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I am sleeping, but in shifts. I can sleep about 4 hours before waking will full lungs. I can then stay up about 8 hours before needing to sleep again. Perhaps the medicine will kick in, perhaps fluid full lungs is just the way it is now. By the way, taking that much crap while not really being able to eat is... a stretch. I can't tell what is doing what, only that the side effects are excessive and odd. I may cut some things to every other day, split up what I am taking at any one time, and hope for the best. I have to take the diuretic, probably the potassium, the heart medicine, and aspirin. The rest will be taken as I can.
Though not perfect, the sleep seems to be enough so that I can maintain reasonable conscious function while awake. I am not overly tired, too weak to be simply mobile, and I might be able to take care of some business on the side. The thing, again, is that my wake times will sometimes be at odds with availability of business contacts. It beats being all down or asleep most of the time.
Tuesday Sassy goes in to the vet. Her stools do not smell nearly as bad, but are still rather loose. After looking at cat foods with a new appreciation for what cats really need, I have found another cat food that I will be starting them on as soon as I use the last of the old cat food. I purchased the best dry cat food, as a 20% supplemental for the majority wet cat food. It seems having some dry cat food in the mix helps with their teeth and gums. I also found a much better protein providing wet cat food. Finding food with no grains in the top 5 slots (and definitely not as the first slot) and real whole meats (preferably few or no by products, meal, etc.) in the majority of those slots, was what I was looking for. Good luck finding dry food like that. And expect to pay a good bit more for both the best wet and dry cat foods. Then again, compare the price of veterinary visits and pet medicine, along with inconvenience for owner and discomfort and restrictions for pets and the money seems more than worthwhile.
Sam got sick, again, today. I think, after feasting outside on flora and fauna (minus the flora mostly), she decided to eat even more when she returned home. Simply put, she was too full. I hope that is all. The material she voided looked different, not gnarly like it usually used to look. Still, after Sassy is checked out, Sam goes in. I will set it up when I take Sassy in. Due to expense, I will not take Sam in until after the first. If nothing else, it will be good to know they have their shots. I would like to find out more about my choice of foods, consider parasite treatments, and... ask a few other questions. I need to write some things down before hand, and take notes during the visit.
An appointment today means little will be done. Perhaps in the afternoon, when I return, I could do some mowing. I am not holding my breath. The trip itself might shove my nose into the dirt, exhaustion wise. I am very weak currently. A heavy bm turns me to jello. Ah well, the mowing will just have to get done when it gets done.
Have a good day.
Update: Argh! After being in the house all night, and after not being fed for eight hours, I decided it was feeding time. Fifteen minutes after feeding time Sam is tossing her cookies again! I do get mad, holler, and grumble. But I can't be mad AT Sam, she really can't help it. I suspect I will have to feed her less. She is a picky eater and has never really liked her food all that much, almost no matter what she is offered, at least until I started her on this new food. She LOVES this mix. She enjoys the hard food as well as the wet. She may simply not have any way of eating the right amount. But... how do you feed half a pouch of wet food? It's messy. Ah well. I still love her, even when she is a brat!
A couple thoughts on the supplements and on the cats.
ReplyDeleteMagnesium can cause loose stools if taken too much at once. I learned that the hard way (or the soft way if you will). If you can space it out to twice a day that helps. Or cut back to where it is not quite doing that (if this is one of the "odd effects"). Calcium shouldn't be doing anything at all to you in any reasonable dose. I know nothing of powdered potassium.
Re the cats, I wouldn't be surprised if Sassy has parasites. If she's catching and eating critters it's almost unavoidable. Usually they adjust to this, but if it is not working for her then deworming will help.
For Sam it may be just a matter of limiting the amount she is given at any time. We've got a cat who tends to overeat and then huck it up on occasion, and one of my Mom's cats is the same way. Even a half hour between portions can help them digest without regurgitating. She should eventually adapt to the food and not overeat. Or it is possible there is an allergy issue with the food, so your search for higher quality foods may be on the right track.
Eating grass and then hucking it back up seems to be a natural thing for them. It somehow balances what is going on in their systems, much as it is unpleasant for us to deal with. Frankly I'm nonplussed by cat barf at this point, (unless they should happen to upchuck on my bed, which still irks me). Throw a tissue on it, wait for it to dry, then scrape up the residue and mop.
I don't even try to deal with it wet. It is much easier to clean up dry. Then again living in a desert tends to greatly hasten the drying process.
No, magnesium isn't doing that, so far. But I will watch for it and adjust if needed. My other side effects seem to just being a feeling of having taken something odd. I've never been on "mushrooms" or "shrooms", but I would guess it is like the non-hallucinogenic properties.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I will just have to put up with Sam, and mess with her feedings a bit. Still, sometimes, without having been fed for six hours, I will let her go out and she will overfill out there. I had just hoped the vasoline would work. Now her vomit is much nicer, as much as that is possible. I try to leave it to dry but, almost worse than the barfing, her and Sassy will feast on it before I ever get to it. I learned that dry vomit is good vomit (for cleaning, in the rare instances where the vomit has been even too unpalatable for the girls' late lunch). lols *groan*
I will talk about Sassy with the vet. I want the little beast to be as happy and healthy as she can be. I am simply pleased that she is eating mice. But, no, on the milk. I have been out of milk for weeks now. Her stinky poo started after that. So, probably worms. And, it has been suggested that I only offer them milk once a week. Which I will continue to do, once I ever have enough time, space, energy, and memory to remember to buy some!
Ha! I wasn't going to mention their proclivity for finding their leavings to be...appetizing later. Too squick for me to think too much about, let alone discuss.
ReplyDeleteThen again they're just doing you a favor trying to clean up after themselves. :)