No, that's a new idea to me. I'm going to do that from tonight. I need to put him in on Wednesday. Thanks Kristi! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:23 PM Subject: Re: getting them in the carrier
> I don't know if this has been suggested already so sorry if I'm being repetitive, but I find with mine if I leave a carrier out with a blanket in it some catnip and toys, at all times it is alot less scary when I shut the door behind my fur kids. They play in it so before and after the vet trip its a cat gym, they wrestle in it and play king of the mountain, I think maybe they forget the in between part. > Kristi > > > > From: BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/01/24 Mon PM 08:35:41 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: RE: Kerry, how is Levi today? > > > > Sometimes covering their eyes with your hand works to get them in the > > carrier - if you haven't already tried that. > > > > Bonnie > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Monday, January 24, 2005 4:19 pm > > Subject: RE: Kerry, how is Levi today? > > > > > It is virtually impossible for me to get BB in carrier so vet gave > > > me some > > > pills, ?ace? something or other?I give him � a pill about 3 yours > > > before & > > > put the carrier on the bed where he generally sleeps?I think that > > > becausethe pill makes him a little groggy & he curls up inside the > > > carrier & falls > > > asleep. The doseage is never enough to knock him out or anything, > > > just sort > > > of mellows him out to get more hands on for things he doesn?t like > > > to do > > > (like the carrier?which of course, he knows means the vet!). > > > Maybe you can > > > ask your vet about it?. I can look up the name & doseage if it > > > will help? > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf > > > Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. > > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:38 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: Kerry, how is Levi today? > > > > > > > > > > > > On the basis of your very helpful and specific email Michelle I've > > > made an > > > apptment on Wed morning with the best doctor I've found so far for my > > > ferals. I'm going to take the blood report that the housecall vet > > > faxed and > > > your email with me. > > > > > > I just hope I can get him into the carrier, and without too much > > > stress. (I > > > guess if he is feisty tho, then that's a good sign.) > > > > > > The housecall vet did mention steroids when pressed by me, but she > > > addedthey take 6-8 weeks to kick in? > > > > > > Is that correct? > > > > > > I wish I had a tape of our conversation. So much of it is over my > > > head. It > > > feels like wading thru glue sometimes, just to get a clear picture > > > of what's > > > possible/viable. > > > > > > Kerry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf > > > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:26 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Kerry, how is Levi today? > > > > > > Kerry, > > > > > > First, in terms of the sour cream-- Simon went a few days > > > where that > > > was basically all her ate too, so I would not worry about that. > > > It's very > > > fatty, if it is whole milk sour cream, which is good. The most > > > importantthing short-term, I think, is getting calories into him. > > > > > > In terms of his anemia and how bad he feels... is there any > > > way to get > > > him a diagnosis? Sue on this list said that her cat had anemia > > > from teh > > > FeLV and depomedrol (steroid) shots completely resolved it. The > > > anemia was > > > from her cat killing her own red blood cells, and the depomedrol > > > stoppedthat. If the anemia is from lymphoma, then steroids, or > > > chemo if you are up > > > to it, can also help enormously. Simon's hematocrit was down that > > > low for a > > > while, and still could be though I think he looks pinker now and is > > > definitely more energetic. If it is from hemobartenella (sp?) then > > > antibiotics could completely resolve it. If it has anything to do > > > with his > > > kidneys, Procrit or Epogen could help. There is also the chance, > > > of course, > > > that nothing can be done and it is just degenerative from the > > > FeLV, but it > > > is impossible to know this based on the information you currently > > > have from > > > your vet. If he is feral, then I know that makes any diagnosis or > > > treatmentchallenging, but if it is possible to get more > > > information from your vet or > > > another (did the vet check for hemobartanella? is lymphoma > > > possible? is it > > > possible he is killing his own rbc's?) If it really seems like he is > > > plummeting, and especially if you are considering euthanasia, I > > > would highly > > > recommend you try a steroid shot or two first to see if they help. > > > I would > > > give a dexamethasone shot, which is fast-acting, along with a > > > longer-acting > > > and slower-to-set-in shot of Depomedrol. I think it is the > > > combination of > > > these shots that brought Simon back, at least temporarily, from the > > > Precipice. > > > > > > > > > > > > Take care, > > > > > > Michelle > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > > intendedsolely for the use of the individual or entity to whom > > > they are addressed. > > > If you have received this email in error please notify the system > > > manager.This message contains confidential information and is > > > intended only for the > > > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > > > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > > > > > > > > > > >
