Topic: Lukey & Riley both at the vets today - scene of devastation in my house! (Read 19198 times)

Shirley · « **Reply #79 on:** October 16, 2010, 07:03:29 AM »

Hope today's vet visit sorts him out once and for all, it must be so distressing for him (and you)

Janeyk · « **Reply #78 on:** October 15, 2010, 23:19:08 PM »

oh Helen it must be a worry for you.

It sounds like he does have an appetite then but something is upsetting him. I hope that the vet can get to the bottom of this soon, keeping fingers crossed xx

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #77 on:** October 15, 2010, 23:11:54 PM »

everyone

Got home and gave him some chicken breast which he wolfed down and half an hour later he's just thrown the entire lot up and is now hiding under my bed

Going to try and get him into the vets tomorrow morning, it's just so worrying

tab · « **Reply #76 on:** October 15, 2010, 21:18:17 PM »

Mark · « **Reply #75 on:** October 15, 2010, 21:09:56 PM »

Hope it's nothing and clears up soon

JackSpratt · « **Reply #74 on:** October 15, 2010, 20:10:41 PM »

I have been following the thread Helen. Sorry to hear Riley's had a relapse - hope he's better soon.

AliCat · « **Reply #73 on:** October 15, 2010, 18:29:41 PM »

Poor Riley. Please give him a stroke for me.

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #72 on:** October 15, 2010, 15:19:45 PM »

Poor Riley and poor you Helen.

Do you think that a more gradual introduction of normal food next time might help or did you already do that.

Janeyk · « **Reply #71 on:** October 15, 2010, 13:13:33 PM »

Sorry to hear this, poor Riley must be fed up , I hope that you get to know what's wrong soon

hope your Muckspots are soon sorted too T

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #70 on:** October 15, 2010, 13:03:05 PM »

I spoke to the vet yesterday (Thursday) afternoon pre his relapse, the first part of the test has come back clear (worms, worm eggs negative). Just waiting on the bacterial side of things, I'm kicking myself now as I said to her that I wasn't worried as all poos had returned to normal.

Sods law that I'm back to work today after a week off so can't keep an eye on him and be there for him if he's feeling poorly

Edit: Sorry, so wrapped up in feeling sorry for Riley I forgot to say hope the tests come back clear for the muckspots Teresa

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #69 on:** October 15, 2010, 12:10:35 PM »

O No poor Riley, have also noticed everytime he has a relapse my Muckspots follow suit. Have you had any results back on faeces samples yet Helen? I sent a sample on Wednesday , can tell you squeezing rock solid poop from 6 kittens into a tiny tub was a work of art

I am almost convinced that this is all the work of a teeny parasite.
Hope Riley is soon back to normal soon.

Shirley · « **Reply #68 on:** October 15, 2010, 12:00:21 PM »

Oh poor baby,hope he'll be ok

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #67 on:** October 15, 2010, 11:56:11 AM »

Poor Riley seems to have had a relapse

He had diarrhoea twice last night, has just been sick and had two more bouts of diarrhoea this morning

He started back on normal food on Wednesday so looks like his little body can't take it, back to chicken breast I guess as he won't eat the RC sensitive.

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #66 on:** October 12, 2010, 23:49:33 PM »

Glad to hear the boys have 'performed'

BazandGem · « **Reply #65 on:** October 12, 2010, 21:59:32 PM »

Well done Lu! I'm sure the poops will continue to come along nicely now... can't believe so many people getting excited over a cat poo

Glad the days of watching litter cam are now hopefully over, although it sounds as if you were starting to enjoy it

Fire Fox · « **Reply #64 on:** October 12, 2010, 21:19:26 PM »

Quote from: trigger on October 12, 2010, 17:27:12 PM

well done Lu and Riley

must say a cam trained on a cat's litter tray is a bit of a first - hate to think what certain other forums out there might make of it, Helen

You obviously haven't ~~spent enough time~~ wasted hours of your life searching YouTube, irrefutable video evidence of the wonders of the Litter Kwitter.

sheryl · « **Reply #63 on:** October 12, 2010, 18:44:18 PM »

Brilliant news - and about time LuLu x

Had to chuckle at the toilet cam

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #62 on:** October 12, 2010, 18:37:47 PM »

Success great

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #61 on:** October 12, 2010, 17:45:59 PM »

Quote from: trigger on October 12, 2010, 17:27:12 PM

well done Lu and Riley

must say a cam trained on a cat's litter tray is a bit of a first - hate to think what certain other forums out there might make of it, Helen

They'd have an absolute field day

Crazy cat lady tips over the edge

Makes perfect sense to me though, I needed to know who did what and 'toilet cam' means that I don't have to faff around separating the boys and trapping them in separate rooms with a tray each! Anyway, it's not as weird as it sounds, it's not a close up or anything - it just shows which cat goes into which hooded tray

Kay and Penny · « **Reply #60 on:** October 12, 2010, 17:27:12 PM »

well done Lu and Riley

must say a cam trained on a cat's litter tray is a bit of a first - hate to think what certain other forums out there might make of it, Helen

Janeyk · « **Reply #59 on:** October 12, 2010, 16:04:01 PM »

brilliant news!

His body's used all the food up apart from a little left over because it was mainly all good stuff and his tum was very empty

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #58 on:** October 12, 2010, 15:49:27 PM »

Another success with 'toilet cam' Lu was captured on CCTV sneaking into the litter tray at 07:55, reviewing the images he was the only cat to use it and wait for it, drum roll.... There was a miniature but well formed poo

It really was teeny so where on earth the 7 chicken breasts and 10 pouches of food have gone I don't know but at least things are moving now!

madkittyrescue · « **Reply #57 on:** October 12, 2010, 09:51:59 AM »

Harbour babies all send their love to the Lu & Riley boys - hope they are both fighting fit and back to normal very soon Helen...

for you too x

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #56 on:** October 12, 2010, 00:37:03 AM »

Hope there have been good results today

Janeyk · « **Reply #55 on:** October 11, 2010, 23:41:09 PM »

Good news for Riley

fingers crossed now for Lukey xx

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #54 on:** October 11, 2010, 23:31:22 PM »

Well 'toilet cam' has already paid off, I noticed a few grains of litter in front of the camera so went upstairs to inspect the offerings, looked back at the images and it was Riley... he produced (another) wee and a ridiculously small but well formed poo before joyously kicking litter in front of the webcam

Just need Lukey to do the same now

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #53 on:** October 11, 2010, 22:57:55 PM »

Hope things improve overnight Helen and you don't have to visit the vet again.

snarf · « **Reply #52 on:** October 11, 2010, 22:38:38 PM »

poor boys

fingers and paws crossed for nice poos tonight

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #51 on:** October 11, 2010, 22:21:31 PM »

Quote from: ChrisB on October 11, 2010, 21:41:30 PM

How are things today Helen ?

Still not right. Thanks for thinking of them though

I'm now really worried about Lu again, he last poo'd on Tuesday afternoon when he had the explosive diarrhea. There's a slim chance that he did one un-noticed in the garden on Saturday but I don't think so. That's 6 days without going and he's eaten 7 chicken breasts and 10 pouches of RC sensitive in that time

He still seems fine in himself, eating, drinking, weeing and happy to have his tummy rubbed.

When I took him to the vets on Sat she said she could feel nicely formed poo (ie not diarrhea and not hard poo) but it was quite high up and had a little way to go. I switched him to RC sensitive on her advice as the pure protein of the chicken breast was taking it's time and RC sensitive has carbs in but still no sign of anything. I think 6 days is too much (7 tomorrow) so am going to ring them tomorrow morning to see if I should take him back. I so hope he won't have to have a 'procedure' he's such a sensitive little soul it would upset him so much

Riley hasn't poo'd since Saturday night so not sure how his tummy is, he's eaten his body weight in chicken breasts but the diarrhoea has continued even though he's been eating chicken for a week now.

I've rigged up the laptop and webcam in the spare room to 'monitor' the litter tray area, I really don't want to separate them to see who does what so while it's not foolproof (they might both use the same tray!) it's better than nothing

ChrisB · « **Reply #50 on:** October 11, 2010, 21:41:30 PM »

How are things today Helen ?

Fire Fox · « **Reply #49 on:** October 11, 2010, 21:27:47 PM »

Antibiotics can give some humans diarrhoea as it wipes out the 'friendly' bacteria, so hopefully that is why Riley is still not 100%.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #48 on:** October 10, 2010, 20:22:16 PM »

I think Lu would like that, he loves having his tummy rubbed so will defo give it a go

Janeyk · « **Reply #47 on:** October 10, 2010, 20:12:58 PM »

Schui was always a bit constipated and what used to help him was massaging his tummy in a clockwise direction very gently.

Glad to hear that they both seem well on themselves though

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #46 on:** October 10, 2010, 19:37:02 PM »

Sadly neither wish has come true yet Carol!

Lu STILL hasn't poo'd since the diarrhoea on Tuesday afternoon. I did let them out into the garden yesterday for the first time, I was keeping half an eye on them and did see Lucas scraping in the rockery so went over to investigate but no sign of anything so I'm fairly sure it must have been a wee

The vet did say that what she could feel wasn't too hard so didn't think he was constipated - since Tuesday night he's eaten at least 7 chicken breasts and 6 sachets of RC sensitive so something has got to come sooner or later!

Riley had another runny poo last night but the vet did say what she could feel inside was quite squishy so suspected there was more to come

They're both still eating like horses and are both very happy/playful/affectionate still. Just need to sort their tummies out

CarolM (Wendolene) · « **Reply #45 on:** October 10, 2010, 18:47:57 PM »

Sending

for you and the boys. Hope Lucas has 'performed' normally by now and Riley's runny poos are history.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #44 on:** October 10, 2010, 02:13:56 AM »

Poor boys, they realing going through it and hope all gets back to normal soon

Janeyk · « **Reply #43 on:** October 09, 2010, 16:47:20 PM »

That's often the case after diarrhoea though it goes the other way then. Hopefully as the vet says things will be cleared up by the time the results are back but best to get it checked

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #42 on:** October 09, 2010, 10:42:47 AM »

Had to take them both back to the vets this morning, Lucas hasn't been sick or had diarrhoea since his episode on Tuesday afternoon but he hadn't produced anything poo-wise for 3 1/2 days! He no longer has a temperature and apparently there is formed faeces waiting to come through so hopefully he's now fixed.

Riley hadn't done anything either until two runny poos last night, he's had another antibiotic jab and they're going to send his samples off. Vet said she hopes that by the time his results come back that he's better. She gave me some RC sensitive as the chicken being pure protein and no carbs could be why it's taking so long to come through. Lu just ate two portions as Riley, the one who actually needs it as he has a poorly tum still, doesn't like it

Yvonne · « **Reply #41 on:** October 07, 2010, 22:34:09 PM »

Just spotted this - hope you and the boys are ok

Guest · « **Reply #40 on:** October 07, 2010, 20:19:37 PM »

Glad they are better!

The girls have been soooo worried!

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