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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 11:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
{{{Ginger and Spanky}}}

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
(((Ginge & Spanky)))

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
Ginger, I'm so sorry, that is so sad, but isn't it amazing how well he's been doing without seeing? Do they have any way of knowing how long he's been coping with that?
I hope the meds will take care of this for him...

Holly
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06-19-2005

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Aww Ginger! I'm so sorry to hear about Spanky. It breaks your heart when they're ailing, doesn't it? I'll keep you in my thoughts

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 8:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
Ginger, I am so sorry for you and Spanky. Hopefully it will just be an absessed tooth. Poor kitty. I'll say a prayer for you and Spanky. Hugs...

Sisalou
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07-12-2002

Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sisalou a private message Print Post    
Linus and Lucy got back from the vet today. They are both neuter/spayed and seem to be doing quite well. Linus was really stressed out on the ride home but all is well now.

Sarah (schnauzer, 14 years old) was happy as a lark while they were gone but she was glad to see them too.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Ginger when are you going to hear more about Spanky? Man I hope it is just a tooth. That is some kind of freaky with the cats not needing to see thing. Never heard of that.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Sis, those kitties are gorgeous.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
I will hear about the blood test later this afternoon, just to see if he is strong enough to go under sedation, and then we will go from there. Meanwhile, he is eating, but I am having trouble getting the antibiotics into him. I have a syringe to shoot into his mouth, but he is wise to me and won't let me get near him. It is not easy.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
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Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Ginger, 'Pill Pockets' for cats make giving dogs and cats medication pretty easy from all the testimonials I've read. They were even pretty well discussed here a year or so ago.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
They gave me the antibiotics in liquid, but you have to be able to catch the pussycat. He is avoiding me like the plague - he knows that I have ulterior motives. It is easy to do once I can get him

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Ginger, I can never do the liquids, I might as well just shoot it on myself since that is all that happens. I have had the doctor always give me pills, then I have them sitting all over the house so that in the event my Blackie-boy decides to sit in my lap for a little loving I can shove one down his throat. I do understand the problem of catching them, they totaly know that you are going to try something, LOL. Good luck!! I hope Spanky feels better soon!

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Pills are worse for me - my sister's cat had to take pills, and I used to give them to her, she would spit it out at me - and I would hold her mouth closed, and she would hold it and as soon as I walked away, she would spit it out.

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Have you guys ever tried the pill pockets?? They are great!!

I have one that is pretty smart about it but if I put a treat with a pill pocket smashed into it she takes it.

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
http://www.pillpockets.net/index_fs.htm

They are at most pet stores

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I have a cat that gets two meds a day, which is a lot. My vet orders it from a local compounding pharmacy, where they make it into a tuna-flavored liquid. I just call him when it's med time, and he comes running, and licks up every drop. He thinks he's getting a treat!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Ophelia also uses compounded meds in tuna flavor, she loves it.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
What Karuuna said.. even though I was able to pill Angelina (at least for a couple of days), she actively LOVED the triple fish flavor liquid and looked forward to her meds.. that was such a blessing. We have a compounding pharmacy in Irvine, so it wasn't a problem getting them. And they had a long list of flavors, too. Some for cats and dogs and some sounded more like for children..

I love the idea of pill pockets, but have never tried them.. I would have been afraid that, with her appetite not being too great, she might have not eaten it or eaten part of the pocket and tasted the pill..

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Friday, January 11, 2008 - 10:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Ok, where do you find these compounding pharmacies? We're supposed to give Angel 2 pills and that only happens after hubby loses a lot of blood to teeth and claws and even then the pills get spit out half dissolved. The vet says they only come in pill form.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Try the internet or ask around at your local pharmacies.

I did a search of 'Buffalo NY compounding pharmacies' and got several hits. Amhurst was one. Ophilia's meds come through the mail from our local compounders. The vet can fax the RX to anyplace you wish, and that pharmacy will send it to you.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Ask your vet who they use, that's how I found mine.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Spoke to the Vet and Thankfully, Spanky's blood test results were very good (except for a slightly elevated white blood cell count - meaning infection) - so we are doing the Biopsy on Wednesday and pulling the tooth as well. Please pray and keep your fingers crossed that it is only an infection.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
My compounding pharmacy in Irvine would have send the meds via some service to the house, but they were so close I drove over.

Vets don't always bring up the subject, but they probably have a local source for you, Twinkie.