Miley-girl is ill...hope it is routine cat thing!

[sasvermont]

I just love my newish vet. She is so calm and thorough. Nothing has showed up on xrays. The vet seems to think Miley has colon problems and is filled with gas. She is going to give me to drugs to give her and then we will wait for the blood work to come back tomorrow. She will also be tested for FIP. So, other than no news, which is good news in some ways, Miley will have to wear a bib for the next few days! The vet said she was such a good little girl, tolerating the poking and xrays very nicely. That's my girl. She really is a trooper when it comes to the vet. The worst experience had to have been when Tiberus bit the day-lights out of her and she had to have drains hanging from her side end for days on end. She never touched them.

So, things are ok and I can bring Ms. Miley home a little after 5 PM. Then we deal with the pills!

Thanks for listening.

Robyn, I always have flash backs to where Grammy and Gabe died. We won't go there. That is why I insisted on xrays today. Just to be sure!

[Barbara]

I think we all had the same flashback. Hope it is just the colon- that should be manageable. Although I never had to pill Filou up to now

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm a little late here but I'm glad that it's nothing serious and that some meds will be able to help her. Get well soon Miley girl.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Miley drooling!!!!!! It is hard to imagine such a thing.....

hope all turns out well....oddly enough I noticed something in Edwina's mouth this morning. I thought maybe she had bitten Eddie too hard or something....

Here's to a routine cat thing.....

[Cataholic]

Oh, Miley girl, whatever is your problem? While I had hoped it was a tooth, maybe you are just 'full'?

Keep us posted.

[Randy_K]

I'm so sorry to hear that Miley is having problems.

Knowing that Abys commonly have teeth problems (Mango gets his teeth brushed regularly!), I would have thought the drooling might be due to a bad tooth.

[catnapper]

Sorry I missed this earlier! I am glad to hear nothign is terribly wrong -- but what a worry your day must have been! I'm sure you can find a nice stylish bib for her to wear

[sasvermont]

Hi,

I picked up Miley after work yesterday. She was happy to see/hear me!

It seems that, unless we see something in her blood work yet to be reported, she has issues with her digestive tract/colon and will be one medications for about 20 days. The vet said she had nothing in her colon except gas and she was filled with gas throughout her intestines too. She must have been in great pain. That could have been why she was drooling so much. So I must wait for the reports to come back from the labs to see if it would be related to kidneys etc.

She slept like a log all night long, even after being given 2 pills after dinner! She is easy to pill, but hard to catch once she gets into the routine.....she begins to hide from me after day two. I usually keep the pills out of the container and in my pocket so that when she passes by, I grab her. Once I have her, she is easy to give the meds to! Now Juni is another story. You might think I was trying to kill her even when I try to get the sleepy things out of her eyes!

Now we wait for the reports. I had emailed my breeder about Miley and she called me last night. She said that most cats have problems at some time in their life span with gas or intestine problems.

The vet seemed to think that the gas would have passed eventually, but how was I to know that. Poor Miley, not being able to sleep and drooling like crazy to boot!

She is worth every penny of a vet bill! She's my good little girl!

(((((((((((Miley))))))))))))

[Barbara]

I know that Xeline, my friend Angi's Aby has intestine problems - and you can smell when she gets rid of her gas But it doesn't sound as if Miley would have gotten rid of her problem the natural way- and the poor girl must have been in pain.

We know everything about hiding. When Filou has to see the vet Siegmar starts the evening before by closing doors to the rooms he is most difficlut to get out (like S.'s den). Then next morning we close more doors so he only has the free run of the downstairs living room, staircase and upper bathroom. Believe me that Filou found every niche where a small cat could hide: the shoe thing (on the upper landing) and I swear he closed the door after he sneaked in. Behind books he could only reach from the upper cat tree level. In the cupboard within the dishes (ok, the sound gave him away this time )

Good thing he forgives us very quickly and these fluids help him so much. (ok, he's an expensive kitty now- but he's worth every cent)

Kissies to Miley and hugs to you.

[kimlovescats]

Hi SAS, I am just now reading this post for the first time ... but I am glad to hear that Miley might just have an overload of gas on the tummy. Poor girl, that must have been so miserable for her! (sweet gentle huggies for Miley girl)

Hugs for you too Mommy!
Kim

[sasvermont]

I don't have much else to say except that I have lots to read about. The vet isn't too upset about it, just let me know that if and when she goes full blown, it will be horrible. I won't let horrible happen, so...... keeping my fingers crossed. The next worry, of course, is the other cats. They may have natural immunity to FIP. You can just treat symptoms of FIP, not the virus itself. I will have the other three tested soon. So, not such good news.

I will not be allowed to have my cats visit anywhere or have cats come to my house. The only way to be totally free from FIP is to leave months between having cats and not having cats, and cleaning like crazy between having and not having. I will probably just adopt cats with FIP - that's that.

Off to do some serious thinking and reading.

L,
SAS (the unhappy camper)

[Cataholic]

Soothing hugs to you and the campers. Life gives us blows, and it is all in how we deal with it that matters. This is not the worst you could be faced with. Maybe not the best news, but, not the worst, by far. Praying for the best.

Johanna

[furrykidsmother]

I am sorry! I haven't been around much lately, but I am seeing this now. I am sooo sorry you didn't get better news. I hope that it won't go full blown or even close for a very, very long time. I hope the others have a natural amunity to it. Best wishes and good thoughts going out to all of you.