Hi Bettina,

Purrs to your Leo from my crew! Can you get some colloidal silver and
add it to his food? It has no flavour or scent, so he may not detect it.
I have found it useful when treating kittens for eye problems.

Hope he gets well soon!

Mishi

Many purrs for Leo.

Particularly from Kumani who once had a mystery flu and it was the
same sort of thing, they could give her antibiotics and fluids but she
had to rally and fight it off herself otherwise.

--Fil

As hard as I know it must be not to chase him and force the medication on
him, you are doing the right thing.  A lady I work with avoided the advice
of the vet and the lungs collapsed.  Sometimes to do nothing is the hardest
thing of all.  Keep trying to get him to eat and drink.  Will keep praying
all goes well.

purrs coming for Leo to heal and start eating - also hugs for you

Increasing purrs on the way.

I wish you all the luck in the world.  Prayers, purrs or whatever it takes.
You said he seemed a bit better so, that may be just the edge you need to
get the job done.  Best of luck and all good things.

Now the other way round - spoke to specialist vet and she told me to
get the cat
in any case to the vet. She told me that pneumonia can last for weeks
and that
in the worst case  lungs and phrenic could grow together which
wouldn`t be a condition anyone would like to live with. I should take
the risk and bring him in that he can get some special serum called
"Feliserin". Only antibiotics in the food wouldn`t do the job.
As this lady is a cat specialist, the one who operated Mohrchens eye,
I trust her totally.
She is very experienced and knoes her job.
So, I got a special cage from my other vet (who is only 5 minutes
away, but is mostly for cattle and things like neutering and flu) and
of course now Leo has vanished.
I will get him sooner or later and bring him to the lady vet.

Am I nerving with my to and fros? Oh well, now keep your thumbs
pressed that I can get Leo in that cage. It has to succeed! Today or
tomorrow he will see a vet.

Bettina

I soft-chased Leo about 3 hours (following him, setting the cage in
front of his nose, inviting him, waiting for THE good opportunity to
grab him and shove him into the cage). Got him two times  yet he
slipped my grip. Darn. He then hid under the garden bench. So I
decided toi build barricades around it only leaving the hole where the
cage was. I barricaded the bench another hour and then, trying to push
Leo with a tool in the direction of the cage - he overrun my
barricades. Being on the run again. Then I decided I needed a cup of
coffe and a break. (Being coldsweated)
Leo went into the house and I didn't succeed to cage him two more
times.
Then I got myself a hot cup of coffee. My sister called. Doing her
homework for a beginners-computer class. I should help.<sigh> So I
spent half an hour explaining to her and her class-mate how to create
folders and subfolders in Windows. (Holy S**t). I kept my nerves by
telling me that there was a time whenI was a beginner with computers
also. K, Done with that. Leo has changed his place to the living-room.
Looking very exhausted. I put the cage another time in front of his
nose and begged a little. Then took a blanket, ready to follow some
vets advice`tothrow it over the little bugger. Astonishingly Leo
didn't run when I was behind him holding the blanket high, and as I
just began hoovering it over him he made one little jumo INTO THE CAGE
- I couldn't grasp that for a millisecond and then believing my eyes
shut the cagedoor. PUHH!
Called the doc who doesn`t has the serum but is always available. (The
near one who doesn`t cost a fortune). he was out on an emergency.
(sigh)
Called him on his mobile and asked if he would come to my house after
the emergency he was working on. He said ok but it would need some
time not before 8.30pm that he would be able to show up.
Now - Leo is in his cage, mouncing a bit every now and then and we are
waiting for the doctor who should be here in (now) short time. He will
inject some antibiotics and something again the inflammation.
And I am thinking of keeping Leo the whole night in that cage and
drive tomorrow to see the vet lady who will give him that serum she
spoke about. Will phone first if the medication today and the planned
one tomorrow will go ok together. YEAY - I did it, or Leo in the end
did it. Hopefully it all will work out.
He's still alive which is a good sign.<g>

Will put photos of my barricaded garden bench up tomorrow.

Thank you all for your purrs and prayers. This time it was too late.
Leo died 10 min ago in that cage. Two hours he was quiet in there
then he startet to meow a little, after 10 min meowing I put the cage
into the kitchen
on the kitchen table as I was awaiting the vet every minute. Then Leo
startet to really meow,
after 3 minutes he began to try to leave the cage, biting the wire.
Then he collapsed into the corner of that damned cage. I poked him
into his fur a bit, to see if would become conscious again.
He let out a little cry and slumped down. Little One has died.

There was so much love there for him. He shouldn`t have done that.

a sad Bettina

still praying it works, Lee

Now the other way round - spoke to specialist vet and she told me to
get the cat
in any case to the vet. She told me that pneumonia can last for weeks
and that
in the worst case  lungs and phrenic could grow together which
wouldn`t be a condition anyone would like to live with. I should take
the risk and bring him in that he can get some special serum called
"Feliserin". Only antibiotics in the food wouldn`t do the job.
As this lady is a cat specialist, the one who operated Mohrchens eye,
I trust her totally.
She is very experienced and knoes her job.
So, I got a special cage from my other vet (who is only 5 minutes
away, but is mostly for cattle and things like neutering and flu) and
of course now Leo has vanished.
I will get him sooner or later and bring him to the lady vet.

Am I nerving with my to and fros? Oh well, now keep your thumbs
pressed that I can get Leo in that cage. It has to succeed! Today or
tomorrow he will see a vet.

Bettina