Eating Habits

It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

Jeanne wrote:
It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.

This is very worrying. Many many purrs on the way for both of you. I
really hope the vitamin B helps.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Jeanne wrote:
It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

Continuing purrs for Natasha.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:59:44 -0800, Jeanne wrote:

It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha


Try more "people tuna" Best wishes. MLB

Purrs for a good kickstart!

"Jeanne" wrote in message
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It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:39:55 +0200, Marina
wrote:

This is very worrying. Many many purrs on the way for both of you. I
really hope the vitamin B helps.

It's worrying to me too.

She had her vitamin B shot this evening, and now we wait to see if it
kicks in. While there, I had the doctor check her mouth and throat
again, but he didn't find anything.

If the vitamin shot doesn't work, about the only thing left is to
schedule an ultrasound, but I don't know if I want to do that.
Basically, I don't think I'm going to have anything "major" done, and
if it's something an ultrasound would pick up when nothing else has,
then I'm thinking it would take major intervention to set things
right. And I'm not going to do that to her.

Natasha is more than 19-1/2 years old. Tonight at the vet they did the
age and weight correlation to human years, and according to that she's
120 years old. I think we all know that sometimes old people just
lose their interest in food. If this is indeed going to be the end
for Natasha, she's had a nice long life and she's due a nice peaceful
end, don't you think?



Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:25:36 -0500, Jeanne Hedge wrote:

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:39:55 +0200, Marina
wrote:

This is very worrying. Many many purrs on the way for both of you. I
really hope the vitamin B helps.

It's worrying to me too.

She had her vitamin B shot this evening, and now we wait to see if it
kicks in. While there, I had the doctor check her mouth and throat
again, but he didn't find anything.

If the vitamin shot doesn't work, about the only thing left is to
schedule an ultrasound, but I don't know if I want to do that.
Basically, I don't think I'm going to have anything "major" done, and
if it's something an ultrasound would pick up when nothing else has,
then I'm thinking it would take major intervention to set things
right. And I'm not going to do that to her.

Natasha is more than 19-1/2 years old. Tonight at the vet they did the
age and weight correlation to human years, and according to that she's
120 years old. I think we all know that sometimes old people just
lose their interest in food. If this is indeed going to be the end
for Natasha, she's had a nice long life and she's due a nice peaceful
end, don't you think?



Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

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http://www.jhedge.com


YES! Purrs for Natasha and you. MLB

Jeanne wrote:
It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.


Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha

double-time purrs for appetite improvement on the way.

--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Jeanne Hedge wrote:

Natasha is more than 19-1/2 years old. Tonight at the vet they did the
age and weight correlation to human years, and according to that she's
120 years old. I think we all know that sometimes old people just
lose their interest in food. If this is indeed going to be the end
for Natasha, she's had a nice long life and she's due a nice peaceful
end, don't you think?

Yes, that is absolutely true. {{{{Jeanne}}}} That is the choice I had to
make for Frank last year. We *may* have been able to cure all the
problems he had, but it would have taken a lot of medication and other
lengthy and invasive procedures, and they weren't guaranteed to help
anyway. You are both in my thoughts, and the cats are purring for you.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

My son's old cat (now RB) would not eat, and in desperation we took him to
my vet. He was supposed to eat special food for kidneys,and would not touch
it. The vet gave him a shot of valium and put a dish of food in front of
..him. Oscar was so zonked that his face fell into the dish and he proceeded
to gorge himself ! A small dose of valium will often stimulate a cat to
eat, and it does not harm them.
Marie from OZ







"Marina" wrote in message
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Jeanne wrote:
It's been 3 days since she finished her antibiotics, and Natasha is
still not eating.

I just spoke to her vet, and her most recent blood test (taken Friday)
came back normal. Even her white cell counts are back to normal. Even
her behaviour continues to be fairly normal (except for the eating
part)

Tonight I'm taking her by the vet to try something we probably should
have tried a while back - a shot of good old vitamin B, kickstarter of
appetites.

If *that* doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do.

This is very worrying. Many many purrs on the way for both of you. I
really hope the vitamin B helps.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki