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Webkitty | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:26 am     Jeep, I am so sorry to hear about Birdie. The only thing I can think of is to ask your vet to test for other things, or maybe even get a second opinion from another vet. Maybe Birdie is just winding down. This happened to my Ichabod. I would have paid any amount of money to treat him if there had been something wrong with him, but he was just old. If she is still eating, that is a good sign, but I don't know what to say about the diahirra. {{Birdie and Jeep}} |
Halfunit | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 10:50 am     Jeep - I am going to my vet today (in 3 hours) to have Kittys' glucose level checked, and some spot shaving for her matted areas. I will run your situation past her and see if she can think of anything.
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Jeep | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:03 am     Thanks to everyone. If it's Birdie's time, I can handle that, but I don't want to miss something that can be fixed. That's why I asked. Maybe someone would think of something I've missed. I have lost only one other cat and he was 20 years old, so this is kinda hard. I did try a second vet. He didn't help either. Just suggested the things I've already tried. I also had Birdie's teeth checked out in case there was an infection or something. They were fine. Thanks for your ideas and much love to everyone! |
Pamy | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:13 am     {{Jeep and Birdie}}}} Babyruth..that pic is too funny Half...you are killing me!!! I am sitting at my desk rolling and people are looking at me!! ps...ditching the nametag won't help ya, he has a chip implanted!!!!!!!(i don't know why they can't do those chips in children) |
Halfunit | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:17 am     <Halfunit and Dopey whip into a huge junkyard in the Texas panhandle...> Ok Dopey, get yourself under that huge magnet. Yeah, the one they use to move junk cars. That should erase all the information in that dang chip your old mommy was trying to protect you with!!! <On the road again...>
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Fanny | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:19 am     Pancreas, Jeep? Diarreha, weight loss even though eating lots. You might ask your vet. Don't know if there's anything to be done about it though...maybe adding digestive enzyme powder to food. Good luck. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:26 am     Did you ever see CATS. All of our lovely felines should have glorious names. |
Squaredsc | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 11:44 am     jeep, a friend of mine from work had the same problem with her kitty, ate a lot but the food just went right thru her, she wasn't putting on weight, just lost tons of weight. the vet didn't have any answers, tests came back negative. the vet wanted to do exploratory surgery but my friend said no. unfortunately this went on for about a year, and her kitty passed away a couple of days before christmas. another friend said she talked with the other and she had told her kittie as she held her that she has been a wonderful friend for all of these years and if she is ready to go to sleep it is ok because they lover her and don't want her to suffer anymore. and the next day the kittie had moved on. they found out later that the kittie had cancer throughout her body. my friend said she didn't want the vet to do exploratory surgery because then if she did have cancer, it would have spread more rapidly. (((Jeep & Birdie))) rissa, very cute kittie, i would go with jujukitty. |
Webkitty | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:02 pm     I would think a blood test would indicated if there is cancer? No? I agree about exporatory surgery, no way. Yep Square, kitties (and doggies) know when you have given them blessings to move on. <Here, Dopey Dopey Dopey! You want to be a Florida cat, I just know it!> |
Rissa | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:13 pm     Jeep, I am so sorry about your cat. I hope you get some answers soon. I have been in a similiar situation and the worse part is not being able to help/make things better. Thanks everyone. I think I smell a Juju conspiracy in here. LOL I have already named him Tanner, my problem now is just getting my husband and kids to stop calling him Tiger. LOL For some reason they are under the mistaken idea that since it's 4 to 1 they can outvote me. Who the heck told them this was a democracy? I think the person who cleans the litter box, gets to name the cat. On a slightly more serious note, I do have a question for those of you with more than one cat. We just brought Tanner (stubborn, aren't I? LOL)home yesterday. We put his crate in my daughter's room with the litter box, so that we know he can find it in the night. We also wanted to SLOWLY introduce him to our older cat. Once my girls left for school this morning, I put the kitten's crate in my office (door open), dragged my older cat in here and shut the door. It's been over 4 hours now and my older cat has not stopped growling and hissing whenever the kitten gets near. She has absolutely NO curiousity about the kitten, when it is sleeping she just stays away. She seems terrified!!!!! I knew it would and will take some adjusting but has anyone here had any experience with this and can tell me if I am going about this the right way and how it took for their cats to 'be friends'? (I even gave my older cat a snootfull of catnip. LOL) |
Jeep | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:14 pm     You all are right. I would not put my kittie thru such tests or surgery. At her age and condition she wouldn't survive the tests. I had hopes that a different blood or stool test would tell something. I just want to make her confortable and help the weight problem if I can. I'm trying and even if it doesn't work, I can say I did by best. |
Halfunit | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:46 pm     Rissa, with 9 cats, our resident expert on this would be Moondance. I have only introduced cats to cats, not kittens. The way I've done it is just like you are. I throw them together in a room. It seems like I remember it taking 3-4 days to get the constant hissing to stop. After that, it was when they'd run into each other in the hallway, and after a few weeks it stopped all together. I wonder if you could pet the kitten and then let your cat smell your hands, and then give your older cat a treat. Or put some treats down near the kitten cage to entice the cat to come closer and be rewarded. |
Webkitty | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 12:54 pm     Rissa, maybe its the CRATE your older kitty doesn't like. Try putting them in a room together without it. Mine really hate their crates and would be distracted by it. If you just got Tanner yesterday, he doesn't have the familiar smells of your house on him yet, so that could be it too. (not to say your house smells, you know what I mean, lol) Your other kitty may be reacting to strange smells from outside your home on the new kitty, not the new kitty itself. Also, Tanner is so little, if your other kitty has never been around kittens, that might be it. China came to us as a kitten when P was only half grown, so they were sort of kittens together. P was soooo excited to have a little sister to play with! It was funny to watch. They both gave poor old Ichabod a wide berth, they seemed to know he was very old and needed to be left alone. |
Pamy | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 01:04 pm     Half..you stay away from my Dopey or I will stick my 3 legged Pumpkin Pie on ya!!! Rissa...my male cats tend to tolerate new male kitties better than girls. It will take a while(months sometimes)but eventually they will all get along or at least ignore each other |
Rissa | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 01:50 pm     Thanks all, I hope (and realize) that you all are right. I guess I just figured the older cat would be much more mellow than she is because the newbie is a baby and I thought it would be the kitten would be scared and skittish. Now I am scared to turn my back in case the older one 'goes for the jugular'. LOL Moondance has 9 cats???? Holy |
Moondance | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 02:03 pm     First I will respond to Jeep. {{{Jeep}}} I have heard of tests coming back as negative for parasites that Vets have run but it turned out this is what they had all along. Did they take a FRESH sample and run it under the scope right away. There are parasites that die quickly and never detected. I rescued a small kitty (Zuni) and she weighed nothing. The Vet said there was nothing she could do because the tests came back inconclusive. I called a kitty friend of mine and they said to push that Vet to take a fresh sample and sure enough, Zuni had a parasite that was hard to detect. Just a thought. I take it she has been tested for Kidney Failure, and Chronic Renal Failure. Also diabetes, Feline Infectious Anemia, FeLV, Fiv, FIP. Some treatable some not but you will have options then. I am so sorry |
Moondance | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 02:11 pm     Hi Rissa! Yes 9 but who's counting We force introductions so much that it is for us not them ... just let it happen naturally. I always put my newest in the bathroom and let the my older kitties smell through/under the door ... the kitten (Tanner) will be fine. They are secure in closed in areas anyway ... let your older one have the run of the house and most of the attention... I know this is hard because Tanner is so damn cute but it lets the older one know they are not being replaced. Let that go on for a day and then slowly bring Tanner in is cage into the room where you will be... leave the older one alone, let her come in and check Tanner out in her own time... then eventually (you will know) just let the little one free... they will work it out. I promise |
Halfunit | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:09 pm     Back from the vets. Kitty is now up to 21 1/2 pounds (eek). Glucose was 212, which is very good considering she was due for her insulin. Shaving her mats was another story. Normally, she is so good and just lays there while we work on her. Not this time - she bit my hand sooo deep, but better my hand than my vets. We noticed a small nodule where her hind leg joins her torso. Doc told me just to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get bigger. Kitty is about 14, so I guess it's time for her to start showing signs of aging. She is still feisty however. We put a muzzle on her once she bit me with her staples, and now Kitty is the first cat my vet has ever seen actually bite all the way through the muzzle. She wasn't a happy camper, but all is forgiven now that she is home. Jeep I asked the vet about your kitty, and the first thing out of her mouth was thyroid. I told her that it was checked, and she said other than checking it again, there wasn't much she could say without seeing the cat. I'm sorry I couldn't help you more, but I see that Moon has given you her thoughts. And Moon, now I feel like a bad mommy because yes, I forced my cats to become friends for me, lol. It's true. I admit it. I'm lucky that it worked out for me, but I think your way is much more kitty friendly!! Dopey.. don't you listen to that lady. She's crazy. And no, we can't go to Florida. Too many dangerous alligators. C'mon little buddy, just a few more miles and we'll be on the east side of the Mississippi...
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Hippyt | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:31 pm     (((((((((Jeep))))))))Sorry to hear about your kitty. My question,when a cop's wife does kitty kidnapping,who do you call?????lol |
Moondance | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:43 pm     Hey I don't live too far from Pamy... hmmm maybe I can just go visit... yeah that's it I will just visit with lots of treats, scoop Dopey up and bring him to my house... safe from Halfcrazyunit!
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Moondance | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:45 pm         Come to Moon's house... she has playtoys, catnip and lazerlights! |
Pamy | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:50 pm     NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! YOu all are cracking me up today!!! Those little dopey pics make me laugh every time!! I am gonna go home and dye his fur so you won't be able to find him!! Miss Moon you stay on your side of the hill! |
Webkitty | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:50 pm     Dopey, don't listen to that crazy redhead, Florida is nice and warm, yea, that's the ticket... Oh, Dopey, I have a lazerlight too....and, and brand new kitty box! |
Webkitty | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:52 pm     WE LOVE DOPEY!!!!  |
Moondance | Monday, January 13, 2003 - 03:54 pm           Dopey, I have 2 littermaids! Mskitty has that crazy ChinaKitty. You will have much more fun at my house... I have a floor to ceiling cat tree! |
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