More kitty updates
Oct. 4th, 2007 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
levertovfanKitty is on my lap as I type this, occasionally wiping her nose on parts of me that are convenient. She has been quite the attention hog as of late. Unfortunately, a lot of that has consisted of piteous-sounding mewing.
She more or less stopping eating over this weekend. This naturally made me quite worried. When I tried to direct her attention to the food bowl and water bowl, mostly she would just look up at me and mew piteously. I was mystified as to why and talking with the vet didn't help, but then I talked to a friendly person at the Humane Society who has fostered kittens, and it turns out that when felines have upper respiratory problems and can't smell their food, they won't eat it. The women at the Humane Society suggested shutting the cat up in the bathroom with water vapor from either a humidifier or the shower. So kitty has been spending the larger part of each day in the bathroom. She mews piteously when I pick her up and put her in the bathroom, mews piteously when I come into the bathroom, and tries to escape when I leave the bathroom. This is naturally quite difficult, because I only have one bathroom and have to go into the bathroom regularly, not only to satisfy my own needs but also to run water for her to inhale. Then, when she has been out of the bathroom for a while, she mews piteously at me because, well, she can feel her upper respiratory problems. It's quite the situation. However, she seems not to hate me permanently, because she likes climbing into my lap and getting petted. I just hope that her upper respiratory problem goes away.
She more or less stopping eating over this weekend. This naturally made me quite worried. When I tried to direct her attention to the food bowl and water bowl, mostly she would just look up at me and mew piteously. I was mystified as to why and talking with the vet didn't help, but then I talked to a friendly person at the Humane Society who has fostered kittens, and it turns out that when felines have upper respiratory problems and can't smell their food, they won't eat it. The women at the Humane Society suggested shutting the cat up in the bathroom with water vapor from either a humidifier or the shower. So kitty has been spending the larger part of each day in the bathroom. She mews piteously when I pick her up and put her in the bathroom, mews piteously when I come into the bathroom, and tries to escape when I leave the bathroom. This is naturally quite difficult, because I only have one bathroom and have to go into the bathroom regularly, not only to satisfy my own needs but also to run water for her to inhale. Then, when she has been out of the bathroom for a while, she mews piteously at me because, well, she can feel her upper respiratory problems. It's quite the situation. However, she seems not to hate me permanently, because she likes climbing into my lap and getting petted. I just hope that her upper respiratory problem goes away.
