Feline Update

[lagilman]

Cat of Size has gone from hoovering ALL THE FOOD to having to be reminded that there is food in his dish, so I can give him his insulin shot.

(once I hand-feed him a bit, he will go back and eat more, like "oh yeah, I like this!" but more days than not there is food left in his dish when he wanders away. And sometimes he will come back and eat more, but more often he won't - and the Kitten descends upon it like the still-growing teenaged panther he is).

I don't know if I should be concerned about this (he needs to eat, to get his shot) or relieved (hoovering all the food is what got him into trouble in the first place) or just assume that this too is part of having an elder boycat, and we can adjust his insulin down if needed...

I suspect what it means is another vet trip in the near future. Oh joy.

(Cat of Size does NOT like car rides)

Comments

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

Can they give him xanax for the car rides? Taking our larger one to a specialist tomm, had to get some...

[lagilman]

Not without taking him to the vet to get examined for a prescription, which see previous problem....

[javacatz.livejournal.com]

Is there any possibility of a vet in your area that does house calls? I know there would be a lot of research and references to check, but it might be an something to check for the future. Might be worth the hassle if it reduces stress on the wee beasties.

[lagilman]

If this were for an ordinary checkup, then probably. But with an aging diabetic cat, shifting vets is... more of an issue.

[javacatz.livejournal.com]

It would definitely require a lot of research, that's for sure. I wish you were close to Beaverton, my I would recommend my old vet. It was a sad day when he moved back there from Louisiana. :-(

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

Yeah. At least maybe if he has to go get one for next time?

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Sending good thoughts.

[mithriltabby]

Hoovering the food is a sign of uncontrolled diabetes— Cleo was ravenous before we got her blood sugar stable— so I would think “relieved” is appropriate. We generally make a production of serving wet food to the kitties, and they like the ceremony involved; usually I sing the do-be-do-be-do-wa from Phineas and Ferb as I lead them to the food bowls, while my wife makes the fluffy parade a choo-choo train. I still sometimes have to set a cat in front of their dish. (I can go on at length about my Maine Coon cat’s diabetes if you’re interested...)

[lagilman]

The only morning ritual here is me waking up, seeing cats STARING AT ME, and then making a parade from bed to kitchen, while they wait for me to start the coffee and open the cans. We all have each other quite well-trained....

But thank you for the new datapoint. :-)