Allie & Gen
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Yesterday
I just don't know what to do with this boy!
Yesterday he only ate about half of both of his meals, and today he's only eating tiny bits. I cannot figure this out. He'll eat churus and treats readily, and he keeps complaining to me and looking expectantly if I come near his feeding station. I almost think he's refusing to eat his regular food unless I keep adding more and more freeze-dried tuna.
Last night he kept dipping into the 40s and waking me up with alarms. Today we had a lime at +3 and he's hanging out in the low 50s, so the alarms are going off periodically while I try to get work done.
He was very good at the vet this morning when we went in for his fructosamine and first B12 shot/demo. He's actually a bit more alert and energetic than I've seen in awhile, which is great! And he's currently getting 4mg of ondansetron (with 50mg of gabapentin) twice a day, mirataz twice a day (half the recommended dose each time), and 8mg cerenia twice a day. He had the ondansetron a little before shot time/food, almost 5 hours ago at this point.
He keeps coming into my room and yelling at me, but I can't figure out what he wants. He doesn't do this (or hasn't done this in the past) when he's nauseous, so I don't think it's that. I refilled his water dispenser and checked the litterbox to see if he 's peeing and pooping normally (yes to the first; a little sparse on the second, but then, he's not eating as much). My best guess is that he wants cuddles, but I'm sitting at my desk.
To recap: it's not really possible for me to space AM meds and food out very much at all (I generally have about an hour to do everything I need to before leaving for work 4 days/week, including pilling, insulin, administering mirataz, and feeding him.) Once I'm gone, I'm gone for 8-9 hours, sometimes a little more. I could set an autofeeder to give him his food a bit later but that just seems like it might exacerbate the big dives. Nothing else can be automated, and I don't have anyone who can assist. (My roommate who sometimes is home during workdays is leaving for another extended international stint next week.)
The new food for the elimination diet arrives today, and I've been planning to start the food transition tonight. Once he's fully transitioned, I won't be able to bribe him with treats. And I am going to get fired if I can't do better at work, which requires fewer alarms and less lost sleep. I don't know what to do.
Sorry for being so panicky. :/ I hope you guys are having calmer Wednesdays than I am, and that all your kitties are surfing safely.
I just don't know what to do with this boy!
Yesterday he only ate about half of both of his meals, and today he's only eating tiny bits. I cannot figure this out. He'll eat churus and treats readily, and he keeps complaining to me and looking expectantly if I come near his feeding station. I almost think he's refusing to eat his regular food unless I keep adding more and more freeze-dried tuna.
Last night he kept dipping into the 40s and waking me up with alarms. Today we had a lime at +3 and he's hanging out in the low 50s, so the alarms are going off periodically while I try to get work done.
He was very good at the vet this morning when we went in for his fructosamine and first B12 shot/demo. He's actually a bit more alert and energetic than I've seen in awhile, which is great! And he's currently getting 4mg of ondansetron (with 50mg of gabapentin) twice a day, mirataz twice a day (half the recommended dose each time), and 8mg cerenia twice a day. He had the ondansetron a little before shot time/food, almost 5 hours ago at this point.
He keeps coming into my room and yelling at me, but I can't figure out what he wants. He doesn't do this (or hasn't done this in the past) when he's nauseous, so I don't think it's that. I refilled his water dispenser and checked the litterbox to see if he 's peeing and pooping normally (yes to the first; a little sparse on the second, but then, he's not eating as much). My best guess is that he wants cuddles, but I'm sitting at my desk.
To recap: it's not really possible for me to space AM meds and food out very much at all (I generally have about an hour to do everything I need to before leaving for work 4 days/week, including pilling, insulin, administering mirataz, and feeding him.) Once I'm gone, I'm gone for 8-9 hours, sometimes a little more. I could set an autofeeder to give him his food a bit later but that just seems like it might exacerbate the big dives. Nothing else can be automated, and I don't have anyone who can assist. (My roommate who sometimes is home during workdays is leaving for another extended international stint next week.)
The new food for the elimination diet arrives today, and I've been planning to start the food transition tonight. Once he's fully transitioned, I won't be able to bribe him with treats. And I am going to get fired if I can't do better at work, which requires fewer alarms and less lost sleep. I don't know what to do.
Sorry for being so panicky. :/ I hope you guys are having calmer Wednesdays than I am, and that all your kitties are surfing safely.
you’d think those meds would be helping… Did the vet have any ideas?
So frustrating when they don't eat all of their food. Gen, stop being so picky about your food! Hopefully he loves the rabbit!
I am barely scraping by with steady employment, and developments in this country have made it so that it's very hard to find jobs for my skillset right now. A lot of the places I could normally look are on huge budget cuts because our federal government is not a fan of higher education, scientific advancement or social advocacy. The rise of generative AI technologies has led companies to cut back on the kinds of work I do, as well. It's really grim right now. And I live in one of the most expensive cities in the country--I think it's pretty high on the global list too. I'd be out of a place to live very quickly, nevermind unable to afford vet bills. I don't have much of a safety net.
I'm going to have to wait a couple hours to install a new one; I have to get some more work done. I'll keep an eye on him in the meantime, of course; he's currently curled up sleeping right next to me again.
