I’ve change his name to Popeye because he is such a character, but right now, whatever you want to call him, he needs prayer. It got really hot here today- triple digits which it never hardly gets that hot. I had to go and pick up the food for the cats and there is an event in town The Jamboree and traffic was maddening. By the time I got back home, he hadn’t been checked on in about four hours. It was 102 in his cage and that was with 3 fans on him! He was open mouth panting, weak and trembling. I rushed him inside, took his temp 104.4 yikes! I gave him fluids, put rubbing alcohol on his paws, his ears, the pads of his feet. I tried to put an ice pack between his legs- not successful with that at all. I wrapped him in a damp towel, but an indirect fan on him and put him in an inside cage (sorry Porter) I had to toss Porter out of that cage. I have the AC going out there and I gave him a bath in lukewarm water. His temp is now 103.6- I couldn’t give him water orally- he spit it out, so I tricked him and got some KFC chicken and put in in water and gave him that. He ate it right up which is a good sign!
Now the danger is tonight when it starts dropping in temperature, I have to be careful he doesn’t get to cold to fast or he will go into shock and possibly die. I sure don’t want to lose him- but he isn’t open mouth panting anymore and his gums and tongue never turned bright red so I think I caught it in time. But it was a scary hour that’s for dang sure. Please pray for him and for me that I can continue to do right by him when he has so much going wrong before he got here.
I’m sending big purrs to you both!
You always have something going on, don’t you? I’m glad you caught him in time. Heat in the summer, cold in the winter… Autumn may provide some relief from the dangers of weather for your feline friends. I hope One-eye does well tonight.
He has made it through the night. I called a friend of mine who is going to temporarily house Dillon for me in her bathroom until this extreme heat advisory goes away. I will be bringing Jack into another enclosure that is smaller-shaded by trees and it has an outside patio he can go on if he needs it. I hosed it down this morning (the patio) so it will stay cooler even though it is covered. He had to have almost 80ml of fluid yesterday and I almost lost him. To close for my comfort. I will be finding him a good home after the 12th when his stitches come out. I tried him in the house last night- but he still smells like a tom and we had some conflict with our female cats. I don’t ever want to get that close to losing him again.