You can also order Drontal now w/o a prescription.
I just ordered 2 bottles @ 50 pills each from www.lambriarvet.com
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Update on Malnourished, Rescue cat
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
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