Claudication (Claudia by name and condition)

[vilakins]

I just got Claudia back from the vet. She hasn't got an injury; she has joint problems. I was warned a couple of years ago that Burmese were prone to them esp if they jump off high places (as my two girls do) but Claudia seemed absolutely fine until Saturday. I have no idea what caused her to get so much worse so suddenly--the very cold damp weather? Jumping off an extra-high place? Anyway, she's on drugs for a couple of weeks then they're going to look at her again. I mentioned the green-lipped mussel pills the health shop sells (in animal and human doses) and the vet said they were good and definitely worth a try, so I'll buy some this week.

Anyway, to cheer myself up, here are some cat icons. Except for the tiger cub (which is one of those I got to play with on my birthday), all cats depicted are mine.

Comments

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Glad it's not an injury, do you think something like cod liver oil would help with cat joints? I should imagine they get plenty of fish oil anyway.

Love the icons, especially the copy cats one

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The green-lipped mussel stuff is supposed to be excellent. It helps people a lot too, apparently.

And thanks! They really do copy each other's positions and actions; I'm sure that's where the expression comes from.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Claudia. I hope the drugs help!

Beautiful icons, by the way, but of course they would be, since you have such beautiful cats! :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They are lovely cats. I'm feeling sad because this is a sign that they're getting older and I'm so attached to them I don't like thinking about that. I want Claudia to have a lot more years with us, but not if she's in pain. We'll see how the treatment goes.

Your icon of Happy and the books is lovely and always makes me smile; thanks.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

*Hugs you and Claudia again*

Love the icons. And the verbal trickery is just *evil*;).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[hugs you and Noki back]

You like my icons! [bounce] Here's one I did last night of Vila and Blake.

[kerravonsen]

Oooh!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's from Seek-Locate-Destroy; this pic (http://www.framecaplib.com/b7lib/html/chars/images/seekloc/alone/seek006.htm?subj=2050) from Lisa's image library.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

*SQUEE!*

*Hugs them*

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

I've got Poacher on the green-lipped mussel tablets, and they do seem to help.

HUGS to Claudia.

Gina

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'll buy some this week. The vet also mentioned glucosamine tablets (I think) but I know my cats will eat the mussel ones as they're fishy.

[purrs from Claudia]

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Aww, best wishes for Claudia's recovery.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Poor little thing, she's curled up in a blanket. They said it might take a few days till the stuff we have to give her shows any effects.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Poor puss. Give her lots of love from me.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I will! I've told her that lots of people round the world are sending her good thoughts. Greg's cuddling her now and I have Tessa who was very worried about her sister being away all day.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Hugs to you and Claudia. I hope that the sudden turn for the worse is only temporary, and that she'll be ok by the time you have to take her back

I know what you mean, about signs that they're getting older. I don't want to think of mine as being ten and nine this year, and I find myself watching them jumping onto and off things, wanting them not to be showing any signs of difficulty.

I love the icons!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Claudia and Tessa are a couple of years older than yours, but when we took them in for their annual shots and check-up a coupled of months ago, the vet said they were both in amazing condition. So this is very unexpected. I assumed she'd been bitten though I couldn't find a wound.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

We have an elderly cat on half a teaspoon of cod liver oil a day - she thinks it's a special treat and is delighted about it. Hope she improves. Lovely icons.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You're the second person to suggest that. I'll ask about it when I take her back in a couple of weeks, but they only mentioned the green-lipped mussel and glucosamine pills today. THe girls love anything fishy though.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

So is it some sort of arthritis? Poor Claudia. I hope the tablets help.

When I image-googled for Egyptian cat yesterday, Tessa popped up at the bottom of page one! Though today she's been relegated to page two.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Hah! She's number 8 on my page one! Mind you, I put quotes around my search ("egyptian cat"). There are some lovely images that came up too. We have a statue very like yours in our garden (http://www.farsight.net.nz/images/romancorner.JPG) by our Roman soldier, Marcus Didius Falco. :-)

Yes. it's arthritis which is odd as both girls were in excellent condition at their checkup a couple of months ago. :-(

[trixieleitz]

Chin-scritches for Claudia, and awwwww! for the icons :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Just off to bed with her now (they have a heated pad in our bedroom but they also invade our bed).

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Sending virtual cuddles to Claudia, and thanks for the adorable (I'm trying to restrain myself from saying puuurrrrfect) icons :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks from me and Claudia! G'night!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Poor Claudia, hope the tablets make a difference.

Gorgeous icons.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I decided the cats needed some now I have 100 to play with.

I'm sure she'll improve as it came on so suddenly she must have injured it; that or it's the cold weather lately.

[communicator.livejournal.com]

What cutie pies - hope Claudia recovers

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I'm sure she'll improve now she's being treated, and the weather's a lot drier too.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Poor Claudia, I know how she feels my right leg joints from hip to toe are giving me gip at the moment and I'm putting it down to the weather.

My friend with 5 dogs uses Green Lipped Mussel for Edward a Staffie/Border Collie cross with joint troubles and it works miracles on him. It can't be psychosomatic with him he hasn't got the intelligence to think that 'Mum has given me medicine so I'll be better soon', sweet boy though he is.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Hah! I knew a dog who'd put on a limp for sympathy when he knew someone could see him, but I do know those green-lipped mussel pills are good. It may be the weather with Claudia too: it's been very cold with saturation humidity, but it's beautiful today--still cold, but clear, crisp, and drier. I'm going for a walk in the park at lunchtime.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Hah! I knew a dog who'd put on a limp for sympathy

Well I had a dog that knew where the medicinal brandy was kept and would go and beg under the shelf in the pantry when he was off colour, but my Sooty had more intelligence in his right paw than Edward has in his entire body. Sooty was given brandy as a palliative when we thought he would die of hard pad as a puppy and decided he liked it.

It may be the weather with Claudia too: it's been very cold with saturation humidity,

With me it's the opposite type of weather it has been a glorious summer's week here hot, still and cloudless blue skies with me limping around like Long John Silver. I hope Claudia is better now

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We had still and cloudless skies yesterday. I'd enjoy winter more if we had more of those. It was lovely.

Claudia seems better already. She jumped up into her 'muse' position on top of the sofa last night. :-)

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear Claudia is feeling better now, and yes those green lipped mussel tablets are fantastic for arthritis in cats. Our own was put on them last year, and in one week went from being unable to jump onto a footstool, to ably leaping onto beds again.

It's often made me wonder why all cat medicines aren't green lipped mussel flavoured, as, unlike any other medicine we've had to give him, he just eats these right out of our hands.

And all your cat icons are beautiful, but the copy cats icon is one of the sweetest things I've seen on lj. Just soooo adorable.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! They do it all the time; sometimes like that and other times as mirror images. Often dark little Tessa looks like Claudia's shadow.

Claudia's a lot better already. She still could jump on the bed, but now she's back on the top of the couch while I'm writing; I call her my muse.