The Ongoing Saga of Cat Care

Well, I was amazed that I was not awakened by a cat looking for breakfast until right before the alarm went off.  I delayed my rising on purpose. I wanted to delay feeding the cats because I thought it would be prudent to put Sake in a crate right before I fed the cats, so she did not eat.  So, I did every other early morning preparation thing that I could do, before I fed the cats. Then, I crated Sake, and fed Haiku and Taki.  Haiku took a couple of licks of human tuna, and Taki booked: she hates having the crate in pre-eminence, although, at that point, it was just on the closet floor. So, neither she nor Haiku ate.

I thought, when I returned home from bringing Sake to the vet, that they would have eaten some, and if they did, it was not moist food. The treats dishes were pretty full, and the dry food was not vastly depleted.

I took Sake in for her treatment, and the vet and I talked about medication vs. surgery, but with Sake's disposition and failure to respond to a second antibiotic treatment, we agreed on surgery. Late morning, the vet called me and left the message that Sake had done well during surgery, and was recovering. They would normally keep her overnight, but given her "attitude" (a kind word from the vet) they said she could come home tonight with me.

I brought Sake home, and at the recommendation of the vet, left her in the crate.  But she kept head butting the door, and trying to get out. Early in the evening, I tried letting her out and she could not wobble anywhere. I kept offering her water every 30 to 45 minutes.

A couple of hours later, I tried letting her out again. She wobbled towards the food, and lapped quite a bit of baby food chicken and even more paté style cat food.  She wobbled off under a dining chair with a throw over it, so she had a tent.  Later, she made her way to the top perch of the cat stroller.  She has been up and down a couple of times from that perch. She is back in the cat stroller. She looks like she is resting as comfortably as she can be, given the assault to her body today. 

I hope this resolves the problem. The vet tells me that some cats have ongoing mouth issues even after their teeth have been removed. I pray Sake's issues are resolved.