Misty Update 2

2:30 PM

Temperature is now slightly above normal after receiving fluids. Switching from Clavamox (antibiotic) liquid to pill form. Will do force feeding every 2 hours and adding 500 mg Lysine per day to the syringe. Keep up with the saline nasal flush and return on Sat AM for a recheck. She's anemic which could just be blood loss from the surgery or could mean internal bleeding. Will re-do blood work on Sat.


12:45 PM

Misty is staying at the vet's for observation for a few hours. She has an upper respiratory viral infection with a low grade fever and got sub-cutaneous fluids, a nasal flush with saline solution and was force fed liquified Science Diet AD. The vet says if a cat can't smell the food, they won't eat. They're not sure if the fever is from the viral infection or related to the surgery. Her abdomen and incision look OK but since she's not eating, she hasn't passed any stool so they're not positive her intestines are working right.

Will update later with recommended treatment.



Here we were last night preparing to give Misty her medicine. This is a 2 person job since she won't hold still, starts salivating and keeps turning her head from side to side. Most of it ends up on her fur, not in her mouth and we're concerned she's not getting the benefit of the medicine.

She's going back to our regular vet at 10:30AM today since she won't eat, even the moist food that supposedly highly palatable for cats. We've tried spoon feeding her, forcing some in her mouth, but it's hard to know how much she's actually swallowing. I've seen her try to eat dry kibbles, taking one at a time in her mouth then crunching it, but she only does it 2 or 3 times, then walks away from the bowl.



I want the vet to check her mouth, tongue & throat and also take her temperature and check for dehydration. I've been giving her small amounts of water orally by syringe and she is urinating in the litterbox about twice a day.

I will update later today.