Since my cats are mainly outside, I don't use a litter box. However, a bladder infection (if my dog experience is comparable to cats) would make some sense. I will look into that. Thanks for the suggestion. I am actually planning a trip to the vet after the holidays. Our regular vet is taking an extended holiday and I don't yet know his new assistant well enough to trust him lol. I am also taking my mom's chi in. He is not acting well. For over a month he has been sick. We took him to the vet and at the time he was running a slight fever. Vet gave antibiotics and mentioned possible appendicitis. Well, he is no longer running a fever at all, but just is not acting right. He has lost so much weight and even his muscle mass seems to be deteriorating. He still eats good. He use to play, ect., but now he will only lay around. I am very worried about him. As soon as our vet is back on the 2nd, he is going in again. They gotta find out what is wrong! Marsha
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kay Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:03 AM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: cats and dog food > Marsha, > Any time there is any blood, it should be a signal for a quick trip to > the Vets. The Bleeding as you described it fits with what one of my > cats showed when she had a bad bladder infection. If she were a house > cat, you would probably find her making excessive trips to the litter > box with no or little urine passing. I recommend taking her to a Vet, > and putting out cat food and walking away to where you can't watch the > hissy fits. When they get hungry enough, they will eat it. I had > 7 inside cat's at the same time, so know well of what I speak. > > Hope she's OK. > Kay > > --- In [email protected], "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > 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: [email protected] > > 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! " > > > > > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Breed charm dog italian Dog breed gift Dog breed > t shirt > > Dog breed charm Dog breed shirts Chihuahua > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > a.. Visit your group "Chihuahuas" on the web. > > > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! 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