Tigger's Friend
Member Since 2013
Good afternoon, LL,
My sympathies & prayers going out to Marje & Mike - I hope Gussie is out bouncing in a sunny meadow with his FDMB friends. Healing & comfort vines out to everyone else in need.
I'm sorry I haven't had time lately to post - I miss you all & feel something's missing when I don't have the time to connect & stay current with all my FDMB kittie comrades.
Tigger was doing fantastically - great blues & greens, shorter bounces, chirping, energetic, etc. - until last night. He'd been sneezing sporadically the last week - I thought residual URI, & have been giving 500-1000 mg l-lysine daily. Last night his dead eye was all swollen up again, like before, but he was reclusive - at one point sitting in his covered lb - so I know something's wrong. He wasn't excited about his food with his lysine & zobaline, but he ate food w/o meds, so that was good. He felt maybe a little warm but not hot - there's no way I can get a temp on him.
His BG shot up last night & hasn't come down since - I used a new pen last night & this AM, & am going back to the old one tonight just in case.
Blood ketones were negative, but I haven't seen any poops - he did go outside yesterday, but none today which is odd for him, unless he went out this afternoon when DH left the br door ajar - but he was lying on the bed when we got home, so I doubt it. I was able to in his mouth, & he has some red around his 2 front teeth, but nothing bad, but his swollen eye sees tender & he swings away from me whenever I try to get near it.
We've had some wasps in the house, & last week he was chasing something on the guest br floor, where the wasps tend to congregate. That night his lower lip was all swollen up again - wasp sting or allergic reaction? That was a week ago, & the swelling is almost gone now - that's weird thing on lip #2 - the first one's cleared up.
The skin above his eye is a little pink - most of the rest of the skin on his head is white-ish, but it's not very noticeable. Another thought is retrobulbar abscess, but his mouth doesn't seem to be the problem, & I think the swelling is from the outside to the socket rather than beneath the bone.
I'll know in about 20 minutes if he's hungry for dinner - He's eathing - whew! I'm thinking after his shot I should give him some fluids - 50mls? He weighs 14 lbs. I was wondering about giving him a small amt. of bupe, but since he's eating, I don't know if I should? He has been on the bed most of the day, after being up & around a little this morning. He's only had it once before, after his first swelling eye exploratory. Would you give him bupe, & if so, how much?
I've got a call into the vet, hopefully we can get in tomorrow. A different opthamologist had thought the original eye swelling was possibly due to a tumor, but it went away after the URI, so our vet (& we) felt it was due to the sneezing from the URI, and again, he's been sneezing a very little bit, mostly when he's sniffing around the floor, or inhales fd chicken dust :lol: . I think the vet is going to want an ultrasound, but I can't afford it right now - after both Tigger & Spankey's major illnesses & surgeries I didn't budget for, plus DH needs MAJOR dental grafting soon.
Has anyone had a cat get a wasp or bee sting in the face that you could describe? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks to whoever is reading this - I've been worried all night & day - I appreciated the opportunity to let it all out! Thanks for any input anyone might have.
My sympathies & prayers going out to Marje & Mike - I hope Gussie is out bouncing in a sunny meadow with his FDMB friends. Healing & comfort vines out to everyone else in need.
I'm sorry I haven't had time lately to post - I miss you all & feel something's missing when I don't have the time to connect & stay current with all my FDMB kittie comrades.
Tigger was doing fantastically - great blues & greens, shorter bounces, chirping, energetic, etc. - until last night. He'd been sneezing sporadically the last week - I thought residual URI, & have been giving 500-1000 mg l-lysine daily. Last night his dead eye was all swollen up again, like before, but he was reclusive - at one point sitting in his covered lb - so I know something's wrong. He wasn't excited about his food with his lysine & zobaline, but he ate food w/o meds, so that was good. He felt maybe a little warm but not hot - there's no way I can get a temp on him.
His BG shot up last night & hasn't come down since - I used a new pen last night & this AM, & am going back to the old one tonight just in case.
Blood ketones were negative, but I haven't seen any poops - he did go outside yesterday, but none today which is odd for him, unless he went out this afternoon when DH left the br door ajar - but he was lying on the bed when we got home, so I doubt it. I was able to in his mouth, & he has some red around his 2 front teeth, but nothing bad, but his swollen eye sees tender & he swings away from me whenever I try to get near it.
We've had some wasps in the house, & last week he was chasing something on the guest br floor, where the wasps tend to congregate. That night his lower lip was all swollen up again - wasp sting or allergic reaction? That was a week ago, & the swelling is almost gone now - that's weird thing on lip #2 - the first one's cleared up.
The skin above his eye is a little pink - most of the rest of the skin on his head is white-ish, but it's not very noticeable. Another thought is retrobulbar abscess, but his mouth doesn't seem to be the problem, & I think the swelling is from the outside to the socket rather than beneath the bone.
I'll know in about 20 minutes if he's hungry for dinner - He's eathing - whew! I'm thinking after his shot I should give him some fluids - 50mls? He weighs 14 lbs. I was wondering about giving him a small amt. of bupe, but since he's eating, I don't know if I should? He has been on the bed most of the day, after being up & around a little this morning. He's only had it once before, after his first swelling eye exploratory. Would you give him bupe, & if so, how much?
I've got a call into the vet, hopefully we can get in tomorrow. A different opthamologist had thought the original eye swelling was possibly due to a tumor, but it went away after the URI, so our vet (& we) felt it was due to the sneezing from the URI, and again, he's been sneezing a very little bit, mostly when he's sniffing around the floor, or inhales fd chicken dust :lol: . I think the vet is going to want an ultrasound, but I can't afford it right now - after both Tigger & Spankey's major illnesses & surgeries I didn't budget for, plus DH needs MAJOR dental grafting soon.
Has anyone had a cat get a wasp or bee sting in the face that you could describe? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks to whoever is reading this - I've been worried all night & day - I appreciated the opportunity to let it all out! Thanks for any input anyone might have.
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