Caroline, You can get tapeworm tabs online much cheaper.
I asked my vet, because we sometimes have small kittens come in from the local kill shelter with tapeworms, and they are the same dosage of active ingredient as Droncit. http://tinyurl.com/39kpve On 8/9/07, Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My mom took the cat we rescued Sat. to her regular vet today. I couldn't > get a hold of my Shamrock contact (she lost her cell phone in the bushes > somewhere crawling around doing a kitten rescue- typical- this explains why > I couldn't get a hold of her!). My mom was just really frustrated and felt > she couldn't wait on Shamrock or anyone of those groups to help us get the > cat into a vet that would treat her half price/discounted. She wanted to > make sure we were dealing only with malnutrition and an upper respiratory > infection. She ended up seeing a relief vet and my mom says she spent the > first 15 mins arguing with the vet over what the cat needed, what they > were/weren't going to do to her, and finding the owner. The vet pressured > my mom into calling the vet number listed on the rabies tag AGAIN- even > though we never heard from him and know that he has other clinics that are > open in Louisville- well, when she called, she got a live person! That > person looked up the rabies tag and gave my mom the "owner" information, so > we have that now. The cat's "name" is "Nosey"...I mean..., I don't > know....your alls' guesses are as good as mine...that's all I will say about > that. > My mom bargained down the vet and since she now had the owner info, I guess > the dr. let her off the hook as far as not doing EVERYTHING that a vet would > usually do with a rescued cat. They did a fecal and surprisingly, she > doesn't have worms. Although, she could still have tape worms since I found > a live flea on her- but we are going to wait on that. I can always get a > tapeworm pill from Shamrock if I need to. She weighs 5 lbs, 5 > ounces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I told you she was malnourished!!!!! The vet had > trouble aging her and guessed 5 years. I think she's a little off there-- > she has tarter on her teeth, but not tons and she has no grey tarter- just > the yellow, so I think she's younger than 5, but over 2 years. I think the > vet's being thrown off by the malnourishment. > She sneezed for the vet, so she's putting her on oral clavamox. > Surprisingly, the vet said everything we've been doing for her is right and > then some...we wrote out a list that included everything- the colostrum, > food, etc., which my mom handed to the vet when she walked in. So I guess > we know more of what we are doing than we thought. AND my usually reluctant > to do "rescues" mother has even said that she is "willing to do more of > this" as long as she has the resources set up ahead of time- meaning, ready > access to a vet, if vet care is needed, that will treat a rescue cat for a > discount! She got out of there with a $59 bill. > As for calling the owner, we are in no rush. My mom still has major > concerns based on how tight the collar was on the cat- so tight it rubbed > the fur off, if she was supposed to be an outside cat or indoor/outdoor cat- > why isn't she micro chipped, and she did end up a long way from home, etc. > I'm probably going to call them and feel them out before I release too much > info. What I DON'T want to happen is to have a reluctant owner lie to us > and say yeah, we want her back, and then just surrender her to Animal > Control after we turn her over, or just let her back out in this heat, etc. > I am not going to have done all this work on this cat for NOTHING! > The cat is back home at my mom's, no doubt loving the a/c. She's happy and > I am sure she's gained an couple ounces since Sat. already. > > -Caroline > ________________________________ > Puzzles, trivia teasers, word scrambles and more. Play for your chance to > win! -- Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. http://www.rescuties.org Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 Please help Caroline! http://rescuties.chipin.com/caroline I GoodSearch for Rescuties. Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo!
