Month: February 2019

So today’s drama… Lloyd choked on his food this morning (we think).. Russell had fed him downstairs and came back upstairs when he heard this awful noise so ran down followed closely by me to find Lloyd trying to bring something up but much much louder than normal. Naturally, we panicked! Lloyd seemed to have it a bit more under control than us. When he stopped coughing he lay down with his ears right back sort of low screaming. Again, we panicked, I say we.. I panicked. Russell was much better at dealing with it than me. This was at about 7.30am so his vet wasn’t yet open. So I called another local vet who are open 24/7 and they said if he’s fine now to monitor him and call back if he does it again. Russell sat with him while I quickly got dressed ready to take him in an emergency. We both then sat with him for a bit and Russ had to go off to work. 

As soon as my regular vet opened I called them and they said to keep an eye on him and to bring him straight in if he does it again. So not going in to work today, very lucky to have a very understanding boss and a quiet period at work.

I don’t know if whatever it was was anything to do with his amputation or if it was just the fact that he is silly and was trying to eat his food too fast. But I saw his life flash before my eyes and it scared the **** out of me!

A little before the incident Lloyd was sleeping in our bed and had somehow managed to get his arm through the blue collar/cone and get himself stuck. I only noticed this because he kept trying to get up and falling over ☹️ managed to free him fairly easily before it wound him up too much but I do wonder if this happened before and that’s why he fell off the bed and flipped out. I have put a little safety pin on it to make it a little bit tighter (can still easily get 2 fingers between it and his neck so not too tight) so hopefully he won’t get stuck again.

So all that before 8am!…. basically, although he seems a lot better, it has only been a week and we still need to keep a very close eye on him at all times! Russell thinks we should take the blue thing off but I don’t want him to pull out his stitches or to get the wound infected so don’t know what to do. 

Later on…

When Russell got home from work he noticed that Lloyd wouldn’t let him touch his side, just kept crying out and going to bite him so it was back on the phone to the vet and a quick trip to see them. They had a good feel around his tummy etc and concluded that the most likely scenario was that he was a bit tender where his wound is and as they had to remove muscle that was attached to the leg, the same muscle is attached to the muscle he uses to cough so where he coughed so hard and so much it strained the muscle and that’s why he cried out in pain and why he won’t let us touch that area now. She gave us some heavy pain killers to give him if it happens again and some cream for his skin as it looked a bit sore around where the fentanyl patch was.

Bit of a set back, but he still seems much better than he was the other day. So hopefully this is just a minor hiccup.

It’s now been a whole week since Lloyds amputation and he is doing well.

He started responding more to play last night. He has a little cat tent that my boss bought him after his third op last year and whenever he’s playing with a string toy he always gets in the tent and attacks the toy from inside. Last night he kept getting in the tent which meant he wanted to play, and play he did!

We also had lots of purrs in the middle of the night!!! None so far during the day but it’s a huge improvement and he is looking and acting much more like my Lloydy. I even got voluntary cuddles today on the sofa which literally made my week!

I went to work today but only for a few hours and kept checking on him on the camera, but he was fine just slept the whole time. When I got home he got up and wanted to come downstairs. He still amazes me how he gets around. He even manages his litter tray surprisingly well.

The vets called me today to check up on him and also to thank me for some cupcakes I sent, just a small thank you for looking after him so well. Taking him to the specialist referral hospital was always such a horrible experience but it’s a world away from taking him to his local vet where they are so caring and kind to him.

So we’re doing well, I’m beyond pleased to see his personality coming back through and looking forward to the stitches coming out and him getting back to ‘normal’

Still no purrs from Lloydy. I think I got about 2 seconds out of him last night when I let him get in the bed. He has been a little bit more active today. I tried to encourage him to play gently with one of those fishing rod toys, he wasn’t overly interested but he did indulge me a couple of times. 

I called the vet and she said to keep an eye on him but said it’s not unusual given what he has been through for him to be a bit down. 

I left him on his own today for about half an hour to pop to the bank and bare in mind I have barely left him at all since he’s been back home, all he has really done is lay about. As soon as I got into the village I checked on him on the camera and there he was scratching at the door to his room to come out 🤦🏼‍♀️ So my little break outside enjoying the sunshine was short lived and it was back home to let him out and watch to make sure he didn’t hurt himself. He wanted to come downstairs and look out the window, scratching away at his cat flap but I’m happy that he is up and about and keen to get outside.

I’m going into work tomorrow for a few hours so will see how he gets on then. 

Not much to report over the last couple of days. Lloyd has very much kept to himeself and today he seems quite sad. Have been trying to get a purr out of him but nothing. He’s still eating thankfully. I don’t know if this is just part of the recovery or if having that fall has changed his mood, because he was purring a lot that morning before it happened. Just letting him be for now but keeping a close eye on him at the same time. Hoping he snaps out of it soon.

Just back from the vets and she is really pleased with how he is looking. He’s been for a poop too now!! Whoop!! 🥳 it’s funny how excited you can be by cat poop! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Had a real scare this morning, Lloyd was sleeping on his bed and had twisted and turned his way right to the edge, must have woke himself up falling off which completely freaked him out, he fell off the bed and then flipped out trying to get his cone off! I was in the next room and just heard all this crashing and banging and ran in to find his cone ripped to bits, him breathing heavily by the door very angry with a huge puffed up tail and a few specs of blood on the floor. Frightened the life out of me. Luckily, thanks to the camera I was able to see what happened so have moved his heated blanket to the middle of the bed so he hopefully won’t sleep on the edge again. And have barely taken my eyes off him all day. It looks like the blood came from his claws in his bag legs where he’s pulled at the cone and was only a tiny bit as the vet checked all his stitches and said they look absolutely fine. I’ve also managed to sew the cone back together too so he doesn’t have to wear the horrible plastic one.

His Nana Jackie (or ‘Auntie’ as she prefers 😊) came round to see him today and brought him a soft toy and his uncle Rupert brought round some lovely treats too so he has certainly been very spoilt! 

Taking him back to the vets on Friday next week to hopefully have some of the stitches taken out.