I'm going to concentrate on the cat Floyd, because he doesn't seem to be getting over this cat-pneumonia or whatever it is, as quickly as he should be. He's obviously very congested.
Two days ago, he was put on a regimen of some sort of pink liquid antibiotic (and lots of it), and water and pure white chicken (which in better times, Floyd always snapped up). The problem being, Floyd will slurp up all the water in the pure white chicken, but he hasn't yet eaten anything solid.
He looks better, and is more animated, than he was three days ago, but the poor guy's really laid low.
And so now I'm wondering about something (and yes, I checked the internet on animal drugs). Someone some time suggested cats won't eat if they can't smell.
I can't get Floyd to the veterinary until Wednesday (although as usual, in DIRE circumstances, I can get Floyd, or any other cat, to the big city). He's congested. I've been following the instructions of the veterinary to a tee, fully and completely and without alteration.
However, I do have two sorts of pills here, and I'm wondering. One of them is simply a very mild antihistamine for small felines, and the other is a very mild antihistamine with antibiotics. I looked them up on the internet; their names are too long and complicated to repeat here, but I did check and double check to be sure I have it right.
These are pills that had been prescribed for Ellie when Ellie was a tiny kitten, barely two pounds in weight.
These are pills a couple of years old.
Floyd is an adult cat, and given the age of the pills, while they might still retain some efficiacy, they've been weakened by age. Would it hurt Floyd if one or the other was given him, so as to help with the congestion?
