Ziggy's Sick Please Send Prayers & Positive Thoughts Her Way

[G535]

Fingers and claws crossed here for little Ziggy.

[Freedom]

If I read this right, you got a vet appointment on a Sunday? Wow! That is great!

Hope the antibiotics kick in real fast. And a little rice helps with the loose stools. Get well Ziggy!

[rosethecopycat]

Good thoughts for little Ziggy. What a rough week.
Do you A/D for syringe feeding?
I start if a cat doesn't eat for 24hrs. Just extra calories and energy, while the antibiotics kick in.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Ziggy girl! Get well.....you are way too cute to be sick!

[krazyaboutkatz]

If I read this right, you got a vet appointment on a Sunday? Wow! That is great!

Hope the antibiotics kick in real fast. And a little rice helps with the loose stools. Get well Ziggy!

Yes, I'm very lucky to have a veterinary hospital that is open 7 days a week. They're still only open until 5pm on Sat. and 4pm on Sun. but it sure does help. They're also only about 5-10 minutes away from me.

Ziggy is still only eating some wet food. I tried mixing in some of her dry kitten food but she just licked the wet off it and left it. The wet food I'm feeding to her is Storm's Royal Canin Urinary S/O which is the only wet food that I have on hand. Luckily she's still drinking plenty of water on her own. I hope that by tomorrow she'll be able to eat some of her dry food. Thanks again for all of your concerns.

Thanks for reminding me Rosethecopycat. I just happen to have 2 cans of A/D that I bought last year for Pearl and never had to use. It's still good until Dec.2006 so I'll try some of this later on tonight. I'm sure she'll love it.

[jazzcat]

Feel better soon little Ziggy. Prayers and good thoughts on the way.

[shais_mom]

poor thing -
hope she feels better soon!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Poor Ziggy....., get well soon, little girl

[K & L]

How's Ziggy doing? Maybe get her some wet food until she has the appetite for dry? At least she would get good nutrition this way, plus the fact something would be on her stomach while taking antibiotics. I'm worried for her, but know she's in excellent hands.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I wish that I had a better update to give you but I don't. Sometime during the night Ziggy threw up some of the wet food that she had eaten and also did more mushy poos. I hope that she was able to keep her antibiotic pill down because I didn't see it any where.

This morning she drank a little water and ate a couple of dry crunchies and a small amount of A/D wet food but wasn't very interested in anything. I tried again a few hours later but could only get her to eat a small biteful of wet. Then I gave her the pill which I hope she'll be able to keep down. She seems very alert and is purring but will rest in her bed when she's in her cage. I hope that her appetite will be much better tonight.

I called the Humane Society to let them know what's happening and so far they haven't heard of any other kittens with these symptoms but they'll look into it. The lady said that they do put a tube down them so she may have a sore throat and sometimes stress will cause them to have runny poos. I sure hope that she'll start improving soon. Please continue with lots of prayers and positive thougths. Thanks.

[Killearn Kitties]

Poor baby. I hope she perks up soon. Please give her a little snuggle from me.

[K & L]

I sure hope all is OK. What does your vet have to say about it? Is this a normal thing that can happen? We've never encountered anything like this before. It does worry me.

[jazzcat]

Oh Tracey, I was hoping for a better update. Poor little Ziggy. I sure hope she can keep her antibiotics down. Remember that can cause runny poos too but if she's just now starting them that isn't the cause yet.

Prayers on the way.

[Lizzie]

This is very frustrating and scary for you, and distressing to see her in some discomfort. Have you tried yogurt? It helps with digestive upsets, especially loose stools, and is particularly helpful when a cat is on antibiotics. I use the full fat version (plain, of course) since my cats are far more attracted to it than with any fat reduced version. I hope that she starts to get better soon.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

I was hoping for a happy update too....
What does your vet advize you to do? Just watch her and wait? What if she doesn't keep does pills in?