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I've been waking up in the middle of the night frequently, worried about the Diva. Every time it happens it takes me longer to get back to sleep.
One nice thing about tonight is I was able to get her to finish her A/D food from last night after her fluids. I stirred it up with the plastic knife and presented it to her and she snarfed it right down; that must activate enough scent to it for her to smell it and then become interested in eating it. Lord knows stirring it made it stinky enough for me to smell quite strongly!
So at least her sense of smell isn't completely shot and she's still interested in trying to eat something. She's just as active as she was when I brought her home on Saturday, which compared to when she was at the vet was an improvement. She might lay around a tiny bit more than Saturday, but not terribly much more so.
She thought outside the box twice yesterday. Just isn't putting her butt far enough into the box. She walks all the way in with all four legs, doesn't turn around, then goes without making sure she's got her arse end inside the box. Not much I can do but protect the floor or try to gently correct her before she starts going if I can catch her before she starts going. I don't want to do anything that discourages her from using the box though--she's quite sensitive to correction and I fear she'll just start using other places in the room.
Checked with the flashlight--still no poo that I can see unless she is tricking me by actually burying it. This is my second biggest worry next to her intake. I worry that she'll get all plugged up, risking megacolon. That's the LAST thing she needs. Another thing she doesn't need is facing an enema to unplug the works. :( That's what they did when she was last plugged up. I'm hoping that with the small amount she's been eating since she crashed with her kidney problem that she's not too bad off. Only way to find out is to take her in and get her examined and possibly x-rayed.
I keep hoping and praying things normalize soon with her, but...what with the head cold and the constipation and the getting used to a routine with her meds/treatments for her kidneys, I feel like things will never normalize. Is this the new normal--all kinds of worry and stress? How long before I crack?
One nice thing about tonight is I was able to get her to finish her A/D food from last night after her fluids. I stirred it up with the plastic knife and presented it to her and she snarfed it right down; that must activate enough scent to it for her to smell it and then become interested in eating it. Lord knows stirring it made it stinky enough for me to smell quite strongly!
So at least her sense of smell isn't completely shot and she's still interested in trying to eat something. She's just as active as she was when I brought her home on Saturday, which compared to when she was at the vet was an improvement. She might lay around a tiny bit more than Saturday, but not terribly much more so.
She thought outside the box twice yesterday. Just isn't putting her butt far enough into the box. She walks all the way in with all four legs, doesn't turn around, then goes without making sure she's got her arse end inside the box. Not much I can do but protect the floor or try to gently correct her before she starts going if I can catch her before she starts going. I don't want to do anything that discourages her from using the box though--she's quite sensitive to correction and I fear she'll just start using other places in the room.
Checked with the flashlight--still no poo that I can see unless she is tricking me by actually burying it. This is my second biggest worry next to her intake. I worry that she'll get all plugged up, risking megacolon. That's the LAST thing she needs. Another thing she doesn't need is facing an enema to unplug the works. :( That's what they did when she was last plugged up. I'm hoping that with the small amount she's been eating since she crashed with her kidney problem that she's not too bad off. Only way to find out is to take her in and get her examined and possibly x-rayed.
I keep hoping and praying things normalize soon with her, but...what with the head cold and the constipation and the getting used to a routine with her meds/treatments for her kidneys, I feel like things will never normalize. Is this the new normal--all kinds of worry and stress? How long before I crack?
