Amani...
I've thought about this but, honestly, have no idea as to how to go
about marketing those services...
The plain animal care arena where I live is literally glutted with
people doing this ( some of whom are putting big bucks into Logos and
Literature and advertising ( One woman actually had her care painted to
match her business card " Dog Sitty " ..... The people at the
shelter are not going to help me out with it because ALL of them are in
the business as well : ) Still ...I'm going to ask the Shelter
Director if she herSELF has any ideas because she knows quite well the
complications that I have with Yogi...
( Sadly... the little guy is not doing well for the past couple of
days.... Hiding out... not coming up on the bed to snuggle... but...
still eating and coming out of Hiding if I shake the temptations box...
I'd fell a LOT better if he were interacting....
Self promotion was never one of my strong suits.... it's one of the main
reasons that I am struggling financially in my " near golden" years : )
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:24:26 +0000
From: Amani Oakley To: "[email protected]" Subject:
[Felvtalk] Re Finding money for Vet Tx...
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Robert
Can I make a suggestion which is something I would dearly love to do
myself. Why not house sit for others going on holidays, who have
animals? You could only accept jobs in the near vicinity, so you could
pop back home and check on your babies as needed. You could also
charge different amounts for just dropping in to check on an animal,
getting the mail, taking in the newspaper, and watering the plants,
versus staying at the house. I know that when I go away, the first and
most important thing I have to arrange is care for my animals. We are
lucky to have a cousin who is perpetually out of work (though quite
young) so he is always available and good with our animals, and we pay
him well.
Nowadays, with the internet as well, it is easier than ever to market
your services. No more do you have to pin an ad on a supermarket
community board, but you can do that too, along with a distribution of
flyers in neighbourhoods near you.
There is good money in doing this, and what happens is that when one
person uses your services, he/she tells family and friends about you
when they're going away. You also can accept and reject jobs - you
aren?t stuck with a particular commitment - so there's far more
flexibility.
You're obviously wonderful with animals, so you would be perfect for
something like this. (It is my dream job - I could live vicariously
through you.)
Amani
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From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of ROBERT CHAPEL
Sent: January-20-17 4:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Finding money for Vet Tx...
Hello All:
I have a recollection of someone( or someone(s) in our forum
mentioning trying a " Go fund me " campaign for their cat(s)....? Was
it at all successful????? I am going to need to find some money if I
am going to keep my guys going as I really can't return to any kind of
reasonable paying work as long as meds need to be give a few times a
day ( I can get paid 3x more for a day of work if I go back to where I
used to work which is 55 miles away.... but it makes me nervous being
that far away if something happens that I can't get back)... I have no
real prospects for anything near my home but am beginning to look....?
The commited folks on this forum are spending FAR more on their
Kitties than I could dream of affording and it hurts me that what _ I
_ thought would be adequate care falls so short of what others are
doing......?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:38:19 +0000
From: Amani Oakley To: "[email protected]" Subject: Re:
[Felvtalk] Curly's gradual improvement
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Hi Ardy. I just discovered this information on line. I had no idea it
was the same stuff and you don?t need a prescription for it.
Amani
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Ardy Robertson
Sent: January-19-17 11:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Curly's gradual improvement
Hi Amani ? you just reminded me that I had purchased Doxycyclene for
our 21 year old cockatiel ? Selu ? a few years ago. He was
experiencing some respiratory problems and I had to mix it into his
water. It worked well as I remember.
Ardy
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Amani Oakley
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2017 9:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Curly's gradual improvement
Oh Randy, I am so THRILLED to hear of your positive response to the
medications, and that your vet was so helpful. (What does your vet
think of the response?) You may think that 15% haematocrit is still
very sick, and it is still well outside the normal range, but you?ve
basically had a 60% increase in haematocrit in 3 weeks. That is quite
amazing and wonderful. It is as good a result as you would have had
with 2 units of blood being given as a transfusion, only it is much
better than a transfusion because Curly is producing her own cells,
rather than temporarily filling up with someone else?s blood.
With respect to the Doxy, I am not sure. If it were me, I would
probably want to continue if you can. You?ve had a very good result.
Why mess with the formula? I can?t say definitively, one way or the
other, since I very much figured things out by running weekly blood
work and if I saw a dip or a reversal in the numbers, I would adjust
the medication accordingly. I don?t know if I am right about my Doxy
theory (and it is just pure conjecture on my part, based on my non-vet
research) but I really think that the Doxy is part of the effective
package. I feel that the Doxy holds the virus in check ? perhaps
slowing down its reproduction by inhibiting RNA synthesis ? enough to
allow the body to make some progress with the Winstrol. I don?t think
that the Winstrol on its own is enough.
With the Doxy, I used to scrape the quarter tablet into a slab of
butter to coat it with butter, to help it slide down better, since the
quarter table it very dry and scratchy. I also posted recently that
the Doxy we get from vets (and even from our doctors) is the same as
what you can get to treat fish or birds, in a pet store, and that is
sold in powdered packages of 100 mg (same as 1 tablet). A prescription
isn?t needed for it, and because it is powdered, it can be mixed into
food or liquid.
Great news, too, with your success in getting her to eat more and put
on weight.
I love to hear good news on this front. Let?s hope she continues in
the right direction.
Amani
From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Randy Henke
Sent: January-19-17 9:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Felvtalk] Curly's gradual improvement
It has been a little over a month ago that I asked for advice on this
forum for our little girl, Curly.
At that point, I had little hope. She was so lethargic and her
hematocrit had dipped to a critical 9%. I took everyone's advice,
especially Amani's, and asked our vet for Predisolone, Winstrol and
Doxycycline.
According to her latest CBC two weeks ago, she is still a very sick
kitty but her hematocrit rebounded to 15% which I know is still very
low. All other numbers are improving slowly as well. That was after
less than three weeks of treatment.
She is due for another CBC next Tuesday and I am hopeful we will see
more improvement. I've noticed her gums are more pink which I believe
is a good sign.
We were still having problems with getting her to eat. She would have
her good days and her bad days but her weight was still creeping down.
Last week I asked our vet about Mirtazapine and our vet agreed to give
us a prescription for it. I have to thank Robert for mentioning this
in one of his posts.
One day last week she didn't want to eat so I gave her a quarter pill
(3.75 mg) which is the dose our vet prescribed to give her daily. The
result was phenomenal and almost a little scary. She was bouncing off
the walls within a few hours and eating everything she could get her
paws on. I almost felt a little sorry for her because it was like she
couldn't sit still for more than a couple of minutes. But it was like
getting our old Curly back again in just a single day!
The effect tapered off after a couple of days and we didn't feel
comfortable giving her another dose until she stopped eating again
because of how dramatic the change was. I've read online that a
smaller dose could be effective if given every 72 hours so we are
going to try doing that so she keeps eating. It was incredible to see
her weight go up by a quarter pound in just a couple of days.
We are continuing the Prednisolone and Winstrol at the recommended
doses but our two week Doxycycline prescription ran out over a week
ago. She does appear to still be making improvement without it but I'm
wondering if I should ask for another prescription to keep that going
as well.
I always worry about giving her the quarter pill of Doxy because I
know it can cause esophageal damage if it isn't followed by liquids. I
was following the pill with the liquid Winstrol solution but wasn't
sure if that was enough.
Many thanks to everyone who gave us advice. It looks like we might
have our Curly back for at least a while yet and it's all because of
you people.
Randy
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