It’s the peep. Gracie is still on sick leave (milking it for sure!) and the rest are in a food stupor which comes after they steal each other’s food. They have yet to figure out it all comes out of the same cans.
Gracie is fine. Her peeps are still in recovery. The medication trauma every morning wore everyone out. The industry needs to come up with ways to disguise meds to get INTO cats. (I’m at old hand at this. Gracie defies the burrito wrap and to some extent, even scruffing.) The vet said to mix with food. That didn’t work. I could smell the medicinal odor and Gracie’s sense of smell is better than mine. They also gave me (and charged me for) two bottles. At the checkup the vet said I could stop it. I have a full unopened bottle that I paid for plus about a quarter of the first bottle.
As for her ears, still no answer. There is no bacteria, yeast or polyps. I will continue to clean them and hope for the best. If it builds up again, I may try her old vet. She is a cat only vet and has a lot of experience with weird cat specific things.
As for the other cats, their niceness is wearing off. It wasn’t going to last but I appreciate that they tried.
The tooth fairy Ellen from 15 cats and meowing sent a package full of hand crocheted catnip toys. (Note to readers: Ellen’s blog link wasn’t working for me this morning. Not sure why but I sent a message to Ellen.) Gracie felt well enough to slobber on everything. It included a “silvervine” toast which is a crocheted tan square (looks like a slice of toast) with silvervine on it. I never heard of it. Gracie wasn’t impressed but Sasha took it for herself and has rarely been seen since. (Wonder if they have that for peeps?) It has the same effect as catnip. Gracie (and all the other cats) thank Ellen.
Everyone here wishes you all a great weekend.
My cat’s went through something similar recently it was a food allergy
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I don’t think it’s a food allergy. She just doesn’t like medications. She can smell them and they taste funny. Can’t say I blame her.
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Glad things are returning to normal and all are recovering 🙂
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Gracie is back to her finicky eating. Sigh!
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Sigh for sure!
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Yeah, I miss her butt in my face when I’m on the computer. Don’t tell her I said that.
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I really don’t know why they haven’t invented a better way to pill both cats and dogs! My experience has always been to traumatize the poor animal, no matter how clever I get. I hope order has been restored and everyone is happy again!
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There are better ways. We have a local compounder but with the short term use, it wasn’t worth the trouble. I just don’t understand that vets don’t stock compounded meds for hard to med pets.
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Miss Ellen is the best tooth fairy!
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Yes she is.
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A good vet is worth any drive!
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On the one hand I agree although the cats singing the song of their people wears on my nerves.
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Gracie seems very content with bird-watching from the comforts of her bed. Actually, that sounds pretty good to me too.
I didn’t know cat-only vets existed. That is a good nugget of information.
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There aren’t many but I like them. They are usually busy but it’s all cats. Everything is cat-sized and they so some surgeries differently too.
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Gracie, you look so pensive with your chin resting on the of your bed, thinking deep thoughts and watching the birds. Years ago my aunt had to pill her dog who would resist taking meds and I think they were heartworm pills. So she discovered that Apache loved wieners. So she’d make a tiny slit into one chunk of wiener and slide that pill in, then tap it down to kind of “seam it shut” – this was the only way she could fool him. She’d give him a half-dozen chunks first, then wham. It was down the hatch. Easier with dogs I guess.
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It is easier with dogs. Even cats that like food can smell out meds. My cat Hazel would take pill pockets until she didn’t. Some pills have a bitter taste and they can sense it.
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Maybe because dogs always seem to be hungry or looking for treats. That’s why the salve or cream you gave Gracie on the leg was a good idea … better than oral meds.
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I don’t know why they don’t come up with easy to administer meds. Had it been for any long term use, I would have talked to our local compounder to see what he could do.
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That would have been a good idea.
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I have had to switch to a cat only vet. There isn’t one near me in Inland So Cal so I have to go all the way to Orange County (50 minuts ifthe freeway is cooperating, 90+ minutes if it is not) to a cat only vet. My old man cat was itching for 2+ years and three different vets could find no reason and told me flat out there was no allergy medicine for cats. I went to the cat vet and was told I could just give him half a tablet of Zyrtec once a day. It cleared the itching right up. I felt so bad my cat had to suffer for so long. Why do “regular” vets know so little about cats? Any way, done with my rant.
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Had the same with my cat Mollie. She was allergic to something and we never did find out what but a small amount of antihistamine would help. Dogs are easier on many levels. My cats are persnickety about meds. My vet has a steroid pill that is compounded. Smells like vanilla and melts fast once it’s in the mouth. So much easier. Sorry you have such a drive. Hope your cat isn’t a singer.
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I need to find a cat only vet. Seems like they should all specialize like human doctors do. When you get a working link, I would love to look into the catnip stuff. My kitties love the nip!
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I heard from Ellen and she has someone working on it. The “other” nip is called silvervine. It’s from a kiwi plant. I had never heard of it before but Sasha is a fan. The thing I love about cat vets is that their meds are “cat” sized. Most of the vets around here stock a dog size dosage and split it for cats. Also they have tools and a lot of experiences on things that are unique to cats.
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I’ve never heard of silvervine. I will have to look into that! I’m certainly going to look for a cat vet. Thanks
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My cats are not impressed with catnip or silvervine. Though Teddy likes to sleep on a scratcher toy that has supervine in it. Good to hear Gracie is doing well.
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Wow! None of them? I usually have one that isn’t affected but I always have more than one that loves nip.
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None of them! But maybe Sophie is still too young to appreciate it.
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Sorry my blog is still down. Thank you for the shout out. I am glad Gracie likes her gifts. I had a cat named Stinky, she had a food allergy that made her ears get yucky. Have a nice weekend.
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A food allergy? Hmmmm…food for thought!
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I’m glad to know that things are slowly returning to normal around there. I used to take my kitty to a cat-only vet and always thought they provided better service than a all-in-one vet. I hope they can help Gracie with her ears.
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Monday will be the “official” back to normal day. That’s when I can put out kibble again. The other cats miss it and when Gracie is sleeping I sneak out the dishes so they can nosh on it. Up until the dental Gracie preferred kibble but she is eating the wet very well.
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That was so nice of Ellen. Now I know why I couldn’t comment on her blog yesterday. Glad Gracie is better and enjoying her rest. You’re lucky to have a cat clinic close by.
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We are lucky. There is another one about 45 minutes away. With cats that sing, that’s a long drive.
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Oh yes, I have a singing cat too. I know what you mean.
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I go to a cat-only clinic now. I was thrilled when one opened and their first customer. Now, because Boss was the first, she gets her annuals free and special treatment. Which is fantastic–the place is packed with a waiting list!
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We have one in our area and I’ve gone there for years. Lots of things I love about it but it doesn’t have some of the latest equipment. They don’t do dental x-rays. With Gracie’s bad teeth I wanted that rather than just a visual dental. However, you can’t beat them for weird cat things and medications. I took Mollie to an emergency vet several years ago. She was to take 1/8th of a pill. They split the pills for me but they were shards with no two alike. You can’t take a regular pill and split it in eighths! A cat clinic carries meds in cat doses. Some of them compounded just for cats. You can’t beat that.
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That’s a good title to see, Kate. Ellen is a sweetheart♥ It’s great that Sasha enjoyed the silver vine and Gracie had a slobberfest… Haha. Wishing the peeps and the Sassy Cats a great weekend right back!
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I like normal. I like boring. I like peaceful! All good things especially when it comes to cats.
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Yes, agreed!
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Hi, Kate – That was so thoughtful of Ellen. I hope that her site is up and running again soon (without hassle for her).
I’m delighted that Gracie is feeling better and all other cats are back to normal. Normal should never be underrated! 😀
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I love normal! I hear Ellen has someone working on it.
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Ellen says her computer guy is working on the problem but even SHE can’t get on her blog just now! She does make the CUTEST crocheted things…..as for silver vine, Teddy doesn’t react to catnip but he does to silver vine. Interesting. Glad Gracie is better……..!!
Hugs, Pam
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Good to know that she has someone on it. I emailed her but didn’t get a response so I wondered if her whole system was down. I never heard of silvervine. I had to ask her what it was. Sasha sure loves it. That dang thing is slobbered up most of the time!
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Aww how nice Miss Ellen provided a nice care package. That is so sweet. Glad things are returning to as normal as one might expect with numerous pets and individual personalities. Sorry about the ongoing ear thing-dealing with ear issues can be so frustrating.
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Right now, I don’t have to clean it every day. Hoping it’s just an occasional thing. Fingers crossed.
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I’m glad things are getting back to more normal.
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Yes, finally although Gracie won’t let me near her in the early morning. That was medicating time and she remembers. She is eating so well. I’m very grateful for that.
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I never heard of silver vine. Just think what our previous cats missed out on due to our ignorance. 😀
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I’m sure they did ok and were properly spoiled.
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maybe vetericyn can do the trick? it often helped us even when we had no clue why and how… a good weekend to you all
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It’s not recommended for inside the ear but the same company makes an ear wash that I use.
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