Thanks. I am new to this doing as much treatment you can without using the vet thing, so I was trying to figure out what the best tapeworm pill was. I think we will be okay though. I put an Advantage on the cat tonight, as I just received my Advantage supply in the mail today. We haven't tried to reach the owner yet-- that is the big task tomorrow. The cat is worn out! I had to treat her eyes and give her clavamox tonight and she fought me on both big time (definitely getting her energy level somewhat back to normal), but after that, she was done. She has no energy reserves so I think the trip to the vet and then the evening treatment was really a lot for her.
I just really hope her owner is a responsible one who desperately wants her back. I really dread being faced with the dilemma of owner abandonment or something like that....
-Caroline
From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: OT: Update on Malnourished, Rescue cat
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 16:56:14 -0500
>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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