Gloria, Thanks for that 2c. I got the feeling the vet was leaning towards euth'sia and I didn't want to argue the point when I don't really know what I'm talking about.
Janine --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Regarding Emmet, My guess would be that's not > necessarily so (that he's > dying). Could be fighting it off. They can do > that. Could be fighting > something else off, like a uri. Or on the other > hand would be developing > lymphoma. WOuld require a vet check. Might start > giving him interferon > Alpha, or some other immune system boosters. > > Just my 2c. > > Gloria > in Arkansas > > At 09:31 AM 8/28/2005, you wrote: > >Hello everyone, > >... > >The adoptive mom's vet said Emmet's glands are > swollen > >and doesn't give this kitten long. Is this > >necessarily so? > > > >Their positive mother, who is quite feral,is still > >crated weeks after her spay because there is some > >conflict as to what to do with her. She was sick > at > >the time we trapped her, and very thin, but now she > is > >eating so well it's hard to look at her like she's > >sick. Her orginal caretaker doesn't want her > returned > >to her yard, more out of fear that the cat will get > >sick again, go off somewhere and die. The cat was > not > >a piece of cake to trap in the first place, and is > the > >most secretive of the adults in the yard, so I can > see > >where she's coming from. She doesn't want her > living > >in a cage either...any thoughts on this? > > > >Thank you, > > > >Janine > > >
