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Limp tail, no other symptoms
Our kitty has had a limp tail (and seemingly no feeling in it) for
about five days but no other symptoms*. She does not seem to be in any pain from this at all. We have taken her to the vet twice - he cannot feel anything wrong with her tail, no lumps or anything (we have not noticed any lumps or oddities in her tail either). Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. Yesterday was her second day of baby aspirin, we are not seeing any improvement yet. Anybody have any ideas? We are going to have X-rays done later this week if there is still no improvement. *When I say no other symptoms, I mean that she is eating, drinking, using the litter box normally. She is not doing things that might be attributed to loss of tail movement, i.e. taking large jumps. She is spending a lot of time in the closet, but she is somewhat of a loner kitty and if she is feeling uncertain, I don't think staying in the closet would be unusual behavior for her. She's actually acting like she is a little more comfortable with this as time goes on - this morning she was hanging out at the foot of the bed. I think if she were in pain she would still be hiding out. |
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"A. Harrison" wrote in message om... .... Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. Yesterday was her second day of baby aspirin, we are not seeing any improvement yet. Hi A. Are you sure that the vet said to give 1/2 baby aspirin a day? That seems like a pretty big dose and too often. Please double check on this. Annie |
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"A. Harrison" wrote in message om... .... Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. Yesterday was her second day of baby aspirin, we are not seeing any improvement yet. Hi A. Are you sure that the vet said to give 1/2 baby aspirin a day? That seems like a pretty big dose and too often. Please double check on this. Annie |
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"A. Harrison" wrote in message om... .... Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. Yesterday was her second day of baby aspirin, we are not seeing any improvement yet. Hi A. Are you sure that the vet said to give 1/2 baby aspirin a day? That seems like a pretty big dose and too often. Please double check on this. Annie |
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Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which
showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. You need to call your vet immediately and clarify the dose. 1/2 of a baby aspirin given every day is a toxic dose. Cats cannot tolerate aspirin as well as dogs or people. Aspirin stays in the blood stream of cats for a long time. Almost two days after giving aspirin, a cat will still have half of it still circulating in his blood stream. If given the dose usually given to people or dogs, aspirin will reach toxic levels in the cat quite rapidly. If aspirin is prescribed for a cat, it will generally be small doses (1/4 - 1/2 tablet of baby aspirin) given once every *2-3* days. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which
showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. You need to call your vet immediately and clarify the dose. 1/2 of a baby aspirin given every day is a toxic dose. Cats cannot tolerate aspirin as well as dogs or people. Aspirin stays in the blood stream of cats for a long time. Almost two days after giving aspirin, a cat will still have half of it still circulating in his blood stream. If given the dose usually given to people or dogs, aspirin will reach toxic levels in the cat quite rapidly. If aspirin is prescribed for a cat, it will generally be small doses (1/4 - 1/2 tablet of baby aspirin) given once every *2-3* days. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Our vet ran a #45 blood test, which
showed an elevated muscle enzyme (he said this enzyme usually only goes up due to some sort of trauma), and put her on 1/2 baby aspirin a day. You need to call your vet immediately and clarify the dose. 1/2 of a baby aspirin given every day is a toxic dose. Cats cannot tolerate aspirin as well as dogs or people. Aspirin stays in the blood stream of cats for a long time. Almost two days after giving aspirin, a cat will still have half of it still circulating in his blood stream. If given the dose usually given to people or dogs, aspirin will reach toxic levels in the cat quite rapidly. If aspirin is prescribed for a cat, it will generally be small doses (1/4 - 1/2 tablet of baby aspirin) given once every *2-3* days. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Oh, in addition -
She is strictly an indoor cat, but we have two other cats and a dog...And this is the kitty that gets picked on most. |
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Oh, in addition -
She is strictly an indoor cat, but we have two other cats and a dog...And this is the kitty that gets picked on most. |
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Oh, in addition -
She is strictly an indoor cat, but we have two other cats and a dog...And this is the kitty that gets picked on most. |
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