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stevenpiziks) wrote2020-12-18 09:15 am
stevenpiziks) wrote2020-12-18 09:15 am
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Dinah Update
After her surprisingly low-key visit to the vet and her regiment of antibiotics kicked in, Dinah perked up measurably. She started refusing the soft food (to Dora's eternal joy) and went back to hard food. She's more alert and active. I hadn't noticed how much she'd slowed down--the process was gradual--and felt bad that I hadn't taken her to the vet earlier.
We have the difficulty of giving her the antibiotic with the dropper, of course. I'll sometimes steal up on her while she's sleeping, abruptly pry her mouth open, and squirt it down her throat. She hates that, of course. I follow it with treats, but still. Then I mentioned to Darwin a time when I had a sick cat who wouldn't eat. I ended up smearing wet food on his fur. He glared at me and licked himself clean. I kept smearing, he kept licking, and this finally jump-started his appetite.
Darwin tried an experiment. He squirted Dinah's daily dose of antibiotic on her fur. She immediately licked every bit of it off. Brilliant!
So now Dinah gets her antibiotic, she hates us less, and everybody wins.
We have the difficulty of giving her the antibiotic with the dropper, of course. I'll sometimes steal up on her while she's sleeping, abruptly pry her mouth open, and squirt it down her throat. She hates that, of course. I follow it with treats, but still. Then I mentioned to Darwin a time when I had a sick cat who wouldn't eat. I ended up smearing wet food on his fur. He glared at me and licked himself clean. I kept smearing, he kept licking, and this finally jump-started his appetite.
Darwin tried an experiment. He squirted Dinah's daily dose of antibiotic on her fur. She immediately licked every bit of it off. Brilliant!
So now Dinah gets her antibiotic, she hates us less, and everybody wins.