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

[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.

[Emeraldgreen]

I had an idea while getting ready for work today. What if you put the new fountain you purchased for Puddy in the tub? I know you already leave the sink faucet running but since she is still insisting that the tub faucet be turned on, maybe this would be a temporary solution. I know she gave the fountain a thumbs down the first time but maybe she will accept it rather than no water at all in the tub. It might be too kookie of an idea though. lol

[Medusa]

I had an idea while getting ready for work today. What if you put the new fountain you purchased for Puddy in the tub? I know you already leave the sink faucet running but since she is still insisting that the tub faucet be turned on, maybe this would be a temporary solution. I know she gave the fountain a thumbs down the first time but maybe she will accept it rather than no water at all in the tub. It might be too kookie of an idea though. lol

You and I think alike, Lara. LOL I tried that and she gave it a thumbs down. I blast the water from the tub faucet, then she gets in and sits in the tub, doesn't care if she gets her fur all wet on her bottom. She looked up at me as if to say "Now how am I supposed to drink my water when this thing is in the way?" She slept most of last night, thank goodness, so I was able to catch up on my rest since I was able to sleep in today. She only had me run the tub water twice. Let's just hope she doesn't decide that she wants to drink water from the toilet. That could get ugly.

Thank you for the suggestion, though, Lara. It's so nice to know that my PT friends are actually thinking of Puddy and her welfare.

[emily_the_spoiled]

Would she drink water out of a bowl placed in the tub?

[Medusa]

Would she drink water out of a bowl placed in the tub?

I wish. No, she won't have anything to do w/water dishes or fountains now. It's so odd. I thought that perhaps she liked the taste of the water pipes so I put water in an iron skillet but no go. I guess it's just her senility, sweet girl. I can deal w/it but I'm pretty much stuck at home; can't plan a trip or anything. I was going to visit my sister in PA but there are so many instructions that I'd have to give my cat sitter that I don't think she can handle it. Plus she's begged me not to make her give Puddy any injections or subQ's, which I wouldn't ask her to do anyhow, but my cat sitter works so to ask her to be up all night, turning on the tub water and listening to Puddy tap tap tapping on the floor all night wouldn't be fair.

[Medusa]

In my last post, I wrote that she wouldn't have anything to do w/her water dishes or her fountain. Well, just a few minutes ago, she drank out of her fountain. Not a lot, just a few little sips, then she went into the bathtub and meowed for me to turn on the water. She had been licking her fudgesicle while I was sitting on the floor holding it for her, flunky that I am, and she was standing by the water fountain, looked over at it as though she had never seen it before, took a few sips and that was it. I guess she read my post and decided to prove me wrong. I swear.

[kittykatharine]

Yea for Puddy! Hopefully she is warming up to the fountain idea or maybe she is just proving you wrong :-). Sweet Puddy, I am thinking about you everyday. I am so glad she likes your fudgesickle, that gives her some nourishment and bonding time with you.