Tiger ate practically a whole can of cat food early this morning. Now she is chasing a flying bug in the house with the others - being her normal self. In California, the spring-time brings on tall grass, mostly "foxtails" , which is a form of "miniature wheat". When the weeds are still growing the blades appear to be regular lawn grass, until they "head off". Whenever my furkids are outside and want to "graze" they inevitably eat this foxtail weed. Since a cat's teeth are not designed for eating forage, it is little wonder that somethng can go amiss whenever they attempt to fill their system with grass. What I have difficulty understanding is how she got the blade in her nose cavity? Unless she barfed it up and it went in the wrong passage, and became lodged in her nose. I am supposing that had I given her some hairball meds, that this whole thing could have been avoided, as all of my furkids are shedding now, especially Snow Cat. Whenever I stroke him there appears a "cloud of white fur".
I will say that the suggestion given to have her take meds was the biggest education for me on this episode. Someone (Sara loves her tinky) suggested that I take her by the scruff of the neck and give the meds using that method, and it worked! Although she fought it, I believe that she began to realize that the meds were there to help relieve the symptoms.
.........wayne
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