Update on Puddy; she's gone*9/29* see post #421

[Medusa]

As I mentioned previously, she acts as though she wants to drink out of the tub faucet but, obviously, I can't arrange that. It can't drip like the faucet can. I had just finished my bath tonight and she jumped into the tub while it was still draining. I'm sorry but I had to laugh. She was so shocked! She kept running in place, trying to get out and jump onto the toilet, so I picked her up and placed her there. She bellowed for a good 5 minutes afterwards, as though she was insisting that I turn that bath faucet on but no deal. Here are a couple of pix of her sitting on the tub. See what I mean about her tongue hanging out most of the time? I know some of you think it's cute but it unnerves me. Oh, she's back on the tub now, crying. Look at her wet tail in the first and second pix. LOL

[Catty1]

Hmmm...didn't this whole Puddy thing start with wondering why her tongue was hanging out? (Maybe not, my memory is not great on this). Was the reason found out?

It could just be the result of all she's gone through: "BLEH!"

You said she was BELLOWING for five minutes? At least that's closer to a hiss than she's been for a while.

Hugs to you and pretty Puddy.

[Medusa]

Hmmm...didn't this whole Puddy thing start with wondering why her tongue was hanging out? (Maybe not, my memory is not great on this). Was the reason found out?

It could just be the result of all she's gone through: "BLEH!"

You said she was BELLOWING for five minutes? At least that's closer to a hiss than she's been for a while.

Hugs to you and pretty Puddy.

Yes, it was her tongue hanging out first that got me worried. Dr. Lee said it could be a number of things, one of which is her gingivitis. It feels better if the tongue is hanging out. Another is senility. She's upstairs carrying on now, jumping down from the toilet and crying, then jumping back up and crying. Poor confused little girl. I wish her senility meds would kick in.

[Medusa]

Now she's in the tub, sitting under the faucet, her voice growing hoarse from meowing so much. Boy, am I ever tempted.....LOL

In the first pic, she's saying "Why won't the water drip? It drips from the sink faucet." Second pic: "Where's Mom? She needs to turn this thing on." and third pic: "I'll sit here all night if I have to". Yep, she'll have to.

[columbine]

Maybe something's making her feel hot or thirsty even when she really isn't?

Love, Columbine

[kittykatharine]

That is so silly :-), she really looks like she is saying she will wait all night for the faucet to start dripping. She really is a beautiful girl. The eating of your chicken sandwich really seemed to me like a good sign. Cats eat when they feel good, so she must have been feeling nice. I looked online for reasons for cats to let their tongue stuck out and the overwhelming response was gingivitis, like your vet suggested. Mary, you and beautiful Puddy are always in my thoughts and prayers. I hope everyday for improvements!

[Catty1]

I wonder...if you went to a dollar store or something and got one of those rubber shower heads that fits over a faucet (no hardware - just putting the correct end over the faucet).

Maybe THAT would allow it to drip?

Have you tried turning the sink tap on when she is in the tub?

Silly girl! Hard to say if this is senility or Tortietude!

[Medusa]

I keep the sink faucet dripping all the time. I know it's the senility. I just put in a call to Dr. Lee to ask if the Selegilene comes in liquid form and it doesn't but they're going to have it compounded and delivered to me. I don't know how much good the pill is doing because she fights me so much that, by the time I get the pill in her, it's so soft and mushy that I doubt it's making much of an impact. Another sign of senility is night time crying and pacing, which she did most of last night. Sigh. So I turned the tub faucet on full blast, quickly turned it off again and then she went in the tub and drank the water that had pooled near the drain. That seemed to satisfy her. (So now I have to make sure that the tub is absolutely spotless, no bath oil residue, etc.) I had to do that several times but each time she drank and then went back under her bed. Not my bed, her bed. She's switched rooms again, too. I've never had problems pilling her until I squirted that *&%^& 3V liquid down her throat. Now she fights me. It hasn't been 10 days since I started her on the Selegilene, so once I get the liquid, I'm going to start the 10 days over again unless I feel she's in pain. She eats her Purina Cat Chow just fine, so I don't think the gingivitis is bothering her all that much. Dr. Lee is afraid to put her under to clean her teeth and I'm afraid, too.