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Priscilla Ballou composed with style: I may just give her some cream! She's fine with dairy. OOooo she'd probably lap that up. What's Catsip milk? It's a simulated milk product they sell in pet food stores that is lactose free yet looks and probably tastes like milk. It's thick sort of like cream. |
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"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... In article , Priscilla Ballou wrote: She's a little perkier tonight, and she spent some time upstairs with me cuddling but foregoing her usual vigorous grooming of my face (she did a few tiny little lappy licks, but that's all), but she doesn't want the Nutro wet food blended up with chicken stock that I made. That might not be her illness, though -- her brothers turned their noses up at it, too! I'm about to softboil some eggs and serve them along with some blended tuna, see how those are treated. Tomorrow I'll get some babyfood (yes, I know about onions). Whew! She just inhaled a saucer full of pureed people tuna, lapped up a bit of soft-boiled egg, and even chowed down on some of the un-pureed cat tuna I gave to the boys. Excellent performance! Let's hear it for steroids! Good. :-) Yes, prednisone's what got Debbie's appetite jump-started when she was initially ill w/ liver disease. Her appetite'd been *awful*, but before leaving the internist's he gave her a hefty starter dose of Pred, & she ate w/ gusto later on that afternoon. The internist called me that evening, asking if it'd done the trick. Yep! Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... In article , Priscilla Ballou wrote: She's a little perkier tonight, and she spent some time upstairs with me cuddling but foregoing her usual vigorous grooming of my face (she did a few tiny little lappy licks, but that's all), but she doesn't want the Nutro wet food blended up with chicken stock that I made. That might not be her illness, though -- her brothers turned their noses up at it, too! I'm about to softboil some eggs and serve them along with some blended tuna, see how those are treated. Tomorrow I'll get some babyfood (yes, I know about onions). Whew! She just inhaled a saucer full of pureed people tuna, lapped up a bit of soft-boiled egg, and even chowed down on some of the un-pureed cat tuna I gave to the boys. Excellent performance! Let's hear it for steroids! Good. :-) Yes, prednisone's what got Debbie's appetite jump-started when she was initially ill w/ liver disease. Her appetite'd been *awful*, but before leaving the internist's he gave her a hefty starter dose of Pred, & she ate w/ gusto later on that afternoon. The internist called me that evening, asking if it'd done the trick. Yep! Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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Yes, suddenly Bella was drooling. But of course it had been growing for
awhile & I just didn't notice. Nor do I remember if she wasn't eating, having a multiple cat household at the time (5 cats). Keep us posted. "Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... In article , "Betsy" -0 wrote: I don't want to necessarily alarm you, but I lost 2 cats to squamous cell carcinomas. They each were misdiagnosed before the tragic truth was apparent. First, keep an eye on that swelling. If after the steroids wear off it doesn't go down, insist on having a biopsy done. A needle aspirate may not be sufficient--it wasn't for one of mine. Thanks for the information! Did it come on quickly for your cats? Caley appeared fine yesterday morning. I hope for the best for you. I mention this because this is an aggressive cancer and can be treated fairly successfully if caught early, although cures aren't usually possible. Priscilla -- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. (thanks be to topfive.com) |
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Yes, suddenly Bella was drooling. But of course it had been growing for
awhile & I just didn't notice. Nor do I remember if she wasn't eating, having a multiple cat household at the time (5 cats). Keep us posted. "Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message ... In article , "Betsy" -0 wrote: I don't want to necessarily alarm you, but I lost 2 cats to squamous cell carcinomas. They each were misdiagnosed before the tragic truth was apparent. First, keep an eye on that swelling. If after the steroids wear off it doesn't go down, insist on having a biopsy done. A needle aspirate may not be sufficient--it wasn't for one of mine. Thanks for the information! Did it come on quickly for your cats? Caley appeared fine yesterday morning. I hope for the best for you. I mention this because this is an aggressive cancer and can be treated fairly successfully if caught early, although cures aren't usually possible. Priscilla -- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum. (thanks be to topfive.com) |
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Betsy -0 quoth:
Yes, suddenly Bella was drooling. But of course it had been growing for awhile & I just didn't notice. Nor do I remember if she wasn't eating, having a multiple cat household at the time (5 cats). Keep us posted. Will do. Thanks. Priscilla |
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Betsy -0 quoth:
Yes, suddenly Bella was drooling. But of course it had been growing for awhile & I just didn't notice. Nor do I remember if she wasn't eating, having a multiple cat household at the time (5 cats). Keep us posted. Will do. Thanks. Priscilla |
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The prednisone helped for a while, but she's worse again tonight. She
wanted her dinner, but eating it caused too much discomfort. She only lapped up a tiny bit of the pureed tuna I gave her. I tried opening her mouth to look at the area which had been swollen, but there's so much froth in there I couldn't see anything. I don't know if the froth was from pureed tuna she hasn't swallowed or from all the drool. I called the Doctor who saw her Thursday, and she'll be in tomorrow morning at 11:00. She's going to call me then. Guess I skip church again this week. :-( Poor Caley girl. She is my very special special kitty girl, and it really scares me for her to be sick. Priscilla |
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The prednisone helped for a while, but she's worse again tonight. She
wanted her dinner, but eating it caused too much discomfort. She only lapped up a tiny bit of the pureed tuna I gave her. I tried opening her mouth to look at the area which had been swollen, but there's so much froth in there I couldn't see anything. I don't know if the froth was from pureed tuna she hasn't swallowed or from all the drool. I called the Doctor who saw her Thursday, and she'll be in tomorrow morning at 11:00. She's going to call me then. Guess I skip church again this week. :-( Poor Caley girl. She is my very special special kitty girl, and it really scares me for her to be sick. Priscilla |
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Aw, poor Caley - & you. I hope this gets resolved soon.
Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon "Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message news The prednisone helped for a while, but she's worse again tonight. She wanted her dinner, but eating it caused too much discomfort. She only lapped up a tiny bit of the pureed tuna I gave her. I tried opening her mouth to look at the area which had been swollen, but there's so much froth in there I couldn't see anything. I don't know if the froth was from pureed tuna she hasn't swallowed or from all the drool. I called the Doctor who saw her Thursday, and she'll be in tomorrow morning at 11:00. She's going to call me then. Guess I skip church again this week. :-( Poor Caley girl. She is my very special special kitty girl, and it really scares me for her to be sick. Priscilla |
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