this really bothers me....

[toughCookie]

I had stopped giving Emma and Louise their meds, I thought they were over it. well it started coming back, I was watching closely and I can see it starting again, so I started the meds again before it gets as bad as it was.
it is my fault it came back, I feel so bad seeing them with their eyes half closed, like I neglected them, which I guess I did. but it is near if not completely impossible to catch Louise. she is still very wild. I have spent up to 20 minutes (each time) chasing her, room to room, or coaxing and chasing her out from under furniture! I have even tricked her by giving her canned food or treats and then grabbing her!(rotten trick) I have learned to close doors to rooms, but still it is hard, and I have had to confine her to a hallway with the doors to my room and the bathroom shut.(those door are only shut when I have to catch her, which means ai still have to get her out of my room at times) I added a temporary door onto the hallway so I could confine her. well she was sneaky, and started to run out the door tonight, and , (heres the part that really makes me feel so cruel, low like a bug)... I had to grab her back leg, and stop her from getting out or I could not have caught her again and gave her the ointment that has to be given about 10 minutes after the eyedrops. she is such a good girl, she could have really hurt me, but she didnt. she screeched and hissed, but no scratching or biting! and I KNOW I hurt her. I didnt mean to, but having a leg grabbed , pulled like that HAD to hurt!! I feel like crying, I would rather cut off my own leg than to hurt her. I felt like I didn't have a choice, it was let her go or give her the damned medicine!

what would you have done?? I really feel like a creep for doing that, like I abused her.
also, is it cruel to keep her confined? she hates it, but I need to be able to pick her up to give her the meds for 2 weeks... its not like its a cage, she has a medium size room, and a hallway to play in or whatever. it is not alot of room for the 4 of them, but it is enough, just not what they are used to. they are used to having the whole house. (well Muffin loves this arrangemnt!)
I can catch the others, but what can I do , leave her confined alone? she loves to play with the other 3.

[Fuzzy317]

Don't dwell on what you just did. You are giving her meds that will make her better. Sometimes you may have to do things you do not like, to get her all well.

I don't know, but I hope cats are like humans, in that when the cat is all better, the steps to reach all better fade into memory.

[toughCookie]

I hope you are right about that, that it fades from her memory, because after that, I looked at her behind the door, and there she was, sitting so nice looking at me as if to say, can I come out now? did I do something to deserve being locked back here. it just broke my heart. I would do anything to not have to do this, maybe I was too dramatic earlier, but I just felt soooo bad. the look on her face.. anyway I can't help so I guess I just have to keep her confined.

[Karen]

You shouldn't feel bad, like he said, the whole point is to get her better! When Miss Hoppy was a young bunny, she broke her leg, and had to stay in the hutch while she was in a cast. She was one unhappy bunny, but, several casts and several weeks later (she kept standing on the broken leg, and rebreaking it) she was fine, and all was forgiven.

[toughCookie]

oh, how did Miss Hoppy break her leg? poor thing! and--I love that name!

[moosmom]

T.C.

Don't beat yourself up over it. I think all of us at sometime in our pets lives are "meanies" for a good reason, and that is to make them better. My cats haven't held it against me yet! Cheer up.

[toughCookie]

and, as if all that last night wasn't enough, after a while late at night (2:30 maybe, not sure) I thought I would feed them canned food, to make it up to them. so I got plates, and the spoon, and the food, got in there and closed the door before any of them could get out(whew!) and then.... I droped the food on the carpet! not much spilled, but enough that wherever I stepped, I could still feel it under my feet, yuck, wet food! and of course I had to feed them before i could clean it up, so I stepped onit like 3 times!

[moosmom]

T.C.

Eeeeeewwwwww!!!! Sort of like getting up in the middle of the night and stepping in kitty puke!

[toughCookie]

yeah, eeeww is right! it was just a little but seemed like I kept stepping on the same spot LOL. it was not fun!

ps....I let them out of "confinement"!! I just couldn't stand doing that to them anymore, they wanted out. now Ihave to chase Louise, but I just can't stand to see her so depressed. she didn't meow that much, the others did, and I would let one of them out then back and take another out, and I couldnt take Louise out, so I felt bad and just left the door open! so, thats that!

I will probably regret doing that when I have to chase her again, and maybe I might put her back, because I have got to give them the meds! if I had kept them up the eyes wouldnt have gotten bad again... well will see what happens.

[Karen]

Originally posted by toughCookie
oh, how did Miss Hoppy break her leg? poor thing! and--I love that name!

She had been a naughty bunny, and I was carrying her to her hutch to put her inside for a while. I was holding her up by my shoulders when she decided she didn't WANT to be put in the hutch now, and she pushed off with those powerful bunny hind legs and jumped, but landed badly on the kitchen floor - about 4 1/2-foot fall, and landed on a back "elbow" and broke her leg. It was awful!!! and happened at 11-something at night, of course. So that night we learned where the closest emergency all-night vet to us is! It was traumatic for absolutely everyone concerned.

[Nomilynn]

Toughcookie,

I felt SOOOOO bad when I had to fast Tilly for her spay.. she cried and cried and cried.. but when it was all done she forgave me, and I'm sure that Louise will forgive you too. You have to do some things they don't like to make them better, but in the long run she likely knows that you are doing it for her. She knows you love her and that you wouldn't do anything that would put her in danger, as much as they like to complain about it