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Author Topic: Back home, and after three minutes, off to the Vet's office!  (Read 219 times)

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Re: Back home, and after three minutes, off to the Vet's office!
« Reply #10 on: January 05, 2012, 07:53:14 AM »
So, as I have finally managed to recover (mostly) from the flu, I can give everyone an update on Miss Vanya.

Overall, all is good.  Dr. Kate prescribed a 7 day course of antibiotics for Vanya's gingivitis, and we're on the last day of that today.  Vanya has been very good at taking the meds - as I have been able to crush the pill and mix it into her wet food.  She inhales her wet food, so she does not actually have the time to taste it!

Also, per Dr. Kate, I have added duralactin to her diet.  It came in yesterday's mail, and I mixed it into this morning's wet food.  Again, no problem.

The fun part will be trying to add glocousimine to Pippin's diet.  That will not be fun at all, as he gets really fussy over his food.

Mark
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Re: Back home, and after three minutes, off to the Vet's office!
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2012, 05:37:08 AM »
Glad you are mostly recovered!  :catwacko:

It is good that Vanya will take meds mixed in with her wet food.  Makes things easy!  I had a cat who never fell for that.  She was slow, picky eater so probably sniffed her food a lot and could detect minute traces of a "contamination" scent.
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Re: Back home, and after three minutes, off to the Vet's office!
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2012, 11:52:50 AM »
Mark, what form of glucosimine are you needing to give Pippin, and what kind of food does he eat?  The reason I ask is that I give Sven Cosequin, and it's flavored fish and chicken powder (in a capsule) that supposedly cats like that can just be sprinkled over their food.  That doesn't work for Sven, so I dissolve the powder in a little bit of warm water, then mix that into whatever small amount of wet food he's eating that day.  THAT works :catwink:! 
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Re: Back home, and after three minutes, off to the Vet's office!
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2012, 12:18:40 PM »
Sally:

Could you please tell me more!  He did not like the "unflavored" version, so I would like to give this a try.  What is the brand name?

Thanks ever so much!!!

Mark
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