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An update!
Feb. 15th, 2008 08:59 amYesterday I came home and Kyle's crate was clean! Yay!! We went for a walk, and everybody had their dinner. Then it was off to the vet's. He got all worked up at the vet's, but it was all that 'OMG must say hi to EVERYONE!!!' and licked the vet tech when she was trying to get him to sit... We laughed.
Vet thinks he has a mild infection/colitis type thing and gave us some antibiotics for him. We also talked about his general umm, state of being and she had some suggestions about that as well. In part trying the whole probiotics sort of thing rather than trying human stuff (too often, I asked about Immodium and she said that would be okay if not given too often and wrote out a dosage scale for him). She's a good vet, and Kyle likes her. *grins* I was trying to get a sample to bring in- but of course he didn't cooperate- but during his exam she, well, got some on her glove and said it was enough to test. I didn't hear back from them last night- so no parasites in him poop. This is good.
They were also selling catnip pillows. I bought one. Should have bought two... I threw it on the floor and there almost became a battle royale between Sasha and Leo. Now I know I cannot leave it out, and that when it is out they must be supervised. But the reason I bought it is for grooming purposes. See, I was reading this npr site- and they have an animal show with Patricia McConnell on it (I didn't know this until recently, but she's an amazing animal behaviorist- wrote some REALLY good books on dogs- Other End of the Leash, For the Love of a Dog, etc.) and one of the things they recommended for grooming cats that hate it- is to distract them with a catnip pillow. Give them the pillow and usually they're too busy with it to object to you brushing. I don't know if this will really work or not- but given Sasha's behavior- it's worth a try.
Also, Whiska's Temptation hairball treats seems to have ipecac in it. *grins* We've given them to the cats a few times, and it seems like after every time we give them some we get hairballs! Yes, better out than causing obstructions, but still! Ipecac, I'm tellin' ya.
Wow, this journal is just gross lately!
In non-gross. My day did kind of suck until about 7:20 or so. At that point I was leaving the vet's, had a good notion of how to make my dog feel better, I had picked up chicken for dinner with my sweetie, and said sweetie called to let me know that he was leaving work! :) So we were able to have a very nice Valentine's Day dinner together. Then because he had to be back at 7pm tonight, we had an early night... And no, it was just for sleeping. *grins*
However, now it's FRIDAY!!!! And tomorrow will be good, I'm determined, and then Sunday is some shopping (da hubby needs new scrubs). Then next week he has orientation (for the hospital in general I guess) so will probably be only working 8a-5p. :) After that starts nights, but I'm not thinking about that today. :)
Vet thinks he has a mild infection/colitis type thing and gave us some antibiotics for him. We also talked about his general umm, state of being and she had some suggestions about that as well. In part trying the whole probiotics sort of thing rather than trying human stuff (too often, I asked about Immodium and she said that would be okay if not given too often and wrote out a dosage scale for him). She's a good vet, and Kyle likes her. *grins* I was trying to get a sample to bring in- but of course he didn't cooperate- but during his exam she, well, got some on her glove and said it was enough to test. I didn't hear back from them last night- so no parasites in him poop. This is good.
They were also selling catnip pillows. I bought one. Should have bought two... I threw it on the floor and there almost became a battle royale between Sasha and Leo. Now I know I cannot leave it out, and that when it is out they must be supervised. But the reason I bought it is for grooming purposes. See, I was reading this npr site- and they have an animal show with Patricia McConnell on it (I didn't know this until recently, but she's an amazing animal behaviorist- wrote some REALLY good books on dogs- Other End of the Leash, For the Love of a Dog, etc.) and one of the things they recommended for grooming cats that hate it- is to distract them with a catnip pillow. Give them the pillow and usually they're too busy with it to object to you brushing. I don't know if this will really work or not- but given Sasha's behavior- it's worth a try.
Also, Whiska's Temptation hairball treats seems to have ipecac in it. *grins* We've given them to the cats a few times, and it seems like after every time we give them some we get hairballs! Yes, better out than causing obstructions, but still! Ipecac, I'm tellin' ya.
Wow, this journal is just gross lately!
In non-gross. My day did kind of suck until about 7:20 or so. At that point I was leaving the vet's, had a good notion of how to make my dog feel better, I had picked up chicken for dinner with my sweetie, and said sweetie called to let me know that he was leaving work! :) So we were able to have a very nice Valentine's Day dinner together. Then because he had to be back at 7pm tonight, we had an early night... And no, it was just for sleeping. *grins*
However, now it's FRIDAY!!!! And tomorrow will be good, I'm determined, and then Sunday is some shopping (da hubby needs new scrubs). Then next week he has orientation (for the hospital in general I guess) so will probably be only working 8a-5p. :) After that starts nights, but I'm not thinking about that today. :)
