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Mollie Has Cystitis

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Sit her on your lap & pick some softer strands of hay, or use a nice different type of treat hay & feed little bits into the corner of her mouth at a time, by doing this you encourage her to want to eat. Mine love Timothy hay so I fed Petal small softer bits by hand. Do you use the 1ml syringe with the end cut off & remove the bung for the feeds? x
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Ok I hope this works, this is me feeding Petal, I found that by stroking her firmly from her head down her back she happily took the syringe feed x
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oh, look at her big beautiful eyes :luv:

i feed mollie in the same position with the added towel around her. she is not as co-operative as poppy though!

she's on critical care and isn't on anything else yet because she was initially eating normally and we hoped she would today aswell. well, she's still on her usual bladder meds so alot to syringe feed and now she isn't liking it, it's very difficult. but i think we can build her confidence - it's just slow going and ideally i need her to be having more fibre. real balancing act x
 
Oooo it's Petal & thank you :) You can see how poorly she was at the time, unfortunately she cleaned herself halfway through & I was struggling to film & feed at the same time, but I usually stroke her at the same time as placing the syringe in her mouth & for some reason it distracts them :) I've watched Furryfriends syringe feeding & this was how she does it & she manages to do it so quickly so I tried & it works :) Please don't worry about upsetting her, you really need to be firm as you are saving her life & one day she will love you just the same as before & forgive you don't worry! xx
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Oooo it's Petal & thank you :) You can see how poorly she was at the time, unfortunately she cleaned herself halfway through & I was struggling to film & feed at the same time, but I usually stroke her at the same time as placing the syringe in her mouth & for some reason it distracts them :) I've watched Furryfriends syringe feeding & this was how she does it & she manages to do it so quickly so I tried & it works :) Please don't worry about upsetting her, you really need to be firm as you are saving her life & one day she will love you just the same as before & forgive you don't worry! xx
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oops, sorry petal. you even put her name aswell :mal: x

i'll try that method aswell then rather than placing my hand on her aswell. she's such a stubborn little lady :roll: but at least she has some fight in her aswell which is usually a good sign. when she gets really mad though she really shouts at me and even does this 'yap' noise :blink:

i'm going to attempt another little feed in a bit after her next metacam so wish us luck! x

eta: sorry, forgot to say - yes i am using a 1ml syringe with the end cut off :)
 
Keep persevering! My vet said the op isn't the problem so much; it's the aftercare that pulls them through, but it is very hard to do & you have to keep on & on, it is very tiring & emotionally draining, I completely understand, but look at Petal now <<<<<<<<< in my avatar, it was very very hard work & I was exhausted but she is still with us & leading a fairly normal life, but the bladder problems will not be cured remember, but they spay will help reduce the flare ups by a lot xx
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Keep persevering! My vet said the op isn't the problem so much; it's the aftercare that pulls them through, but it is very hard to do & you have to keep on & on, it is very tiring & emotionally draining, I completely understand, but look at Petal now <<<<<<<<< in my avatar, it was very very hard work & I was exhausted but she is still with us & leading a fairly normal life, but the bladder problems will not be cured remember, but they spay will help reduce the flare ups by a lot xx
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pretty petal :luv:

thank you for your help. we'll keep on as long as it takes. i am :zzz: though :)) but i think the anxiety adrenaline has kicked in now so i'm too worried to sleep anyway :roll:

mollie is currenly moving about the cage and talking to benjie so that's good. he is so encouraging and keeps kissing her lots :luv: he also does this really funny thing and tries to herd her into the carrier when i need her to come out for meds, and he even goes in and out like he's telling her to go in, and then he tries to close the door! very funny :))
 
Awwwwww :love: Companions really help, apart from the first night where I section off a little bit of their cage with the C & C, mine always go back together asap post op :) xx
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Awwwwww :love: Companions really help, apart from the first night where I section off a little bit of their cage with the C & C, mine always go back together asap post op :) xx
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it's lovely to see how he has looked after her. they're so sweet together :luv:

mollie took her metacam really well earlier and although she still didn't like the syringe feed, she did halve her time and do 2ml in 20mins. :D i know it's not an amazing amount but it's still much better than the one before. she is comfortably taking mouthfuls of 0.2ml now so that's good. and we can work on it as we do each one. she took her water from the syringe no problem so i think her confidence with it has improved already.

i think even the small amount has done her the world of good. she's been moving around the cage and talking alot more since. :tu: x

cerenia and another little feed next, due about 12.30am so i hope that will go well :)
 
she did really well with her cerenia earlier and again, did 2ml syringe feed in 20mins with definitely less telling me off inbetween :)) i even got a bit of a cuddle afterwards before she teeth chattered at me again.... she did really well though and seems to really appreciate the praise. she had two mouthfuls quite close together and then it was like she remembered she was meant to be doing her best huffy impression... :)) she does make me laugh but boy is she stubborn! she's also figured out how to sit at just enough of an angle so i'm breaking my back.. and also how to squirrel sideways and backwards under the towel even when i think i've wrapped her just enough to stop her :roll: she's too clever for me at times :)) i love her :luv:

anyway, i'm still up and about to do metacam and another feed and then i can go to bed for a bit... so excited :)) :zzz::zzz::zzz:
 
mollie is ok today. took her in for a check-up and to get a gut stimulant for her. so hopefully that will kick start her tummy again. it's slowed down but not massively and she's only about 5g down in weight so the small feeds combined with what she is eating herself, seem to be enough for the moment. she was ok but i felt like she was on the verge of needing extra help so glad she has the gut stimulant now. i've not had this one before - domperidone. this is twice a day and she should gradually improve over the next 3-4days.

her incision sight is looking brilliant and she is already growing stubble where she was shaved :)) :luv:

thankfully she seems to be taking meds well again now so has her confidence back and even took this new one no problems so it must taste ok.
 
biscandmatt said:
mollie is ok today. took her in for a check-up and to get a gut stimulant for her. so hopefully that will kick start her tummy again. it's slowed down but not massively and she's only about 5g down in weight so the small feeds combined with what she is eating herself, seem to be enough for the moment. she was ok but i felt like she was on the verge of needing extra help so glad she has the gut stimulant now. i've not had this one before - domperidone. this is twice a day and she should gradually improve over the next 3-4days.

her incision sight is looking brilliant and she is already growing stubble where she was shaved :)) :luv:

thankfully she seems to be taking meds well again now so has her confidence back and even took this new one no problems so it must taste ok.
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We have had domperidone before. How much has Mollie been prescribed? I know that we were prescribed 0.1ml twice per day and it seemed to work quite well.
 
JackJack1 said:
We have had domperidone before. How much has Mollie been prescribed? I know that we were prescribed 0.1ml twice per day and it seemed to work quite well.
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she's on 0.4ml 2x a day. i hadn't heard of it before but the vet said we could use this one or cisapride (which i have been prescribed before) so i said whatever he thinks is the best one for mollie and he chose the domperidone.

glad you felt like it worked well. hopefully it will for mollie aswell :) x
 
JackJack1 said:
How is Mollie today?
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she's brightened up loads i'm pleased to say :) found lots more little poops around so the gut med is working well. she's also taking meds fine again. also haven't had to wrap the towel around her during syringe feeds either. she can do 2ml in 15mins now and takes mouthfuls of 0.25ml comfortably. still moans a little a me :)) .. but she's improved so so much with it. she's eating more hay now aswell.

so it looks like we're getting back on track again now and if she continues then over the course of the next few days, her poops should hopefully begin to get larger and more bulked up.

she's loving her water today, probably because it's so humid. benjie has also been joining in for syringed water and he loves it so much :)) x

eta: also figured out she likes water between every mouthful of feed so she's much happier with doing it that way :)
 
Good to hear Mollie is picking up with the gut stimulant. It is always such a relief when they start responding positively and getting brighter. Hope Mollie gets a bit better each day, and with Benjie and everyone cheering her on and all the care you are giving her, she is going in the right direction.
 
JackJack1 said:
Good to hear Mollie is picking up with the gut stimulant. It is always such a relief when they start responding positively and getting brighter. Hope Mollie gets a bit better each day, and with Benjie and everyone cheering her on and all the care you are giving her, she is going in the right direction.
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thank you. i can breathe a little again now..! x
 
it's a week today since mollie's spay already! can't believe that. she's continuing to get back towards how she was initially so that's good. taking meds fine again now and feeds she is doing really well with now - 0.3ml mouthfuls. so syringe times seem to go alot more quickly. her poops are bigger aswell. she was sniffing around benjie's bum again a couple of times yesterday again though so i'm not sure what to do about that really, other than try and get more feed into her. she appears to be eating more hay and she's been eating quite a few more timothy hay pellets and a couple of vitakraft aswell. she refuses to take the vitamin c i try her with - it's the oxbow one. smells like orange flavour but she doesn't like that either! she's still on the probiotic, the avipro one, so i think it's still more fibre she's needing? anyone have any thoughts?

got her insurance policy through today for the next year. her monthly amount has gone from £13.52 to £18.69 (over ten months), and her excess has gone from £50 to £65 - but it's not too bad considering how much treatment and meds she's had over the last few months - although they don't cover spays even for medical reasons :roll: so we'll have to pay that.

we initially paid any smaller bills upfront and then larger ones the vets claimed directly back to them, but they kindly said they will claim everything back to them and i can just send a claim form every couple of months so that's helpful. then whatever isn't covered in those couple of months i'll pay then.

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eta: not covering spays for medical reasons is in the new policy changes bit so not sure if that's a new thing and won't affect her or not. we'll wait and see!
 
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her latest feed she never moaned once and she has improved her time again - 2ml per 8mins! 0.3ml mouthfuls all the time now and she takes lots of water during and after aswell which will do her the world of good. so because she's going alot quicker now and not panicking, i'm able to get more food into her in the 15/20 mins or so i have her out for. i try not to keep her out longer than that because she then needs a wee and i'm trying to keep stress to a minimum aswell. but i'm so proud of her with her feeds now. compared to what she was like before, this is just amazing. :)
 
When did you take your policy out. I know my policy runs October - October. There excess and new terms started from February this year. I was speaking to them about Milo, so I imagine that's when the spay was excluded. If your policy is from before February you should be Ok. Fingers crossed ;).
 
flintstones said:
When did you take your policy out. I know my policy runs October - October. There excess and new terms started from February this year. I was speaking to them about Milo, so I imagine that's when the spay was excluded. If your policy is from before February you should be Ok. Fingers crossed ;).
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last september. so it's just moved into the new policy year from next payment i think. x
 
mollie is well enough to have her metacam changed back to twice a day from today :D she had such a good day yesterday and as i sit here now, i can hear her jumping in and out the litter tray and talking - 'pop pop pop' :))

one thing i noticed more yesterday was how much softer her hair is now than it was. so a great sign her body is coping. before the spay it went a bit greasy and she had dandruff. but it's looks brilliant now, very shiny and soft :luv:

the other thing we realised is that she hasn't rumbled at benjie since the spay. before she was rumble strutting at him alot, like she couldn't control it. so that has gone now aswell.

she just seems pretty much back to normal now, although a better version of normal in terms of health :tu:
 
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