Peppers Still Not Well

Hi, Selina Peeps.  MomKatt here with a Peppers update:

Still won't eat - not even the morsel of FF like he's eaten earlier in the week. Turned his head at it both last night and this morning. So it's back to the vet at 4 PM today to give him a B-complex shot as an appetite stimulant. Apparently, the cortisone shot didn't do the trick in that capacity on Wed. 

He tried to poop day before yesterday but only manged one ball about the size of a quarter, and he tried to throw up after I got him home from the vet Wed., but nothing was produced. This morning, I noticed his back legs were a bit wobbly, so he's weak from not eating, or becoming that way. My vet isn't open tomorrow so I had to do something today. I'm hoping this does the trick over the weekend but am still going to get some baby food on my way home this afternoon to pick him up. Please keep purring for my boy! Selina & I appreciate it!

 Laura

PS - This is a pic of Peppers and Selina, who's in the round hide-away gazing up at him and probably in wonder that he fits - barely - on the top of the cat tree!

Comments

  1. Angel Prancer PieJune 12, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    Oh no, not Peppers too! We will be purring away for Peppers.
    XOXOXO

    ReplyDelete
  2. Summer at sparklecat.comJune 12, 2015 at 1:25 PM

    I was hoping Peppers was doing better. :-( Sending lots of purrs his way - please keep us posted.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Brian's Home BlogJune 12, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    Dangit! Purrs and prayers to Pepper from all of us.

    ReplyDelete
  4. da tabbies o trout towneJune 12, 2015 at 4:44 PM

    peppers....ask yur mom ta ask de vet bout poss a bull hair ball blockage; this could bee why ya due knot want food & ya canna go....yes, knot eatin foodz iz gonna make ya knot....go....but ya could haza hairball stuck ore even a bad impacted stool...

    blessings frum st francis az all ways.....♥♥♥

    ReplyDelete
  5. Mickey's MusingsJune 12, 2015 at 6:25 PM

    Again we agree with da tabbies.
    When Georgia was not eating or pooping she went to the Vet.
    She had some enemas and the poop was not coming out.
    She still did not eat or poop so the Vet took an X-ray.
    At first , it looked like a mass(they thought it could be cancerous).
    She took a sample and sent it to the lab. They said it was fecal matter!
    That is how badly she managed to become constipated.
    This poop was in her small intestine!
    We suspect that Julie was attacking her in the litter box, and as a result,
    Georgia tended to "hold it", causing her issues.
    We purr it is something like this.
    We do not want Peppers to be sick.
    BIG purrs to him!
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure and JJ

    ReplyDelete
  6. Samantha & MomJune 13, 2015 at 12:01 AM

    Lots of purrs and prayers for Peppers!
    Your TX furiends,
    Samantha & Mom

    ReplyDelete
  7. Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs June 13, 2015 at 7:00 AM

    We are so sorry that Peppers still isn't doing well. We have been keeping up with your post on the email and sending healing purrs. You might try getting some cat milk, for some reason when Socks isn't well he will drink that when I can't get him to eat anything else.

    Did they take x-rays of Peppers, it sounds as if he may be injured internally.

    ReplyDelete
  8. SelinaJune 13, 2015 at 12:39 PM

    They have not taking xrays yet, as my vet wanted to try the simple, cost effective approach first. They are like that because they realize not everybody is made of money. Plus we hooked that feeding him baby food would work. They have been over him and can't find anything wrong with him. His blood work was perfect. He did say yesterday that when he took his temperature, the thermometer came out with a little poop on it. He thinks he might have a touch of diarrhea. If he's not better by Monday Dr B said to call and bring him in. I've taken off work that day.

    ReplyDelete
  9. pilch92June 13, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    Please feel better Peppers, I am praying for you.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Journey - Selina Carter, April 9, 2011 - March 6, 2024

Image
Dearest Furrends: My scribe is typing this entry with a truly heavy heart. Yesterday, I made my journey to The Rainbow Bridge. My doctor, Dr. Daniel, told me in November 2023 that I had something called a "mass" that she could feel when she did something she called "palpating" my underside during my annual well-kitty exam. It didn't hurt - it just felt like she was squeezing me a little. She told Mom&DadKatt, who were there with me (of course) and suggested several options. They decided to start giving me a medicine called prednisone (I called it YUCK ). Dr. D said it would really boost my appetite. Boy, did it! See, MomKatt noticed I'd lost a fair amount of weight in a couple of months prior and she knew something was wrong. I've always been a big (not fat, just big) beautiful one-eyed thang, as y'all know, so this wasn't normal. It's that MomKatt radar - I know all of y'alls pawrents have it. That's why she scooped me up that da...
Read more

Bag Day!

Image
Meowlo, Peeps! Today is Bag Day and Keaton is demonstrating some of the many different things he can do with an ordinary paper sack from the grocery store. He claims it's environmentally responsible, as he's upcycling a natural resource. Do you buy that? Whatever ...  Anyway, here he is.  As you might notice, he enjoys a variety of bags from different places (i.e. he has no taste and will take ANYTHING that comes along.)  This one is from Lowe's Foods grocery store.    This one is from Jersey Mike's subs. We all loved that one because it smelled soooooo good but he wormed his under it and none of us could get in.       We never got into it and in the end, it's cool because MomKatt got a hilarious photo out of it! (We have NO clue what he's doing in there.  Doesn't he have a great butt, though??)   Uh oh ... bag change! He's got the one MomKatt stole from Ed McKay's used bookstore!    At least he can't tear that one up ... ...
Read more

Report From Sick Bay

Image
Howdy peeps, First off, THANK YOU so much for everyone's concern, thoughts, messages.  It means so much to me & MomKatt (and DadKatt).  A short update. As you read in the previous entry, Dr. Lofgren said I had a "fever of unknown origin" (and that I also weigh a nice, solid 11 lbs.).  He said, in a cat as young as I, these usually are caused by just something I've picked up.  He noted that I hadn't lost any weight, and that my gums were nice & pink, so those were good signs.   He gave me antibiotics in a shot and Sub-Q fluids yesterday and, when MomKatt picked me up, my temp was down from 104.2 to 103.  (He told her normal was 100-102.)  I ate my gooshy food once I got home and spent all night on MomKatt's lap on the sofa - I WENT to the sofa MYSELF this time, she didn't have to carry me into the living room.  *I* knew where I wanted to snuggle! This morning, she got up & found me on the sofa, basically right where she l...
Read more