He arrived earlier this afternoon and he is in rough shape. Thin as a rail, heavy with discharge from the eyes and snotty nose. Thankfully, the discharge from the eyes is clear, the snotty nose not so much. Not green though which means that even though he was in the animal shelter for a week, he doesn’t have the dreaded animal shelter upper resp. disease!
The man who brought him to me was absolutely a delight! He has flipped for this kitty and who can blame him. This kitty is so friendly- and he has burnished brown to his fur makes me wonder if he is Burmese? The fact that he is chipped, although the chip is 12 years old and the owners have moved, makes me believe he just might be a pedigreed kitty. His teeth are in decent shape-his gums could use some unprocessed honey on them to soothe them down a bit. I will pick some up tomorrow. He is eating a bit, but with all that snotty nose stuff it is surprising he is eating at all! I set up the vaporizer and when I went back into the room he was lying so close to the machine that was percolating like mad (I added salt so it would steam quicker) his nose was almost touching the steam! I have never seen that before-
I am taking him to my vet tomorrow bright and early and asking for a CBC to be done and to have a general exam and probably they will give him an antibiotic shot. Thankfully, I just bought a new bag of fluids because he is so dehydrated. Think good things for this beautiful boy- I will give him the bedroom tonight by himself and sleep on the couch.
Hello Zavan! Poor sweet boy. We purr that he will feel so much better very soon.
He is so handsome, even in this state. I can hardly wait to see what he’ll look like in a few days. Also – unprocessed honey? Where do you find and what does it do for their gums?
Marian
Hello Zavan, you are such a handsome boy but you look so sad. I hope and pray that you will feel better soon and absorb all the love that will be placed on you and will be happy.
Such nice colouring. I’m sure Zavan will have a happier expression on his face soon, in your care.
he is seriously handsome!! we are very glad that he is safe with you and in good hands….
Marion,
Raw honey, unprocessed (not the sugary stuff you buy in the store) can be found in any good health food store. It has the propensity to take away inflammation of the gums, soothe open ulcers in the mouth. It is a bit tricky and sticky lol to use, but I take a really soft tooth brush for tiny tots and spread it on the bristles and gently apply the honey along the gumline. In raw honey, bacteria cannot live- it somehow manages to take the bacteria from the gums into the honey and zap it somehow. it is believed that because it is packed with potassium, potassium kills all moisture that bacteria needs to live. In the 1950’s at the Colorado Agricultural College Dr. W.G. Sackett a bacteriologist and skeptic of this claim put raw honey to the test. He deliberately inserted four types of bacteria (including typhus) and bacillus (a bacteria found often in runny stool) into honey. Within 48 hours all the bacteria had died- and vanished!
I used this on Shell (remember her?) But she also had throat cancer and horrible stomatitis to advanced for the honey to do more than calm down her gums.
But again you want unprocessed raw honey and it is cheap for what it does. I pay $0.35 for a small jar and it lasts a long time- they just scoop it out and I just bring my own jar.
He’s a handsome fellow behind that “don’t feel well, need some attention” look. Are you out of stinky fish stuff?