I went to talk to the vet about the bupe again.
I guess my question is, how do you know if your cat is in pain if it isn't something obvious like wincing or limping. And how do you tell if it's doing any good.
It took two days for his pupils go back to normal (bupe Friday, pupils norm Sunday), and he maybe seemed easier on his feet, but is that from the bupe, or from something else? Are the wobbly hind legs diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or is it the fact that 20 years old equals 97 in human years? vet thinks there's no way to tell, could be both or either.
Is it a good thing to give him this drug, or is it better to let his system take care of it on his own? Humans described it as an numbness, or prickling, or pain, and there's no way to know what he's feeling. His legs seem thinner, like muscle wasting, and he's definitely wobbly. He shook off my bodyguarding this morning and got up on top of a fence and lost his balance and slid down the side of it, no injury visible. He's bopped around in the yard since then, still wobbly in his hind legs.
I need to give him Sub-Q fluids today, because I didn't do it yesterday because I felt he needed a day to recover from what seemed like a massive dose, I didn't think to ask the vet that, if it matters if I do them both on the same day.
I guess my inclination is first do the Sub-Q fluids, then give him a fifth of the bupe that he had on Friday, which would be .01 ml or mg whatever it was..... and yet, he appears to be sleeping peacefully and happily next to Lily, so should I bupe him at all? New profile photo taken right now.
Nice to see more yellow and blue PSs on Morris's SS.
