Deb & Spot
Member Since 2009
I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I better get my fingers working here and give you guys an update on Mr. Spot.
He is doing well after he lost a tooth. He had a rough time with the Antibiotics....his blood sugars were high and he just didn't feel well. He hated getting the AB's so much.
After the AB's were done, his numbers started to come back down, but then he went back up. I'm thinking he did a bounce since he was up in the 300's and 400's and then dropped down to the 70's. Then he woke me up vomiting clear foamy stuff. Pepcid helped, but he did not want to eat, so he got FF Chicken appetizers and some baby food. Hard poo in the box. He was constipated. He usually gets 1/4 tsp. miralax twice a day to help with this, but sometimes it doesn't work and he needs extra help. Tried to give him pumpkin, but he wouldn't eat it. Gave .5 ml. of bupe also. Then he hit the 500's and still no poop. Mixed some slippery elm bark in his food (1/3 capsule twice that day) and some tuna in hopes to get things moving. I do not use the slippery elm bark often....just on occasion when it seems nothing else is working. I also increased his dose to 1u. The next day he poop and went down to the blues. Unfortunately, his numbers increased again, possibly a bounce from dropping from 500. He is currently on 1u and is in the 200-300 range. I am thinking he is still clearing his bounce. Hopefully he will break it today.
Today he is doing good. He is being a poopy head because he won't eat his food w/o some freeze dried chix added to it. Then he eats it all. He's hanging out next to me now, but spent most of the morning under my bed....I have learned from my mom that this is his new place to hang out during the day. I guess now that it is warmer out he doesn't need his heating mat.
He is doing well after he lost a tooth. He had a rough time with the Antibiotics....his blood sugars were high and he just didn't feel well. He hated getting the AB's so much.
After the AB's were done, his numbers started to come back down, but then he went back up. I'm thinking he did a bounce since he was up in the 300's and 400's and then dropped down to the 70's. Then he woke me up vomiting clear foamy stuff. Pepcid helped, but he did not want to eat, so he got FF Chicken appetizers and some baby food. Hard poo in the box. He was constipated. He usually gets 1/4 tsp. miralax twice a day to help with this, but sometimes it doesn't work and he needs extra help. Tried to give him pumpkin, but he wouldn't eat it. Gave .5 ml. of bupe also. Then he hit the 500's and still no poop. Mixed some slippery elm bark in his food (1/3 capsule twice that day) and some tuna in hopes to get things moving. I do not use the slippery elm bark often....just on occasion when it seems nothing else is working. I also increased his dose to 1u. The next day he poop and went down to the blues. Unfortunately, his numbers increased again, possibly a bounce from dropping from 500. He is currently on 1u and is in the 200-300 range. I am thinking he is still clearing his bounce. Hopefully he will break it today.
Today he is doing good. He is being a poopy head because he won't eat his food w/o some freeze dried chix added to it. Then he eats it all. He's hanging out next to me now, but spent most of the morning under my bed....I have learned from my mom that this is his new place to hang out during the day. I guess now that it is warmer out he doesn't need his heating mat.
will keep checking throughout the night