chatcat24
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happy holidays everyone!!!
So we went out of town (with the cat...and thankfully he stayed hidden in my lap in a blanket the whole time without peeing or barfing on me...phew) last two days, although he was SO freaked out when we got there (never travelled more than 10 mins. in a car, ever) he hid immediately in spots we couldn't get to, and wouldn't eat, drink or use the litterbox for about 6 hours or so. FINALLY he used the box, ate a little food, but drank no water at all unless I put my hands in it and he licked up the few drops on my fingers. So he barely ate at all thru the night, as his mid day check was 112, and pm check 133, he was not eating or drinking so I made the choice (while he was still unable to be grabbed or even touched, he was hidden so well!) to not give the insulin as I was worried he'd go deep in the green with the pre-numbers being low and more insulin given.
But by today he was ok, exploring thru the night, and ate today, used the box again and was VERY vocal when he heard us talking downstairs but didn't want to "venture" downstairs where there were noises he wasn't used to.
So.
Question: What do you do with a cat when he's not regulated, and you have to go out of town for 10-11 days and your family doesn't know the first thing about diabetic cats or doing the BG testing? Considering the vet isn't open in the evening, he wouldn't be able to get his BG shots there (at 9pm) and I wouldn't prefer to have him locked in a cage for a week. (talk about punishment.)
....Is there someone available in the Kelowna, Bc area that would be able to take a cat which KNOWS the ins & outs of diabetes for cats, and would be able to take him for this time span? Preferably in a month or so?
Hope this gets out there.....
happy holidays everyone!!!
So we went out of town (with the cat...and thankfully he stayed hidden in my lap in a blanket the whole time without peeing or barfing on me...phew) last two days, although he was SO freaked out when we got there (never travelled more than 10 mins. in a car, ever) he hid immediately in spots we couldn't get to, and wouldn't eat, drink or use the litterbox for about 6 hours or so. FINALLY he used the box, ate a little food, but drank no water at all unless I put my hands in it and he licked up the few drops on my fingers. So he barely ate at all thru the night, as his mid day check was 112, and pm check 133, he was not eating or drinking so I made the choice (while he was still unable to be grabbed or even touched, he was hidden so well!) to not give the insulin as I was worried he'd go deep in the green with the pre-numbers being low and more insulin given.
But by today he was ok, exploring thru the night, and ate today, used the box again and was VERY vocal when he heard us talking downstairs but didn't want to "venture" downstairs where there were noises he wasn't used to.
So.
Question: What do you do with a cat when he's not regulated, and you have to go out of town for 10-11 days and your family doesn't know the first thing about diabetic cats or doing the BG testing? Considering the vet isn't open in the evening, he wouldn't be able to get his BG shots there (at 9pm) and I wouldn't prefer to have him locked in a cage for a week. (talk about punishment.)
....Is there someone available in the Kelowna, Bc area that would be able to take a cat which KNOWS the ins & outs of diabetes for cats, and would be able to take him for this time span? Preferably in a month or so?
Hope this gets out there.....
