Something I Feel Strongly About

I feel totally worried about my little Caramel's bad condition. She has been showing signs of sickness for two days already. She won't eat and her breathing is abnormal. Her body temperature's also higher than the normal. I feel terrible seeing her acting so differently than the usual, cause she has always been a very active cat. I'm thinking it's only because of the rapid weather change. Cross fingers to that. I don't know what to do. I feel helpless on this matter, so I decided to sick virtual assistance. I hope the these things I've learned are really of great help.

"Cats can become ill for a variety of reasons, and many illnesses and diseases may result in similar behavior changes or other signs of illness in your cat. Paying close attention to the symptoms of a sick cat can help you to more quickly identify illness in your cat and diagnose and treat the problem before it can become more serious."

How to Take Care of a Sick Cat

• Give her enough sleep. Our fault is that we don't let her sleep as much as she want. We always cuddle her even though it's quite obvious that she's exhausted, or she's not in the mood to play.

• Keep the surroundings clean. We haven't done general cleaning lately because of laziness. Caramel's condition is an eye-opener for us. Time to make our house squeaky clean.

• Disturbance should be kept out of the way. My sisters and I can be considered a big disturbance to Caramel. From now on, we will let her rest without our intervention -- only our Tender Loving Care.

• Designate a sick area. Caramel's sleeping there as of the moment. It's outside our house. My father won't let her live here inside with us, cause he hates cats. But we made sure that she's safe there.

• Feed regular foods. We feed our cats with Paksiw na Isda, because it's their favorite meal. Caramel actually eats all kinds of food, it's just that she seems to lose her appetite lately. She's to languid to eat.

Additional information I got from eHow is that we should feed the cat by hand if it's too weak to move. We should also take its temperature two times a day. Experts say that, it will be low in the morning and higher in the afternoon and evening. It is also recommended that they be kept warm and comfortable in a quiet part of the house; and that we must not make them feel that they are alone. It just goes to show that cats are pretty much like us humans. Get well soon my dearest Caramel. I can't wait to play with you! Mama KATrina is badly missing your liveliness!

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