Cally update: medicating again
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stephbgI started Cally back up on Metacam on Monday night, so at time of writing she's had two doses. She's just discovered that she can once more wash herself all over and is one happy cat.
After the last trial ended inevitably with vomiting I tried to hold off as long as possible before restarting, but the contrast in behaviour is now so obvious it's going to be hard to schedule in these breaks in the future. Still, it's giving her good days now and then and it's very rewarding to see. In fact, she responded so well that I booked her in for a dental appointment with no qualms about the anaesthetic.
As you'd expect, her tail is extremely expressive. When she's feeling stiff and sore, she can't seem to hold it at the usual confident 90 degrees, so it points stiffly behind her at 60 degrees, with a slight kink. (If it goes below the spine for any length of time that's a sign of infection.) On this medication her tail is much more perky and flexible: she can hold it at the 90 degree mark, but it also curls and wafts gently. She loses a slight hunch in her spine, and her fur lies flatter. She curls more tightly in her sleep.
She sharpens her claws more often.
Some time in the new year I shall have to start saying she is 17. It's a guess as always, for she came to us as an abandoned Cat Haven cat, but I have records going back to 1993. She's been with me about 15 years. I'd say "with us" but she's definitely a one-womandangerous psychopath cat.
After the last trial ended inevitably with vomiting I tried to hold off as long as possible before restarting, but the contrast in behaviour is now so obvious it's going to be hard to schedule in these breaks in the future. Still, it's giving her good days now and then and it's very rewarding to see. In fact, she responded so well that I booked her in for a dental appointment with no qualms about the anaesthetic.
As you'd expect, her tail is extremely expressive. When she's feeling stiff and sore, she can't seem to hold it at the usual confident 90 degrees, so it points stiffly behind her at 60 degrees, with a slight kink. (If it goes below the spine for any length of time that's a sign of infection.) On this medication her tail is much more perky and flexible: she can hold it at the 90 degree mark, but it also curls and wafts gently. She loses a slight hunch in her spine, and her fur lies flatter. She curls more tightly in her sleep.
She sharpens her claws more often.
Some time in the new year I shall have to start saying she is 17. It's a guess as always, for she came to us as an abandoned Cat Haven cat, but I have records going back to 1993. She's been with me about 15 years. I'd say "with us" but she's definitely a one-woman
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Date: 2009-12-16 12:52 pm (UTC)