[Felvtalk] [OT] two sick cats

dlgegg at windstream.net dlgegg at windstream.net
Sun Feb 22 17:35:43 CST 2015


YOU CAN GET A FLUID SET UP FROM THE VET AND IF YOUR MOTHER IS OK WITH IT, SHE COULD GIVE FLUIDS AS DIRECTED TO KEEP THEM HYDRATED.  ANYONE I HAD TO DO THAT FOR WAS SO SICK THAT THEY DID NOT GIVE ME ANY TROUBLE.  I HUNG THE BAG FROM A SHELF SUPPORT NEXT TO A COMFORTABLE CHAIR, POUT A TOWEL IN MY LAP AND RUBBED AND TALKED TO THEM FOR A MINUTE AND THEN INSERTED THE NEEDLE.  YOUR MOM WOULD JUST HAVE TO GT PAST PUTTING THE NEEDLE IN UNDER THE SKIN AND THINKING SHE WAS HURTING THE CATS.  THAT BOTHERED ME BUT I KEPT TELLING MYSELF IT WAS THAT OR THEY MIGHT DIE.


---- Marsha <martia at lynxe.com> wrote: 
> You can test for dehydration by pulling up the loose skin on the back of 
the neck and see if it snaps back right away.  If it stayed tented, I 
would get her in immediately.

Marsha

On 2/22/2015 2:08 PM, Lance wrote:
> Thanks again, everyone. Both cats are going at 7:30 tomorrow morning. We do have an emergency clinic, and I’m trying to figure out if I should push for Callie to go there today. Unfortunately, Callie’s vet didn’t give her fluids on Friday, but he’s a trustworthy vet, and he might not have seen the need at the point.
>


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