Please PRAY for my Panda!!! --- UPDATE - He's ALL BETTER NOW!!!

[kimlovescats]

Carla, Panda and his brother Sammy are purebred Maine Coons. I adopted them from their Dad (a soldier) who was in active duty and going through a divorce. He had no choice but to rehome them. He had purchased them as kittens when he was stationed in Germany. He gave me a couple of their baby pictures, they were teeny weeny fluffballs. They are tiny little pictures that he had in little frames, but I will scan them sometime and post them. They're really cute!

Staci, in the recent pictures I have of Sammy, he has his eyes closed in every one! He always anticipates the flash and blinks! LOL! I'll work on getting a good one today or tomorrow and post him as well. He deserves some recent exposure too!

All of this talk about hairballs really has me questioning that as well. Panda STILL has not pooped at all in 3 days!! He is barely nibbling still. I swear, I will freak if I've spent 2 vet bills and all of this testing for hairballs! I will be very relieved and thankful though as well! It will just piss me off that my vet didn't think of that FIRST! Oh well, I'm going to pick up some cat laxative today and give it a try. I'll let you all know the "outcome"! LOL ... bad PUN!

[pitc9]

LOL!

I hope everything comes out okay!

He is STUNNING!!

[Freedom]

Sucha stunning, handsome fellow. Come on, Panda, you sure look perkier and all, start eating so mom (and all of us here on PT) can stop worrying about you!

Kim, I've been reading this thread, just posted now. Been saying prayers for him (and you) right along. Let's get this boy back to his normal self!

[cassiesmom]

Panda, you are absolutely magnificent. I hope you're back to 100% soon. I would like to reach right through my monitor and give you a great big hug.

[kimlovescats]

I went and bought some Laxatone. When I got home I had a message from Dr. LaValley ... she had called to check on Panda! She's the greatest!!! Anyway, I told her about my constipation theory, and she agreed it was worth a try. She also said that I could bring him in for an enema if I thought it was necessary. I think I'll give him a chance to go on his own before I totally stress him again!

Of course he is angry at me for getting his beautiful fur all sticky again!

[catmandu]

We Are Having Rainbow Trout Fillets For Dinner And We Jsut Wish That There Was A Way To Send Panda Some.
We Are Sending Prayers That Your Big Maine Coon Will Be All Right And Has A Wonderful Catmas!!!

[kimlovescats]

Gary, he is feeling so much better! He was even chasing me around the room while I was vacuuming a few minutes ago!!! Yes, he's feelin' GOOD! He still needs to eat a bit more enthusiastically, but we're working on it!

Kim

[krazyaboutkatz]

I went and bought some Laxatone. When I got home I had a message from Dr. LaValley ... she had called to check on Panda! She's the greatest!!! Anyway, I told her about my constipation theory, and she agreed it was worth a try. She also said that I could bring him in for an enema if I thought it was necessary. I think I'll give him a chance to go on his own before I totally stress him again!

Of course he is angry at me for getting his beautiful fur all sticky again!

Kim, this made me remember when my RB Pepper had become so sick and he stopped eating. This was before I joined PT so I didn't have any one to help me. By the time I brought him to the vet he was jaundiced and had fatty liver disease from not eating. He stayed at the vet for about 1 week because he was so sick.

He made a full recovery but several weeks later he began to have another relapse. I noticed that he kept jumping in and out of the litterbox so I brought him to the vet right away. It turns out that he was constipated and they had to give him an enema. The vet also told me that when he had been so sick the first time that he also noticed that he was constipated and they had to give him an enema. This was probably the reason why he stopped eating in the first place.

He was then put on Lactulose. I had to give it to him every day and he never had this problem again. At first my vet thought that he might have megacolon but he didn't. He also said that hairball medicine wouldn't help this problem. Pepper was a Maine Coon mix and a very big boy. I hope that Panda will get well soon. I'll continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

[kimlovescats]

Tracey, I am a bit confused. Are you saying that hairball remedy did not help with the constipation or with the megacolon? Also, I didn't buy just regular hairball treatment, I got Laxatone which I think may be a bit more laxative than ordinary hairball treatment. I don't know, but today he is a running / playing maniac! SO GOOD to see him back again!!!