i need a prayer for my sick cat boots please.

[catnapper]

I understand the financial aspect - believe me!

Is he bringing anything up when he vomits? Is it after he eats? IS his food there, or does it look like something else? Hairballs sometimes look like individual pieces of hair in a yellowy substance, or they look like logs you'd think was poop. And they can be somewhere in between. Do you see whole pieces of food? Any grass or bugs or anything he might have eaten? Yes, it scary when your cat suddenly seems sick for the first time, for no apparent reason.

Lets get him through this crisis and then we can help you find low cost or FREE neuters for him. The younger you get him fixed, the better life he'll have - less risk of cancer, less risk of harm from getting out ot mate, less risk of territorial spraying in the house. There are free programs ouot there, you just need to know where to look. I promise!

[catarius]

Hi - sorry your baby is sick. If it is hairballs - you can get a tube of Laxatone for about $8 (usually from a vets office) . You squirt some on the top of his paw and let him lick it off. You do this about twice a week. One tube goes a long way.

I've also heard that you can let him lick vaseline off your fingers too but I never tried that.

I found this post on the cat fancy website.

My kitten (five months old) was hacking up hairballs and I asked the vet what to do. She told me to put vaseline on his foot, so he'd lick it off, or just feed it to him. After awhile, he began to just take it off my hands, without me having to put it on his paw to get him to lick it off. The vet says she gives it to her cats, so I don't think it's unsafe to give them regular old Vaseline. My husband's seven year old cat goes NUTS for it and he doesn't even have a hairball problem. My baby is no longer experiencing difficulties with the hairballs either now that I started using the Vaseline.

I have no kids and three cats myself - I know how you feel !!!

Good Luck !!!

Scott

[solares412]

These sites may be able to help with financial costs:( or a payment plan worked out with your vet )

www.imom.com

www.carecredit.com

http://members5.boardhost.com/AcmeHouseOfCats/ (they have an Acme Fund)

[Pawsitive Thinking]

You obviously think the world of Boots - we all understand the financial struggle.

Hope some of the suggestions help and will be praying for his recovery

[TopCat3]

How is Boots now? I had a thought, sometimes cats just like to eat some grass to settle their tummies. A vet told me a long time ago that sometimes bits of indigestible stuff gets stuck in one of the loops in the intestines (gut) - like a tiny piece of bone or feather or insect outer shell. They will keep trying to shift it by vomiting. Let him try to eat some grass. My cats don't have a garden with grass but I keep a big pot of Catgrass on the balcony for them and they visit it almost every day before or after breakfast. The act of vomiting helps to make the gut squeeze its contents along. (This works in humans too, by the way, if ever one has those difficulties, to make oneself vomit helps). They will just throw it up (on the carpet, usually ) -cats I mean not humans, lol, then they feel more settled. You can buy Catgrass at nurseries, it will be in with the other kitchen herbs like parsley etc. Not expensive, about A$3-4 in Australia.

The vet I go to now, sees only cats, and he said some cats are just chuck-uppers. Every few days they can't keep anything down then they are fine again.

However it is always wise to get a cat checked over if there is anything out of the usual behaviour happening and some of the places the other people told you about might be able to help you for a few or no dollars.

Here's wishing you and Boots luck.