Re: [Chihuahuas] cats and dog food

[marsha]

Thanks for the reply. The cat I am talking about has been bleeding a little. It isn't heavy bleeding...in fact it is so slight that it is leaving more of a pink stain where she sits. She has been spayed, so it isn't anything like that. She hasn't been acting sick, but has been fussing a lot. She is an outside cat, but will scratch on the door wanting food (canned dog food only!) If she doesn't get it, she throws a hissy fit. She use to do this a couple or three times a day, but now is doing it constantly. At first we thought she was just wanting in out of the cold, but that doesn't seem to be it either. Like I said, she is not acting sick, but more like hateful. I do not know a lot about cats.....don't even know what their expected life span is, but I do know when they aint acting right and I do know they shouldn't be bleeding. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: Stevie CB To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] cats and dog food Marsha, It was my cat Princess who died of liver failure. She was a fat and sassy kitty only 2 years old. She ate dog food exclusively. She was fine one day and the next day she was just off. She deteriorated for about 3 or 4 days. I noticed she was yellow and immediately took her to the vet. She died about 7 or 8 days later. The Vet after extensive tests could find nothing wrong with her and classified her death as Liver Failure. He said that it could have been from the exclusive dog food diet. That dog food lacks minerals that cats MUST have. All I know is she became listless and off her food, developed yellow skin, and went downhill FAST. It could have just been that Liver Failure was her destined death...I just don't know, but I sure do miss her. Stevie marsha Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   A while back we were discussing cats eating dog food. I knew that it could lead to blindness and I knew there were other health problems that could happen, but do not know a whole lot about it. Someone mentioned something about either kidney or liver failure or something like that. I was wondering if the person who made that post could re-post the health hazards or give me some where to start some research. Trying to find out if a current health problem one of my cats is experiencing could be related to the fact that she eats only dog food, or if it is unrelated. As I said, I always knew it was bad, but am not completely educated on what it can do. Nor am I able to get my cats to eat anything else. Marsha   __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Chihuahuas" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.