Deanna & Billie
Member Since 2014
Hello!!
Yesterday's condo: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=126707
Busy day, late condo! Today was Billie's first 1x day dose of pred. She did have a coughing fit this afternoon, but it wasn't as bad as the pre-pred fits. I hope the tapering works out, but I am not banking on it working out. We'll see what happens. I will be watching her numbers closely as we taper. I was nervous tonight because I was trying to get home for +3 and didn't get home until +4, but she wasn't low, thank goodness.
I did something potentially stupid today, but luckily it didn't end badly - I was out running errands with DB and I realized that I had left out a bowl of cereal that still had milk in it!! It's likely that Billie is allergic to dairy, so that would have been bad news. I was doing work on my computer in bed and eating cereal in bed (the joys of working from home), and I never brought my bowl to the sink! We rushed back, and luckily, Billie hadn't found it. She probably didn't think to look in bed for milk. :roll: If she had gotten to it, the bowl would have been beyond empty, so I knew we were safe.
Overall, she's still acting like she feels good. Plenty of playing and purring. Good appy. She woke me up by combing my hair with her paws today cat_pet_icon but now she's mad at me because we had a bit of a scuffle while she was getting her pred. Up until tonight, I have been mixing it in pork broth with fortiflora, and she has been drinking it - so easy! But tonight, she was not interested in that at all, so I had to try my best to pry her mouth open and squirt. It all went down the hatch, but she was very unhappy with the situation. Sorry Billie!! I have a lot of respect for everyone who has to deal with pilling every day :shock:
I found a different kind of paper litter that I am trying mixed in with Dr. Elsey's, and so far, the girls are okay with it. It's called Exquisicat, and I found it at Petsmart. The consistency is a bit beadier and less pellet-like than Yesterday's News, so it's a little less weird. I'm going to try to transition to that completely over the next few days, and we'll see if they approve.
Sending lots of vines to all the cats and beans needing vines tonight!
Yesterday's condo: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=126707
Busy day, late condo! Today was Billie's first 1x day dose of pred. She did have a coughing fit this afternoon, but it wasn't as bad as the pre-pred fits. I hope the tapering works out, but I am not banking on it working out. We'll see what happens. I will be watching her numbers closely as we taper. I was nervous tonight because I was trying to get home for +3 and didn't get home until +4, but she wasn't low, thank goodness.
I did something potentially stupid today, but luckily it didn't end badly - I was out running errands with DB and I realized that I had left out a bowl of cereal that still had milk in it!! It's likely that Billie is allergic to dairy, so that would have been bad news. I was doing work on my computer in bed and eating cereal in bed (the joys of working from home), and I never brought my bowl to the sink! We rushed back, and luckily, Billie hadn't found it. She probably didn't think to look in bed for milk. :roll: If she had gotten to it, the bowl would have been beyond empty, so I knew we were safe.
Overall, she's still acting like she feels good. Plenty of playing and purring. Good appy. She woke me up by combing my hair with her paws today cat_pet_icon but now she's mad at me because we had a bit of a scuffle while she was getting her pred. Up until tonight, I have been mixing it in pork broth with fortiflora, and she has been drinking it - so easy! But tonight, she was not interested in that at all, so I had to try my best to pry her mouth open and squirt. It all went down the hatch, but she was very unhappy with the situation. Sorry Billie!! I have a lot of respect for everyone who has to deal with pilling every day :shock:
I found a different kind of paper litter that I am trying mixed in with Dr. Elsey's, and so far, the girls are okay with it. It's called Exquisicat, and I found it at Petsmart. The consistency is a bit beadier and less pellet-like than Yesterday's News, so it's a little less weird. I'm going to try to transition to that completely over the next few days, and we'll see if they approve.
Sending lots of vines to all the cats and beans needing vines tonight!
