cage rest and food question

(veronicka) dumped this in
om on 31 Mar 2004:

She's been on IV fluids overnight at the vet, and today she just won't
drink anything!

I hope that she'll be ok. Whenever my cats have had to get IV fluids (one
dehydrated and constipated, the other from surgery, illness, anorexia) I
did notice that they didn't drink for a while because the fluids satiated
their thirst for quite a while since they were still absorbing the fluids
even after the IV was removed. For my first cat I may be confusing this
with SubQ fluids, so this may be completely off.

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Cheryl

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 3/31/04 6:12 PM:

(veronicka) dumped this in
om on 31 Mar 2004:

She's been on IV fluids overnight at the vet, and today she just won't
drink anything!

I hope that she'll be ok. Whenever my cats have had to get IV fluids (one
dehydrated and constipated, the other from surgery, illness, anorexia) I
did notice that they didn't drink for a while because the fluids satiated
their thirst for quite a while since they were still absorbing the fluids
even after the IV was removed. For my first cat I may be confusing this
with SubQ fluids, so this may be completely off.

And I was thinking you might consider putting one of those bottles with a
roller in the spiggot to lick while she is not moving as much. Perhaps that
will be more comfortable to drink from (elevated) since the pelvis must rock
to accomodate licking from a bowl.

If you go to petsmart.com and type in water bottle you will see the type I
mean.

Karen

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 3/31/04 6:12 PM:

(veronicka) dumped this in
om on 31 Mar 2004:

She's been on IV fluids overnight at the vet, and today she just won't
drink anything!

I hope that she'll be ok. Whenever my cats have had to get IV fluids (one
dehydrated and constipated, the other from surgery, illness, anorexia) I
did notice that they didn't drink for a while because the fluids satiated
their thirst for quite a while since they were still absorbing the fluids
even after the IV was removed. For my first cat I may be confusing this
with SubQ fluids, so this may be completely off.

And I was thinking you might consider putting one of those bottles with a
roller in the spiggot to lick while she is not moving as much. Perhaps that
will be more comfortable to drink from (elevated) since the pelvis must rock
to accomodate licking from a bowl.

If you go to petsmart.com and type in water bottle you will see the type I
mean.

Karen

Thank you all so much for your replies. Last night I tried the
moistened food trick and it worked.

Thank you all so much for your replies. Last night I tried the
moistened food trick and it worked.

On 31 Mar 2004 04:27:17 -0800, (veronicka)
wrote:

Hope I'm in the right place to be asking this question. Have just been
through a harrowing 24 hours with my cat to the emergency vet in the
middle of the night- hit by a car and 3 "clean" fractures to the
pelvis. The critical thing was bladder function and she proved that
she can "go" after I picked her up this morning- so that was a relief.
She's been on IV fluids overnight at the vet, and today she just won't
drink anything! She's tucked up in her cage for the next 6-8 weeks and
I've "forced" about 20mls (I think that's about 2/3 ounce) into her
with a syringe.I understand her not wanting to eat just yet, but the
no drinking is worrying me. Has anyone else had this experience?
thanks in advance for any help.

Purrs and best wishes that your kitty will have a good recovery and
become a "house cat".

On 31 Mar 2004 04:27:17 -0800, (veronicka)
wrote:

Hope I'm in the right place to be asking this question. Have just been
through a harrowing 24 hours with my cat to the emergency vet in the
middle of the night- hit by a car and 3 "clean" fractures to the
pelvis. The critical thing was bladder function and she proved that
she can "go" after I picked her up this morning- so that was a relief.
She's been on IV fluids overnight at the vet, and today she just won't
drink anything! She's tucked up in her cage for the next 6-8 weeks and
I've "forced" about 20mls (I think that's about 2/3 ounce) into her
with a syringe.I understand her not wanting to eat just yet, but the
no drinking is worrying me. Has anyone else had this experience?
thanks in advance for any help.

Purrs and best wishes that your kitty will have a good recovery and
become a "house cat".

How much was your vet bill? I'm tending a feral cat who had a badly
broken leg. The vet installed steel pins and a cast, the cast was on
for eleven days, the pins will be in for a month or so. He's had no
"cage rest", and was thumping around the house like Captain Ahab for
the first week. It cost me $600 including vaccinations, I think the
vet was surprised I would pay that much for a stray cat.

He just approached my cat Flinx, meowing and purring, and tried to
head bump him. Flinx hissed and slugged him a good one. I'm glad
he's still trying, he's been at it for a couple years now. That's why
I thought he was worth $600. He used to have a good friend in another
stray cat, but that one was killed by the neighbor's dog.

Here's his picture with the cast:

http://home.teleport.com/~guy_noir/i...shadowcast.JPG

His expression accurately reflects his feelings towards me.

John Kimmel

How much was your vet bill? I'm tending a feral cat who had a badly
broken leg. The vet installed steel pins and a cast, the cast was on
for eleven days, the pins will be in for a month or so. He's had no
"cage rest", and was thumping around the house like Captain Ahab for
the first week. It cost me $600 including vaccinations, I think the
vet was surprised I would pay that much for a stray cat.

He just approached my cat Flinx, meowing and purring, and tried to
head bump him. Flinx hissed and slugged him a good one. I'm glad
he's still trying, he's been at it for a couple years now. That's why
I thought he was worth $600. He used to have a good friend in another
stray cat, but that one was killed by the neighbor's dog.

Here's his picture with the cast:

http://home.teleport.com/~guy_noir/i...shadowcast.JPG

His expression accurately reflects his feelings towards me.

John Kimmel

in article , Guy Noir at
wrote on 4/2/04 12:48 AM:

How much was your vet bill? I'm tending a feral cat who had a badly
broken leg. The vet installed steel pins and a cast, the cast was on
for eleven days, the pins will be in for a month or so. He's had no
"cage rest", and was thumping around the house like Captain Ahab for
the first week. It cost me $600 including vaccinations, I think the
vet was surprised I would pay that much for a stray cat.

He just approached my cat Flinx, meowing and purring, and tried to
head bump him. Flinx hissed and slugged him a good one. I'm glad
he's still trying, he's been at it for a couple years now. That's why
I thought he was worth $600. He used to have a good friend in another
stray cat, but that one was killed by the neighbor's dog.

Here's his picture with the cast:

http://home.teleport.com/~guy_noir/i...shadowcast.JPG

His expression accurately reflects his feelings towards me.

John Kimmel


Poor guy. I hope Flinx comes around. They do sometimes you know. Good on you
for taking care of him. He's very handsome. With patience, he could really
come to love you. I'm amazed at the feral stories I hear here.


Karen