Skills you never expected to acquire

[muninnhuginn]

Took Little to the vee ee tee yesterday. (She'd been eating and drinking less and less for a couple of days.) We dedided not to do any tests for the minute, but to repeat the turning the prune into a plum procedure. So I've learned how to administer subcutaneous fluids to a--fortunately compliant--cat. She even curled up and started to go to sleep. Result of which was a ravenous animal that scarfed half a tin of cat food when she got home.

So, we'll trying a little topping up of fluids on a regular basis and see where it gets us. We added 100ml yesterday which is roughly the same weightwise as the amount she'd lost since the Bank Holiday.

Long term we need to redo the kidney function tests 'cos they're not quite what you'd expect as indicators of kidney failure. And we need to test for pancreatitis (shades of Biggle, here).

As a side note, I'm building up quite a feline pharmacy. Fluids, sharps, opiates....

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Best wishes to her.

[muninnhuginn]

Thank you.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Best wishes to Little. Our cats seem to be in the wars at the moment.

[muninnhuginn]

Thank you.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Best wishes to you and to her.

Yes, cats seem really not to mind the subcu hydration at all. I guess they just think we're playing a little rougher than usual.

[muninnhuginn]

It does seem remarkably easy and pretty efficacious.

[uk-sef.livejournal.com]

They are sneakily turning you into an assistant vet. Expect to be on call for emergencies in the future...

Is a re-pressurised cat also more bouncy?

[muninnhuginn]

Rehydrated cats definitely more bouncy.

And it's not the first time I've ended up being almost assistant vet. It helps that I'm not particularly squeamish, I think.