Koala update

On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down.

Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna.
When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her
deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I
thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and
looked at me like I was crazy.

That's why I suggested using a pill cutter and pill pockets.

Jill

On 8/6/2014 2:25 AM, Joy wrote:

When I went in to give him the medicine, I pulled out the bed, but
didn't find him. Finally I looked in his newest hiding spot, and he was
there. It's back in the shadow, and he's dark colored, so he's almost
invisible when he's there. He wasn't as compliant as he was yesterday.
He never used his claws, or even his paws, but he did try to turn his
head away and clamp his mouth shut. However, I did get the medicine
into him.

Joy

Purrs for continued success. Please do consider (for the BIG pill at
the end) using a pill cutter and pill pockets.

I had to give Persia an appetite stimulant this morning. I tucked 1/4
of a pill in a pill pocket and she thought it was a rare treat.

Good luck purrs continue.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and
mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most
cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down.

Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna.
When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her
deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I
thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and
looked at me like I was crazy.

You remind me of the time I served Cornish Game Hen to holiday dinner
guests. The recipe said to allow a whole bird per person, which I
thought was probably overgenerous, but I figured the leftovers would be
a treat for the cats. After dinner, I carefully removed the meat from
the bones (to avoid bone-splinters) and set a bowlful down before each
cat. All three turned up their little noses and wouldn't TOUCH it! (It
wasn't highly seasoned, nor had I used any exotic herbs.)

"Joy" wrote in message
...
Things never go the way one expects them to go.

Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open for
several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in the
doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole.

It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call from the
vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample finally came
in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection caused by an
organism. That means two things.

First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm glad
there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate, and I
think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel comfortable
here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it.

Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten days. I
didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden all the
time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do it.
However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down there was
hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I reached in
and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his mouth and
gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that easy
for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten days I have to
give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might not go so well.

Joy

Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it. Hens
can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured.
Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a
problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it.
I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his
accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to
prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it.

He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds, sounds
like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new place
(I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in
the space of his short 16 week life.
Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a large
pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil your
new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you.

Tweed

On 8/6/2014 12:57 PM, Judith Latham wrote:
In article , Joy
wrote:
On 8/5/2014 3:43 PM, toci wrote:
On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 4:59:59 PM UTC-5, Joy wrote:
On 8/5/2014 1:15 PM, Judith Latham wrote:

In article ,

Joy wrote:

Things never go the way one expects them to go.



Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open
for

several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in
the

doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole.



It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call
from

the vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample
finally

came in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection
caused by

an organism. That means two things.



First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm
glad

there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate,
and I

think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel

comfortable here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it.



Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten
days.

I didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden
all

the time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do
it.

However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down
there was

hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I
reached in

and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his
mouth and

gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that

easy for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten
days I

have to give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might
not go

so well.



Joy



It's a shame that Koala has this infection but he will get better
from it

and by then maybe Pickles will have got more used to there being
another

cat in the house even if he's only in one room.



Do you think that Koala would come to you if you just sat quietly in
his

room, reading or something. He might come out if he thought you were
not

after him. If you do this when you're not giving him his medication
he

might get used to you, then when you do give him his medication, it
may be

easier.



Would it be possible for your vet or vet nurse to give him the big
pill?



Judith



I did that a few times before I started giving him the medicine, and
he

wouldn't come near me. I'm sure he won't now.



I don't know whether they'd charge me to give it to him, but I'd have
to

get him into the carrier and take him. I think that would be as much

trouble, and as hard on both of us, as my giving him the pill. Right

now I'm concentrating on trying to figure out how I'm going to get him

out from under the bed to give him his medicine this evening.



Joy



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You might do what my daughter does- fill underneath the bed with
boxes, so there's no room for a cat. My approach, though, is to just
let him stay under the bed until he comes out. We both try to keep
our bedroom doors shut, with him outside, but that seems to make our
rooms more attractive. Toci


When I went in to give him the medicine, I pulled out the bed, but
didn't find him. Finally I looked in his newest hiding spot, and he was
there. It's back in the shadow, and he's dark colored, so he's almost
invisible when he's there. He wasn't as compliant as he was yesterday.
He never used his claws, or even his paws, but he did try to turn his
head away and clamp his mouth shut. However, I did get the medicine
into him.

Joy

Well done. That's another one done.

Judith


Right. Only ten more doses and a pill to go.

Joy

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On 8/6/2014 12:06 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


jmcquown wrote:
On 8/5/2014 10:11 PM, Mike Mayers wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and
mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most
cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down.

Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna.
When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her
deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I
thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and
looked at me like I was crazy.

You remind me of the time I served Cornish Game Hen to holiday dinner
guests. The recipe said to allow a whole bird per person, which I
thought was probably overgenerous, but I figured the leftovers would be
a treat for the cats. After dinner, I carefully removed the meat from
the bones (to avoid bone-splinters) and set a bowlful down before each
cat. All three turned up their little noses and wouldn't TOUCH it! (It
wasn't highly seasoned, nor had I used any exotic herbs.)

Yup. There's no way to predict what any give cat will like or dislike -
or eat even if he doesn't like it. Skeeter hated canned food, but
because Lindy got some every day, Skeeter had to have some too. He held
himself stiffly as he ate, and if he could have held his nose, he
probably would have done so.

Joy

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On 8/6/2014 2:22 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
"Joy" wrote in message
...
Things never go the way one expects them to go.

Today was the day I opened the door to Koala's room. It was open for
several hours. During that time, Pickles twice stuck her head in the
doorway and meowed. Koala stayed in his hidey-hole.

It's a good thing that's all that happened, because I got a call from the
vet about an hour ago. The results of Koala's stool sample finally came
in, and he has coccidiosis, an intestinal tract infection caused by an
organism. That means two things.

First, I have to keep them separated for another two weeks. I'm glad
there was no real interaction. It's a pain to keep them separate, and I
think it will make it take that much longer for Koala to feel comfortable
here. However, to keep Pickles healthy, I can do it.

Second, I'm supposed to give Koala medication once a day for ten days. I
didn't know if that would be even possible, since he stays hidden all the
time. If he decides to hide under the bed, I doubt if I can do it.
However, today he was on a low bookcase shelf. Getting down there was
hard, and getting up was much harder, but I managed. When I reached in
and touched him, he raised his head. I put the syringe in his mouth and
gave him the medication with no trouble at all. I hope it goes that easy
for the rest of the time. The only problem is that, in ten days I have to
give him a pill, and it's a rather large one. That might not go so well.

Joy

Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it. Hens
can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured.
Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a
problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it.
I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his
accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to
prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it.

He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds, sounds
like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new place
(I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in
the space of his short 16 week life.
Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a large
pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil your
new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you.

Tweed

Thanks. I'll take that under advisement.

Joy

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"Joy" wrote in message
...

Sorry to hear he has coccidiosis. I didn't realise cats could get it.
Hens
can but providing it's caught in time it's fairly easily cured.
Well done for getting his liquid meds in! If the tablet proves to be a
problem, I'd nip him along to the vet and let the nurses do it.
I had to leave Boyfie at the vets for longer than I wanted to after his
accident and operation because he needed pilling several times a day to
prevent peritonitis and even after all these years he won't let me do it.

He let you touch him and raised his head, then took his liquid meds,
sounds
like he's coming round. It's very scary for him to go to another new
place
(I presume he was somewhere else then went to the shelter then to you) in
the space of his short 16 week life.
Actually, having just said that, I probably wouldn't try and force a
large
pill down him when you're just getting acquainted. Best not to spoil
your
new relationship. Let him hate the vet nurses and not you.

Tweed

Thanks. I'll take that under advisement.

Joy


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I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and
mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most
cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down.
Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna.
When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her
deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I
thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and
looked at me like I was crazy.

I get antithyroid pills into Chloe by rolling them in a postage
stamp sized piece of thinly sliced ham and having her take them
from my fingers. By now she knows to ask me for her pill first
thing every morning. Shaking the pill bottle always brings her
through into the kitchen.

I'm told antithyroid pills taste much nastier than most medications,
so tuna juice wouldn't work.

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On 8/6/2014 8:02 PM, Jack Campin wrote:
I have suggested this before. Crush the pill into a fine powder and
mix it with tuna juice (chicken of the sea packed in water). Most
cats love the tuna juice and will eat it right down.

Unfortunately, Mike, my cat is one of the few who will not eat tuna.
When she first came to live with me the vet wanted me to give her
deworming pills (just in case). He suggested water packed tuna. I
thought oh boy, she's getting a treat! Persia sniffed the tuna and
looked at me like I was crazy.

I get antithyroid pills into Chloe by rolling them in a postage
stamp sized piece of thinly sliced ham and having her take them
from my fingers. By now she knows to ask me for her pill first
thing every morning. Shaking the pill bottle always brings her
through into the kitchen.

Who said anything about antithyroid pills?

I'm told antithyroid pills taste much nastier than most medications,
so tuna juice wouldn't work.

I'm sure most pills taste nasty.

Jill