CATS
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Karuuna | Friday, November 30, 2001 - 06:15 pm   Weiner -- you have such a big heart, and a great amount of patience. My 14 year old cat also has a thyroid tumor, which dropped him from almost 12 pounds to just over 8. Took 3 people to try to get a tapizol pill in him daily, so we went to the topical kind, where you rub a dab of it in his ear twice a day. My arms have finally healed. The vet suggests that I take him to the local veterinary college, and have him irradiated. Apparently that will irradicate the tumor, and eliminate the doses of tapizol. I wonder if he'll still need his glow in the dark collar afterwards?  |
Twiggyish | Friday, November 30, 2001 - 07:26 pm   My thoughts are with you all with your kitties. I hope Squeak feels better soon, Max. It sounds like there are options out there for her. |
Riviere | Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 05:38 pm   Had 2 cats I totally adored.. Lynxy was a silver tabby with ear tufts a la a lynx, she was my best buddy age 9 to 14, then we moved, a kind lady next door took her in.. My next cat I boldly decided to adopt and never be parted from was a pregnant Siamese whom I named Charlee Chandra, she was on death row at the Toledo pound.. She had 2 Persian looking kittens my cousins adopted, they outlived her.. I took Chan to California, back to Mich and then Wisconsin where she was diagnosed with feline leukemia and sadly died when she was almost 10.. She was a super cat you meet once in a lifetime, you know the type, looked just like SynCat in the original "Incredible Journey" movie in 1960s, who also starred in the original "That Darn Cat" too. Chan had been abused and was terrified of brooms, her voice I can only describe as fill your throat with soda and gargle, her prior owner had tried to strangle her and it damaged her throat.. Chan was more doglike than any cat I ever knew, but at the same time more 'human' than any cat or dog! I'd taken her up to Granny's farm to birth her kittens and being a housecat she didn't much like that but cleaned out the barn mice. One day she trotted up to the door and left her kittens on the porch and led my Granny back to the barn, where a huge snake was bitten in half, so Granny kept them indoors.. Chandra had no fear of dogs and was equal in being their buddy or chasing them off as needed.. She loved my sons and guarded them well as infants, I have many great pix of Chan playing with or asleep at the foot of their cribs, 5 years apart, I guess my 'kittens' were her kittens, too! I used to put a big blanket down and surround Matt with toys as I did housework, Chan would walk over and lie like a sphinx at the edge, twitching her tail for him to grab, same as she'd done with her kittens to amuse them! If anyone came over and picked up 'our' baby she'd just sit and stare making sure they didn't harm him.. Do they make Chandra cats like that anymore? I sure do miss her... Today I'm stuck with some black feral thing from Alaska who only has 3 things going for her: she's healthy enough to be almost 15 though my vet says she'd pass for 5, did they switch crates at the airport or what.. She knows her name is Pyewacket and she answers to that, never 'kitty kitty' which I have always trained my cats to run from.. She knows a trick, sitting up like a squirrel to get treats, but she's never gotten into her dense brain that not all wood she encounters exists to sharpen her claws on.. Originally Matt's cat (bawling they'd kill her if we couldn't adopt her) who ends up with said cat? The parents!!! I've been too very disappointed as a kid having to give up critters and won't do that to my kids, but before adopting that dog or cat ask yourself if YOU can not be the ultimate caregiver of the pet when your kids move or tire of it, whatever.. I adopt old Greyhounds nobody wants and old cats and I really applaud all the folks who give older animals a 2nd chance, or don't give up on taking a young critter in to find it a new home... Merry Holidays for all pets and those who love them forever! |
Misslibra | Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 08:06 pm   Max, sorry to hear about Squeak. I never heard of having to give your cat a IV at home before. Is this something that I will have to be doing when my cat gets 14 or 15, is this the norm when they get that age? Grooch, she will quiet right down once you get her fix, how are you & your husband handling all the noise she makes at night. It almost drove me nuts. I couldn't get my cat to the vets office fast enough. |
Urgrace | Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 09:18 pm   Max, good luck with Squeak. Sorry he is having so much trouble. I looks like everyone here takes great care of their animals. My "Buddy" lived in a small cage in a shelter the first six months of his life, was adopted by my son and then adopted by us when my son moved to Kauai. He couldn't bare to see Buddy caged for another six months in quarantine in order to go with him. |
Misslibra | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 08:56 pm   I have a question, when ever I give my Cat Tasha Catnip she eats it. I put it on her scratch pad, but anyway my question is if eating Catnip is bad for her? BTW way I give her about a half of tablespoon once a day... is that to much? I must add she's a very content cat.  |
Moondance | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 09:02 pm   Eating it is fine but the more you give it to her the less of the 'good drug' effect it has on her... I give my kitties catnip a few times a month... sometimes once a week |
Phrf | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 09:22 pm   Moondance- Will you explain this to me please? We have 3 kitties but never have given catnip orally. We have a sratching post with it in it, but never heard of giving it orally. How do you do this? Does it make more contented kitties? Mine are all great already but do you recommend? Thanks. P.S. Moon thanks for saying hello in my very own folder. You and grooch are great. |
Moondance | Thursday, December 20, 2001 - 10:39 pm   Well I just sprinkle it on the carpet or a towel and they roll around in/on it and some times eat it It is fun to watch ... free kitty entertainment LOL |
Karuuna | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:04 am   Moondance, maybe you can help me... my new little adopted kitty is about a year old, and can't seem to get enough to eat. He's already got quite a big chubby belly, for such a young fella. He's very active, so it's not that at all. He just eats everything in sight, including the dog's food if he can get to it! I try to keep the food picked up, and restrict his endless snacking, but my older cat is way too thin because of his thyroid problem. I want to leave food out for him, so he can put weight on. Any ideas why my little one might be eating like he's getting ready to hibernate? |
Babyruth | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:26 am   Roundworms. Take a stool sample (fresh as you can get) to the vet. Chubby little bellies and eating like there is no tomorrow are THE signs of likely worms, particularly since this kitty is newly adopted. |
Karuuna | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:36 am   Oh no! I never even thought of that! I'll get him in next week! Thanks, Babyruth!! |
Babyruth | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:45 am   In the meantime, he can potentially pass these on to your other kitty, so you might want to ask the vet if she should be treated as well. Oh! and let the little one eat! The worms are stealing some of his nutrition. |
Karuuna | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:55 am   I'm taking them both in on Monday, cause the older cat needs to have his vaccinations updated, before he goes off to the vet hospital for his thyroid irradiation treatments next month. It's expensive, but I think it will be well worth it, and hopefully get him healthier. So I'll have the vet check them both out. Thanks for your help!! |
Babyruth | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 11:01 am   You're welcome! Keep us posted on how things go with your older kitty. |
Moondance | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 01:16 pm   Babyruth... GREAT advice... get them to the vet asap... big big bellies on kitties is almost always worms and yes they can pass them to your other ones.
Kar |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:18 pm   Also, don't forget to take the stool samples when you go to the vet. Otherwise, you will be making two trips. |
Spygirl | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:57 pm   So I guess kitties don't poop every time they go to the vet like puppies.....?  |
Karuuna | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:02 pm   LOL Spy & Juju -- I made a note in my appt book - take kitties and "samples" to vet.  |
Misslibra | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:54 pm   Oh goodness! Moon you only give catnip to your Cats once or twice a month, compared to my once everyday!? I guess I been over dosing Tasha on Catnip. Now I will have to wean her off of getting it once a day. She just loves the stuff and it the organic kind... the good stuff. Phrf, the kind of catnip I have been using looks like herbs... well actually it looks more like pot. I never intented her to eat the stuff, I just thought she would sniff and scratch at it and then do her usual rolling around, running through the house on cloud nine. But she love to eat it as well. And I always wonder was it bad for her in the long run, even though she is displaying no side effects that I could see from eating it. But that is how my cat gets it orally. Are you using some kind of catnip drops with you Cat? Moon thank you for that info, I should of asked sooner. |
Moondance | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 07:19 pm   It's not going to hurt her... she will just get more of the effect if it is not everyday... OD catnippusherMsL! |
Misslibra | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 09:50 pm   ROTFLMAO!!!!! I'm innocent I tell ya! |
Buttercup | Friday, December 21, 2001 - 10:51 pm   Phil is deprived....
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Grooch | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 07:40 am   As to stool samples from my to many recent experiences with cats and a dog. If you can bring a sample in fine. Just don't stick it in the refrigerator or outside in the cold. The cold will kill everything and then it will come back as if they are fine. So if you live in a cold winter area, do not get yesterday's sample. The cold air killed everything. And my vet says, if you can't get a sample, no problem. They have ways of getting one. (I didn't ask how.) Is your kitten new and did you get him from the shelter? Usually, you can take them back to there and their vet will take care of it for free. They should be giving you a healthy animal. I was going to adopt another kitten from the human society near me, and they told me that if my original cat got sick too, they would take care of her also for free. P.S. When I took Rocky in to the vet to have him checked out, I found out he does have worms. Poor thing. But down here in Florida, It is just the perfect breeding ground for them.) The poor little guy. |
Karuuna | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 09:55 am   Grooch, my little kitty is an indoor cat and both have litter boxes inside (they each have their own), so samples shouldn't be too tough to obtain. In fact, I "obtain" them and remove them to the trash every day. I've had the kitten since August, and I did get him from the shelter. His owner was put in jail, and her two kitties were abandoned and starving, so the shelter picked them up. My little kitty has a drippy eye, it just runs all day long, like he's crying, so they were having a tough time finding him a home. He's quite adorable, and we just keep lots of kleenex around. When I first got him, he had a respiratory infection, which had to be treated, and the shelter provided the meds for that. But for the worms they said since it's been so long, and he had a free vet exam that said he was healthy, that I have to pay for the care. But I don't really mind, I just want him to be healthy! I feel terrible that I didn't realize what was wrong, and take him in sooner.  |
Grooch | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 10:30 am   Don't fell bad, Karunna. When I got Rocky, I planned on taking him to the vet, but I thought I could wait another week for his next vaccination and then have him checked out. (That is what I was told.) Well, we had to go somewhere that 1st afternoon and someone was looking at him and checked his ears. She said this dog has ear mites. I freaked out! I have Daisy and did not want the chance of her getting them. Since it was late Sat afternoon, I never thought of calling my own vet (I forgot they were opened till 7) So when we stopped at the Pet Supermarket I saw that they had a walk in vet. I went in and had the vet check him out. $100 later I found out it was just an infection and got the medicine. I got charged for a "wellness" check too, that consisted of listening to his heart. Everything was fine he said. That Monday I had off, and I took Daisy in to get fixed (Thank God!) So I told them about Rocky and wanted to make an appt for his next vaccination. They told me it was already due. That they do it every 2 weeks instead of 3. I made an appt for that same day. They also wanted to do a stool sample. I said that the vets paper said he had one already. They said it didn't show the results of on the paper and it would be better that I did. I thought I might be getting ripped off for more money but I am glad I allowed them. His poop had been runny (a sign of worms, they said) and they did find one type. But they gave me medicine for the other type also. If you have one, the other is probably there. Plus he got his heartworm medicine. (they come from mosquito bites and we have them constantly down here.) If I didn't have Daisy, I would probably be taking Rocky back to that first idiotic vet that didn't look for anything and Rocky would be sick for god knows how long. Sometimes its the luck of the draw. Now Daisy, who was born outside in the wild, was taken to the vet and did not have anything at all except fleas. No worms, no mites, etc. Who would have thought? |
Phrf | Saturday, December 22, 2001 - 11:20 am   Hey ya'll- Moondance - got some herb.....i mean catnip at Petsmart yesterday and the cats could smell it through the bag!!!!! We had gone Christmas shopping for pets and people and as soon as I put the bag with the pet stuff on the counter Baggins was all over it. You are right free kitty entertainment!!! Merry Christmas All |
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