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Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Friday, June 03, 2005 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awww she is cute Lucy!

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My cat's name is KC and he'll be 17 years old next month. This morning I have to take him to the vet because he hasn't been eating but he's throwing up, he's having trouble using the bathroom but not urinating and he looks like he's having stomach cramps.

My poor KC. He is my very first cat, 2 other's passed at 13 years, and it looks like he's going to be my last.

He's lived a long and very loved life. Although this is no unexpected, it's sad. And even if he does do okay today, it will happen.

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm sorry about KC, Nic. Sure hope everything is okay.

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Hermi.

The vet say's that KC will see his 17th birthday next month but not his 18th. He lost 2 pounds and is progressing towards kidney failure. This isn't new information because we've been watching his health for many years. The vet say's it isn't painful. I purchased some "special" food to entice him to eat but it really won't make much of a difference.

I'm just going to love him and make sure he's comfortable for the months he has left.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(((Vacanick)))

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
((Nic)) I am so sorry that KC is going through this and that you are going through it with him. He's lucky to have yours and the boys love at this time in his journey of life. I'm here for you!

Clutterfree
Member

10-24-2003

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 9:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I haven't posted here in a while, but the group was enormously helpful when my Cypress was dying of inoperable cancer. Now it's my human neighbor who has died of cancer, and for 2 months I have been trying to place his 16-year old cat, who needs to be an only cat, has hypothyroidism, and yowls like crazy when left alone!
I know it's going to be hard emotionally for me to let go and place him with anyone, and it's harder because he did get bumped from his first foster home after a month because of his agression towards the other cats (that when we learned he had to be an only cat).
I have "put the word out" in as many ways as I can think of....and tomorrow have another tentative foster home. Now I find myself worrying that it will be in a third floor apartment (top level of a three-story house) with no airconditioning and temps about to hit 90 degrees soon. She said she leaves windows open all the time, but no air conditioner and no fan. Should I worry? It's actually ME that's extremely heat sensitive and I thinking I'm over anxious about this, but wanted input please before I deliver him tomorrow....hopefully some of you are still up and around! thanks, bethThis is Emmett......

Sunrvrose
Member

08-13-2001

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Landi, isn't it you who loves 6-toed cats?

As some people might know, I live way out in the country and apparently word has gotten out that if you dump your preggers cats here we will take care of them.

So a few mos ago, another preggers cat got dumped and had babies under DD's house. Wellllll, a couple of weeks ago, DD was by the side of her house and saw three of the kittens and was able to grab 2 of them. They were about 4 wks old. We went and got goat milk and similac and made a formula for them and fed them. And they are doing just great!! There are 2 or 3 more that we cannot catch, mom and babies are totally wild.

So getting back to my original question for Landi, these 2 babies have SEVEN toes. There are the normal 5, then the 6th, but the 6th has a tiny split in the middle and 2 toenails. And they are the cuttest kittens I've ever seen. Both are whitish and have siamese ears and feet, both have complete tabby tails. One has tabby markings on legs, and a champaign body, and the other is white with 4 champaign colored circles on lower body. And this one, tho, I'd say has a tabby tail, I just realized it looks like some orange in the tail, so a calico tail...wild. I'll try to get pics and post them.

Of course they have bonded to me like mom. And just when I thought they couldn't possibly get any cuter....tonight the champaign colored one was laying on it's back with a little kitty toy ball being held by all of it's feet, playing like crazy.

So, latest critter count, as far as we can tell is 3 dogs (sure of that one) and somewhere between 12-14 cats.

I think that the mom of this latest litter is the only one not spayed.....Oh crap, I forgot about the grey and white pink-nose male that someone dumped about 4 mos ago...he has to be neutered, then of course we have to try to catch the wild kittens.....whew, will the spaying and neutering never end.

Thank God for a service offered by the SPCA in our area that provides the traps, then spays/neuters, gives all shots, fleas and worms them. Then I take them back and feed them. (and, apparently, wait for the next arrivals.)

I used to call this place "Lost Acres", cause when we bought it, it turned out that 1-1/3 acres had been split off and given to a neighbor, without the realtor or us (the buyer) being informed. Now I think I'll call it Kat Korners.





Sunrvrose
Member

08-13-2001

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vacanick, I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty. I lost my best kitty after only 12 years due to kidney failure. His kidneys weren't working at all and the vet had to keep tapping into his bladder(?) to remove the urine because he wasn't passing it at all.

Finally we had to make that last trip to the vet.

I know what you are feeling and my thoughts are with you. I can honestly say, with all of my heart, tho you will miss KC deeply, there are so so many kitty babies who need the kind of love you can give them, and I promise, having a new baby will make your loss easier to bare.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i love polydactyls! it is very unusual and have never heard of 7 toes. what does the vet say about that? will they have other problems growing up? i hope you can take pics! i'd love to see the little toesies!

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{Vacanick}}} I'm glad you have some more time and that KC isn't in pain.. you are so right to just treasure every moment with him.. Critter is 15 and I just dread the getting older part.

Would love to see pictures, Sun.

Clutter, I well remember when you lost your beautiful Cypress.

You sound very attached to this neighbor's cat, but can't keep him?

Anyway, does this woman on the top floor have good screens? I'd say the cat will be fine if there is air moving around.. My friend in Arizona has 4 cats and they used to be outdoors all the time and it gets really HOT there.

You might also go to PETFINDERS LINK

and put in your zip code and CAT as animal and you can find the nearest cat rescues and see if they can help out.

Good luck.. he's a cute boy. That's very hard when he's that old, yowls and needs meds.. you are doing a good thing!!

Clutterfree
Member

10-24-2003

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks, Seamonkey, good thought on checking the screens, both for air and for secure closure!

Go to http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/CT229.html
and read more about Emmett, also more pics of him at "Our Adoptable Pet List" link.

Can't keep him myself because he just declares dominance and "war" on other cats; wants a human or two for his very own. Otherwise a sweetheart.
Hard to believe my neighbor's wife was going to put him to sleep....

thanks for responding....also have been looking up cat "heat stroke" and "heat tolerance" on internet...think i'm probably being overanxious... Beth

Treasure
Member

06-26-2002

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Clutterfree. I live in Phoenix, AZ and yes it does get hot here. There is a large cat population here and they seem to do quit well, even at 100 degrees or better. They just go find a shady spot to lay around in, or find away under structures like mobile homes, sheds, etc.

The exception to this is a cat that is mostly indoors. I had a cat that was an indoor/outdoor cat when I first got him from the Humane Society where I worked. It took a while but he became a satisfied indoor cat. Unfortunately, he did get outside three different times.

The first time was when he escaped as I was about to leave for work. He ran and hid under the neighbor's mobile home. Unfortunately, there were about 7 cats that had taken up residence there and he was invading their territory. He was frozen in place by all the hostility! ehehehe

The second time was when the next door neighbor's lone cat was sitting outside his favorite window daring him to come out and do something about it. Well, I came home to a useless screen because he had clawed his way through it to get at that obnoxious cat. Fortunately my other neighbor saw it happen and captured Lance and doctored his feet. He had torn up his front claws in the process. Oh, Boy!

The last time he got out was late in the afternoon of a very hot and humid day, in the middle of our monsoon season. That humidity always makes the heat almost unbearable. And the temps were well over 100 that day, iirc. I search for him for hours. I even had my neighbors keeping an eye out for him. After about 3 hours, a man from up the hill saw me and when I asked about my cat, he said that he saw a cat up next to a mobil home at the top of the hill. He said that the cat looked like he was in trouble with the heat.

I ran up that hill and yes it was my Lance. He was panting so bad and he did feel so hot. So I got him back home into my relatively cooler home. I got some dampened washcloths and wiped him down until he quit panting. That was really scary. He never tried to get out after that.

He was such a good cat. He lived to be 19.

Anyway, the thing is that cats that live in this climate know how to deal with it. But if they spend their days inside, they won't deal with the heat as well as the others.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi all....my fiance got this shot of my girl Pagan and I thought I would share it with you. (By the way, she's not allowed on the table. lol)

Here's her 'Owl' impersonation. lol

Owl Pagan

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's another....I know...I know...proud mother...lol

Table Pagan

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, about like my Ophelia never gets on the countertops.

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ROFL!! That looks so much like my Critter and, uh.. well actually I do let her on the counter; her water dishes are both up on counters, in fact..

Beautiful cat, Miz!!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vaca, I'm so sorry about your KC. I know you will treasure these last months with him.

Pagan is so pretty! I'm forever catching our boy, Squirt, up on the counters and table. Obviously I don't get very mad or he wouldn't keep doing it. LOL As far as hubby and I are concerned our home is also our cats' home and they can go anywhere they want.

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks everyone!

She's not allowed on the bed but when my fiance isn't home I don't shoo her off the bed. lol

Seamonkey
Member

09-07-2000

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not allowed on the bed? Hisss!

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Seamonkey...I would love to see a pic of your Critter.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
not allowed on the bed? double hissssssssssssss! my girls keep me company when i watch my shows, and nothing like falling asleep to a big fluffy purrrrrrrr

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I guess my fiance doesn't like the competition. *wink*
He's a clean freak (I don't think she's dirty but he says her paws were in the litter box and then in our bed...gross!)...doesn't even like cat on the couch she has her own bed that I put on the couch but she still she wants to sit on the arm rest of the couch and on the bed. lol She's 12 now and before he came along she was allowed to go pretty much anywhere except the kitchen counters and tables.

ETA: Ahhh the compromises we make for love. They both hated each other in the beginning. Now she sometimes greets him before me! He really is fond of her. I'm so glad they get along because at one point I told him I just couldn't take the tension between them. So he started brushing her and giving her treats and now they get along famously. Don't ya love happy endings??

Mizinvanccouver
Member

02-22-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me again...lol

What sounds drive your cat(s) nuts??

When I play 'Sweet Tooth' on Pogo my cat won't leave me alone. I think it's the pitch.

Also when I file my nails she won't leave me alone!! lol

Things you never thought your cat would like to eat/play with....here's mine..she favours fruits to vegetables. lol

Watermelon rind
Strawberries
Grapes

How about your cats?

Bonzacat
Member

07-08-2003

Monday, June 06, 2005 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Vacanik - KC is so lucky to have you. Sending you strength and lots of purrs for the coming months.

And Mizin, oh, are you missin' (no pun intended) out on some great cuddle time... why, just this morning, I had a pile of brother/sister kitties curled up in my spot and I had the best time watching them!