Starr's Had A Relapse & It's My Fault:Update 5-20-07

[Logan]

Tracey, I can't imagine how hard this is for you, feeding Starr seperately from the others. I have never had more than two cats at one time, and thankfully, I've always been able to free feed them.

I hope Starr will continue on his good path now.

Logan

[catmandu]

If a Cat wants something they will find a way to get what they want whether its good for them or not.
We hope that Dear Starrs feeling better now.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Well Starr is still not doing well. He's still having accidents and they are diarrhea or very mushy poo. Yesterday was a good day and I thought that he was finally over his tummy upset but this wasn't the case. I was letting Sunny out of my room at 5am this morning and I noticed that Starr had made several piles of diarrhea in the hallway and some more in the dining room.

I had already e-mailed his vet on Tues. night and she wants to see him for a recheck. She works from Sun.-Wed. and I was able to make an appointment for this Sun. at 9am. I just don't understand why he's not recovering and doing so poorly again. He's also getting much harder to pill so my vet said that his meds could be compounded into a tasteless liquid form. I hope that this will help. I'm sure it'll cost more but it'll be worth it if it will help him. I wonder if he needs a larger dose now that he's gained some weight back. This may be the reason why the 5mg dose isn't working as well. Please send some positive vibes his way. I'll update you some time on Sunday after his appointment. Thanks.

[Barbara]

Sending best wishes for the little boy- I am so sorry for him.

[lvpets2002]

Oh my our poor wittle baby Starr.. Come on wittle one & get better soon.. Me & the girls sending Get Well Vibes & Huggss..

[Catty1]

Prayers for Starr and hugs too!

You and he have been through enough...hugs again!

[wolflady]

Gosh, poor Starr and poor you! I really hope the vet can figure out why he's not improving. Perhaps, like you said, now that he has more weight on him he just needs a larger dose of meds. Good thoughts coming your way! I hope he gets better soon, I know how frustrating that must be for you.

**hugs**

[Medusa]

Prayers for Starr and lots of good thoughts for you both.

[Kirsten]

Sending lots of positive thoughts for poor Starr! After so many days, I don't think it's coming from the food he ate the other day that he had a relapse. Maybe he would really need a larger dose of his meds.

Best wishes to him!

Kirsten

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Poor baby -is there anything we can do to help?

[moosmom]

Thoughts and prayers coming your way from Connectiut.

[sandragonfly]

well see, it's not your fault - if it was the loose lid the other day, why is he keep doing this?

poor starr, I could sympathize you! exactly same thing happened to my crayola in past few days and now he's resting very well. you must be so frustrated.

maybe try water with some salt, that's what the vet recommended me - I did asked him about my concern for cats too because they share same waterbowls - he said it should be no problem. and it seems had helped crayola a lot.

and try some pumpkin as fasting?

wishing you all the best and hopefully by now starr feels better!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. He had another diarrhea episode this morning. He's also always hungry and will cry for his feedings more so than he ever did before because he's pooping out almost everything he eats. My vet said that she will most likely have to adjust the dose of his meds. I can't fast him because he has to take his meds with food. Now I really think that he may not have gotten into Storm's food after all and it was just a coincidence that the lid was knocked off and he then started having diarrhea again. Sunday morning can't come fast enough for me. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks.

[jennielynn1970]

Awe... Poor Starr! I was hoping he was doing better by this time! Will be thinking of you and Starr tomorrow.

[Catty1]

Best of luck with Starr tomorrow! Hopefully a wee med adjustment will help him and keep his tummy a little fuller!