Plan B for Miley girl - she is gone now...RIP Sweetheart

[Catty1]

SAS.

Two ideas:

Try the powdered rice mentioned in a post here.

Contact Nancy Efrusy for a reading. [email protected] She has done wonders here - and can figure out IF Miley is trying to tell you something.

Neko - maybe the same for Tama.

She doesn't even want money up front - a reading is $30 US - and all she needs is a pic of your cat.

It can't hurt - at this point, what is another $30 - and there just might be a wonderful result.

HUGS!

[ChrisH]

Oh, sas. Prayer and positive thoughts on the way for you and your Miley girl.

[Barbara]

Oh Sallyanne- I am sending hugs to you.
I am so sorry for Miley and you.
I am sure Miley cannot feel well.
Just don't know what to say.

[sasvermont]

The vet's office is closed today.

I went out and bought longer, and lower litter boxes with regular litter in them. I plan to cover the entire floor of the cage with the boxes. Right now there is only one box in the cage. I don't know if this will help, as she is "going" on the ramps and the other levels of the cage, just not on her sleeping blanket.

I will rethink this mess over the weekend and call the vet on Monday, assuming their office will be open then.

Thanks for listening.



P. S. The fact that Miley has tested positive for FIP, makes treatment even trickier........Catty1, I have emailed Nancy. You are right. What the heck is another $30! Thanks for the suggestions folks.

[ramanth]

Oh SAS... I'm so sorry Miley is not well and causing so much stress.

If Miley has been "read" by Nancy before, she won't charge you for reading Miley again.

*HUGS*

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry that she's not improving. I know that you're probably very tired of paying vet bills and not receiving the results that you would like. I feel your frustration because I've been going through a much similar situation with Starr.

I finally decided to take him to a holistic vet. Yes, she is expensive but so far it's been worth every penny. He has to be on a grain free diet which he's been on for a while but it's just not enough for him even with the pred. He's now on 3 different types of herbal supplements that I just mix in with his wet food and he loves it. I should notice an improvement in 7-10 days. The first day I gave him too much wet food so this caused him to have some diarrhea so I added some dry to it and spaced out his supplement mixture and today he's been fine. I can also tell that he's been feeling much better. I hope to be able to eventually wean him off the pred and all of the supplements too.

Here's a link if you'd be interested in finding a local holisitic vet : American Holisitic Vet Search. Here's another link that may also help: Vet Locator. I searched these by typing in the words holistic vet list. I hope that something will be able to help poor Miley. Good luck.

[lizbud]

I am sure Miley cannot feel well.
Just don't know what to say.

If Miley doesn't have complete control of her bowels, I'm sure that it
stresses her as well.I have been following her story & was so hoping
Miley could be helped by just caging her.I thought it might lessen her
stress. I'm sorry you are going through this & hope the Vets can offer
more help for Miley.

[Rachel]

Prayers for Miley.

[Catty1]

KAK's Starr has really been helped by his supplements. I hope you get some help from Nancy...and maybe KAK can tell you what herbals Starr is on, as I suspect you are getting broke from the vet bills.

HUGS!

ETA: here is what KAK's holistic vet did for Starr:

Then we talked about Starr and how he's been sick his whole life. I took him out and she listened to his heart, took his pulse, and felt his tummy area. She said that his tummy area felt pretty good so the pred is helping to keep his inflammation down. Next she put some dry accupunture needles in him and then put him back in his carrier. She had already removed his pee pad and put in a clean towel. We talked a lot more and later Starr was so relaxed and calm that he rolled over and started acting goofy like he does with me at home. He even started purring and making biscuits. I've never seen him so relaxed in front of a stranger or in a strange place before. The accupunture needles are to help reduce inflammation of his intestional system and to help relieve stress.

She wants to see Starr in 2 weeks and he'll probably receive another accupunture treatment. He's also on 3 types of herbal supplements. One is called GI Encap and it's 60 pills which can be pulled open and the powder can be mixed with water or food and it's $15plus tax. The next one is Primal Defense Powder and this can also be mixed with water or food and it's 81 grams and cost $55plus tax. It's a probiotic formula. These two are very important for me to give him one pill and one scoop daily. I can give it to him all at once or split the dose up over the day.

The third one is called Feline Basic Nutrients and it's basically vitamins. It's 60 pills for $15 plus tax and I give him 1 a day. I can also pull the pill apart and mix the powder in water or food. It's not as important as the first 2 so if he won't take it then I can start giving it to him later on. I should hopefully notice an improvement in 7-10 days. I'll still continue giving him the pred but will later be weaning him off of this. I'll also stop the pepcid ac. She said that later on he'll only need the Primal Defense Powder daily and then I should be able to give it to him less often and hopefully taper him off of it completely.

Another thing is that Starr needs a grain free diet. Right now he's on one which is Innova Evo and she said I could keep him on this and he should improve again with these extra supplements. I can also look into other grain free dry and wet foods and raw diet powders and foods as well. She feeds her cat's raw diets but some of them don't like certain ones.

[sasvermont]

I am not one to change my mind about much......or my opinion.....but this Miley thing has me soooo torn. I keep thinking and re-thinking this situation over and over and over......

Nancy is going to contact some time soon, and I hope she can "read" what's on Miley's mind.

Today, I was super cleaning the one room that Miley decided should be the substitute for the litter box, and there was even urine (wonder why I didn't smell it?) on blankets that were on the floor, near the bed that she went under....... Granted, one of the other cats could have done that damage, but somehow, I think it was Miley. I have never caught the other cats doing anything outside the litter box. Miley I have caught many times. I will never know. It just adds insult to injury. Needless to say, the washer and dryer have gotten a work out today.

So, it has been one week for Miley in the cage. She has made no attempt to get out even when I open the door. This seems so abnormal to me. She seems to understand. Is this any life for a cat?

KK, what it the brand of herbal thingies you are giving Starr? I think I may have seen them on the internet.

My concern is that Miley considers this outside the box thing, normal now.

I wish someone would offer to resolve this problem for us. It is driving me nuts. Someone needs to put ME out of MY MISERY! Poor Miley girl. I hope she understands how confused I am.

I will admit, Miley is being sweet. She is also still pooping all over the cage.

I am so mixed up.