🐈⬛ Toothless Update 🐈⬛
Firstly, Toothless is doing great! His observation bloodwork for his FIP has come up clear and he is his regular self 🖤 Begging us for food, pestering his siblings, cuddling with his people -- we absolutely love to see it!!!
We took Toothless to the cardiologist at the OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital because of the heart murmur that was discovered when he was first diagnosed with FIP back in Sept of 2022. Our amazing vet @willamette_veterinary_hospital suggested we wait until after the FIP treatment to deal with the murmur.
The Good News: Toothless' heart murmur is completely benign and is not causing any problems. It is mild and actually goes away when Toothless is relaxed!
The Not-So-Good News: Toothless has heart disease. It is in a very early stage and is causing no symptoms at this time. We caught it early because we brought him in for the murmur. We aren't sure if it is caused by the FIP or genetic predisposition, but the protocol doesn't really change either way. At this stage, there is nothing we can do to reverse, slow down, or stop the heart disease. In cats, the vet will monitor them closely and begin providing supportive care once the cat begins showing symptoms.
For Toothless, this means we will be revisiting the cardiologist once every six months for a follow-up to monitor progression of the heart disease, as well as close observation at home. We are hoping 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 the heart disease progresses verrrryyy slowly so Toothless can continue to have a long, healthy life 🖤. We will know more in six months when we do the next recheck and see how far it has progressed.
I don't say this is "bad" news, because with the roller coaster we have been on in the last six months, the news could have been a lot different. While I sincerely wish he did not have heart disease, it's very possible it will take years to progress and he will enjoy a normal, healthy life.
Thank you all for your love 🖤
A mini update on Toothless: We've had some ups and downs over the last couple weeks. Overall, we are still seeing remarkable improvements from his first FIP diagnosis. He has reabsorbed all the fluid in his abdomen and has no more free fluid in his abdomen (🥳). His energy levels are continuing to go up and he has started initiating play with Flynn and with Rajah! He is perkier and actually woke us up this morning playing with his new toy. We have so far managed to get through 27 days of injections without any injection site sores (🤞🏼). He goes to the vet for a checkup and blood work on Saturday. Hopefully that will come back clear enough that we can switch to oral tablet medications around day 39 to take us through the end of his treatment (minimum 84 days total). Toothless did give us some stressful days and sleepless nights last week. He and Rajah both got what the doctors believe is an upper respiratory infection, where they both started sneezing and Toothless spiked a fever again. The infection overwhelmed his poor immune system and he was so lethargic, refused to eat, and was feeling so bad we rushed him into the ER vet. He's still a bit sneezy, but we feel we've gotten him past that for the most part. We've more than doubled his dose of the injectable medication, and if we're able to switch to the oral version the price will go up even higher. We're determined to get Toothless his treatment and get him into remission, and we'll do it no matter what -- but any support is very welcome and appreciated. This medication is extremely expensive and not covered by our pet insurance. If you'd like to help us, please check out our GoFundMe (link in bio). Overall, this update brings good news! We'll try to start posting more regularly now that Toothless' treatment is evening out, and we're so glad to see Toothless gaining/maintaining weight, playing with toys again, and playing with his siblings again. We can't wait for the treatment to be over, but w
Mr. Toothless has started playing with toys again! He's gotten 14 doses out of the 84 he'll need to beat FIP and we've seen remarkable improvement! We were sooooo excited when he decided he wanted to play with some of his toys 🎉 Huge thanks to every single person who has donated to help us afford Toothless' medication that is bringing out playful, happy boy back to us 🖤 and a special shout-out to @house_panther_chronicles for making their adorable Mike catnip toys to support our fundraiser for Toothless! He's getting there!!! #fipwarrior #fipstrong #fip #fipwarriors #toothless #blackcat #blackcatsofinstagram #minipanther #minihousepanther #housepanther #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #catsagram #catsofig #cat #cats #cute #cutekittens #cuteanimals #catphoto #catlover #kittylife #kittylover
My baby Toothless is my biggest sunshine ☀️🖤 If you can, please consider donating to the GoFundMe (https://tinyurl.com/Toothless-FIP) that will help us save Toothless' life, and please share so more people can see this! Toothless was diagnosed with FIP just over a week ago. This is a condition that is 95% fatal for cats -- except for an emerging life-saving medicine that is very expensive. Usually I would never, ever consider asking internet strangers for money, but I will do absolutely anything to save my baby Toothless, and any support you can provide to help me do that means the absolute world to us 🖤 . #toothless #blackcat #blackcatsofinstagram #minipanther #minihousepanther #housepanther #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #catsagram #catsofig #cat #cats #cute #cutekittens #cuteanimals #catphoto #catlover #kittylife #kittylover #adoptorshopresponsibly #fip #fipwarriors #fipstrong #fipfighter #fightfip #fipsucks #fipwarrior
Her cuteness makes up for her being an asshole 🤣
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Ft. @seantrobaugh
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Rajah loves sharing her White Tummy Fluff 🤍
But don't you dare touch it 😅😂
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Baby Toothless was cute... Glow Up Toothless is stunning ✨
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Valid 🤣🤣
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All these gorgeous photos of Toothless, and he would absolutely choose one of the last two 😂
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Mr. Flynn graduated from his Intro to Nosework Class!!! #whatawonderdog
Getting into Nosework with Wonder Dogs has been so much fun and such a great way to promote calm and focus in our crazy pup! 🐾
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Beach trips, lake adventures, and toys galore! Who's with me?! 🤣🐾
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I'll love my Baby Toothless forever 🖤🐾🖤
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Flynn might be a dog, but he'll always be a baby 🤎🐾
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Flynn's living his best life -- hiking. sticks, and Grandma! We took a trip to a new hike this past weekend, and we all had a blast! There were tons of trees down to go over or under, and many, many sticks! Where was your last adventure?
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The Queen 👑 never hesitates to share her disgust 🤣 Rajah is the first cat I've ever met who prefers dry food over wet food, and gets the most disgusted look on her face when you offer her wet food when she's not in the mood 😹
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Flynn has been in tutoring with Bridget from Wonder Dogs for the past month, and he's killing it!!!
Flynn has had problems with reactivity (anxiety around humans, frustration around dogs), leash-pulling, and general leash manners. We decided to put him in tutoring three days a week for an hour each day for four weeks to have a professional trainer really dial in on Flynn's reactivity especially.
Let me tell you: the transformation is absolutely amazing! 😍
We obviously still have work to do (four weeks of anything is never a permanent cure-all), but Flynn has literally transformed from a dog who had a meltdown and growled, barked, and lunged at every person he saw in our apartment complex - to a dog who can walk calmly, sniffing the grass and bushes, right past a busy construction area with lots of workers and machinery.
I used to be terrified of taking him for a walk on the back-clip of his harness (he's 75lbs of muscle), but after his tutoring with Bridget he's learned how to be responsive to leash pressure and I feel confident walking him on the back-clip with a hands-free leash!
WonderDogs is an amazing training organization with so many phenomenal dog (and cat!) trainers, and we're so lucky we found them!!!
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Who could say no to that face 😍🤎
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Rajah - the sleek, stunning... and slightly silly Tigress 🐅
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New months are best for new friendships 🖤🤎 Toothless and Flynn definitely have a friend in each other!
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I'm so glad to see them play together (always supervised) and glad for the advice from Baxter & Bella - The Online Puppy School, who always helps support us in knowing what's appropriate play and how to remind Flynn that he needs to stop when Toothless is done playing 😂
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Flynn has always loved to tug! 🤎🐾
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