paddy is with him and they seem pretty comfortable enjoying the morning sunshine. :)
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Heck - just go to or call your pet stores and ask for the stinkiest salmon wet cat food they have! It's usually the cheapest. Grocery store brands are good for that too - like Friskies.
Not the best for 'health food', but if it will get more TF down him, that's the point.
I just hope the TF finally works...hopefully you can up his dosage for a while....
Well, Tiger looks great! You'd never know he's been through such an ordeal, the sweet boy!
Tiger is so beautiful. Looks really great!
We will keep you and Tiger in our prayers for a beautifull, peaceable and happy time together. All of us are here for you anytime you need us.
Thanks everybody! I think he looks good too considering all that he has gone through. Thankfully, the surgery is done through his left nostril, kind of like a biopsy, using the rhinoscopy so there are no exterior wounds and no stitches used inside either.
I forgot to mention in my previous post that he can breathe alot easier now. It is still a bit stuffy but I believe that is due to inflammation and should get a bit better by tomorrow or the next day. It's definitely improved though compared to what it was before the surgery.
When I went to pick him up, the tech said, " I couldn't pill him!" She said that he had an incredible gag reflex and after 2 tries she gave up because she didn't want to stress him. That made me feel alot better because I have had the worst time trying to pill him and I felt like it was just me doing a bad job but if a tech is struggling, then it might not be my pilling skills! lol
Anyway, any pill he's on now is put into his food so we don't need to force him which I'm very thankful for. :)
I'm planning to start him on the Transfer Factor in a day or two. I ordered another bottle from the States yesterday. I'm going to stay hopeful!
When he has a bit more energy and is walking around more, I'll get another video of him. Maybe of him out in the outdoor enclosure getting some sunshine!
He looks great and I'm so glad that he's also breathing better.:) I hope he continues to improve. I'll continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers.
Hey Tiger - you enjoy that sunshine sweetheart :love:
Letting him enjoy the sunshine is a wonderful idea. When Pidge first came to me after all she went through, my instincts told me to do the same thing. I didn't have an enclosed area, so I held her on my lap while I sat on the patio and she never tried to get away. She just purred and purred and ate it all up. I do so hope that Tiger gets to enjoy soaking up the sun and that you get to enjoy lots more quality time w/him. I'm so glad that he can breathe better. :)
Just looking at the pics again...what a sweet and gorgeous boy!
OT - has Paddy continued to receive "laser light play therapy"? ;)
Mr. Paddy unfortunately never showed any interest in the laser light and he also grew a little too large for the amazing harness that my brother and neice sent him. I do make sure that he only gets a wee handful of crumbles each day and the majority of his diet is wet. But as you can see in the pics, he is still a 'largie'. It's been hard to work on that with all the other stuff but he is equally important so I will be getting him slimmed down.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Catty1
I'm not looking forward to the actual 'move' itself but I am looking forward to having a more affordable place which will allow us to get a few of our cats the medical attention they need (holistic and regular vet medicine). It's going to be so great. :)
OT for Tiger - but have you sold? (aside from the people who may not sell til August...though that is only six weeks away...)
About the stinky salmon cat food... can you find FIGARO canned food??? It's basically all tuna or salmon, really smelly, but when I had Bear (who was FIV+ and had horrible URIs) and he was sick, he scarfed it down. I've found it at Redner's in our area. I don't think it's a "gourmet" food at all... so look at some of the cheaper stores, lol.
New post on June 24 from the older thread on Tiger:Oh Lara...I am so sorry to hear that Tiger is not well...Quote:
Thanks for your post. Tiger is not doing very well. We're just taking one day at a time right now and I'm praying that the struggles he's dealing with right now are somehow related to the surgery and intubation tube irritation in his throat. He's very low energy these days and won't eat anything that has Transfer Factor in it. I'm basically just trying to make him comfortable and continuing with the prednisilone to help with inflammation.
He still attacks the cat tree but his balance is off and it does seem that he's getting weaker. I'm giving him lots of love though and brushing and visits outside so each day has good stuff along with the not so good.
Even the stinky fish food - he won't take the TF?
Is it worth you and hubby doing it the 'quick and dirty way', into the back of the throat with a pill syringe/finger?
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PT PRAYERS FOR TIGER! :love: