Dear
Julie
Earlier this week, I was wondering how Eduardo was doing----so thanks
very much for the update. He's an amazing cat, huh? (Though not as amazing as
his guardian--with your permission, I'd like to send this email to my
friends; I want them to know that everything you've put in this email is an
example of what the wonderful, dedicated members on this list, and the feral
list (as well as all the rescue group members) do on a daily basis
to improve the lives of homeless kitties).
Enjoyed reading about the other kitties too. I am SO glad the new kitty
has found you.....he sounds such a sweetheart. He must think he's hit the
jackpot. Do you have a name for him yet? Although, I realize he doesn't
hear it.
I use
10mg CoQ10 per cat (that size isn't available everywhere, but my health food
store had it). (I think that must have been the amount recommended by A Frasier,
but I'll check tonight.) Can't remember the brand...I just took whatever they
had.
take
care, and all good wishes
Kerry
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Subject: My FIV+ Summer
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Johnson
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:53 AM
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Subject: My FIV+ Summer
Dear Friends,
It has been a very busy summer and quite cat-active, too! Some of you
may remember Eduardo. I was able to re-trap him and he bided his time for
about a week until he CHEWED thru the side panel of the air conditioner in
his room, and, yes, escaped again. I could NOT believe it when I got home
that day; I just stood there looking at it in complete disbelief!
About a week went by this time before he returned. There was some
initial hissing and swatting with my outside cats, but he seems to have decided
that my yard is home. I did a lot of soul-searching and I have chosen not
to re-trap him. He is not an agressive cat, he has staked out his his own
area and is pretty much just hanging out with the outside cats. I realize
that there is a risk to them, but I have to consider every risk that they face
every day when they go out (I am praying for winter, because they are then
content to lay in their beds around the furnace). Eduardo is now letting
me stroke his back and stands on tippy-toes and raises his butt to be
scratched. He actually comes when I call him and he will follow me for
food, so I hope to lure him into the mudroom this winter and see how he feels
about being inside when it's freezing outside! Maybe he'll have a big
attitude adjustment.
Maurice, my 2nd FIV+ kitty is an enormous, muscular block of yellow
fur! He has quite a personality and is fascinated by the cats outside his
door. He really needs someone his own age to play with. At the
moment, he is quite disturbed about his new roomate, Brownie; jealous and
cranky.
Joan got a call last week from a family who has been feeding a feral colony
for many years. One of the cats (who they believe to be around 9 years of
age) was sitting in the middle of the road apparently oblivious to everything
around him. They've never been able to get near this cat, but could see
from a distance that he's had some severe scarring to one eye for quite
some time. They were able to go up behind him and push him into a
carrier. He had a visit to the vet that day and both eyes are completely
scarred from prior infection. He also seems to be almost completely
deaf. And, he is FIV+. I picked him up Monday night and he is in an
acclimation cage. It's taken a couple of days, but he is figuring out the
location of the litter box, where his cage cup of water is, and how to negotiate
around. He was hissing up a storm at the vet and at Joan's after his
neuter surgery (I did a fundraiser over the weekend so! he recuperated with her
until Monday), but he's really not a feral cat. He is responding to being
stroked and held and by yesterday, he was purring. He is CRAZY about
catnip and eats anything and everything that you put in front of him. His
bloodwork was surprisingly good, too, so I feel hopeful about his
future. He's pathetically thin, so I need to pack some weight on
him!
He feels the vibration of my footsteps (like Luna does) when I go into his
room and he started meowing last night!
Once he and Maurice are accustomed to each other's smell, he will leave the
cage and I will arrange his bed, litter box and food in the same pattern they
are in in the cage and I think he will do just fine. Last night he was
walking a bit (using my leg as a guide) and stretching his legs! There is
a large counter in their room (it's an old pantry) and Maurice prefers it up
there so that he can look out the window. I'm hoping that they will get
along and that ultimately I can try Eduardo with them.
That's my summer so far!
I'd like to start all the FIV+ cats on CoQ10; can someone share the dosage
they are using and do you have a preferred brand?
Hugs to everyone and headbutts to all the furries!
Love, Julie
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Paws Come WITH Claws!!!
If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.
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