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Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Hoping Rosie is doing better... ((((COSTA)))))

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 5:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Finally got around to snapping new pics of Boo. Enjoying the sun.

Boo windowsill

And, Mom! Leave me alone!

Boo eye cover

Regee
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10-09-2005

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
Wendo:

How very cute!!! I love them, but I must say I like that you live that far up, I would love to live in a building like that.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 5:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Actually, it's only the third floor but it does seem higher from the pics. The building is an older building though.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, March 03, 2006 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Awww... what a beauty, Wendo!

I haven't heard how Rosie is doing. I just tried calling and they are out and about. I'll let you know as soon as I get an update on the little guy. Thanks for keeping him in your thoughts!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Well, Rosie still isn't eating. I've suggested the food on the paw thing, but don't know if it's worked yet.

I'm heading out there this morning to visit, just in case. And I'll take pix to post, so you can see how handsome the little Rosie man is.

I'm also gonna bring some cans of food that I use with my monsters, including one very special can that costs over $1.00 for 3 oz! (It's almost food a human would eat!) So we'll see if I can bribe Rosie with something else.

Keep your fingers crossed!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Ah, Costa, if anyone can get Rosie to eat, it will be you!

Loving all the great pictures.

The old ones are just so sweet, aren't they?

And then the kittens, too!

Fingers definitely crossed, Costa.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Thanks Regee, I like that pic of Cashmere too. I think I will get one of her pics blown up. I've been looking at their kitten pictures lately. Hard to believe time goes by so fast.

Thanks Calamity, I do know what you mean, age doesn't matter. That pic of Cashmere is definitely her old lady look, but she actually didn't have that expression a lot, she never really lost her kitten face. She did get bony and straggly. At least Oreo is still grooming herself. Cashmere stopped mostly long before she died.

Wendo, I love the name Boo. What a fluff ball!

Costa, good luck with Rosie. I sure hope he starts to eat and feel better. I am so sorry he's not doing well. I wonder if he would eat canned tuna for humans. My vet always said just get them to eat and the stinkier the better chance they'll eat it. Also, maybe some of the canned food that isn't really canned but in a foil like pouch that is covered in gravy...maybe he would lap up the gravy and it would give him a taste for eating again.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 5:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
Fingers crossed Costa!!!

I know about that old lady look. My dear Ivy is up there in age, and her face is different than when she was younger. Still beautiful, but different.

Regee
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10-09-2005

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Regee a private message Print Post    
Costa:

From what I know of you YOU can get that Rosie guy to eat teehee.

I love the new photo's always and can't wait to see Rosie, I feel like I know him already :-)

Happymom:

When I lost my beloved white boxer "Rae'mee Girl" Jeff went thru every disc and there is like 50 of them of just the human fur babies and found one of her and had it blown up and he found a golden frame for it, and gave it to me for Christmas, AND I can tell you this I cried like a babe.

It is now right by my chair at the table on a small table along with a few of her toy's and another photo of her. I feel like she has never left!

Needless to say he hasn't out done himself yet since then at Christmas time.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
I agree with Sea, if anyone can get a cat to eat it's Costacat. Keeping Rosie in my thoughts.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Awwwwwwww love ALL of the photos!! Good thoughts going out for Rosie!!

So glad you got those pics of Cashmere & Oreo posted, Happymom. I remember when Jade died, I went searching through all of our pictures to find good ones of her! There on the fridge to this day.

I have to search some old saved pics to see if I have any of Jade since I no longer have a scanner. My DS tried to take a picture of a picture (some friends would do that of the ones their son took in Afghanistan and it worked) but they didn't come out well at all. I'll have to see if I can scan them somewhere.

I did get a new one of <Jade!> edited to MISHA(!) the other night on her new favorite place, my CC Robe! She's been hooked because of TVCH people.. along with her Mom! LOL

Wendo - I had a Boo.. actually Boo Boo. Her actual name was Spook and she was all white but her nick name was Boo Boo or Boo which we called her a lot!

Here's "Princess Misha!"


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 9:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL. I think y'all have misconceived notions of my powers of persuasion! <wink>

Well, I did my darnedest, and Rosie just barely ate a few bites. One of the foods I brought over had a "gravy", though, and he did lick ALL the gravy off of the food. So that was something.

He is still just being Rosie though! He's still a love bug (he just loves to be petted and will stand up for you to touch his head). And he's jumping around and being cute. He has lost weight. And now, compared to his brother, well... Posie looks a bit of a porker.

Rosie also is so sweet... he just sits there while he gets his subcu fluids. Just a sweetheart. Not complaining at all!

I took a couple of pix yesterday and will post 'em later today so you can see what Rosie and Posie look like.

And thanks again, all, for your kind thoughts and well wishes. Rosie is holding his own. I hope he can continue to do so!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
LOL! Misha is enjoying her CC (or yours?) very much, thank you!

Last night Angelina was upstairs and I went to bed early so she hadn't come down to visit. She was curled up on my bordeaux CC throw which is on my bed and I finally had to carry her back to her room!

Critter spend quite a bit of time on the same throw (which was on top of the duvet and the CC blanket, which were all on top of me), this morning.

Costa, I did think you'd have some success because you are patient and have a kindred spirit thing going with cats, too.

Gravy is GOOD!!

Did Posie get the rejects??

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 1:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
As you know, I love cats and I would never want to do anything to hurt one or make him unhappy. So this is just a suggestion.

Sometimes when a cat is sick and weak and doesn’t feel like eating but needs to in order to get well again, I think that it helps to put the food right in their mouth. Once they taste it, they will eat it.

The easiest way I’ve found to do this is to use of all things a cake decorator for icing. They are like an enormous syringe. You just take the plunger out of the cake decorator, put the soft food in, put the plunger back and close it up. Then you can lay your little friend on his back on your knee, gently insert the decorator end into his mouth, press the plunger and put a little food in there.

Once he gets a little food in his mouth, hopefully his interest will perk up and he will start swallowing away.

Best wishes as always!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
That does work sometimes! I've also used a small syringe (without the needle) to get liquid down little ones, cats or puppies.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, been there done that. I tried that. Didn't work. He just licked his lips, and gave me The Look.

And yup, Posie got the rejects. In fact, since the two brothers had been together always for their entire 15 years, I thought maybe if Posie ate in front of Rosie, that Rosie would eat more. But he really only took a lick or two.

It's funny... they are saying he's barely eating, but he sure has a bit of energy for one not eating much. And he is drinking a bit of water on his own.

I had to laugh yesterday as he was headbutting me... I told daddy that I thought Rosie was faking it, since he now gets to spend time in the house. And he sleeps curled on my dad's bed. Rosie and Posie have always been "barn" cats (actually, my dad's workshop). So he got a taste of the good life the first few days and now that he's feeling better, he's faking it to stay inside! (I know, I know, it's not true. But it doesn't hurt to hope!)

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Regee, I have never seen a white boxer and now I read in two threads about your white boxers. (good for you for going 900 miles to rescue a pet. That is truly admirable.) I liked your picture story. That was a really nice present he gave you.

Watching, we have a scanner that we don't keep plugged in. I may just take Oreo and Cashmere's kitten photos from 1986 somewhere and have them put them on a disk. Your pic of Misha really made me smile.

Costa, I am so glad Rosie is hanging in there. I wonder if he'd eat food warmed up a bit. Also, maybe really tiny bits of shredded food in that gravy would work at least to get something in him.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Hi Happymom. Yup, tried that. Tried using CatSip mixed with baby food mixed with canned cat food. They tried CatSip mixed with gravy/food yesterday and he licked a little bit. They also tried rice mixed with minced chicken and gravy and the same with CatSip.

We are SO trying pretty much everything!!!! He's being a little brat! (I need to call and see how he's doing today, too!)

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Costa, did you say Rosie has kidney failure? Spats did, and for a while she wouldn't eat. The vet recommended a 1/4 table of Pepcid AC to control the acid stomach. Once that was under control, her appetite came back, and I could stop the pepcid. YOu might check with the vet about that.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Thanks Prisoner! I'll let 'em know, and ask 'em to check with the vet first. If that's the problem, then that'll be a pretty easy solution! :-)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I just called to check on Rosie's progress. They left him in the "barn" last night, alone. They counted out 75 pieces of his regular food and when they went in this morning, 40 pieces were gone!!! However, a slight hitch in the "maybe he'll feel more comfy in his home" theory... they couldn't get him down from on high in order to give him his subcu fluids.

The vet had told them about the Pepcid AC, but they couldn't figure out how to give it to him. These are people who have three dogs and are used to pilling their dogs (the open mouth, insert pill thing). So I told them to do the normal pilling thing later today, and they are gonna try it. Silly peeps! :-)

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Costa, Smudge got a Pepcid right in the IV fluids. Could they do that?? I'm so glad Rosie ate. Little by little, sip by sip that's how Smudge got better. We cheered at every 10 peices of food... poor cat thought we were insane!

Good luck and lotsa prayers your way!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, March 06, 2006 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Costa, I'm glad to hear Rosie's taking some nourishment! Looking forward to seeing pictures soon. I'm sure he'll be running circles around everyone's feet again very soon.

In the meantime, here's a picture of what two very spoiled pussiecats do when it's snowing outside:

fireside kitties

Clearly Puss won bragging rights to the cardboard box/fort for the moment. By this point in the day, they'd both had canned food, catnip, played hide and seek under the tent we draped over a chair, fought over the box, chewed up my makeup sponges and took turns laying on top of Dad's briefcase (it's important kitty business).

Don't let the sanguine poses fool you - they are menaces come three in the morning. Puss, the big orange tabby, has figured out how to storm the castle by force (the castle being our bedroom which we just reinforced with latching doors to no avail), and Max the Pliohippus storms in behind him once the door has been breached. Puss runs to the corner yowling and shredding the carpet and Max runs under the bed to wake us up plucking at the boxspring with his claws. All this in a desperate bid for a little 'tenshun.

It has become a ritual for Colossus to grab the water bottle by the bed and direct the cats around the room with it until he directs them out the door. All without leaving the bed. They've also learned to put themselves in the garage for their misbehavior. Dad coming down the stairs behind them = bad kitties in the garage for the rest of the night. And they have the nerve to stare at us accusingly and scream for treats in the morning when they get sprung from their jail.

At this point we've resigned ourselves to the fact that we'll never sleep, eat or have sex again without being stared at. Sigh. But they're so cute!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
ROFL!!!!!!!! GAL thanks for the great laughs!!! It sounds like me chasing Misha around at 2 am to get her off of places she shouldn't be and I've had to occasionally give our dog Kellie a little squirt here and there to get her to stop barking to be fed after already being fed at least once if not more in a matter of a couple of hours. I try to fool her by giving her less at a time and sometimes it works and often not....like today when I said enough, and pulled out the water gun. LOL

Good thoughts for Rosie!!!!! Love all the pics, etc. It's the middle of the night or I'd comment to all of you, but just know everyone and their furbabies are in my thoughts.