Kitty not well yet, maybe not even improved

[cjsmith]

Unfortunately, jackiecat is pooping fresh blood again. There's some fecal matter, but mostly it's intestinal mucous and blood.

She vomited again, too, but there's no blood there this time, thank goodness.

She hasn't passed any of the hairballs that were blocking her this past weekend. She does have SOME fecal matter exiting, but overall, this is Not Good.

Managed to give her one of the enormous antibiotic capsules by coating it in butter and hanging on to her for dear life until she finally gave up and swallowed. I am amazed that thing went down. Poor fuzzball!

Another unfortunate thing: Jackie doesn't like Petromalt. (Well, laxatone.) Fortunately Duchess will eat it. Duchess has even more hair than Jackie does, so preventative measures there are a good idea. I wish Jackie liked it, though. She needs it badly right now.

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[firecat]

I'm sorry. I hope she gets better soon.

Have you tried the fish flavor of petromalt?

I hear that if your cat doesn't like petromalt, you can smear petromalt on her paw and she'll lick it off anyway. (Unless she figures out to just get Duchess to lick it off...)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Mm, haven't tried the fish flavor. Thanks! I can swing by a pet store and see if I can get that. I also haven't tried smearing it on her, although last night I was awfully tempted. :-)

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

My cat has dandruff and the vet recommended that I give him a small amount of butter once a week or so. The trouble is that he doesn't like butter!? I put a dollop on the top of one his front paws, he glares at me, and then resignedly licks it off.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Isn't that crazy? Some cats are weird.

Jackie was refusing butter last night, too, although she took a little this morning so I suppose she was just feeling awful. Not one of my three cats will eat Smart Balance margarine, though. :-)

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Not one of my three cats will eat Smart Balance margarine, though. :-)

And they say cats are dumb!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Heh! One of mine broke his own nose by (best we could figure) running full-speed into the glass door and missing the catflap. I honestly don't remember why we named him Dizzy to begin with, but it wasn't long before Dizzy was short for Disaster. That cat was dumb.