Susan, I'm sorry to hear you lost so many babies in September, what a
terrible month it must have been! I'll send good vibes for your currently
ill babies, and I hope you don't suffer any more losses any time soon!
As far as your description of your "shell shock" cat, Daisy, YES, I
have seen that once before, just like you described it. It happened with I
had a cat that had kittens, she was moving them behind the stove, and she
dropped one, and it's head was just big enough to catch between a gas line
and the wall (with it's body dangling), I saw it very quickly, and carefully
lifted it out, but the kitten had the same symptoms you described, along
with a general air of being confused and constant crying in a bizarre way.
She died about an hour later. I THINK she had damaged her spinal cord, OR
she was without oxygen, but I don't think that was it, because it was only
seconds she hung that way. So, your idea of a injury sounds right, possibly
a neck injury effecting the spinal column. It was heartbreaking to watch, I
held her until she died, and she cried constantly, I really didn't think it
would take an hour, or I would have made the drive to the vet for euth. I
feel guilty about that, she was only about a week or two old. She finally
took one long breath, wiggled and tossed her head, and just died. I think
watching momma cat try to find her for weeks after that was the hardest
part, especially since I had yelled at her for moving them under the STOVE
and blamed her for the baby's injury.
Phaewryn
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Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:12
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Subject: Please add to the CLS - and
HELP - long, sorry
Please add my sweet (felv neg) Bessie to the CLS - she died
Sept.26th. She was a little tortie manx who'd had heartworms when
rescued about 5 years ago. Daily pred helped her survive the death
of the heartworms and she was one of my "library cats", who regularly came
to school with me. Such a sweet and gentle girl - she did the cutest
little trick of standing right next to me with one of her hind feet --
always a hind foot - resting on my foot. The heartworms left her
with right heart damage which we weren't aware of. She began
throwing clots to her lungs and brain.
Please also add my little foster fella, Stinky, who was felv
positive. He died on 9/25. He was the cutest little tabby -
always full of life and mischief, only 8 months old. Healthy up
until the last week and then boom.
And please add my precious, precious Daisy (feleuk pos) also - she
died on Sept. 15. Daisy. How do I describe her.
She was technically my foster baby but so much more. Last year she
came to school with me every day. She is the only kitty I've ever
had who came to me every time I called. I'd call "Dai-doo" and
in return get this little "yip-yow" from wherever she was and here she'd
come trotting to me as fast as she could. She followed me around the
library every step I took and the whole staff and student body were in
love with her. I could take her anywhere with me on a harness and
leash and she had a ball. I got her at 4 months and she didn't
come in heat until 18 months. My vet and I were trying to decide
if/when to spay her. She gaiined weight over the summer and looked
so healthy. Came into heat a second time in late August.
She'd been on interferon and when we decided to spay her I decided to
start her on immunoregulin and wait a month or so first. The weekend
before she died, I couldn't find her one day. I was tearing the
house apart - one thing that I moved looking for her was a bed with lots
of stuff under it. I didn't find her there -- and when she finally
turned up later at the other end of the house it was like she was
shell-shocked. She looked panicked and couldn't turn her head very
well - cried like moving hurt her. I made the assumption that she'd
been under the bed I'd moved and I'd squashed her or otherwise hurt
her. Was afraid I'd injured her neck - gave her a depo
shot. She seemed to move better and went on to have the best week
she'd had in ages. Up thru Friday night whe was fine. I
couldn't find her all day Sat - found her dead Sunday morning.
Now I wonder if the last weekend's episode was feleuk related. Also
- I'd updated her respiratory vaccs in late August -- wouldn't have done
except that I have so many chronic URI fosters.
Has anyone ever experienced anything like
this?
She was just 22 months old and her death has completely broken my
heart.
And now Valley - please put him on the special needs list - I need
prayers or meditation or chanting or whatever you believe in -- for a
remission for the feleuk crisis he is in. He is another
of my "library cats" who comes to work with me. He was a rescue
from a kill shelter about 5 years ago - he was 1 or 2 at the time.
Feleuk positive. Looked like death warmed over but once fattened up
has been so healthy that I had him retested last year to see if he'd
reverted to neg.
He began losing weight about 2 weeks ago - gums pale as snow.
Blood work shows a hematocrit of 7 - almost not
compatible with life. He is still somewhat active - gets off the bed
to go to the litterbox and sometimes to the rest of the house. Will
eat if I put food in front of him. His vet thought we could
get a remission until the blood work came back. He is
getting raw liver, Clindamycin, 5mg pred every day, PetTinic,
interferon. I have immunoregulin and could try that. I
asked about Epogen and the way my vet explained it is that with feline
leukemia, where the bone marrow is basically "dead" and not going to
produce red cells, to give Epogen would be like knocking on the door when
nobody is home. We decided against blood transfusions due to
the stress and the short term result. Does anyone have
any ideas?
I apologize for the length of this. Thanks for reading.
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