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

[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.

[jennielynn1970]

LOL! Gotta love kitties. I bet she did read your post! She's smart! Cats probably know way more than they let on to us they know!

Big hugs to you and to Puddy! Hope you get more sleep now!

[Medusa]

The Selegilene arrived today and the pharmacy flavored it w/chicken flavor for me. Hopefully, I'll be able to get that into her w/no problem. (Sure, Mar.) This pharmacy is ok in my book. They included a Catdancer w/my order. I opened the box and, for a second, I thought perhaps I had opened someone else's delivery by mistake. They deal w/compounding for animals a lot, I guess, so I called them right away to tell them how much I appreciate their kind gesture. If anyone ever has to use a pharmacy for compounding, Roadrunner in AZ is pretty darned good!

[Medusa]

Puddy was up most of the night, crying in the bathtub, the echoes sounded like the Grand Canyon. She got her first dose of the liquid Selegiline yesterday. I don't even know why I'm writing this. I guess maybe just sharing it helps. Sorry.

[critters]

I reread 5 or 6 scattered pages of your post, trying to refresh myself on Puddy's problems, but I didn't read all of them. I'd bet Puddy's deaf, which would explain why she's so loud. My MamaCat, who's also deaf as the proverbial post, sounds like she's in the same room even when she's downstairs and at the other end of the house! LOL Could she have been objecting to being locked in the bathroom? As for the drip, my tub does it by itself, but I wonder if you could put a piece of aluminum foil or plastic wrap over the tub spout and put a little hole in it, making a drip out of a bigger stream of water? I'd try some stupid ideas like that to make her happy; she needs to drink, and at ancient ages I've been known to do lots of foolish things to make them happy!!