More Filou worries- 1/28 good update post 128

[lizbud]

This is such good news for Filou. I hope he continues to improve.

[sasvermont]

Such good news! I was on pins and needles, thinking about the ups and downs of your events. I am glad he is eating again. Surely hope he continues to improve and thrive!

(((((((((((((Filou))))))))))))

Lots of love and get well, and stay well wishes, coming from your relatives in Vermont, Chloe and Juni-get-down!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

oh, and Sas, Lucy and Cinnamon, too!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Good boy!!

[Kirsten]

Good to hear that he eventually found something he liked. I hope his appetite comes back with all the good stuff!

Kirsten

[Emeraldgreen]

So glad to hear that he is eating again! YAY!!

[kittykatharine]

He's eating! That is sooooooooo wonderful! Keep eating little guy!

[Barbara]

Filou has been eating all the time but he's still not gaining weight. One of the reasons is he has diarrhea once in a while. Unfortunately yesterday he had it badly and we took him right to vet Trude this morning. We call her early and we can anytime come before she opens
Ok, so he got some fluids and some pred to keep his bowels calm and she took some blood without any anesthesia (and he didn't like that) to check the urea and creatinine levels. We had done that last time in October and then the crea was even a little higher than today so she was sure he has a bowel infection and it's not a late stage in kidney failure.
He has to fast for 24 hours and that will be a problem because he didn't believe us one word when we told him. Plus we have to get some food in Tigris without Filou noticing. We always fed whenever they were hungry but in moments like this you would be happier with a strict routine. When I took some laundry up to my bedroom, Tigris followed me and Filou not, so I gave Tigris some dry food up there behind closed doors.
The really dangerous thing is: we got 10 ml of electrolytes in water in a syringe and should spray some just into his mouth (not under the skin, there is no needle on it) 5 times.
So we had that comedy show: Two academics try to administer 2 ml of mainly water to a 6 lb kitty. I tried to wrap him in a towel. Ok, when you wrap the front he'll back out at the end. He will wriggle one of his tiny little paws out of the towel and give his dad a long scratch on the hand ( we have our tetanus up to date ). He will just turn in the towel so that he looks to you and the other person cannot get to his mouth. I had to laugh so hard that I couldn't keep him. Well after about 10 minutes we managed to get some into him- when he got it he started to lick (it tastes like lightly lightly salted water- Trude gave us some to try) and noticed it was not bad. And he didn't even run and hide under the bed - I think he just considered it a wriggle game- and he will always win there.
Tomorrow it's back to Trude again for fluids- the bad thing with the diarrhea is the dehydration and if he is ok by then he will get this food that consists of 75% chicken breast fillet, 24% chicken broth and 1% rice. It is an organic brand and Trude said he cannot start with anything that has fiber in it (except rice).
BTW- he is naughty and active and even chased his big brother down the stairs yesterday