#personalblogpost Morning (not even going to say ‘Good’ – because for me right now its nowhere near a ‘Good Morning’) let me explain my nightmare.
Yesterday night (about 8pm) I gave my cat Midnight 1/2 an ACP tablet (you can click here if you don’t know what it is) because of the Fireworks outside, I’ve given her a sedative before so I thought I knew what to expect from the dosage I had given her. T____T I did not. Usually after a dosage of 1/2 tablet its just 3-5 hours and the effects are very mild she can still walk and meow although somewhat limited she is still alright. However 4omin later and I realized she couldn’t even walk without keeling over and her legs where all wobbly!!!!! 🙁 she couldn’t stand straight (on her fours she would just drop!!!) her eyes looked like she couldn’t keep them open (the second layer on her eyes were visible. ) when I lifted her paw up to check if she was responsive to what I was doing her paw just dropped. -_-
I was scared now…this has never happened before so now I was having a heart attack moment and I am pretty emotional when it comes to my cat so I wound up lying on the floor at 12am crying because I felt it was my fault she couldn’t move I don’t even know what happened next, remember getting up around 1:30. I actually fell asleep on the floor in the lounge watching her and making sure she was alright.
I as worried as hell when it came to 1pm and she still hadn’t regained normal movement…..now at 11am she still isn’t her lively self but at least now she can ‘meow’ sort of like how she usually does. Eating her dry kibbles is a struggle because the sedative is still making her sleepy.
Although I am still worried about Midnight her moving and acting close to normal is actually easing my tension about the situation but I know one thing for sure that will not be happening : I WON’T BE GIVING HER ACP EVER AGAIN!!! when it comes to the fireworks she can just persevere because I read somewhere that even though they are sedated it doesn’t make them less scared just means they can’t do anything about the fear cos they can’t move.
I can’t do that to her , I love her too much to make her loose control of her own legs, Not right. Never giving her ACP again.
ps : I am sleepy. Midnight is sleepy. I have a narrative essay due 1pm and I have 5 lines.
Till the next post….later xoxo
I hope your cat will regain his strength soon and return to its old self. I am also worried for my dog because it surely get too stressed because of firecrackers/fireworks. I’m not looking forward as midnight comes. I feel sorry for all the animals that will become too anxious. Philippines celebrate Christmas as soon as “ber” months starts. That means children and adult in my neighborhood start their firecrackers habit. 짜증난다. You can imagine how stressed my dog for 4 months.Today I let my dog stay under the bed.
새해 복 많이 받아요~~~~
Well its 4pm now here and she can walk and meow just like before but she is taking a nap so mist still be tired. (Like me lmao) I feel so sorry for the animals, I hope you dog stays safe and doesn’t get too anxious and worried about the sound. Me neither but I am not going to sedate her either way…! -_- omg. Really your poor dog must already have been scared with all those fireworks for so long T___T so unfair. 진짜 짜쯩나. I actually don’t even do fireworks because I don’t want to add to my cats stress or upset the other animals in my neighborhood but people don’t see that. I wish fireworks could be banned 🙁
Karla씨도 새해 복 많이 받으세요 🙂 hope we can talk more next year.
How’s Midnight doing now? Is she less tired?
Yes she is all good now 😀 it took the whole day though till about 5pm for her to be herself.
Glad to know she’s doing okay now. ^^ I don’t have pets (but I want them TToTT) so I didn’t know fireworks could stress then out. They should make cat and dog earmuffs to block out the sound. Then again, they never like wearing anything for too long.