Topic: Tiggy is poorly - vomiting blood (Read 9295 times)

saffron · « **Reply #62 on:** February 17, 2007, 14:44:59 PM »

glad to see she is feeling better, nice tent too

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #61 on:** February 16, 2007, 10:38:53 AM »

That looks like one smart tent Tiggy has! And quite right too, she's a beautiful ginger gal! My Max loves his battered old tent (but for hiding when he's stressed,not for sleeping). Where can you get a decent kitty tent like that these days?

Hope Tiggy's doing just fine again now and that you can relax a wee bit Helen. Know just how hard that is. xxx

JackSpratt · « **Reply #60 on:** February 16, 2007, 09:56:06 AM »

HURRAH! Glad Tiggy is OK. She's a proper lady!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #59 on:** February 15, 2007, 21:21:31 PM »

Yes you are right Helen, something like this makes you think. I am so pleased she is loving you again and I reckon it is worth a bit of loss of sleep. Enjoy her

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #58 on:** February 15, 2007, 20:56:47 PM »

Aww, I am so pleased for you HElen.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #57 on:** February 15, 2007, 17:23:41 PM »

Quote from: Baggy on February 14, 2007, 20:55:46 PM

Looks as if she's having blissful dreams about trampling over your head at 4.30am

Almost but not quiite, it was actually 03:05 am this morning. Then we had a lovely 'I need to press my head against yours' session at about 05:00! You won't hear me moaning about it anymore though, I'm just so glad my baby is OK

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #56 on:** February 15, 2007, 17:16:08 PM »

Great News!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #55 on:** February 14, 2007, 22:19:26 PM »

Wonderful

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #54 on:** February 14, 2007, 21:18:15 PM »

Good to see Tiggy back to normal and making good use of her tent

Linda (Bengalbabe) · « **Reply #53 on:** February 14, 2007, 21:03:02 PM »

Aww gorgeous Tiggy

So glad she is feeling better Helen,

Baggy · « **Reply #52 on:** February 14, 2007, 20:55:46 PM »

So glad Tiggy is feeling better.

Looks as if she's having blissful dreams about trampling over your head at 4.30am

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #51 on:** February 14, 2007, 20:20:22 PM »

Aww bless her. xx

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #50 on:** February 14, 2007, 20:07:10 PM »

Quote from: Tiggy's Mum - Helen on February 14, 2007, 19:41:10 PM

Tiggy is back to her normal self and is, unusually for her, asleep in her tent!

Tiggy!

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #49 on:** February 14, 2007, 19:41:10 PM »

Just wanted to thank everyone for their well wishes and positive vibes

Tiggy is back to her normal self and is, unusually for her, asleep in her tent! Here is a photo of my little patient taken just a few minutes ago

Thanks again, it really means alot to me that you were all rooting for her

Ellie · « **Reply #48 on:** February 13, 2007, 21:07:46 PM »

Hi Helen

I am so pleased that the beautiful Tiggy is feeling so much better

Sending her lots of love and cuddles for being such a good wee girl at the vets

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #47 on:** February 13, 2007, 18:22:10 PM »

So pleased that Tiggy is back to normal and she will be able to relax in her purrrrrrrsonal tent again

Yvonne · « **Reply #46 on:** February 13, 2007, 18:15:37 PM »

Hi Helen - so glad that Tiggy is feeling better

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #45 on:** February 13, 2007, 16:31:14 PM »

I've just come back from a few days away and seen this thread. Helen, I hope so much that Tiggy is on the mend after your awful fright. Licks from the 2 boys here too.

ccmacey · « **Reply #44 on:** February 13, 2007, 15:00:10 PM »

Yes we are Gillian, great to see Tiggy getting on her paws again.

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #43 on:** February 13, 2007, 13:15:01 PM »

Hope the very beautiful Tiggy continues to improve, sending gentle headbutts from all the Paws Inn moggies

Baggy · « **Reply #42 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:57:25 PM »

Quote from: Gillian (Ambercat) on February 13, 2007, 12:26:22 PM

Phew! I think we are all breathing a collective sigh of relief that she's better arent we?

Can I join the collective sigh? Am very glad things are getting better too.

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #41 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:26:22 PM »

Phew! I think we are all breathing a collective sigh of relief that she's better arent we?

So glad to hear things are improving Helen, hope you feel a bit less anxious now too

clarenmax · « **Reply #40 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:45:58 AM »

Glad to hear your darling girl is feeling better today ....... you'll have to give her a little cuddle from me too, when she comes out of her tent that is

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #39 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:43:53 AM »

The treatment would be the same ie continue with steroids if she is right so nothing will really change, I'm just a bit perplexed why nothing has been said before. My regular vet is very open and discusses things at length with me so I know he would have said something. He gives her a full examination every time we go in so I'm fairly sure it's not something he could have missed. He is very experienced (20 years plus) and a partner in the practise, the vet we saw today was not as experienced, 5 years since graduation (they have a website listing each vets specialist subjects and qualifications!) but did seem very knowledgable and very nice too. Will definitely discuss it next time I see him.

One thing I was astounded by was that out of 3 appointments I've had in the last 24 hours they only charged me for the first one! I had to pay for the meds given today, it was so cheap I said to the receptionist that I still had to pay for the second appt yesterday bust she said there was no charge for both the 2nd and 3rd appointments!

Cuddle has just been administered, she's gone back to sleep in her tent. She looks a bit nervous in there though, the last two days she has been plucked out and bundled into the carrier whilst sleeping in there so she is sleeping with one eye open at the moment!

Christine (Blip) · « **Reply #38 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:33:14 AM »

First and foremost, I'm glad Tiggy is feeling better. Give her another cuddle from me to be on the safe side

I suppose medicine is a matter of opinion as well as evidence (a consultant I saw last year referred me to a specific radiographer because 'she gives an excellent opinion'). Worth discussing this new opinion with Tiggy's regular vet, as Susanne suggests.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #37 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:17:04 AM »

That sounds a bit confusing. At least you can ask your regular vet about the bowel thing next time you go but it's odd he hasn't mentioned it before if it's an issue. Difficult when you have 2 different vets telling you different things.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #36 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:50:00 AM »

Hmmn, well saw the third vet... I asked about tablets on an empty stomach being the cause but she completely ruled that one out. She had read Tiggy's notes and asked me about the steroids, I explained that she started on them when she had a severe episode of diaorrhea which was cured with the use of the steroids. When the first lot of steroids wore off there was no diaorrhea but she was generally depressed with lack of appetite and nausea so the steroids have been continued as they generally make her feel good, there have been no further incidents of diaorrea or vomiting blood except for this one frighteneing episode yesterday.

She then proceeded to tell me that Tiggy probably had some sort of bowel disease, I said that since that episode of diaorrhea over a year ago she has never even had a slighty soft poo but she still said that inflammation of the bowel was what was wrong with her. The explanation she offered for the blood was that she was so inflamed the action of vomiting caused the bleeding. She has given her another antibiotic injection and some antibiotic tablets for the next four days.

She was really nice and seemed very knowledgable but if this has been a problem all along why hasn't Tiggy's regular vet mentioned it even once. She goes to the vet at least once every four weeks and it has never been put forward as something to consider. I am just grateful that Tiggy seems completely recovered and is back to her old self.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #35 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:02:43 AM »

Phew - glad she seems to be back to her normal, furry, gingery self

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #34 on:** February 13, 2007, 09:39:28 AM »

She seems completely recovered, she has eaten some more and is purring like a steam train. Have another vets appointment at 10am for her to be checked over, it's with a different vet again as it's at the Hospital rather than our normal branch. I'm going to ask whether the tablets on a completely empty stomach could have caused the bleeding as I don't think I mentioned that to the second vet I was in such a panic.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #33 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:44:45 AM »

I hope Tiggy had a comfortable night. Lots of gentle head butts and licks from Jaffa and Mosi and a little scritch under the chin from me

Hope you got a good night's slepp too, Helen, and weren't up worrying about her. Does she seem ok now?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #32 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:38:59 AM »

I am glad she is feeling better now.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #31 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:10:19 AM »

Thats a relief

Linda (Bengalbabe) · « **Reply #30 on:** February 12, 2007, 22:53:44 PM »

Awww so glad to hear Tiggy is feeling better Helen.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #29 on:** February 12, 2007, 22:44:29 PM »

I've no idea, the only thing I can think of is that it was the tablets being taken on a completely empty stomach added to the fact that she was poorly in the first place hence the first vet visit. Will be keeping a very close eye on her but I think the steroids have helped her turn the corner, she is much brighter now so I'm much happier too

JackSpratt · « **Reply #28 on:** February 12, 2007, 22:27:18 PM »

I'm so glad Tiggy's OK,Helen. What was wrong with her?

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #27 on:** February 12, 2007, 22:15:43 PM »

Lexy is shipping over a tin of pilchards and tomato sauce Helen, just for her mate to feel better

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #26 on:** February 12, 2007, 22:13:04 PM »

Tiggy has now eaten a 1/3 of a can of A/D, had another drink and was caught washing her face

She'd like to thank everyone for all the head/nose kisses, snuggles and cuddles, believe me she has had every one of them!

Mark · « **Reply #25 on:** February 12, 2007, 21:33:50 PM »

Only just saw this thread. I hope Tiggy is geting better by the minute

Keep us informed - all the best Helen

Debbie · « **Reply #24 on:** February 12, 2007, 21:16:36 PM »

Hi Helen

How awful for you to see your precious Tiggy in that way. I have only just read this thread and I am pleased she appears to be improving now. Sending best wishes to you both and Sam sends Tiggy a snuggle and a kiss on her nose

Linda (Bengalbabe) · « **Reply #23 on:** February 12, 2007, 20:59:37 PM »

Just seen this Helen, poor Tiggy and poor you

Hope she is starting to feel better and is much brighter in the morning. Much love to the gorgeous Tiggy from Nova and the Bengal Boys x

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