We got some good news when we got back from last week’s college reunion.
Duke and Kili boarded at VCA while we were gone, and had another round of fructosamine tests to assess their diabetes. Duke’s test showed that his diabetes are under “good” control, while Kili’s level is only “fair”. So we’re adjusting Kili’s dose of insulin to try to get her levels into the “good” zone. It’s all trial and error at this point.
Back home, the cats are still calming down, but the process of adjusting is very, very slow. The cats are still on guard, worried about the different noises from the street, or from neighboring houses, the lights at night, lots of little things like that.
But they are eating well, and slowly, very slowly, getting used to the totality of their surroundings and calming down.
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Your old vet from VCA, Dr. John Kaya DVM, has opened his new office in Hawaii Kai.
In May we fostered a cat and immediately agreed with local shelter that if we didn’t keep him, he’d end up euthanized.
We named him Murphy and his problem, as we’ve been told, is he was moved over and over again. He is SOOO skittish and apparently all that moving created a prozac candidate. Our vet is against that sort of thing but once she met Murphy she agreed he sure needed it for months so he can “settle in”.
Murphy will sleep with my husband but is happier just being under chairs or beds. Here is the kicker…He won’t come near me yet. I wasn’t there when he was picked up from the shelter so he doesn’t “know” me and only will peek around corners at me.
Never had anything like this so it sure is mind boggling. I’ve even given advice on how to move cats as we’ve been successful in the past. Murphy’s homing is taking on a life of its own.