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

[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!!

[Medusa]

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!!

No, Puddy isn't deaf. Her cry is so loud because she's in the tub/shower and it echoes. I also have a deaf cat and, believe me, she's loud. LOL Puddy drinks the water that's pooled at the drain and I give her subQ's so I know she's getting enough fluids. It's the senility that makes her cry and keeps her up at night. Also, she isn't locked in the bathroom. That's where she wants to stay when she isn't under her bed. She can roam freely upstairs all she wants. My vet suggested that I keep her isolated from my other cats because he thinks she's now too confused and fearful to be around them and I agree. I brought her downstairs w/me this morning, took her into the enclosed patio room which used to be her favorite hangout. I held her for a while and we looked out the windows together to bird watch, etc. but as soon as I put her on the floor, she ran out into the hallway and then just stood there as if she didn't know where to go. If this new med doesn't show signs of improvement in her in two weeks, then I guess I'll have to let her go, as insanely sad as that makes me. I just feel that I need to try every option and go down every avenue before I do it. Right now, she clings on to me for dear life when I pick her up. How will I ever be able to tear her away from me should the time come when I have to? It breaks my heart just to say it.