> Oh Kelley! Stop it with that picture of Missy! She's just too > cute for > words, no wonder she's stolen your heart. Don't the tiny, needy > ones > seem to worm their way into a special place in our lives?
She is my baby girl! It is very scary to love another living thing this much. I am single and have no children, and Missy is very special to me. I think > it's > fine to wait and bring Missy to your regular vet. Just tell Missy > you're bringing her to show her off, that they will want to pet > her and > tell her how beautiful she is. This doesn't sound like it should > be a > traumatic visit, just an exam, right? I think it will be ok. If he says she can be vaccinated, she will be vaccinated, but my regular vet is so good at vaccinations that my cats don't even notice they have been stuck. Why don't you ask your vet > about > supplements, like CoQ10 for her heart, and maybe Interferon A for > immune > support. A woman I know has had remarkable results with CoQ10, > but she > did say that you shouldn't start and stop that sup, you might want > to > ask him if he knows anything about that too. Maybe someone else > on the > list knows more about it and will let us know. I am making a list of stuff to ask him, thanks! What have you done > for > her URIs? Do they ever resolve themselves completely? She had URI when she came from the shelter (I've had her since she was less than 3 months). She was on Zithro. It resolved completely. By the time I went to get her and her littermates spayed/neutered, she was 4 months and was 4 lb. Her sister was 4.5 and her brother 6. She had no problems with the spay. I took her to my personal vet because she developed conjunctivitis. I expressed concern over her thinness and he told me she was ok, but to feed her fattening stuff to try to get some weight on her. I got her over the conjunctivitis and she got URI again. She was on zithro again, and it resolved. She got it again, and pretty badly, lost a lot of weight and I had to syringe her. She scared me pretty badly this last time. I think she lost probably a whole pound. Now she seems to have it again, but it isn't as bad a case. This is another reason I had her retested. Her immune system just does not seem right at all. I have 4 litters of kittens in my house right no w, and they all had URI, but she was the only older cat I have that got it.
