Pola
Member Since 2015
Hello from 12 yr. old Ollie - new here. Diagnosed Dec. 2014. Started with 1 unit, then 1.5 units, now 2 units. Pro-zinc. We see a cat- only vet here. pneumothorax 10 yrs. ago - chest tube. (mild asthma) prednisolone twice daily since... we tried to reduce the 2.5 mg. Pred. to once a day since his diabetes diagnosis, but it did not work. We almost lost him last week with another pneumothorax ... we think when he jumped or fell off the high bed. I lowered the bed to the floor. This cat has 2o lives. He feels much better SINCE The pneumothorax than he did before !!!.. His lung healed on its own, after the vet tapped him. He was on oxygen overnight,.... I found a great cat B-12 supplement called Zobaline -.. He has also had pancreatitis and IBD.
He now stands and grooms, and looks better than he has in months ! ER vet wanted to do a glucose curve test. I will ask the regular vet when he returns next week. I have to be away for 3 nights, but someone will sleep with him and feed 3 times daily. He has to eat every 4 hours or so. I have 4 other kitties. He's on canned food now.... before the pneumothorax he was on Rad Cat (slightly cooked) but he is doing much better on the canned now... I feed Natures Variety Instinct canned, as well as Tiki Cat chicken, etc.. I'm here to learn more, and to find out how to put weight on him...(more insulin?) he drinks and eats ALLOT. (no vomiting, normal stools) I hate to leave for 3 nights, but I need to take my 84 yr. old Mom somewhere. and he'll have excellent care at home.
He now stands and grooms, and looks better than he has in months ! ER vet wanted to do a glucose curve test. I will ask the regular vet when he returns next week. I have to be away for 3 nights, but someone will sleep with him and feed 3 times daily. He has to eat every 4 hours or so. I have 4 other kitties. He's on canned food now.... before the pneumothorax he was on Rad Cat (slightly cooked) but he is doing much better on the canned now... I feed Natures Variety Instinct canned, as well as Tiki Cat chicken, etc.. I'm here to learn more, and to find out how to put weight on him...(more insulin?) he drinks and eats ALLOT. (no vomiting, normal stools) I hate to leave for 3 nights, but I need to take my 84 yr. old Mom somewhere. and he'll have excellent care at home.
