The heart murmur is something new as far as we know.
The vet who looked at her (not her regular, when you keep the hours I do you
pretty much need to take whoever has the late shift that day) noticed it, said
it was very slight, and could even have been something else like a breathing
noise. Missy is murder to pill, she's chomped on me a number of
times. She's got the jaw muscles of a Great White, and the tongue
dexterity of, er, Monica Lewinsky (sorry) so often what goes in comes flipping
out unless you can poke it way far back. Hence most of the chomping is
done with her molars rather than those sharp canines, and the skin isn't
broken, but it still hurts. Then, when we actually jointly pill her,
there's the dismount, in which she disgustedly bolts away from the caretaker
who's doing the holding-down, usually me, leaving large angry scratches all over
my chest with her sharp back toes. I'm grateful that I seldom have to
strip for doctor appointments....
The only other bites I ever really got were from our
Tribble, who's a psycho, and that was years ago (he tries every day, but we know
how to stay away from his teeth), and then from (Wini)Fred, our
quasi-feral-turned-scritching-junkie, when we first got her. This was my
first exposure to a hard stray, I was doing everything wrong. She allowed
me to pet her, looming over her as she hid behind a couch, for 20 minutes, then
deservedly chomped. She never did again, but of course I got infected and
had to go to prompt care and get a big rumpful of Ro-whatsis and 10 days
worth of Augmentum. Plus the prompt care practitioner told me I HAD to
report the bite, since we'd only had the cat a few days and she hadn't had shots
yet. The very bored cop who turned up to follow up really wasn't aware of
me HAVING to report it, and said that as long as the cat was in our place to
observe, he didn't even write it up.
Diane R.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelley Saveika
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:42 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Question re rabies vaccine
I personally do not get her vaccinated against anything, on my vet's
advice. Vaccinations are pretty dangerous for cats with heart
problems.
I have never given a thought to her biting anyone. She's never bitten
anyone and isn't likely to start, she's more of a "love me, love me, love me"
kitty who will be in their laps if they let her.
If she did bite someone, she doesn't have rabies as she is strictly indoor
only.
I have been bitten by my cats when I did something horrible like try to
medicate them. But none of them has ever bitten anyone else.
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