Starr's A Very Sick Little Boy

[Catty1]

Good news....that acidophilus really helps tummies! Especially if antibiotics have been at work...they kill good and bad bugs, they are VERY democratic!

Hugs to the dear boy, and I hope he's back to eating full time soon!

[jazzcat]

Glad to hear the pill pockets worked. Hope Starr continues to take them and improve.

[AmberLee]

Whew, keep up the good healing work, little Starr-shine.

~~~ healing vibes ~~~ showering upon all your darlings.

[emilysgk]

I hope Starr continues to improve, its good to hear that he is already getting a little better.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks again everyone. He took his meds again this morning without any problems but I noticed a big pile of diarrhea in the litterbox. He didn't even bother to cover it up. I sure hope that the meds kick in soon.

[Barbara]

I'm so sorry. Could it be that the infection is more on the pee side and that the diarrhea is a different story?

[kb2yjx]

Can you get the acidophilus capsules from a health food store? Whenever one of the cats was put on an antibiotic, I would always open one cap and sprinkle the contents on the food(wet) at both meals, that seemd to help with the loose bm's....Glad to hear that Starr is getting better taking his meds!!!

[rosethecopycat]

Pill crushing is another option.
Then you can put it in his wet food, or cream cheese.

I know Starr is a very bright boy. Snowy does the same 'run away' routine when he knows I'm coming after him, luckily I have the bigger brain, and can plot in advance.

Keep taking your meds, Starr.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Tonight Starr's pink liquid went down well but he ended up tasting his pill in the pill pocket and spit it out. I had to rewrap it and put it in the pill syringe. I forced it in his mouth and made him swallow it. He wasn't very happy. Now he'll probably stop eating the pill pockets. I may have to try the petromalt again. Ziggy enjoyed eating some of the left over pill pocket crumbs. I didn't find any diarrhea in the litterboxes tonight. It seems that everyone peed instead.

[Barbara]

Starr is too clever for his own good. Try liver pate if you can get it. May work one or two times.
Oh my!

[kb2yjx]

You certainly have a challenge on your hands!!!

[Don Juan's mom]

I'm wondering if the "little talk" with Starr to explain about his medicine would help, too. One time when I had to take Don Juan to the vet for an injury, and Dr. J was getting ready to take his temperature THERE , I looked him in the face and said, quietly, "I know you don't like this, but the doctor needs to do it to make sure you're not sick." He STILL didn't like getting his temperature, but he made less of a fuss about it.

Poor baby. I'll ask St. Francis to keep an eye on little Starr.

Liz

[krazyaboutkatz]

I was able to get Starr to eat the pill pocket both in the morning and evening even though he really didn't want it tonight. I had to put it in his mouth and make sure that he chewed it and swallowed it. He's been the most difficult patient that I've ever had other than my RB Pepper.

There wasn't any diarrhea in the litterboxes this morning but there was a little bit in one of them this evening. This is still an improvement because it's happening less often. Since I'll be taking Storm into the vets tomorrow for his annual check up and urinalysis, I'll talk to the vet more about Starr. He may want Starr to continue with the meds for a longer period of time or we may even change to different meds. I'll update you some time tomorrow. Thanks again for all of the continuing concerns.

[Barbara]

Kisses for Starr

[krazyaboutkatz]

Starr took both of his meds this morning and I noticed that there was some mushy poop in the litterboxes so this is a slight improvement. I talked to the vet and he wants to do a urine culture on Starr to make sure that the antibiotics are the correct ones so I'll bring him in tomorrow at 11:20am. He didn't really say why his gums would be red and swollen so soon after having his teeth cleaned.