Cougar Clan, Thanks for your email to me.
I know my cat is just defending herself too; like the feral one that bite you....She is only doing it because she cannot breathe and doesn't know what to do. I really haven't even thought about my safety. I don't blame her at all. I love her so much but I hate seeing her this way. It breaks my heart. I Just sit here petting her and crying. I don't know what to do for her. Kim "...Saving just one pet won't change the world....but surely the world will change for that one pet..." "One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home." -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Cougar Clan Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Jenny-How is Autumn?? This is concerning your safety and not the well-being of your wonderful cat who is having an awful time: Be very careful about those bites. Perhaps you can get some heavy leather gloves? I had a feral that I was taking to be spayed bite my little finger. She broke it and I had to have two surgeries, one to fix the finger and another to fix the infection that developed despite a lot of high powered antibiotics. The cat was defending herself and not at fault at all. However, had this been reported as is required in a lot of places, I know she would have been killed. Put this in the back of your mind when dealing with your little one. I wish I had some answers for her problems and hope you find some here. Blessings to you for loving her and trying to help her. She really can't help her behavior. On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:44 PM, Kim wrote: > > Jenny and other forum members, too, > > I have a young cat with CH, lymphoid hypoplasia and now severe > asthma. She > has weakened greatly in her hind legs and back. My vet has not been > able to > get her asthma under control. She has "spells" or "fits" and will > get very > very violent with us. She does this while wheezing but she also has > those > "fits" when I put her in her potty or when I put her in her cat > carrier to > take her to the vet. She has had several very bad "fits" where she > will > bite me, anything she can get a hold of. She has bitten me so badly, > down to > the bone, on two of my fingers. They are now swollen and very > painful. She > has done this to my husband too. These "fits" she keeps having is > NOT a > behavior my precious cat is known for. She is the sweetest most > loving cat > ever! > > My vet mentioned that she might have fluid on her brain. I don't > understand > this but I hate seeing my baby like this. Most of the time I am > unable to > help her. She "fits" worse if I put her in her carrier to take her > to the > vet. If I carry her she bites me badly. I am also unable, in most > cases to > get a prednisone pill down her when she is starts out having a > "fit". All I > am able to do is cry and stay beside her until she gets over it. > > Even though she is only one year and four months old I am thinking > about > allowing her to pass. My question to you is; is it easier for the > cat to be > put to sleep at the vet or to die at home? I really need to know > what to > expect. I love her so much and if I see her having a painful death > I will > go even more crazy! Currently she eats very little and I have been > syringe > feeding her. I know that if she doesn't eat she will get liver > disease. I > have a cat with liver disease before and it is a very hard thing to > watch > when they cannot stand up and when they are feeling so sick. I was > able to > save my cat who suffered from the liver disease but I don't know if > I can > knowing let my cat get the disease and pass away in that manner. > > Jenny, I am so sorry for your loss. It is one of the hardest things > we, as > pet owners, go through in life. Did your cat pass away peacefully > once you > stopped feeding her? > > Thanks for your answers. I know this is such a hard time for you and > so > sorry for asking you these questions at this time. > > I had written to this group about a month or so ago about her not > being able > to get in the litter box any more and fighting me when I put her in > it. I > had her urine checked and she was fine. I truly do think something > has gone > wrong in her mind but this is something totally new that I am going > through > and I don't know what to expect. > > Kim > > > > > "...Saving just one pet won't change the world....but surely the > world will > change for that one pet..." > > "One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of jbero > tds.net > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 5:32 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Jenny-How is Autumn?? > > > Hey Alice, > > Thanks for asking. Actually, Autumn stopped eating again last week > and I > found a large (3-4 inch) mass in her abdomen. I knew it was a large > lymphoma so I let her stop eating and she died two days ago. I miss > her > deeply. She was so young and vital so full of life and love. > > I sincerely believe the Imulan and ambrotose could have save her > life if I > had started it earlier. I wish someone had told me about it before > she was > knocking at death's door. It is likely she had the lymphoma at the > time I > started treating her. Her bone marrow was resonding and so I am > devastated > I didn't start earlier, but I did the best with the knowledge I had > at the > time. > > I am so glad yours are doing well. It sounds like you have started > early > enough and they have a chance. I am so grateful for that. It seems > that > this is an illness that needs to be treated when there are few or no > signs > or symptoms only a positive test. When we wait, it is too late. It > is a > shame most vets tell you to do nothing or put them down. > > Have their CBCs improved? I believe their energy was improving, > right? If > it were me, I would continue the treatment and have them retested > for the > virus in a few months. Maybe they'll turn negative. > > Thanks for asking, Alice and may God bless you and your little ones. > > Jenny > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Alice Flowers > <aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Just wondering how she's doing-We are into our 2nd month with the >> treatments and all is great with our 2. 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