Kanoas Blog: Awww.....relief!

Monday, May 19, 2008

Awww.....relief!

I spent the whole weekend watching the little guy carefully. Could not get his diarrhea to stop. But at least he started using the potty box. He makes this little meow sound when he wakes up, and if you notice it soon enough, you have just the right amount of time to get him there, where he'll go. We tried solid moist food, and it firmed up his stool for a time or two, then he had black squirts. It apparently gave him a tummy ache because he'd go 8-12 hours without wanting anything else to eat. So switched him back to milk, and the color changed but he still had it. He did have an appetite though. Noticed yesterday that he was losing weight, and for as small as he is, it doesn't take a whole lot to notice a difference. So we tried to add meat again. Still the same thing. So Mark soaked some dry cat food in water, we added some pedilyte and yummy smelling meat, and he's slowly but surely started firming up some. Now we have semi-firm poop, and he's going every 7ish hours, compared to 4. Let's hope this is a good sign!

Personality wise, he's a ham. He is not happy unless he's on your lap or shoulder. If you put him down, he'll cry and climb his way back up. And he follows me everywhere. My mom said he's just like a baby, he's only happy when he's being held. I have no idea how people can put up with it non-stop. Geeze. I just want to put him in his bed-box and walk away. Lol. He has decided that he likes sleeping on the back of the couch when I leave the house. That is NOT going over well with our other two cats. That's their sleeping place. Not too much hissing going on anymore, although they both avoid him. Haha. Poor little guy. We bought a new shed Saterday, so Mark spent the weekend putting it up. It was way too hot out there, so I had mega time to spend with the baby.

So here's some updated pics from the weekend....

Fighting for attention...