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Nina, I don't know
much about holistics, but have always been interested. But I know it's the
holidays and time is scarce, so I won't impose to ask for a crash course, but
I'd love to know what's worked for other FeLV cats. I think we will
hold off on the antibiotics for a while until he's doing better. But I was
so impressed with just a week or so's worth of Lysine's effect on Cotton's lymph
nodes. (Thank you Jen!)
Cotton is not a big fan of yogurt, although we
tried it and it worked (he's more of a string/lettuce/Hot Cheetos kind
of guy), but we can put it in his wet food. I know his gut flora
is most likely a mess since he was so loaded with bacteria.
And of course the minute I bragged on Cricket,
she did corner Cotton today, but I believe he was a little
rambunctious with her, and that upsets her. She looked so sad when we
all jumped up to see what the commotion was, and she ran to the bedroom to
hide under the nightstand. I went and told the
nightstand that if Cricket was listening, it's ok, sometimes we all slip up
from time to time, and I know she's trying.
And to answer
your question, Cotton's feeling just positively, 100% better today. I
would go so far as to say he is zippy. He's happy and back to
mischief, running at top speed all over the place, a blur of orange and white,
stalking and pouncing as if he had catching up to do! Which is good to
see, except he tried to steal a bite of pecan pie today off of an unsuspecting
victim's plate. Dah! What am I going to do with him? He's like
a little tabby spotted toddler.
The ER Vet gave me his x-rays on CD, so I am taking
it to the regular vet tomorrow to see if they recommend an ultrasound.
I also thought she was very good, and was glad for her
opinion.
Thank you so much for asking and being concerned
about him.
Your suggestions are very much
appreciated.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 11:14
AM
Subject: Cotton and Cricket
Hi Sandy,
I've been away from the computer for a couple of
days and just saw your posts about Cotton's crisis. I'm glad to hear
he's doing better, you must have been scared out of your mind when you found
him like that! I sure hope he's much better by today. You know,
Met is a pretty harsh antibiotic, how long has Cotton been on it? You
might want to talk to the vet about trying another one, or making sure it's
absolutely necessary to have him on antibiotics right now. Abx are true
life savers, but they also suppress and kill the good bacteria too. Have
you thought about treating Cotton holistically? I have a wonderful woman
who has been helping me with finding the right remedies for my girl Gypsy who
suffers from IBD. Patti and Hideyo have experience with them, maybe
they'll have some suggestions. I know that Bioplasma (combination of 12
different tissue remedies), is a good overall support rx, you might want to
try it with Cotton. Will Cotton lap plain yogurt? Think about
adding some probiotics to his food to replace good bacteria in his gut,
(Kydophilus is a good one). Also, slippery elm is
good for coating as calming. Poor little lamb! If you want to
talk, write me off-list and I'll send you my phone number.
I'm thrilled
to hear that Cricket and you had that talk! It sure sounds like she
understood you. Isn't it amazing? I don't know if they understand
our words, or if they are reading the pictures in our minds as we try to
convey the meaning behind the words. I know that I have the best results
if I try to "send" them pictures while I'm talking to them. Also, I've
always heard it's better to speak and think in the affirmative. For
example, when you want a dog to stop jumping, it's better to ask them to keep
their feet on the floor, (sending the picture of them being calm, with four on
the floor), rather than tell them NO jumping. I think it may have
something to do with those "pictures" in our brain. When we say "no
jumping", we are probably picturing them jumping up on us! So we can be
saying no with our words, but sending them the picture of exactly the opposite
thing we want from them. So when you talk to Cricket and Cotton about
being nice, don't think about them being naughty at the same time!
Picture instead, Cricket licking Cotton on the head, or at least ignoring
him.
Please let us know how little Cotton is doing this morning, I'm so
worried about him.
Nina
Dudes wrote:
Nina,
I have to thank you, thank you, thank
you because I took your advice, and it's totally worked! I
did go to bed after this email, and I had a talk with Cricket! My
husband was working late, so I had the perfect opportunity to do it without
feeling silly, and I thought what the heck, I will try it.
As she sat on my chest and kneaded my neck like
she always does, I told her that she needed to be nicer to Cotton and it
makes me sad when she attacks him and I have to yell at her. I
told her what you said, that he already knew that she was a strong
girl, and that he was just a little boy, who could learn a lot from her
because she's so smart. I told her that he's sick and we might not get
to have him around for very long, and it was not good for him to feel bad
feelings, that it could make him sicker. (At this point she put her
paw on my mouth, but until what happened later, I thought it was just a
coincidence, but I now wonder if it wasn't) I kissed
her little foot, and I told her to be patient with him until he
learned to act like her-a very good girl.
Now I know that sounds like a long speech to
give a cat, but I stroked her head and talked very softly and she
looked at me the entire time. Sometimes she looked away, as if she was
hearing something uncomfortable, and some of the time she stared at me and
seemed interested in my lips moving. I felt better,
anyway.
The next day there were NO incidents of
her chasing him or stalking him. NONE! It was the first time since
he's been here. I saw her watching him at one point, and I
thanked her for being such a good big sister to him. They both looked
up at me, as did Miss, who was nearby. I could just
swear that she puffed up a little and put her tail a little higher,
and looked very pleased with herself!
We have not had another incident of
chasing/ambushing/batting heads since. Even when Cotton took a
playful swat at her with outstretched paw, claws out as she walked
by. She just stopped for a minute and stared at him, but I could
see her ear cocked at me, like she thought I might say something. She
didn't do a thing, she just walked on. Unless I'm imagining things,
she totally got it.
Anybody else ever talk to their cats and SWEAR
they understand?
PEACE is nice. I'm so happy that we have
some. :) Sandy
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject:
Re: 20 CATS...
Sometimes I'll shame them into being nicer... You
know, something like, Cricket, Cotton knows how tough you are, it's not
necessary to be so firm! Be nice to your little brother and Cotton,
you respect Cricket, she has a lot to teach you.
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