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Recent content by JulyS

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    Cat showing signs of UTI

    Thank you. He rarely complains so I am glad he peed right in front of me to take notice. He eats store bought raw, mostly Small Batch, but I have been trying to work in Raw Dynamic which my local store started carrying (SB is special order). Ingredients look good and same ethically sourced meat...
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    Cat showing signs of UTI

    Hello everyone, One of my cats (male, ~8 yo?, neutered) is showing signs of a UTI (not using the box very often and when he is very small amount that he is straining for a long time for). I've started using flower essences on him as well as giving him uva ursi and d-mannose (he already gets...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Thank you, @Dr. Jeff. This is very helpful.
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Hello @Dr. Christina, @Dr. Jean Hofve, @Dr. Jeff, Update and question. Benji is continuing to heal, a bit slower than both of us would like, but he is healing. I have been doing his splint changes for the most part. There was a learning curve, but I am getting better. Unfortunately, as he...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Update: They took a new view x-ray and checked his blood for kidney function before the amputation. His kidney levels were very high leaving anesthesia very risky (he just had a blood panel in Sept and they were same as they had been since he was diagnosed a couple years ago, but shot up). Also...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    No one but the emergency vet could fit him in before he would need to have the splint redone which would include the extra sedation medicine except for the emergency hospital. It's going to cost me an arm and a leg to cost him two toes. ?‍♀️?‍♀️ Thank you everyone for all the support
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Yes, that is the decision. Sounds like Archie is for amputation. I have been communicating with my cat, but I have yet to acquire the skills of listening. Before the injury he was a happy kitty who liked to go outside and sleep in the sun or sleep on a cozy spot inside. He hasn't seemed that...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    @Dr. Christina and @Dr. Jeff, At the orthopedic surgeon office. He has an infection they worry will get into the bone. Plus the metatarsal fractures aren't clean breaks. She is recommending amputation. Because the break is on one weight-bearing and one non-weight bearing metatarsal she thinks...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Thank you, @Dr. Christina and @Dr. Jeff. Do either of you have input on the Assisi loop vs the Lumasoothe? They are about the same price and I just bought the latter. They also seem to be for the same thing, but maybe different approach? Thanks!
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    @Dr. Jeff and @Dr. Christina, I am at the emergency vet right now. For the first time since my old vet retired I was completely honest with a vet about what I am and am not doing what I am and am not willing to do. This vet has been so kind and open. His leg is definitely infected, sadly. She...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Thanks @Dr. Christina and @Dr. Jeff. His paw has started pussing a little and the toes keep swelling. His temperature is still normal and I can feel heat on the beans, but he didn't want to eat as much last night or today. Vet says I should take him to the emergency vet to have them flesh and...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Update: Yesterday he went in the potentially have the sling redone because his toes were swelling more. If he needed it I was open to it, but I was not super happy with the sedation and extra drugs if it was just a question of maybe. The vet on staff wasn't the vet who had seen him the day...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    That is all very helpful. Thank you!
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Thanks, @Dr. Jeff, The vet who saw him yesterday wants to re-splint tomorrow which means more sedation because the swelling has gone up. Do I need to space the two apart? I have been giving him one tsp of arnica water pretty frequently, mostly every hour more or less depending on my...
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    Cat with Broken and Loose Tooth and Shattered Jaw

    Update: They did X-rays on his foot and chest as well as his mouth. They removed the tooth, but didn't really clean it up. They said his jaw is partially shattered so they need to remove the bone fragments and clean everything up at a later date. He has two compound fractures in his foot which...
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