Okay, so Sunday he went into the big dog crate. Hardly ate anything, didn’t drink anything (I gave him fluids) and no poop. Monday he ate a little more. No poop. Tuesday, after getting the okay to give him the appetite stimulant, I gave him a quarter of a tab (half the recommended dosage) and he did eat a little more. And we had poop! Yesterday, I gave him the full dosage of the stimulant, I knew better because he got all wiggy, like has happened in the past with other cats. I’d let him out and watched him closely and I wasn’t happy with his reaction and brought him back inside and put him in the crate.
He rested uncomfortably and did a little poop. After he’d slept a lot of the effects of the periactin off, I let him back out. He spent the rest of the day in the backyard, in plain sight. He didn’t hide at all. He’s not really strong, he’s spent a month not moving. But he was always where I could see him, I didn’t have to hunt him down. At dinnertime, he came back inside, went over to his crate and I let him in. He ate some more, pooped again, then I let him out. He spent the night outside of the crate.
He went outside this morning when I opened up the door and he’s up on the bank in the meatloaf position. Not happy about that, but looking around at the other cats, they’re also in the meatloaf position, it’s foggy and damp this morning. I’ll watch him closely to see if he loosens up as the day gets warmer. And I’ll still give him the periactin, a quarter tab in the morning and a quarter tab at night. The quarter tab didn’t seem to affect him poorly, but he did eat.
I just want my Skipper back.
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