This didn't go thru the way it should have--sounds like cats on the
keyboard. What I did after I cut the little ant-size "garage doors"
in the sides of the shoebox lid was place two ant baits under the lid
and top it off with several folded newspapers to keep the top stable
and hide it from interested little felines. Works like a charm and
ants were gone in two or three days.
Oh--and, I'm back. I had a hairy three weeks dealing with billi bi's
FLUTD, including reconstructive and cosmetic surgery (the new norm!)
for his little peepee, poor guy, and now, Sammy went out of the
remission he was in since after the week he began his chemotherapy.
So he is on rescue protocol started Monday and has snapped out of it
and is back to normal but this is apparently the shitty endgame. The
doc has given him a max of two months. I hate this crap so much!
I've called an animal healer.
The good news is he will celebrate his very first birthday (for three
whole days: June 29th, 30th and July 1st, when they were found by a
lady's retriever who carefully retrieved them from under her back
porch, with his brothers Charlie and Teddy. I just hate this crying
all the time, though.
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On Jun 10, 2007, at 6:20 AM, Marylyn wrote:
Thanks for the tip.
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: Taylor Scobie Humphrey
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: MeMe
Oh, great! Isn't she cute? My little girl! Oh--and don't worry.
Those things are all in the basement in backs of cupboards with old
sliding doors that even I have trouble with. I just figured out
how to hide ant traps when you can't hide 'em in the backs of base
cabinets. I took a shoebox lid and cut very small (about 1/2"
wide) ant-size years from getting curious and they completely
ignore it--but the ants don't--and now those stupid ants are GONE!
And, brother, it has been ant season big time this year! YAY!
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On Jun 9, 2007, at 7:33 AM, Marylyn wrote:
Sounds like she is trying to teach you to hunt. Be careful with
those things you sit around. You don't want a cat playing with them.
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: Taylor Scobie Humphrey
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: MeMe
Oh, dear MeMe with the wonderful name! You WILL get rid of the
giardia. Just be careful not to drink out of any glasses or mugs
she has put her paw into. That's how I got giardia! I remember
thinking, oh how cute! And later drinking out of that glass and a
week or two later, bingo! I later told my vet and the head vet
tech and, boy, did they laugh! If you DO get it it'll go away
eventually if you're healthy.
~~Oh, ack! Lilibet just jumped up on my desk to show me--a roach
from the basement! She is so pleased! I thought I heard her
delicate little voice! She's the one who taught the Three Orange
Boys how to kill their prey by bringing them various bugs she
would catch. So she's taken it to them and they're very happy,
too. I don't mind roaches--except that they're IN MY (mother's)
BASEMENT! Ick! I thought I could get 'em with those roach things
you hide around in the backs of cupboards, but NO! Crap! She
actually just brought it to me again and it wasn't looking so good
by then--so proud!--and then took it back to the babies a second
time. Very exciting early AM here!~~
Lilibet also has a runny eye, which, of course, she arrived with.
Sometimes it runs and sometimes she sneezes.
I think MeMe's wellness program is working! If you google purring
or cats purring you'l eventually find info on the healing power of
purring! Pretty neat stuff!
Oh--and you know what else? She knows she's sick but she also
knows she loves you and you love her and that's stronger than any
sickness.
Love from the cats over here! And me, too.
"Consciousness is Causal
and Physicality is its
Manifestation."
On Jun 7, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Jane Lyons wrote:
Thanks for asking about her. I welcome the chance to talk about her
to people who know and live with this disease.
One thing I've learned in these past 12 days is there is no
consistency
or statics. We've gotten rid of swollen glands and very bad
breath, but
sneezes and a runny eye are back. We've begun the Panacur, and
have to
suspend FortiFlora for 5 days, so that we can get her to eat the
Panacur
in her food. She has had diarrhea since we got her, and I don't
think we can
accomplish very much until we get rid of it ( Giardia.) She gets
Maitake-DMG
twice a day. She is eating bits of Archetype that my vet
recommended, but
she is a Fancy Feast addict which cannot be helping.
She has good days and not so good days. She is always sweet and
seemingly
happy with the attention and care she is getting. I've decided
that as part
of her wellness program, she will have 'bliss therapy' which
means purring
as deeply and loudly as possible, for as much time as possible.
I'm hoping it
is an immunity booster.
I am struggling with staying in 'present time' and trying to
shake the deep sadness
I feel when she purrs as I pick her up.
Jane
