Piff

[ladyjanelly]

Piff is doing better.  Gonna try putting canned kitten food in the syringe for him tomorrow.  

Weighed him on the postal scale today, to start an official tally of his progression.  1lb, 8.6 oz.  I know he didn't put on half a pound in one day, so I'm making this his starting weight.

He crosses the room to sit in my lap, uses the litter box (but missed once), and he played with the string on my pants for a few swipes.  All in all, I think he's getting better.  Less snotty today, that's for sure.

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[davidcrackin.livejournal.com]

I have had a similar experience with upper respiratory disease. About six years ago my family got a couple of kittens (twins!), and one of them was really sick. We went a similar route (minimum expense, maximum TLC) on advice from our vet because the tests might not do anything other than make the poor cat miserable; whereas giving him general antibiotics and loving him up would at least make him happy (our vet said that of his other clients who had dealt with this situation the majority had chosen to do the same thing, and the pets usually were the better for it --> hey, if you are syringe feeding/hydrating the little guy he *knows* it's love; I can make my cats do *anything* if I give them water from an eye dropper they love it so much). Not that it means much, but I think you are doing the right thing (Rusty, my sickie, got stronger every day until it was like he was never sick). Piff is a real little beauty.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Piff is gonna be the most spoiled cat ever. He'd rather be held than eat, so I hold him and feed him at the same time so he'll eat more. He's figured out canned food is good, and has been eating steady all day. His body weight has increased by 2oz in 24 hrs.

Thanks for the story about your kitties. It helps to hear that I'm not being cheap or selfish.