just breathe

[tielan]

Smokey has been more energetic the last couple of days. Sunday vet diagnosed her condition as 'gastritis' and we have been feeding her 'sensitive food' (or trying to).

After eating very little on Sunday, she ate almost nothing on Monday, drank a little water but not much.

This mid-morning (Tuesday), she had 3 pc of the sensitive food and 1 of the regular, drank some water around shortly after.

I called our vet (not the Sunday one) got some anti-nausea / appetite stimulate medication from the regular vet today, and she recommended some chicken breast. So, ofc I go and buy a quarter chicken from the BBQ shop. Because I am a cat owner and all cat owners will perfectly understand this.

SHE ATE!

*parades and brass bands and fireworks*

Just a cubic inch of chicken breast, maybe - might even have been half a cubic inch, but that was more than she has for the last few days and she seemed pretty happy about eating. She is now snoozing in the sun.

So we shall work to tempt her with more chicken breast tonight, and if she won't then she'll get the anti-nausea and appetite stimulant. If she goes back to normal by the end of the week, then we'll put it down to a momentary gastritis.

If she doesn't get back into the swing of eating again...it may be time for the blood tests. Did I mention Smokey doesn't do the vet well? Because she doesn't. *sigh* That's not even counting the expense.

Ah well, cross that bridge when we come to it.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

I'm very glad to hear about Smokey. I hope she continues to bask in her catness glory and eat her chicken. (grin)

[havocthecat]

Oh, thank goodness. Good luck with continuing health!

[rose_griffes]

I'm glad your cat is getting better. It's always scary when they stop eating like that.

[kore]

YAY KITTY EATING! It's so scary when they don't eat, because they can't tell you WTF is wrong.

[jenab]

I'm glad to hear she's eating.