Comments on: Poor Middle-Sized Cat http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-816 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:18:27 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-816 Yes, he is who you think he is! Poor puss-cats!

]]> By: Maggie http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-814 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:18:23 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-814 If MSC is who I think he is, then his half-brother (ELSC) has more than a touch of arthritis. As well as medication for that, ELSC is on green muscle extract – a dietary supplement that he has been conned into thinking is a cat treat. No idea whether it does anything extra on top of the medication, but it might be worth asking your vet and/or local pet store about.

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-813 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:07:24 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-813 Hurrah for your mum’s cat graciously agreeing to employ her new servant! M-S cat is also on the mend, and reasonably chipper at the moment, but I haven’t got him the cod liver oil yet … so we shall see. He’s an old and wily cat who has ways around most things, even syringes, but the idea of putting it on his leg and paw is absolutely brilliant. Hopefully he’ll just think it’s another delicacy like his heart pills, which he thinks are absolutely yummy!

]]> By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-812 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:23:34 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/poor-middle-sized-cat/#comment-812 Aw, poor M-S Cat! Having arthritis must surely cramp a cat’s style (just as it does ours). I’m glad the vomiting was just a wee tum-bug and hope it stays that way.

If it turns out he doesn’t have a fancy for cod liver oil, you might try giving it to him by syringe. Sure, the first couple of attempts will likely have both you and the cat covered with the stuff, but after a while he’ll get used to it. Another option is smearing a dollop of the stuff on his lower front leg and paw — he’ll lick it off rather than enduring gooey fur.

I come by this um, wisdom, honestly, as I just finished helping my mom with her new, adopted cat; the cat wouldn’t eat, which can be very bad for cats very quickly. We syringed diluted baby food into her and also smeared it on her legs … she was not pleased with us, but she dutifully licked herself clean. The good news is she finally started eating on her own and now seems pretty well adjusted to her new home and her new human servant, who is happily seeing to her every eed. ;o)

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