Purrs for Sammy Please!

I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living
under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out from
under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up in a
number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on the
carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands (which
she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so much
lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she had
lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet), she's
a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The vet took
a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and didn't see
anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

Get-well-quick purrs for Sammy on the way. And for her Mama too, to stop
kicking her own butt and just be there to love and help heal her little baby.

Blessed be,
Baha

CatNipped wrote:
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living
under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out from
under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up in a
number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on the
carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands (which
she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so much
lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she had
lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet), she's
a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The vet took
a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and didn't see
anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!


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aw, poor Sammy. Hope the diarrhea clears up soon now
that the stress is gone. Purrs and prayers from us coming
her way.

Lily & her mama



--
Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I
woke up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been
living under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out
from under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up
in a number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on
the carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands
(which she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so
much lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she
had lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet),
she's a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The
vet took a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and
didn't see anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by
stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

Purrs for Sammy, and for you. You've beat yourself up enough.

BTW, 102.4 isn't *that* high a fever for a cat. I think their normal is
101.5, IIRC. It's still of concern, but not as much as that temp would be
in a human.

--
Joy

Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never
forgotten this.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I
woke up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been
living under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out
from under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up
in a number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on
the carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands
(which she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so
much lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she
had lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet),
she's a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The
vet took a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and
didn't see anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by
stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

On Jul 25, 7:13 pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living
under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out from
under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up in a
number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on the
carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands (which
she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so much
lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she had
lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet), she's
a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The vet took
a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and didn't see
anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

I think she will be ok and everyone here is purring for her. It all
sounds like stress and your TED will probably have some good advice
for her care.

Will in New Haven

--

"Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day
It's gettin kinda long I coulda said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone." "Almost Cut my Hair" by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young





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CatNipped wrote:
Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

Lots of purrs on the way. But if she hasn't been eating well in the past
5 weeks, 1/2 lb is not too much weight to lose.

--
Victor M. Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
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Purrs on the way.
Ann

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"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I
woke up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been
living under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out
from under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up
in a number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on
the carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands
(which she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so
much lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she
had lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet),
she's a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The
vet took a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and
didn't see anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by
stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

Well, like with Bandit, I can tell Sammy's feeling better - she bit me and
made me bleed! ; If nothing else, getting all that dried feces off her
butt has got to have made her feel somewhat better (we all know how
fastidious cats are and it was *WAY* too much for her to clean off herself).

As an added security blanket, I brought in a litterbox from the garage and
closed my bedroom door - that leave a door, stairs, great room, a hall, and
another closed door between her and Tayla - so she's out from under the bed
now.

Thank you so much, and please keep any spare purrs coming our way.

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/


"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I
woke up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been
living under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out
from under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up
in a number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on
the carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands
(which she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so
much lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she
had lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet),
she's a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The
vet took a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and
didn't see anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by
stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:13:55 -0500, "CatNipped"
wrote:

I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!

I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning. As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living
under my bed for almost 5 weeks now. When I tried getting her out from
under the bed (by moving it!!) I saw that not only had she thrown up in a
number of other spots, but there was liquid feces spotted about on the
carpet. I thought it might be a combination of impacted anal glands (which
she's had once before) and hairballs since she has been shedding so much
lately.

We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she has
diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in clumps, she had
lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time she saw the vet), she's
a bit dehydrated, and she is running a temperature of 102.4F! The vet took
a fecal sample (and shaved her butt to remove all the feces) and didn't see
anything. She said all of those symptoms could be caused by stress.

I can't believe that I did not catch this sooner!

*This is *WAY* too much weight for a cat to lose in such a short time.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a horrible,
neglectful mommy!

Many purrs for poor Sammy to realise that she's safe now and to feel
better... if anything, this confirms that you made the right choice to
give Tayla back to the shelter - you weren't just imagining that Sammy
was stressing out, she was getting physically ill from it.

CatNipped wrote:
I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage
We just got back from the vet and it's not impacted anal glands, she
has diarrhea. Her coat is dull and hair is just falling off in
clumps, she had lost .5* pounds from only 15 days ago (the last time
she saw the vet), she's a bit dehydrated, and she is running a
temperature of 102.4F! The vet took a fecal sample (and shaved her
butt to remove all the feces) and didn't see anything. She said all
of those symptoms could be caused by stress.

Please send some purrs Sammy's way, she needs them with such a
horrible, neglectful mommy!

Purrs on the way for Sammy and for your nerves. Don't beat yourself up.
Sammy's been hiding from you so how were you to know?

Jill