Thread: Bruce's not such a happy 9th birthday....

Originally Posted by candes

What great news. Whew!!! I have been super worried about Brucie! So what is to be done about the cracked osteophyte? Can they shave it off and cement the crack? That would make him feel a lot better.

Hi Candes,not going down the anaesthetic route again unless really necessary especially as it seems to have been the cause of triggering the Horners. I know the chiro works well on him so quite happy to carry on with that at the moment but as his hips cease up it was interesting just to find out exactly what was going on.At the moment it is the top end that is causing the most worry,he has been off steroids three days now & this morning appeared to have gone back to square one,he was crying down the hall with his ear tipped nearly touching the floor,when I picked him up he just hooked his paws round my arms tucked himself right in tight & wouldn't let go,I gave him metacam but the boss has decided he needs to be on the steroids so tomorrow back to them instead,also although we were waiting until after the oral ab's were finished before starting drops because of how sensitive his ear is it has now been decided that we need to get started on those as well because he has so much muck coming out of the one ear,not looking forward to doing that to the poor boy at all but Easter hols has been dedicated to Bruce & trying to sort out that bloomin ear ...

Poor Bruce, lots of mummy cuddles for him I think. I too have lots of faith in chiro as I slipped a disc and physio did nothing for me, after my first session of chiro I could stand upright again.

Fingers crossed that the vet finds the right combo of meds for Bruce and lots of love to him xx

Maisie and I send very best wishes to Bruce/

His dad has renamed him "Ragbag" but I don't care,1.5kgs lighter & he wasn't ever weighty anyway,scruffy looking but didn't want to pull him about with grooming,that can all come later,but today we have big break through,he has seemed brighter over the last 48hrs,second lot of different ab's have hit the mark,he has been coping well with the ear drops after the first initial time & today he has been outside & had a play,ear upright most of the time,third eyelid not over anywhere near so often,has lept from floor to windowsill again,getting excited now,think Bruce is on the way back.He is still having periods of being in a real snot mood & lashing out at all of the other cats but they are getting less daily so now goal is trying to get him to eat better,that is hard in itself because he has never been a great eater at the best of times,fresh cooked chicken,fresh fish all frowned upon,a bit of steak raw minced,lightly cooked,well cooked,stuff that,now working our way along all the different foil cat packets on the supermarket shelf,some he will have a couple of mouth fulls others get passed over to his mates,have noticed though that if he thinks he is thieving biscuits out of the bin he tucks in fairly heartily,so guess what he is getting away with at the moment.
Latest Ragbag pictures attatched.....!

So glad he's on the mend Jackie. He looks great in the pics - what do you mean ragbag??? Hoping he continues to get well xxx

Originally Posted by Howlinbob

So glad he's on the mend Jackie. He looks great in the pics - what do you mean ragbag??? Hoping he continues to get well xxx

The right side of his face is all greasy from the ear drops,his coat is like rat tails & when you get hold of him he is a load of bones held together by the skin,not at his best but hopefully will soon be able to spruce him up a bit,it is just great having Brucee cuddles back that are meant & not lifeless.....

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

The right side of his face is all greasy from the ear drops,his coat is like rat tails & when you get hold of him he is a load of bones held together by the skin,not at his best but hopefully will soon be able to spruce him up a bit,it is just great having Brucee cuddles back that are meant & not lifeless.....

And yet, he's still so handsome. And his bib is SO clean!!

Great news that he's turned a corner, fingers crossed that he's through the worst of it xx

Great news Jackie and may I say that is the most handsome Ragbag I have ever seen ! x

Well we have had a few more ups & downs but at last I am feeling a lot more hopefull that the up time is here to stay,the middle of last week it had just about got to the point that I thought we would have to say bye to my favourite boy but that very same evening while hubby was out front gardening Bruce kept asking to go out with him,so put him on his harness & lead & off we went {have some pictures but for some reason can't post them at the moment will get OH to try later for me}since then he hasn't looked back,hope I am not talking it up again,I wondered if he needed the different stimulation to kick start him into realising there is a life out there.
He is now off of ab's & ear drops,had tried cutting down on the steroid but he relapsed quickly but he was never as good as this if I am honest,was just trying to get all drugs out of the way as quickly as possible but that backfired so will take him up to work next week & see if boss thinks we can have another go,yesterday he was back outside in the garden with all the others poking around all day,hasn't done that for ages & today he flew down to the bedroom jumping around as usual before settling down to singing in my ear & kisses,all a lot more promising.Also since thinking about giving up on him I have treated him more as normal,given up on the poor Brucies & weeping into his fur,could that have been part of the problem too,him playing for more sympathy,whatever I do hope I have my precious boy back....x