Sorry I haven't been on to update, it's been a rough couple days! I've been very, very sick and so has Ollie. On Thursday night I came home from work to find Ollie huddled up in a corner, one nostril all clogged up. So even though I wanted nothing more than to huddle up in a corner myself, I stuffed him (gently, of course) into the carrier and off to the vet we went. Dr. Price immediately took his temp and it was 105!! Very sick kitty. She did a temporary IV on him and told me to try to get him to eat ANYTHING that night, even something special off the table. If he didn't get better by morning I was to bring him back in. I figured he'd eat tuna no problem as it's his favorite thing in the world, but nope. We tried several times to get him to eat and he wanted nothing to do with it. The best we could do was use an eyedropper to squeeze some water into him. The next morning he looked no better and still wouldn't eat, so back to the vet we went. They kept him for several hours hooked up to an IV and started him on another antibiotic. Thankfully this one worked and I was able to pick him up about 6 hours later. He finally ate some tuna at home too, and has now been eating wet food every now and then too. I don't think he's touched the dry stuff, but that's ok, as long as he's eating something!!
I just posted in Cat General too- now our other cat, Stewie, hates him! He growls & hisses any time Ollie gets near him. I'm hoping that this is just because he stinks like the vet's office or sickness...but I hope he gets over it soon! Not that they've ever been the best of friends but I've never seen this kind of behavior either.
Thanks for all the well wishes! Ollie is just about back to normal now- he's even back to snuggling up with me at night instead of hiding under the bed. Yay.





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