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Karen wrote:
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He is fairly perky today. Showed up in the kitchen for breakies.
Didn't take
in a lot of the tuna juice a/d gruel but about half. Got more
laxatone down
him. He is not doing too much hair in the mouth tongue either today.

That's a good sign - Peewuss did that too.

No big
hair poops in the box yet though. At lunch, he took more tuna juice
gruel.
Got mouthful of laxatone and even licked up the drop that fell on the
bedspread. Has kept all down. I guess for now, as long as he is
fairly
bright eyed not throwing up and showing at least a small amout of
interest
in food, I will continue to follow the routine. I figure if I don't
see a
big hair poop by weekend, I will call the vet. If he isn't throwing
up, I
might ask for another barium xray and see what is up.

My only caution would be that the barium x-rays will sometimes nauseate
the cats. I wouldn't be hard pressed to do one unless he seems
markedly worse.

He at least doesn't
look super miserable and is sitting in windows, not huddling in the
closet.
This must be a good sign yes?

Definitely! A word of caution, though - take it or leave it - too much
fat in the diet can make him nauseated and also could slow down his
digestion. A/D is pretty fatty, as is the laxatone (obviously).
That's why my feline specialist recommended the Purina diabetic diet by
the tablespoon if I could get him to eat it- it's very high
protein/nutrition. I'd offer some pure protein - cooked chicken or
turkey - and some meat-based low- or no-sodium broth. The more liquid
you can keep down him, the better, because if he gets dehydrated, he'll
consipate and won't be able to pass the hairball. What I did was feed
Pee in small amounts all day long - first some laxatone mixed with tuna
(the only way he would eat it) then some pure chicken or turkey, and
I'd leave the D/M out all day for him to eat. I checked on him every
3-4 hours and offered food and/or broth. I gave him laxatone twice a
day (I think) and the rest of the meals were high protein and/or broth.
After a couple days he seemed thirsty for water, drank a bucket load
and then passed the Furzilla.

Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Well, he actually woke me up for food this morning and ate another good
amount of tuna water and a/d. He gave up early at first but some more water
and he ate up almost all the rest eargerly, so I don't think he is
nauseated. I was very glad to hear "mmmmrrrrrooPH" (his normal way to tell
me he wants to eat in the morning. Sits by me and makes that silly noise
) As long as he is asking, I'm giving. I've got different kinds (no DM).

by Karen Feb 18, 2005 at 05:39 AM



Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Well, he actually woke me up for food this morning and ate another good
amount of tuna water and a/d. He gave up early at first but some more
water
and he ate up almost all the rest eargerly, so I don't think he is
nauseated. I was very glad to hear "mmmmrrrrrooPH" (his normal way to
tell
me he wants to eat in the morning. Sits by me and makes that silly noise

) As long as he is asking, I'm giving. I've got different kinds (no DM).

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That sounds like good news. Purrs that things come out ok.

Suz

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SuzQ at wrote on 2/18/05 7:05AM:




by Karen Feb 18, 2005 at 05:39 AM



Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Well, he actually woke me up for food this morning and ate another good
amount of tuna water and a/d. He gave up early at first but some more
water
and he ate up almost all the rest eargerly, so I don't think he is
nauseated. I was very glad to hear "mmmmrrrrrooPH" (his normal way to
tell
me he wants to eat in the morning. Sits by me and makes that silly noise

) As long as he is asking, I'm giving. I've got different kinds (no DM).


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That sounds like good news. Purrs that things come out ok.

Suz


I called the vets to report what was happening (and not happening) and they
said it would probably be a couple of days yet before I would start seeing
hair in the catbox. He did just throw up another *tiiny* hairball. But then
I gave him some more laxatone and he drank some more watered down tuna water
and is sleeping now. I guess we just carry on!

Karen wrote:

Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Well, he actually woke me up for food this morning and ate another
good
amount of tuna water and a/d. He gave up early at first but some more
water
and he ate up almost all the rest eargerly, so I don't think he is
nauseated. I was very glad to hear "mmmmrrrrrooPH" (his normal way to
tell
me he wants to eat in the morning. Sits by me and makes that silly
noise
) As long as he is asking, I'm giving. I've got different kinds (no
DM).



Excellent! I will bet that by tomorrow you will get Poop Sign*.

(*for any Dune fans out there...)

-L.

"L. (usenetlyn)" wrote in message
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Karen wrote:

Anyway, HTH and keep us posted - I *so* know what you are going
through!

hugs,

-L.
(insomniac extraordinarie! And I didn't even nap today... )

Well, he actually woke me up for food this morning and ate another
good
amount of tuna water and a/d. He gave up early at first but some more
water
and he ate up almost all the rest eargerly, so I don't think he is
nauseated. I was very glad to hear "mmmmrrrrrooPH" (his normal way to
tell
me he wants to eat in the morning. Sits by me and makes that silly
noise
) As long as he is asking, I'm giving. I've got different kinds (no
DM).



Excellent! I will bet that by tomorrow you will get Poop Sign*.

(*for any Dune fans out there...)

waving hand in air Me, me! I'm a Dune fan! Come to think of it, poop
sign (the build up of sand over a lump in the litterbox) would, I guess, be
very close to worm sign!

Hugs,

CatNipped

-L.

Karen Chuplis wrote:
Gargantuan hairball. We are going to try laxatoning the heck out of
him the next two days at least. I will monitor output. He has not
vomited for two days and the barium was definitely moving through, so
that is good. I would appreciate purrs that we are successful so my
little buddy doesn't have to have surgery. So purrs for no projectile
vomiting and movement of hair out of the system would be GREATLY
appreciated. I'm still scared but hopefully we can get this under
control sans knife.

Purrs for the hairball to move soon out of either end. Poor boy.

Tweed

CatNipped wrote:

waving hand in air Me, me! I'm a Dune fan! Come to think of it,
poop
sign (the build up of sand over a lump in the litterbox) would, I
guess, be
very close to worm sign!

Hugs,

CatNipped

Exactly!

-L.