Hi Marylyn,
Thank you so much for your suggestions, I really appreciate your kindness.
I haven't
tried an alternative vet yet, but do know of a good one not too far away.
I've got a couple more food trials to do, and then I think we'll see what
the holistic vet has to say. I know someone said before that Hill's Z/D did
the trick for them. I want to try it, but am afraid of Hill's since the
tainted food nightmare. Mine were all on Hill's D/D in February, and I had
piles of throw-up everywhere. The D/D was never recalled, but now I don't
totally trust Hill's. They did eat the recalled Natural Balance Venison &
Green Pea in January, with no noticeable ill effect (or improvement in his
itching). The itching first started around Christmas, and it's all up on
his head, so I don't think it's flea allergies, but maybe. I did just start
them back on Revolution (thank you again for the help with that Kelley S.
and MC!) so we'll see. These darn food trials just take soooooooo
long. And I'm afraid the ultimate answer is going to be
home-cooking mail-order rabbit or some such for five kitties. Yikes! I'll
post if (when! positive thinking) I find something that works. Funny, other
than two fevers early on, my FeLv kitty has been the healthiest one of the
bunch. Way more worries and vet bills (allergies, broken bone, ear
infection, tumorish-looking fat deposit) for the virus-free bunch. Ya never
know...
Thank you again for your help,
Beth
On 6/10/07, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have you tried a holistic/alternative vet? Or AC's? You would be
surprised what a cat will tell an AC it trusts. There are volunteer groups
(they tell me) on the internet. Dixie has been able to tell me that she was
spayed and certainly didn't need spaying again, even if the vets couldn't
find the scar (hormone tests proved her right), when she has a flea (even
one or two causes hot spots), if she needed to go to the vet after the pet
food scar (long story) etc.
I've been off computer and really don't know what all you have tried but I
know of two avs that are great.
For some reason I have to believe you need to try Just Born or some other
colostrum containing supplement for your little friend. That may help and I
can't believe that mother's milk would hurt.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Beth Noren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:47 PM
*Subject:* Re: OT - Phelix...and lessons learned.
Hi Tad,
I agree, rescuing a declawed shelter cat is the perfect solution for those
that
"must" have a declawed cat. Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck
suggesting this
to people yet, (even when I tell them how much money they can save) as
they all
seem to want itty-bitty kittens. In my case, I WANT the claws, I am just
considering a possible declaw in the distant future if I can't figure out
what is making his head itch so bad that he kicks it open...
Beth
On 6/10/07, Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>
> `I guess the point is that its a great way to keep the piece...
> Nobody can get upset if you tell people you rescued your declawed cat
> from a shelter already declawed...
> Tad
>
> Kelley Saveika wrote:
>
> > On 6/10/07, Tad Burnett < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> There was an 18 year old siamese is a county shelter that I was
> >> looking at
> >> last night.. Looking through the list of about 30 cats that they had
> I
> >> noticed
> >> that they also had 2 other siamese as well as all the cats seemed
> >> like they
> >> would make great pets...
> >> Then I noticed that about one in four were declawed !!!
> >> If you want a declawed cat there are plenty of great kitties just
> dying
> >> waiting
> >> to be adopted and already declawed...
> >> Tad
> >
> >
> > 1 in 4 is about the national average for declawed cats. So this
> > statistic makes sense to me.
>
>
>
>
