Ratface
Well-Known Member
Who knew ignorance could be so expensive?
Yesterday, King Kevin Kat, who is 14 and a re-homed stray, threw up a lot of foam, looked confused and lay down beside it. He got up and was rather wobbly.
I phoned the vets for advice and was asked to bring him straight in. Tried to get him into his cat carrier. Much snarling and resistance from cat. Finally got him in, wrapped up in his blanket. Drove to vet. Got re-routed due to road works. Got lost. .Finally got there and booked in and was seen immediately.
Not our usual vet as he was on leave.
Vet examined him. Kevin very good as she poked, prodded and manipulated his stomach, looked in his eyes and mouth and weighed him. 4.5kg. She said he should be heavier. I explained that he had Feline Irritable Bowel Syndrome and would only eat tinned salmon or slices of cooked chicken. She said his teeth needed cleaning. I explained that he wouldn't eat any of the IBS kibbles that I'd bought him. She said she could do bloods, have him in overnight to observe. That at 4.8k he was underweight. She then said that the best thing to do was to take him home and try to get as much food down him as possible. I explained that I have myalgic encephalitis and sometimes have problems remembering instructions if I am stressed. She wrote down to count his resting respiratory rate, which should be up to 30bpm, to weigh him every two weeks - he should be more than the 4.8kg he was. That I was to stop crying, take him home and to remember to pay before I left. Oh, and what a lovely shiny coat he had.
Kat went back into his carrier and we went home. Let Kat out of carrier, he ate some thin sliced chicken, and some fresh salmon, jumped onto his cushioned settle in the saloon and went to sleep.
Today, after spending the night in the bunk with me, he's not eaten any breakfast and has gone back to his cushioned nest in the saloon.
And yes, he is a spoilt tyrant. Any advice as to what to do next?
Yesterday, King Kevin Kat, who is 14 and a re-homed stray, threw up a lot of foam, looked confused and lay down beside it. He got up and was rather wobbly.
I phoned the vets for advice and was asked to bring him straight in. Tried to get him into his cat carrier. Much snarling and resistance from cat. Finally got him in, wrapped up in his blanket. Drove to vet. Got re-routed due to road works. Got lost. .Finally got there and booked in and was seen immediately.
Not our usual vet as he was on leave.
Vet examined him. Kevin very good as she poked, prodded and manipulated his stomach, looked in his eyes and mouth and weighed him. 4.5kg. She said he should be heavier. I explained that he had Feline Irritable Bowel Syndrome and would only eat tinned salmon or slices of cooked chicken. She said his teeth needed cleaning. I explained that he wouldn't eat any of the IBS kibbles that I'd bought him. She said she could do bloods, have him in overnight to observe. That at 4.8k he was underweight. She then said that the best thing to do was to take him home and try to get as much food down him as possible. I explained that I have myalgic encephalitis and sometimes have problems remembering instructions if I am stressed. She wrote down to count his resting respiratory rate, which should be up to 30bpm, to weigh him every two weeks - he should be more than the 4.8kg he was. That I was to stop crying, take him home and to remember to pay before I left. Oh, and what a lovely shiny coat he had.
Kat went back into his carrier and we went home. Let Kat out of carrier, he ate some thin sliced chicken, and some fresh salmon, jumped onto his cushioned settle in the saloon and went to sleep.
Today, after spending the night in the bunk with me, he's not eaten any breakfast and has gone back to his cushioned nest in the saloon.
And yes, he is a spoilt tyrant. Any advice as to what to do next?