I’m going to talk about something that I normally never talk about and usually try to avoid. I’m sure that Tiggerprr will write this one down in her books. But Muse wrote a post the other day about their sick kittehs, and that got me to thinking about very own Precious.
So here’s the scenario, we have to bring Precious to her annual exam. They find out that she’s got some teeth to pull out because they’re just in seriously bad shape. Meesh sounded so very bad and like a horrible mom when she called me they had to do that. Of course, we all know that she’s not. They ended up pulling 3 teeth, the two back on the bottom and one on top. Wow, I don’t know about you, but when I got my wisdom teeth pulled out, it sucked, and this is definitely comparable.
The vet sent her home with some antibiotics and pain meds. Both are orally injected fluid, so it’s supposed to be “easy”. Well, the two of us are trying to give Precious her meds (twice per day) and well, if you can find her, that makes it a lot easier. Precious is now wary of us at all, and is just about ready to dart off. I’ll be happy when we’re done and the only reason we’re calling after Precious is to hug her or hold her, and not to give her medicine.
Poor Meesh, she’s totally stressed out about it, and I’m stressed out about it because she’s stressed out about it.
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Oh, the poor kitty! That must suck a lot! I’ve never had any teeth pulled out so I can’t imagine what it feels like but I’m overdue to have my wisdom teeth checked again. Let’s hope they’re coming out okay and I won’t have to take them out because seriously, I can’t handle pain in my mouth.
That does not explain why I had my tongue pierced but my mind works in mysterious ways… I hope you won’t have to give her meds for much longer and that she’ll be fine and pain-free soon.
I feel for you both. We’ve been there with our cat a time or two and it truly sucks. Fortunately your cat will still love you when it’s all over.
I’m utterly horrible when it comes to doing things like administer medicine and such. It makes me feel so guilty.
Aww, poor Precious! I wish her a speedy recovery :)
Giving animals medicine is never fun. I had to give Xoie medicine like, 3 times a day for a week and man it sucked. She still loves me though, and Precious will still love you guys :)
Sorry to hear about Precious! I’ve had to administer meds a lot, being a petsitter, and one thing that helps me get through what seems like torture, is the fact that the meds DO make them feel better. Deep breaths. this too shall pass and everyone will be in love again. :)
I am afraid you have two options. And trust me, after taking care of a cancerous cat, I know.
1.Trick her, with the old here sweety sweety we have nothing trick. Then, you must must must grab her around her jaw and shoot the medicine in. She will hate it, but she will fall for it over and over again.
2.Put the medicine in her food, especially if it is wet. Eventually, they need to eat and wahalla
I feel sorry for your cat too. Mostly because it’s named Precious though. Seriously?
Anyway, I know it sucks giving animals medicine and luckily Muse usually does it. If the cat goes crazy after a while, try wrapping it up tight in a towel so it can’t claw your arms off. Of course what happens when you fall asleep is another matter.
Poor, poor kitteh.
Giving meds does suck, especially when they get wise to it.
aww, i hope she gets better real soon, i can relate to the whole sick pet thing :(
Awww poor kitty. I know how it feels, OC had to have all but his canines pulled out all at once. He loves us though…and we only just now (since 2003) got to stop giving him meds every other day. She’ll get used to it, and honestly, if you try notto be stressed out when you’re medicating her, it’ll be better. They sense your stress, so you may be putting yourselves in a stress spiral. :) Just console yourself by remembering that you’re doing this because you love her. :)
I agree that its always a hurtful thing when someone you love is sick.
Good thing though it has been done, as the infection in the gums goes right into the bloodstream and that’s not alright.
Kitty will get used to it this post-surgery period, and Mommy needs to be cool, calm, and collected to be supportive!
Good Luck!