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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2007Odessa's progress
We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were told that her emergency surgery was coming along on a nice road to recovery. The sutures are still there though dissolving, and her appetite rivals Brandy's for unabashed gluttony. To those who are already wondering, no purpose-driven farts were emitted in the general direction of myself, Louie or any brave member of our veterinary staff. Now we have the issue of the appetite. Odessa-doll has been throwing princess fits over her food again, something I haven't seen in a long while: grumbling, muttering vulgarities and turning her nose up at the soft food we had been giving her after the operation. She wants those crunchies and she wants them NOW dammit, and the vet said we might give her some small kibble. Problem is she's chowing it all whole and doing so very fast, and it makes her just york it up again in short order. But offer her the soft and it's another tantrum. I don't need to have kids, I have five toddler cats with attitudes...I had forgotten how well our innocent-looking Dolly can cuss! She is named after a seaport city so it's no surprise she swears like a sailor. Any ideas on getting our princess some crunchies? Or getting her to eat them slowly and not with the voracity of a long-haul trucker on the road? And as she can't chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? :-) Blessed be, Baha > We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot > out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were told [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > -- > Message posted viahttp://www.catkb.com Baha, Purrs on the way for Odessa to continue feeling well. Maybe if you only give her 5 or 6 pieces at a time she'd eat those fast then wait for the next 5 or 6. As far as the dirty mouth, we had a liquid bacteria fighting additive for the cat's water. The vet gave it to us when Hobbes had bacteria causing bad breath and the vet wanted to wait until we got his diabetes under control before doing a dental. It helped with Hobbes, should I send you a pint? Julie >Purrs on the way for Odessa to continue feeling well. Maybe if you >only give her 5 or 6 pieces at a time she'd eat those fast then wait [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >until we got his diabetes under control before doing a dental. It >helped with Hobbes, should I send you a pint? We do have this squirt stuff, this rinse we give Roxie and Brandy; less an additive than a mouthwash you can swallow. This will become part of the Doll's regimen when the sutures are gone, along with brushing. I'm interested in the additive though. Maybe it'll do some good for all five of my little ones. Sabrina and Stosh are good in the teeth department but I want to stave off any more dental nasties as much as possible. let me know more about it, please, and many thanks. Blessed be, Baha > >Purrs on the way for Odessa to continue feeling well. Maybe if you > >only give her 5 or 6 pieces at a time she'd eat those fast then wait [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200708/1 Baha, The stuff I'm referring to is C.E.T. Aquadent Formulated by veterinary dental specialists to help freshen your pet's breath and prevent plaque accumulation when used in conjunction with a regular home dental care program. simply add C.E.T. AquaDent to your pet's drinking water to provide clinically tested dental care every time your pet drinks. Directions: Intended for dogs and cats over 6 months of age. For dogs over 25 lbs. add two teaspoonfuls (10 mL) of C.E.T. AquaDent to one quart (960 mL) of fresh drinking water daily. For small dogs under 25 lbs. or cats, add 1 teaspoonful (5 mL) of C.E.T. AquaDent to one pint (475 mL) of fresh water. Provide additional non-treated water as needed. Discard any treated water not consumed witin 24 hrs. Prepare fresh C.E.T AquaDent solution each day. As with any product not intended for human consumption, please keep out of reach of children. Ingredients: Xylitol and Chlorhexidine Gluconate in a proprietary alcohol-free vehicle. Store at room temperature. There are a couple of websites that sell Aquadent that say the product has been discontinued. I can't find out why, but I'm about to fall alseep and may not be looking as closely as I should. I would like to know if the product has been discontinued and why. I always made available two bowls of water, one treated and one pure water. All of our cats seemed to like the treated water and it certainly helped Hobbes. When I started using it he was bleeding from his gums and drooling and his breath smelled like the litterbox! Within two weeks of drinking this stuff and he was 95% better. At his last vet appointment they didn't even think he needed a dental. There is a second website at http://www.purecats.com/products/Dental/ that sells feline dental products. You might check them. I noticed several water additives that promote dental health. Julie And as she can't >chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? :-) > >Blessed be, >Baha Okay, I have to say that was an ill-placed joke! Odessa and Sabrina are masters at princess fits and hiss-and-growl, what I call uttering obscenities. Blessed be from a sheepish Baha > And as she can't > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > Message posted via CatKB.comhttp://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cat-anecdotes/200708/1 I got the joke, but mouthwash was the only thing I could think of, unless you want to try to wash her mouth out with soap (bwwwuaaahhhhh). Julie I'll send you the info tonight I figured you'd gotten it. I've been tired too; catching Odessa is my calisthenics for the day. The mouthwash or water additive is a good idea though. We'll have to start her on the squirt, but I'm quite interested in something you can just add to water, and hope it's not discontinued. Stosh and Sabrina would benefit from a few drops in the water dishes. She actually munched down a can of Iams today without throwing a princess fit, bless her, and without an impromptu prayer to the porcelain god (whose name, incidentally, is Ralph.) Blessed be, Baha >I got the joke, but mouthwash was the only thing I could think of, >unless you want to try to wash her mouth out with soap >(bwwwuaaahhhhh). Yummmmm! >Now we have the issue of the appetite. Odessa-doll has been throwing princess >fits over her food again, something I haven't seen in a long while: grumbling, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >not with the voracity of a long-haul trucker on the road? And as she can't >chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? :-) About the only thing I can think of is to sit there and ration out her kibble so she can't eat enough at one time to get sick - maybe a dozen pieces max? Then 15 minutes later another ten? Maybe she'll stop gulping so fast if she realises that there will always be more coming? Karen AKA Kajikit kirjoitti: >> Now we have the issue of the appetite. Odessa-doll has been throwing princess >> fits over her food again, something I haven't seen in a long while: grumbling, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > pieces max? Then 15 minutes later another ten? Maybe she'll stop > gulping so fast if she realises that there will always be more coming? Aren't there these food bowls with closed compartments that open according to time? Meant, I believe, for when you have to leave your pet alone for a while, but could perhaps work here too depending on how you can set the timing thingy...  SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot > out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Maybe you could try crushing some of the kibble into crumbs. If she ate that, she might be able to keep it down. Of course, she might not eat it, but it could be worth a try. Joy > We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot > out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > chew a pack of Orbit, some tips on cleaning up that dirty mouth of hers? > :-) Marbles. Put the marbles in the food bowl so its about 1/4 marbles, 3/4 kibble. Mix. They will then have to eat *around* the marbles. Which they will, but it will slow them down. When they've finished, you can easily wash & dry the marbles. If they do happen to swollow one (which is *highly* unlikely as cats are well known for finding one tiny tablet mixed in with their food and eat entirely around it, so they can deal with marbles) they are small, dense, smooth, inert and should be able to come out the other end without a huge struggle. Thei 'natural' food would be on the ground and would start to have rocks and other non-edibles mixed in as the meal continues, so sticking marbles in their food dhsouldn't present a big problem. If you are worried, use the 'Tommy Knocker' ones that are slightly bigger. Yowie >Any ideas on > getting our princess some crunchies? Or getting her to eat them slowly and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha My sister's cats (both RB now) used to eat too fast and ralph it back up, too, and here's a trick that I believe I read on this group, many years ago! Someone had a horse that used to eat too fast, so they put some large clean rocks into the grain bucket to force the horse to slow down, because he had to eat around the rocks. My sister got some small plastic balls from a dollar store and mixed them in with the cat's food. They are obviously too large for the cats to get their mouths around, and it really worked! They slowed down the eating and stopped throwing up. Try it. It's cheap and won't hurt them. Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita what if you powdered them in a food processor and sprinkled them on top of the wet food? Lee > We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot > out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were told [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > -- > Message posted via http://www.catkb.com > We took our Dolly to the vet over the weekend and, after she beat the snot > out of me and put up admirable strength resisting the carrier, we were told [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes for Odessa, Polonca and Soncek
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