Could Use Some Postive Vibes
Oct. 17th, 2011 09:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Over the summer my kitty Lucybell has been dealing a variety of health issues. She's always had tummy problems, suffering from mega-colon, in which she's on medicine. During the last couple months we have had a horrible time with fleas. She's an indoor kitty, but this summer has been unreal. We bombed the apartment, gave her Frontline , but it was like an all out war. New fleas would invade even if all the others died.
She got a tapeworm as a result of the fleas, (they're carriers apparently) and it took a few weeks to battle that. Between the tapeworm and the fleas she's lost a lot of weight.
The last couple days she hasn't left my side. She won't eat, she looks miserable, and I just have this gut feeling that she's in a bad way.
Hubby is taking her to the vet tomorrow and I would really appreciate it if you guys could send positive vibes this way. She's ten years old, but she’s a robust Maine Coon, and until this, a very vibrant, healthy cat.
She got a tapeworm as a result of the fleas, (they're carriers apparently) and it took a few weeks to battle that. Between the tapeworm and the fleas she's lost a lot of weight.
The last couple days she hasn't left my side. She won't eat, she looks miserable, and I just have this gut feeling that she's in a bad way.
Hubby is taking her to the vet tomorrow and I would really appreciate it if you guys could send positive vibes this way. She's ten years old, but she’s a robust Maine Coon, and until this, a very vibrant, healthy cat.
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Date: 2011-10-18 01:18 am (UTC)Here's hoping for good news from the vet!
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Date: 2011-10-18 01:22 am (UTC)and HUGS for you
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Date: 2011-10-18 01:27 am (UTC)I worked for a vet for 15 years. Mega-colon can be serious but tapeworms are usually not too serious. How long hasn't she been eating? How's her color? (are her gums pink?)
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Date: 2011-10-18 01:32 am (UTC)All she does is lay there and sleep and look at me with 'sad eyes' which I know sounds silly.
She's gone from eating normally to eating very little for a few days to not eating starting Saturday night.
I'm hoping we get eek by until Monday when the vet opens.
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Date: 2011-10-18 02:43 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I'm not seeing Frontline doing the job any more. This summer I've had a ton of clients with break-through flea infestations despite using Frontline monthly. I've been telling clients to switch to Advantage for indoor cats--at the very least until the end of the flea season.
Hopefully, there is nothing more serious going on than that. *fingers crossed*
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Date: 2011-10-18 02:57 am (UTC)I'm sending positive healing thoughts, that everything will turn out okay! Good luck!
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Date: 2011-10-18 02:59 am (UTC)Hang in there, y'all. *hugs*
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Date: 2011-10-18 03:32 am (UTC)She will get better or *I* will cry.
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