JocelynElizabeth
Henrika
JocelynElizabeth
Dont forget medical expenses.
Just one of my cat cost my well over 1,000$ within the past 7 months and we still arent done getting her treated.
Another one is about over 500$ within the last year and they are all under 3 years old.
Do more research an show it to your mom and tell her your plans with the cat and you future with it. Or you can do what I did. I waited till I moved out to get a cat... Or two lol
Or you could end up with a random chronic illness. One of my cats was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was three years old. Shes now 8 and has been on meds every since, and will continue to have to have her meds since they are pretty much a forever thing. We were lowering the dose with approval of our vet, and she had another seizure last week so we had to put them up higher again. SIGH.
Yeah :c oh gosh does it suck. She doesnt have epilepsy she has
http://www.mypetsdentist.com/site/view/110772_FelinecatStomaitits.pml
Figure that would be much easier than me explaining. We try brushing her teeth but she wouldnt let me because of the pain, she wouldnt eat her dental treats and the stuff we put in her water only helps so much. We are putting money together to get her teeth removed. Her vet said this is the only option left :/
Thats one of the bad things about getting a pet is that you never know what they may develope. But hopefully youre prepared to help it through it.
Man medication for that long? I refuse to keep myself on medication for more than a months time. Any bad side effects with it?
We cant do the medication route with Patches, apparently for her case it only pauses it for a short amount of time and isnt good to keep her on. :/
Side effects of her meds, Phenobarbital, include disorientation and feelings of constant hunger, which is why is a bit overweight, though switching her to a high protein high fat diet has actually help her out a lot, since it sustains more. But honestly the moment you put food of any kind into a bowl she thinks its dinnertime >.<
The disorientation, supposedly they just get used to it, but the first few months of her going on the medication it was hard because she would fall off of things all the time so we had to watch her and pick her up off of tables etc. And even when you set her down it took a little longer for her to find her feet and feel secure.
That was why we were reducing her dosage, because it's not a fun drug, but as I said before, I guess we lowered it too much and she had another seizure. As crappy as being on meds is, having full blown horrible seizures is so much worse. We really thought she was dying the first time it was horrible.