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Spicey dislikes Legos
Christina Websell wrote:
"Bastette" wrote: Roxy's pancreatitis is chronic, not acute. And it's quite possible that the elevated pancreatic values are from another problem, such as irritable bowel syndrome. Well, maybe so, I'm not a vet, but I advise you not to try to cure pancreatis (or anything else) with Chinese Herbs. If Roxy has irritable bowel syndrome, has she? your vet will advise you how to feed her. IMO Chinese Herbs are at best a rip off. What I know personally about Chinese herbs wouldn't fill a kitten's nostril. The herbs are from the vet. I'm not even sure "herbs" is the right word - usually people refer to it as "Chinese medicine." Whether that means herbal medicine, I have no idea. But Chinese culture has been around a lot longer than most of ours - certainly US culture - so maybe they've learned a few things? It's kind of moot, though, because I've stopped giving it to her. She just really *detests* it. If I was absolutely certain it was working, then I'd find a way to continue, but I feel like I'm tormenting her for an uncertain outcome at best. Pretty much everything I'm doing for Roxy right now has been suggested by her vet, including her diet and her medicines. The only thing I've come up with on my own is broiled chicken breast. She loves that and if I can't get her to eat her prescription cat food, I'll give her some chicken so at least she won't go hungry. Guess where I got that idea? -- Joyce I prefer to live with Feline Sapiens, thank you very much. |
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On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:03:30 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote: In article , Takayuki I didn't think that Spicey would make it through her incident, but since she's recovered, she's needed no special care, except that she has been receiving a low dose prescription of insulin since then. The pancreatitis seems to have exacerbated her diabetes. That's good news. Purrs for it to continue. She gets whisked off to the vet for more frequent check-ups than the others, so she's highly suspicious these days. Whenever I call her name, I also need to provide some kind of proof of good intentions, like the shaking of a treat jar. |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote: Roxy's pancreatitis is chronic, not acute. And it's quite possible that the elevated pancreatic values are from another problem, such as irritable bowel syndrome. Well, maybe so, I'm not a vet, but I advise you not to try to cure pancreatis (or anything else) with Chinese Herbs. If Roxy has irritable bowel syndrome, has she? your vet will advise you how to feed her. IMO Chinese Herbs are at best a rip off. What I know personally about Chinese herbs wouldn't fill a kitten's nostril. The herbs are from the vet. I'm not even sure "herbs" is the right word - usually people refer to it as "Chinese medicine." Whether that means herbal medicine, I have no idea. But Chinese culture has been around a lot longer than most of ours - certainly US culture - so maybe they've learned a few things? It's kind of moot, though, because I've stopped giving it to her. She just really *detests* it. If I was absolutely certain it was working, then I'd find a way to continue, but I feel like I'm tormenting her for an uncertain outcome at best. Pretty much everything I'm doing for Roxy right now has been suggested by her vet, including her diet and her medicines. The only thing I've come up with on my own is broiled chicken breast. She loves that and if I can't get her to eat her prescription cat food, I'll give her some chicken so at least she won't go hungry. Guess where I got that idea? No idea ;-) Once elderly cats get ill, and its serious and their appetite is bad you can keep them going on real chicken. Providing you didn't spoil them with it before. Never, ever spoil your cat if it isn't ill with posh food otherwise you have nothing to tempt them with when they are poorly. Boyfie gets real chicken only if he's ill. Like when he got his dreadful operation when his intestines were out. |
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"Takayuki" wrote in message ... On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:03:30 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham wrote: In article , Takayuki I didn't think that Spicey would make it through her incident, but since she's recovered, she's needed no special care, except that she has been receiving a low dose prescription of insulin since then. The pancreatitis seems to have exacerbated her diabetes. That's good news. Purrs for it to continue. She gets whisked off to the vet for more frequent check-ups than the others, so she's highly suspicious these days. Whenever I call her name, I also need to provide some kind of proof of good intentions, like the shaking of a treat jar. She'll soon suss that out unless you do it randomly, like when there is not a vet appointment in the offing. I get the cat carrier down from where it is a week beforehand, but Boyfie knows exactly what it means. It means He Is Going to The Vet sometime soon and he doesn't like the idea because he's going to get an injection. Yes, an injection that he doesn't realise will prevent him from getting nasty diseases. We do the annual injections with Tigger along too and he also knows when the carrier comes out. He objects vehemently and is not above scratching his own meowmie to say "I'm not going in the box" Boyfie just accepts it. He doesn't have a scratch in him. He tries to escape by going under the bed when he realises it's vet time but when I get him out he just says "well. ok then. just don't let them kill me" He used to faint when he got on to the vet's examination table, now he doesn't. He just does flatcat. Tigger is very brave, he comes out of his carrier upright but the wet paw marks he leaves on the vet's table tell a different story. Tweed |
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