My Loving Companion
 
Like this: Why did they make Amforal bright yellow so when your cat spits it back out and shakes his head, it goes EVERYWHERE. Clothes, wall, toilet, sink, carpet, white rug, white cat, why? Why not pink or clear or white...? LOL
Gave him his Amforal and he was very stubborn about it, he kept trying to spit it out (He's becoming an expert) I tried tilting his head back, holding his head by the scruff (while he was on the sink, did not lift him) and rubbing his throat. I think I got in about 4 cc's, with at least 1 CC going all over me and my bathroom. This stuff is super bright neon yellow! Poor Boo. But good news, he just went poop and the foul smell is GONE! It is still runny but instead of being a brown color it's more of a yellowish color now, more like it looked when he ate C/D all the time. There was some brown thick pasty diarrhea in there with it, and I would guess this was a good 2 TBS worth altogether. But I got right up to it and smelled it, and it smelled like regular old poop. Not "Someone's sick and needs to go to the doctor because that smell is going to make me faint" poop. 
He is back resting, and I have another theory on at least Chicksters runs. She eats bugs. I killed a big black carpenter ant last night and found another one in the same location a few minutes ago. Problem is, I didn't remove the first one I killed last night and it was gone this morning. Though it doesn't match up with the diarrhea, this could be part of the issue, since she will, at the very least, taste any bug she can catch. Stink bugs, too. And she plays big cockroaches to death but does not eat them. 
 Boo does NOT eat bugs and is terrified of them. He will go the opposite way if he sees one, get squinty eyes and look very displeased. But we recently destroyed an old shed on my property a couple years ago, and now we are having the roach problem. I will be taking care of this problem as carefully as I can on the outside of the house so as not to make my indoor cats ill from the pesticides. (I normally use Home Defense by Ortho, on perimeters of the house, not a single insect will cross a line of that stuff)
Anyway. Happy my babies are feeling a bit better and that the medicating and fluids are done with for today. I am so hop



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    About Boo

    Boo was a 13.5 year old Persian male with Chronic Renal Failure diagnosed 03/15/10. He passed away peacefully on 08/02/10. For more on Boo, visit Boo's Life Story page.

    Boo's Ma

    I live in Central North Carolina and take care of 6 cats. 4 outside 'wanderers' and 2 indoor, Boo and Chickster. Boo is 13 years old and Chickster is 1-2. I'd rather be at home with my cats than anywhere else. I devote most of my time to Boo and try not to accidentally ignore Chickie Sue. I am starting to notice they can be a lot like children sometimes! It is not always an easy job!


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