<sigh> Gonna be a long month. Anyone know where I can get a 1gallon feeding syringe? Well, what else do you do when you have 7 "sick" fuzzies? Okay, so it's actually one sick fuzzy and 6 hypocondriacs. My big boy Hershey has been under the weather. Loss of appetite, diarreah, and oh yeah, the chin rubbing. Now, the kids have on occasion done that to wipe food & crumbs from their chin. Not very often. After reading the post that said it may indicate ulcers or an upset tummy, I filed it in the memory banks. Well, thank you to whomever posted that. Food and water were always out, I never paid attention to how much each ate. I noticed that Hershey began to do it after every piece of kibble or drink of water. That lead me to notice that he would stop eating and go back to laying down. Time to start the duck soup. Believing it could be an upset stomache, I prepared the pepto. Funny, I read that ferts don't like it. I was prepared for a bit of a struggle. Actually, he took it down quite well. Then, as I said "Now that wasn't so bad, was it", he looked at me and reinacted a scene from the Excorcist. Yeppers, projectile pepto vomit all over my shirt. I swear he smiled as he burped. Well, today was a trip to the vet. Hershey is now on amoxy and carafate (yummy? blecchhhh!!!). Nothing parasitic was found in the stool, nothing to indicate a blockage. I laughed when she asked of environmental changes - things around the house. Told her about the screaming kids. Possible stress and nervous stomache? Oh, yeah - BIG TIME !!!! The vet had done work for the shelter I adopted Hershey, Simon, and Lacy from. She had treated them before. It was a trip being able to show her the photographs of the kid. Especially Lacy. The last she recalled having seen Lacy was during the adrenal surgery. She really seemed surprised of all the fur that grew back. Well, since the others see the "special treatment" Hershey gets, they all line up for their feeding of duck soup. Even the blasted cat <uuumpf - down Kimo, you're too heavy for my lap>. Hmmm - wonder if I have time to get to the store and buy a turkey baster ? KEVIN B and the WAY KEWL CRITTER CREW formerly known as the ~~SILLY~SLI~NKY~SEVEN~~ ~Furrice~Simon~Hershey (uuuuurrrrp)~Lacy~Sprite~Socks~Cuddles~ SPECIAL GUEST STAR ~Fur-Angel Lady~ CAST INCLUDES fert ~Petey~ / Min-Pins Jada and Geordi / a nameless degu SOUND EFFECTS provided by Kevin S and Tamara. Part of the screaming sirens played well by December and James [Posted in FML issue 2582]