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Thread: Took Giz to ER vet last night...*Pic added

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    Took Giz to ER vet last night...*Pic added

    Last night she scared the crap out of me. I noticed she was going around the house howling and she did that for about a hour before my alarm bells went off. She does howl from time to time but never non stop like last night. In watching her, she was running around frantic, would squat where ever she was and strain.. I would check where she strained and nothing was there so I panicked.. Was she blocked? She would run from me when I would try to pick her up so I could check her bladder, would not let me touch her. She was freaking out and so was I. I called her vet and my call was rerouted to the ER vet in Baton Rouge. During the time I sneaked into the room where the kennel was kept and got it ready for her and actually got her... (had to do the "ignore her" game to actually catch her), she had dumped a rather long poop (for her) on the kitchen floor. I snatched that up in a zip lock bag to take with us thinking it may be important. Her going OUT of the box has NEVER happened before so that alarmed me also.

    She howled all the way over there. In the exam room waiting for the vet, she was investigating it and acting pretty normal. He came in and I explained what was going on and he checked her bladder which he said was hard to find because it was just about empty. He checked her colon and said she was sensitive there and it was probably all about her trying to pass that long BM. He gave her a anti-inflammatory shot, told me to watch her and follow up with her regular vet if she continued to act like that.

    Once back home, it took her awhile to settle down but she finally did and has been her usual self ever since.

    This was my first real scare with any of my "girls" and I hope never to have that happen again! She is her usual self today, thank God!

    (I had to get Rie to come take us over there since I knew I was to panicked to drive. )
    Last edited by Laura's Babies; 01-20-2010 at 01:04 PM.

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    Thtas would be so frightening to have Gizmo in such pain, and not knowing whats wrong
    And of course her yowling makes things worse
    We are so relieved that shes all right now, and we pray that there are no more howling nights.
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    That must have been terrible, Laura!! I hope Giz is feeling all better again now; but just to be sure, I would take her to your regular vet too today
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    Aw, poor Giz! I hope she will heal quickly and be all better. HUGS to that little girl!
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    Prays for Giz.

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    Oh my Poor Giz.. Says you just had a impacted turd.. Thats what we called them when I worked in a Nursing Home.. Its great that you was able to pass on your own.. So Glad your doing much better Giz.. So sorry you scared mom.. Prayers & Huggss..

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    I know how scary this can be because this just happened to Storm last Monday on his b-day. I posted about it in his b-day thread. I was also about ready to get the carrier out and take him to my vet which is also an ER vet hospital. He's the kind of cat that wants me to see what's going on so he was screaming in pain and straining and he also eventually passed some very firm large stools. After this he was just fine.

    I then gave him some hairball medicine and I e-mailed my vet about this. She just said to give him the hairball medicine 2 times a week. I asked about adding Metamucil to his diet but she didn't want to do this just yet. I also have to make sure that he gets plenty of water so when I feed him canned food I need to put a fair amount of water mixed in with it. So far he's been fine. I hope that Giz will also be fine and that this won't happen again. If she continues to have problems she may need to be put on Lactulose or something similar. I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

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    I rather knew that howling from Tigris when he was about to pass a hairball but it makes sense to me that it may have been a difficult to motion tootsie roll.
    What a shock for you and poor Gizmo. Good that it had a happy end.

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    I am so happy Giz is feeling much better. That would have scared me to death, also. I always get alarmed when they howl. Give my love to your pretty little girls!
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    I was SO freaking out and so was she.. I feel silly now but at the time I didn't want to take the chance it was life threatening... it could have been anything!!

    At the ER after we arrived, she still would not let me hold her or comfort her, she only let Rie hold her. Today, she still don't want me touching her and ignores all my pleas to get in my lap.. She is sleeping more than she usually does today but appears to be back to normal except for refusing to get into my lap or letting me touch her.. Maybe she is just mad, thinking I made her hurt last night?.. maybe embarrassed that she carried on and pooped on the kitchen floor? Who knows! I am just glad she is alright..

    A couple of pic's I got of her today where she has been all day. My beautiful girl...




    At the ER vets, when they opened the kennel and saw her they commented on how beautiful she was.. I said "Yea, SHE KNOWS!"

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    Awwwww! How beautiful she is in her "after" photos.. pure royalty! I'm so glad she got that out of her system and seems to be feeling fine now. It would probably be a good idea to follow up with your regular vet; at least phone to let them know what happened and see if they want to check her out further.

    How frightening that must have been for you! Gosh, please do not feel silly today. You didn't get any more panicked than I would have if one of my babies suddenly started behaving like that. What if Giz HADN'T been able to pass that stool on her own? Good thing you took her to the ER vet.

    Well done, Giz and Laura!
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    Oh Giz is beautiful!
    I'm glad the ER trip didn't turn out to be a true emergency and hope she continues to be just fine!
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    Oh Giz you are stunning, and what a fright you gave yourself and Mama, glad to hear all is well, take care.
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    Aaaww- Giz is so ab-so-lute-ly cute

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    They look the prettiest when the vet says they are fine, don't they?
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