Mandarin'sMom
Member Since 2014
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My heart goes out to @Doodles & Karen - such a huge loss and such a special cat. It feels like the board will never be quite the same without Mr. Bossy Pants.
Status quo here. Kind of a rough day for me yesterday. Yesterday was the day that I was scheduled to go to Germany. In light of Lenny's surgery and all of the uncertainties surrounding immigration I still think it was the right decision to cancel my trip, but I feel really bad about having to miss my mom's 70th birthday.
Walter has been running a bit higher after his two reduced doses when I was out of town... and then he threw up a huge hairball at 3 am. So that might have something to do with his higher numbers too. I am about to head to the shelter to help walk dogs and check on one of the diabetic cats there.
We currently have two diabetic cats that are staying at the shelter. They get Insulin (Novolin), but no one ever tests them. Our shelter vets just do a curve every couple of weeks, but they feel that it's not necessary to monitor them more than that. I have been complaining about it for months, but the only response I ever get is: unless you want to take them home, we will go with what the vet wants us to do. Sigh.
Yesterday morning, one of the cleaners noticed that Stormy was lethargic and didn't act like his normal self, but they didn't even have access to testing supplies (and wouldn't know how to test). So I dropped everything and ran out there - poor Stormy was at 26. Almost 6 hours after his shot. Luckily, he came back up and was doing much better by last night, but I don't think they learned anything from this. I can't feasibly take home another diabetic cat (much less two), but it's also hard to keep my mouth shut. I just wish there were more people willing to foster or adopt a special needs animal.
My heart goes out to @Doodles & Karen - such a huge loss and such a special cat. It feels like the board will never be quite the same without Mr. Bossy Pants.
Status quo here. Kind of a rough day for me yesterday. Yesterday was the day that I was scheduled to go to Germany. In light of Lenny's surgery and all of the uncertainties surrounding immigration I still think it was the right decision to cancel my trip, but I feel really bad about having to miss my mom's 70th birthday.
Walter has been running a bit higher after his two reduced doses when I was out of town... and then he threw up a huge hairball at 3 am. So that might have something to do with his higher numbers too. I am about to head to the shelter to help walk dogs and check on one of the diabetic cats there.
We currently have two diabetic cats that are staying at the shelter. They get Insulin (Novolin), but no one ever tests them. Our shelter vets just do a curve every couple of weeks, but they feel that it's not necessary to monitor them more than that. I have been complaining about it for months, but the only response I ever get is: unless you want to take them home, we will go with what the vet wants us to do. Sigh.
Yesterday morning, one of the cleaners noticed that Stormy was lethargic and didn't act like his normal self, but they didn't even have access to testing supplies (and wouldn't know how to test). So I dropped everything and ran out there - poor Stormy was at 26. Almost 6 hours after his shot. Luckily, he came back up and was doing much better by last night, but I don't think they learned anything from this. I can't feasibly take home another diabetic cat (much less two), but it's also hard to keep my mouth shut. I just wish there were more people willing to foster or adopt a special needs animal.
