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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2005Cali
Well, Cali's kitty acne is the least of her problems; she has a bacterial infection of her mouth!!!! She got a shot of penicillin and depo something anti-inflammatory and I have antibiotic drops to give her. Poor baby! Heaven only knows how she got THAT!! Ugh!! Oh, but there's a 6 week old kitten at the vet that someone dropped off with ACID in his eye!! OMG! Doc fixed him up and he' s fine....except he's a darling brown tabby with no home....hmmmm....once you have 4, what's one more???? I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home with me.....Carol > Well, Cali's kitty acne is the least of her problems; she has a bacterial > infection of her mouth!!!! She got a shot of penicillin and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home > with me.....Carol Awww, poor baby kitty. I hope he goes home with you and I hope Cali has a quick recovery. Candace Jeez! Just gave her the Clindamycin(sp) - drops. HAHAHA! I forgot how much easier it is to handle male cats than females! It seemed like she was an octopus! Got most of it in her I think. Oh, this'll be lots of fun 2x a day for a couple weeks. OMG! Any suggestions on making it easier to do? It smells real mediciney, too. YUK! Carol > Well, Cali's kitty acne is the least of her problems; she has a bacterial > infection of her mouth!!!! She got a shot of penicillin and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home > with me.....Carol Oh boy, I don't like that medicine thing either. With our scrambling kittens, I picked a place and did it the same time every day. When I sat them in that spot they knew what to expect, like it or not. I had to use a towel, and wrap it around them with just their face sticking out. I backed them against me, hand one hand gripping the towel together under their chins, and the other hand with the syringe. Still took a few minutes and a couple of tries, but they started freezing in place instead of clawing to get out. Finally, I found a treat wet food they liked and mixed it in a small amount of that (so I could be sure they ate every drop.) Rhonda > > Jeez! Just gave her the Clindamycin(sp) - drops. HAHAHA! I forgot how [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > do? It smells real mediciney, too. YUK! > Carol > Jeez! Just gave her the Clindamycin(sp) - drops. HAHAHA! I forgot how > much easier it is to handle male [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > do? It smells real mediciney, too. YUK! > Carol You definitely want to wrap her up in a towel. Get everything ready, wrap her up and give her the drops. It's easier if you don't have to hold Cali with one arm and try to get the dropper ready at the same time. Starting on Monday, I have to begin medicating one of our cats at work, so I have to remember to bring in a towel for that. I've given Harriet pills in the past, and also stuff like Petromal, but never a liquid.. I hope Cali gets better soon. -- Liz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "ElvisRocks" <elvisrocks1@comcast.net> >Jeez! Just gave her the Clindamycin(sp) - drops. HAHAHA! I forgot how >much easier it is to handle male [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >do? It smells real mediciney, too. YUK! >Carol Hi, Carol, Easier to handle males? LOL You haven't had to give my "TK" a pill! The best advice I can give for liquid medication (other than sneaking it into some food) is to use the element of surprise and be quick. If it takes longer that 5 seconds, the battle can escalate very rapidly. How's life been going? I haven't been over to a.s.g.pl in ages. Last time I looked, "Ol' you know who" was still flooding it with his ranting. Hi! I'm ok. So far, Cali isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer - put the medicine in a few smashed up pieces of people tuna tonite and she ate it right up! lol In my experience, males have been easier, let's put it that way! They don't seem to squirm and turn themselves upside down inside out as easily as the girls! Did you see my post about Noon Cat Nick's cat???? I just saw it on ASGPL the other day. It made me cry. He's always been right there (as have you) for all my tragedies....*sigh*..... Take care - enjoy your summer. I am!!! Carol > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > =Z5an > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Well, Cali's kitty acne is the least of her problems; she has a bacterial > infection of her mouth!!!! She got a shot of penicillin and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home > with me.....Carol Good luck with that little kitten! We had an 8 week old dropped at the shelter the other day with double botflies (they were HUGE!) hatching from each side of the neck. One of them had punctured a hole in her esophagus. Incredibly sweet little kitten. Bright and alert and very friendly. Oh, poor kitten! That is so gross. Is she going to be okay? Rhonda > Good luck with that little kitten! We had an 8 week old dropped at the > shelter the other day with double botflies (they were HUGE!) hatching from > each side of the neck. One of them had punctured a hole in her esophagus. > Incredibly sweet little kitten. Bright and alert and very friendly. This morning I took a chance and mixed the dropperful of medicine in about 1/3 can of real fishy smelling Fancy Feast. She ate most of it!! I can't believe it!!! Yay! (for now) lol > Well, Cali's kitty acne is the least of her problems; she has a bacterial > infection of her mouth!!!! She got a shot of penicillin and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home > with me.....Carol Better yet - tonight just gave her a little drained water off my tuna with the medicine in it. She licked every drop. Yay! She seems better today, too. > This morning I took a chance and mixed the dropperful of medicine in about > 1/3 can of real fishy smelling [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home >> with me.....Carol Yep, I did it in the same place every day--and Spot caught on to me real quick--so I had to start catching him when he was asleep--worked much better-- and I always put in the medicine in the back side of his mouth--after a while when I would lay him on the counter--he would angle his body in how he best accepted this--worked really well and he did run and fight me--but after I kept coming back--he figured out it was easier to cooperate with me and I never let him run away--I always kept it calm and talking to him and would put him down on the floor real easy--this seemed to help a lot. I wish you the best! Sincerely, Jen >Better yet - tonight just gave her a little drained water off my tuna with >the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>> I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home >>> with me.....Carol > I have a feeling little "Butch" (as they're calling him) may find a home > with me.....Carol Aww! What's one more when you have enough love to go around? Keep us posted Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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