Katy had a good night last night (knock wood), but kind of had a rough morning. We called our vet today, and he said to put her back on the Reglan (which is an anti-nausea + motility), plus give her either Cisapride (intestinal motility) OR Zofran (anti-nausea). He also said to give her the water vertically, which is what we were doing mostly (with the Lixit) because with all the water she is wanting to drink might be getting too heavy and stretching out her throat and causing her to cough because the water isn't getting to her stomach. He also said that this is something that happens, that you just try a drug combo that will work the best for the longest amount of time, and then when it stops working, you try another combination. So we are starting her on the combination of Reglan and Cisapride and see how that works.
For some good news, there is a golden retriever at a Kansas zoo that has adoped a littler of white tiger cubs.
R.Morgan, Daily Reporter / AP
CANEY, Kan. (July 31) - A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. Safari Zoological Park owner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubs were born Sunday, but the mother had problems with them. A day later, the mother stopped caring for them. Harvey said the cubs were wandering around, trying to find their birth mother, who wouldn't pay attention to them. That's when the cubs were put in the care of a golden retriever, Harvey said.
Harvey said it's unusual for dogs to care for tiger cubs, but it does happen. He said he has seen reports of pigs nursing cubs in China, and he actually got the golden retriever after his wife saw television accounts of dogs caring for tiger cubs. Puppies take about the same amount of time as tiger cubs to develop, and Harvey said the adoptive mother just recently weaned her own puppies. "The timing couldn't have been any better," he said. The mother doesn't know the difference, Harvey said. He said the adopted mother licks, cleans and feeds the cubs.
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