(oh, it's been a long year already....... i know what you MEANT, marylyn, but i have this image in my head of all these cats and dogs lining up at caroline's door, as CLIENTS..... "really, she SWORE she was spayed!" "well, yeah, i DID bite him, but you would have too!"..... and them paying her in rawhide bones and enormous bags of primo catnip....)
MC On Jan 1, 2008 8:12 AM, Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unasked for advise: I know you know this but I have to repeat it. > Be very careful when you are close to the face of a > feral/barn/alley/unknown cat. I had a very small cat bite and break a > finger costing me two surgeries, the possibility of losing part of the > finger etc. I was at the ER and being treated within 15 minutes of the > bite and seeing the wonderful surgeons at U of L's Hand Clinic in less than > 24 hours so lack of attention was not an issue. No need to be afraid but be > alert to sight/flight signs in the cats. You are going to be bitten and > scratched. That is part of the game. And yes, I snuggle mine and still > deal with ferals/strays/throw-always----those little ones who need a kind > word and kind hand. > > Again, you are doing great. Now set up a law practice dedicated to > animals. :)))) > > > > > 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:* Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, December 31, 2007 6:56 PM > *Subject:* Re: OT: sick 6 mo kitten follow-up > > What did Dr. Maier say about supplements? > > > > > > > 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:* Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, December 31, 2007 6:45 PM > *Subject:* RE: OT: sick 6 mo kitten follow-up > > Well, I think I just never saw him drink b/c I had him only from last sat. > night until monday in my bedroom with my other cats (I have two large rooms > connected- so they have tons of space. All but Possum sleep in the condo- > which is set up by the front window- at night). But we did keep him in a > separate crate in the room until the vet visit last monday, and that vet > said to isolate him, so poor kitty and his crate went to the basement. I > felt horrible, but we are just currently running out of rooms. So, he was > stuck down there all alone and since he wasn't with me in my room, I wasn't > able to see what he does. He spent most of his time down there crying > crying crying (broke my heart) and knocking over his coop cup of water and > food in his desperate attempts to reach thru the crate. It was horrible, I > know, but our basement doesn't have a real door- it's a folding levelor > blind-like door and every cat, save for the teeny barn kittens, have made > short shrift of it! Anyway, per Dr. Maier's advice- after she told me her > analysis of the blood tests (she doesn't think it's FIP (she said severe > dehydration will cause high protein and high globulin in the blood- also, he > didn't test pos. for any corona virus, so I don't see how the conventional > vet can say FIP???). She thinks it's just very very very bad > malnourishment/dehydration, infection from chronic URIs setting in, stress, > etc). So, I moved him into my room on Sat., per her okay and recc that it > would be better for him. Since he and Possum are both special needs, slow > (which incidentally makes them really good kitties b/c they don't have the > energy to "be bad"!), both recovering from what is hopefully only > malnourishment, etc., they both stay out in the room/sleep with me on the > bed at night (they are both such good little boys)! So I finally saw him > drink water and it's all at once, wonderful and hilarious! He drinks > voraciously (as voraciously as he eats his wet food- well, he's into the > crunchies too, but the wet food eating it funnier b/c he smacks him lips and > gobbles and just makes all these snarfling noises while eating- and gets it > all over his nose- like he never tasted anything so good!). So the water > drinking is similar-- very loud, very intense, and when he looks up, he has > it all over his chin and nose! So, I am no longer concerned about water > drinking. I add a lot of water to his wet food too and he doesn't seem to > mind. He's not dehydrated anymore either. He still looks like an old man > cat to me tho- which is sad because he's only 6 months. Sigh. He looks > like what my 19 yo Rambo looked like his last year of life. He really > bounced back after just coming to my house, getting fluids and the shot of > penicillin, but he seems to have leveled off now. We'll see...I really hope > it's not dry FIP. I just can't go through that. Tackling this > malnourishment and weakened state has been hard enough... > caroline > > > ------------------------------ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: sick 6 mo kitten follow-up > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:38:57 -0600 > > Try dripping water or a water fountain. Ebony loved to drink from the > faucet. I like the fountain better because the water can be filtered. > > > > > > > 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:* Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 27, 2007 8:54 PM > *Subject:* RE: OT: sick 6 mo kitten follow-up > > I have never seen him drink water, so I am not sure. But he's been > urinating a lot- of course that could be from the fluids. He was dehydrated > on Monday, but he bounced back so much after the shot of Penicillin and one > bought of subcu fluids- it was really remarkable. And of course, the vet > isn't able to "see" that. Since I have never seen him drink water, I have > been adding water and KMR to his wet food- just to make sure to get some > extra in. He eats almost all of his food up, so he's certainly getting > moisture that way. > caroline > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:47:47 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: sick 6 mo kitten follow-up > > That is great news, that everything is negative. > Is he drinking normally? Is he dehydrated? If he is not dehydrated....I > would not see any need for fluids (but I'm not a vet, this is not to be > construed as veterinary advice, yadda yadda) > > Kelley > > > > On Dec 27, 2007 8:39 PM, Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Okay, the results are not all in, but I finally talked to the Vet about > the blood tests from the sick kitten I took in- which he suspect FIP in. > The cat was NEGATIVE for Felv (so that's the second time he's tested neg.- > first at approx. 2 mths old, now at 6 mths). He NEGATIVE for FIV (which he > had not yet been tested for ever). The vet also says that so far, it looks > like it's not FIP and he talked about how there is no conclusive test, etc., > so for now, he has to go by the presence of antibodies- which he says are > usually higher if the cat has "dry" FIP and then even higher if it's "wet" > FIP. He says the antibodies are just not high enough to for it to be FIP- > either the dry or wet form. So he remains concerned tho that it's a an > infectious ( i.e., contagious) disease. *What he is waiting on now is the > toxoplasmosis test b/c now he is suspecting that.* He said the results of > that test will be in tomorrow. He also said the blood is showing high > globulin levels and high white blood cells- both of which indicate some kind > of an infection, but he just doesn't know what kind yet. > I do have a phone consultation appointment tomorrow at 5:00 with the > holistic vet (Marylyn-- Dr. Maier) who treated Monkee at the end of his life > and whom Monkee loved- at a time when he was utterly miserable and fed up > with vets! We are consulting on this kitten and then also to discuss > general care of fosters and things I can do holistically to help them rehab > faster. I may end up taking Yoda to her anyway b/c of the diarrhea that I > can't get traditional vets to address. Hopefully, I will have the blood > tests results on my sick kitten emailed to me before then, so I can forward > them to her for her review and "second" opinion. I feel better because I am > finally getting some freaking vets lined up so that I can finally take care > of these fosters without always feeling like I'm supposed to do so without > ever having veterinary access unless a cat is pretty much dying in my arms. > Monkee died in my arms despite all the things we did to save him and there > is NO WAY I'm going to allow another cat to die in my arms- especially these > fosters who seem to have totally treatable (possibly preventable) things > going on with them! Urg. So we continue to forge ahead. > Poor kitty feels so much better and I'm worried about continuing to give > him fluids. Dr. Maier said in an email that if he is doing that much better > and has had 3 treatments of subcu fluids, it's probably not necessary to do > them today. But when I talked to the conventional vet that saw the cat on > Monday, he said to continue them b/c "extra fluids are extra fluids," "it > can't really hurt him" (I beg to differ- it's very traumatic b/c it's just > me and him in a contest of wills and strength and it's pretty horrible- he > gets that huge needle out everytime and I have to re-stick him-- which is > hell for me and him), and "without really seeing the cat, he can't tell me > to discontinue fluids." Well, my mom and I have discussed it and I'm doing > them tonight. It's too much on him and me. He's feeling too "good" now so > that he really fights the fluid giving. I always recall that Dr. Maier- in > all her holistic wisdom- said (when I first took Monkee to her), that "you > don't want the treatment to be worse than the disease." I think that solves > my dilemma for now. > Caroline > > > > ------------------------------ > The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox > 360 Console. 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