Thank you Caroline for all this info. I certainly will give it some consideration.
Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: Caroline Kaufmann To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 4:45 PM Subject: RE: BooBoo is home!! Lynne: That's great that he came through it fine. He sounds very happy. Neutered males crack me up b/c they don't seem to miss a beat after their surgery! It's like nothing happened! Don't get depressed...it's not time for that. He sounds like he's doing really well. What else about the blood work was bad? Was it just the anemia? It's possible he had such bad fleas and a lack of nutrition that he could have flea anemia and thus, it could be reversible. Don't despair yet. Something to try...I know it's gross, but I am a vegetarian and I got over it...is raw chicken livers and raw lean beef. My holistic vet had me feeding this to Monkee for his anemia. It's literally one of the best things you can do naturally to help combat the anemia. Just get a tub of chicken livers from the grocery- I personally got the ones that were Free Range, non-hormone fed chickens, or ones labeled "organic" b/c you don't really need him getting anything else that is bad for him right now. Chicken livers are tough so I would cut them up as best as I could and they became kind of a mush. You want to serve them room temperature, but DO NOT MICROWAVE THEM-- eww- the smell-- and you want them just room temp, not cooked- they still need to be raw. I would warm them by kind of a double-boiler process where I put the livers I was going to serve in a small bowl in a pot of hot/warm water to bring them to room temp. If BooBoo has trouble eating the raw livers, you can also blend or grind them. I used a blender myself when Monkee got weaker and seemed to need the pieces really cut up, so yeah, Monkee ended up with his own blender after that. As for the beef, you want lean ground sirloin that is low fat. I went to Whole Foods and actually got Monkee a thing of organic ground Buffalo. I was getting such a small amount (b/c I didn't know if he would eat it) that the butcher didn't even charge me when I told him it was for my sick cat. Monkee loved the Buffalo and it was actually one of the last things he ate. Again, serve it room temp, RAW, and cut it up- even tho it's ground, you still need to make bite size kitty pieces. The chicken liver blood poured on top of the beef is also really good- Monkee loved it and it's so good for treating anemia. You have nothing to lose, so you should try it. BooBoo will love love love it I am sure and it will be a nice natural treatment for his anemia. I would definitely try it before you start throwing drugs at him-- at least to see if it's just a flea anemia or anemia brought about by lack of food and proper care, as opposed to actual Felv anemia. If you are interested in the homeopathic/holistic care- which I think BooBoo could really benefit from b/c he had such a hard time before you found him- you could look for a vet in your area that is a homeopathic vet. Mine is a regular vet in addition to being a homeopathic vet. One of the homeopathic treatments for anemia is Phosphorus. You can get it at a health foods store like Whole Foods. You want the 30c pellets. You can add them to food or directly administer to the mouth, but the pills are tiny so I would sometimes crush them and put them in cat milk- something like that. Give 3-5 pellets 3 times a day. ***Again- I'm not prescribing drugs here- just so everyone is clear- homeopathics don't have an contraindications or side-affects. This is the dose my holistic vet gave me for Monkee when his anemia was active. It's another thing to try b/c you have nothing to lose- there's no dangers in trying it. caroline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: BooBoo is home!! Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 16:12:45 -0500 BooBoo just came home from his neutering. He had no trouble whatsoever with the anesthesia, has eaten, had a drink and can't stop purring. He's really happy to be home. The vet went over his blood work with us and told us it didn't look good. He's already anemic. I was so hoping for some good news. He's checking into some drugs for the future if needed and we choose to go that route. He said they are very expensive. This whole experience has sucked the life out of me. I look at this precious little guy and he has absolutely no signs of a disease yet I know he does. I am so angry with his previous owners right now. They emailed me last week when I told them the news and they pretty much suggested that we gave him this disease because he was always healthy and happy. This coming from a family who never took him to a vet. He was a mess when we got him, totally matted, fleas and a terrible case of earmites. Now he's beautifully groomed, clean and seemingly overjoyed at being here. This all so totally new to me. We've never had a pet with an illness, let alone something like this. I swear I'm becomming depressed. I'm not gonna let BooBoo know it though. Lynne ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. Learn more.
