Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

How is the kitty doing today? Hope all is well.

Oh no I hope Elle responds to treatment. Would they put her on IV fluids if she doesn't seem better? I'm sure your parents are very upset. Poor wee thing.
Funny about then thinking it was something was up with Flynn just by seeing you. You're going to have to start doing drop-ins for no reason. :)

Let us know whats up with Elle okay. We'll all worry for her.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Hi Leslie, Addy, Amy and Sharlene - thanks for your good wishes for Elle.

She was a little better today, we got some chicken and a few biscuits into her. She was not having any of the low fat GI food they wanted her to have thanks very much. Struggling to get her to drink though so I squirted some water in the side of her mouth with an eye dropper and showed Mum how to do it. Mum and Dad stuggle to get pills into her so I did the honours tonight with her antibiotic so that will be a twice a day job for a week! I swear her fangs are like a sabre tooth tiger, really long AND sharp!! :eek::eek:

She is on house arrest and wants to go outside so is pacing about a bit, a little wobbly on her feet. She has not pooped, and hard to tell if she peed or not. She has not vomited or had diarrhea which would be expected with poisoning so maybe its not that. I think she is sore in her tummy though, but not crying just looking very sorry for herself. For an hour or so this morning her eyes were streaming, not sure what that was about. We can do without another mystery pet in the family!! :eek::eek:

I put a couple of photos of her up in Flynny's album. He is not being very sympathetic, I have tried so many little snacks to tempt her to eat and drink and I have to hold him back from stealing her food, little rotter! When he was sick, she gently went up behind him and put her paw on his back. She really would like to snuggle with him but he won't have a bar of any cat canoodling!!

Hope she is much better tomorrow or I will take her back to vet as do not think we getting enough fluids in her, though she does not seem too dry at this stage.

xx

Trish,

Our Daisy and Gracie act the same way:-)
Gracie (cat) meets Dixie Daisy at the door after we're outside. She rests her arm around Daisy as if to hug her. Daisy shrugs her off. Poor rejected Kitty.

Hope she feels better soon!



Same situation with food too. Aren't our furlets a trip:-)

Oh do hope Elle is better today. You're right, she might need some fluids. If her tummy hurts, I wonder if she didn't eat something, or what about kidneys? etc. do they do ultrasounds on cats? :) You can tell our minds all go in the same direction on here.

Oh that Flynny. Sure and doesn't he know what he is missing with cat canoodles?!! I had a cat and dog that grew up together and were best buddies and even passed in the same year. I think sometimes though that the dog liked the cat better than the cat like the dog, except (there is always an exception with the cats) when the cat decided that he wanted to like the dog more. LOL It was crazy.

Crossing fingers and paws for Elle!

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

She is better, thanks Val and Sharlene! I was so worried that her kidneys were packing up but today she is mad keen to get outside and is running around with her loud RAAAAWORLL let me out cry!! She has been seen eating of her own accord, but not drinking much yet so still getting Mum and Dad to give her extra fluids via eye dropper but we all feel much more relaxed about her recovery now. Don't know what caused it and I will have to ask vet whether we should recheck her bloods to see if LFTs have stabilised.

I have had such a lazy day, snoozed on the couch in the sun with Flynn this afternoon, he is bored out his brain so must get him up the beach soon for a decent walk. We had got Elle some fresh chicken and he ate some yesterday. He is never up in the night (I know all the cush parents probably hating me right now!) but he woke me 2ish to go outside and had quite a loose BM, I really do think he is sensitive to chicken these days. Back to the possum for him!!

I too wish they would have a bit of cuddle time Sharlene, but no go. On Friday we were out at a friends house for dinner, another girl had brought her 15 yo Jack Russel Digby. He is a very sedate old man! Flynny immediately installed himself as "boss dog" and started herding poor Digby about and even tried to hump him!! Crikey, that was lovely dinner party entertainment... NOT!! Bad Dog!!

Hope everyone is having a chilled out time with their pups this weekend and enjoying the moment :) so hard when you are so worried about your babies.

Trish xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Trish!!
Oh, your beach trip sounds like it was absolutely wonderful, and it looks like Flynn enjoyed himself. I love your pics. What a sweet boy. I look in his eyes and just want to hug him!!! And how sweet that he slept by his little friend, these pups have such precious ways. Jasper has been known to go in and sleep with his Grandma when my Mom visits, so sweet. So glad you both had a great time. Also very relieved to read that your parents kitty is feeling better. What a scare. I wonder what it was, she is pretty young. I have very limited experience with cats, but gosh, it is hard to give them pills, and I would imagine also hard to give water by an eye dropper. How lucky that you are there to help your folks.

I have been such a slacker with posting lately and I feel so bad. I try to read some every night but am far from caught up with everyone, I am going to work on that some more tomorrow. I haven't updated on Jasper for a while, everyone is probably wondering what the heck is going on. I have just been so tired, abnormally so. Yes, I have been quite busy, but way tired every night. If it wasn't winter, I would be worried about West Nile virus or something!

Speaking of winter, guess who is in another winter storm warning? You guessed it! Hopefully will stay less than 4 inches, I DO NOT want to shovel again!! Snowing and blowing now, was just out with Jasper.

I have to say that I loved hearing about your dinner entertainment. :D Flynny is such a character, so happy to see him feeling good. Hope you are having a good weekend. I see that you were on when I started typing this. I have missed our late night chats also! :)

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper

OH YAY there you are!!! I have now finished spamming the board. I was feeling guilty for not posting much this week to so have had a bit of a catchup :D But don't feel bad Tina, we do what we can and that is always enough!! Wonder why you are feeling so tired, are you sleeping OK... obviously not as you are up now!! Maybe its catching up with you, all the stress of late plus broken sleep. So you keep on that couch in the evenings to have a catch up. I slept most of the afternoon today, probably will be awake till 3am now!!

Have been so pleased with Flynn this week and then last night loose poop and after his walk this afternoon where he was a little slow he puked up. Was still hungry for his dinner afterwards so hopefully it is just due to the chicken he ate (stole) yesterday, which does seem to upset him now or maybe he ate something manky up the beach. So back to basics with his diet again.

Oh gawd, another storm. I hope that is the last of them. Don't shovel, surely it will melt away if you leave it :D:D Hmmm maybe you need to shovel to get out your driveway?? In that case you might have too... it's cooler here too but still getting the odd hot day, I love this time of year when it is still warm but not boiling hot. We could do with the rain though, so very dry still. But it is sooo much darker in the morning, I hate it especially noticed it on Friday morning when I have to be at work by 7.30 :eek: it was positively dark when the alarm went off. Soon daylight savings will end and BANG its winter :( i really will not have to much to complain about after hearing all the stories on here of snow storms and freezing temps! I just looked you up on my weather app, exactly 3am, snow (think you know that!:D) and -2 deg, sorry not sure what that is in farenheit... darn cold I say, below freezing! But I am pleased to tell you the sun comes out on Tuesday and by Thursday it is 14deg :D:D:D that's better!!
Trish xxx

Yes, I just saw that you have been quite "active" on the board, Lol. :D You know, my sleep is disrupted, but not near like it was when Jazzy had to go out every couple of hours during the night, or even 2-3 times a night. Most of the time now, we are good with only one middle of the night pit stop, so things are better. I have adjusted to that quite a bit. But I am a night owl by nature, so on the weekends, I tend to stay up quite late! :eek: Crazy, I know. I have always been the night owl type, and have never really needed 8 hrs of sleep, but 5 hrs uninterrupted would be divine! :D

Gosh, I hope Flynn's tummy settles down. It sure doesn't take much for their system to get upset. Jasper is very sensitive also. I don't think he tolerates chicken well either for some reason. I was so sad, no treats or anything special for him on his birthday, I didn't want to chance things getting upset since he was still on the antibiotic to treat the last bout of colitis. I didn't give him a crumb out of the ordinary. :( But I took the day off to spend with him so we had some quality time.

I always check to see how your weather is also! :) It shows 9:35 pm and 66 degrees F. That is nice. Here it is 28 degrees F, so that must be -2 Celsius. Yes, below freezing by 4 deg here. :) I shouldn't have to shovel thankfully, maybe just the sidewalks. Things are looking better later in the week, just like you said! Our DST started a couple of weeks ago. I think I am still adjusting to that little one hour shift.

Well, I guess I better head to bed, otherwise I won't get much sleep in before Jasper has to go out again. Or Shelby might try to get in on the act. She always acts so neglected when I don't take her out in the middle of the night! Poor little thing. :) Nite Trish. Give Flynn a belly rub for me.

Tina

So glad the kitty is doing better. CoCo does not do well on chicken either or the pumpkin that we are supposed to give for the diarrhea or constipation. Maybe I just do not have enough patience to wait for it to help. My vet said give him Pepto or Imodium and that is usually what I do and feed him less. I think the Vetoryl or the Cushings just causes the diarrhea. We do poop patrol every time he goes out, trying to catch the diarrhea before it gets too bad. He had it so bad once, I had to take him to the vet wrapped in a big towel. Yikes. Oh well, what we do for these furbabies is amazing and I really don't mind it, except the nighttime wakeups, which are very seldom, but he usually gets up at 3:00 a.m. for food, but my husband usually gets up by 4:00 so we just go to bed early when we can. Hope Flynn has no more poop problems. Beach sounds wonderful. Cold and raining in Nashville, TN. Just waiting for Spring to get here. Love, JoAnne.