Saw the vet who does acupuncture today. She sent me home with some
homeopathic remedies to try first. She gave me some shark cartilage and
Arnica Montana. She also said that we could give Tiggy 1/2 a baby aspirin
but only every three days as it takes a while to flush out of the system.
After the holidays Tiggy needs to go back and have another X-ray (the one
she wouldn't put up with last time). She said Tiggy wasn't a good candidate
for regular acupuncture because she doesn't take to strangers and she'd get
too stressed and probably wouldn't sit still for it but they could try. She
said she can sedate Tiggy and do gold implants. That's a one shot deal (sort
of like permanent acupuncture) but is a little expensive ($300 +). However,
the vet said she's had good success with them.
One thing I learned that I didn't know was you can tell your cat is in pain
if the hair along their back is standing up (other than when they are having
a hissy fit and all the hair is standing up).

Wendy

circa Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:47:10 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Wendy (wendypart@nospam.com) said,

For the constipation, try baby food prunes, canned plain pumpkin, or
unflavored metamucil (make sure to get extra water into her if you
give metamucil). As far as the acupuncture, good luck, and please
post how it goes. My CRF cat is also arthritic and I'd be curious to
hear how it goes.

Laura
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