Gypsy's experience at the vet
We just got back from the vet. What a wonderful human this woman is. I sprayed the carrier with Feliway and put the Rescue Remedy on Gypsy's ear about an hour before we left, (thank you so much for suggesting them, I think they may have helped). She was, of course, still scared to death. I was trying to be calm, but I was pretty scared too. My fantastic husband took the morning off to come with us, (Bruce is Gypsy's favorite human), and I'm sure his presence helped as well. The vet thinks Gypsy has a chance to pull through! She's put her on a bland diet, boiled chicken breast and Kombu and Cruciferous veggies (cabbages) when boiling chicken, feeding her the broth as well. I'd done this before, but I guess I didn't give it long enough. She also sent me home with Vita B12 to inject SQ twice a week. I had been giving her the sublingual, but that isn't nearly as effective as the shot. That should give her energy and supplement the B12 she's losing due to the IBD. She also gave me a supplement called Nutrigest to add to her food. There's a ton of things in it, including the L-Glutamine, Probiotic cultures, Aloe extract, Folic Acid, if you're interested I'll send you the full list of ingredients. I'm not clear if she wants me to take her off the Methylpred shots and Metronidazole yet, I'm waiting for a call from the office. She also preformed acupuncture on Gypsy. Something I would have never imagined her to sit still for, but she did! Something else I wanted to tell you guys, was the way in which she examined Gypsy. We put the carrier on the table and covered it with a couple of towels, then we slowly removed the top of the carrier and covered her with the towel. She felt comfortable enough to stay there in the bottom part of the carrier, hidden in the towel, and let the doctor examine her and give her the acupuncture. What a simple, yet brilliant idea! I'm going to use it with all my babies when they're scared at the vets. This is the first time Gypsy has been able to be examined without having to drug her. I'm telling you, I love this vet! Thanks again for all the support! Nina
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That is wonderful news! Please keep us updated. Michelle
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How could I forget! She also suggested I pick up a Homeopathic remedy, Thuja 6x or 6c. Thuja helps expel toxicity from the body. They are sugar pills (sublingual for humans) that I'm suppose to crunch up in a white piece of paper and pour into the side of her lip. (This should be interesting! I'm glad no one will be videotaping me trying to do this.) Nina Nina wrote: We just got back from the vet. What a wonderful human this woman is. I sprayed the carrier with Feliway and put the Rescue Remedy on Gypsy's ear about an hour before we left, (thank you so much for suggesting them, I think they may have helped). She was, of course, still scared to death. I was trying to be calm, but I was pretty scared too. My fantastic husband took the morning off to come with us, (Bruce is Gypsy's favorite human), and I'm sure his presence helped as well. The vet thinks Gypsy has a chance to pull through! She's put her on a bland diet, boiled chicken breast and Kombu and Cruciferous veggies (cabbages) when boiling chicken, feeding her the broth as well. I'd done this before, but I guess I didn't give it long enough. She also sent me home with Vita B12 to inject SQ twice a week. I had been giving her the sublingual, but that isn't nearly as effective as the shot. That should give her energy and supplement the B12 she's losing due to the IBD. She also gave me a supplement called Nutrigest to add to her food. There's a ton of things in it, including the L-Glutamine, Probiotic cultures, Aloe extract, Folic Acid, if you're interested I'll send you the full list of ingredients. I'm not clear if she wants me to take her off the Methylpred shots and Metronidazole yet, I'm waiting for a call from the office. She also preformed acupuncture on Gypsy. Something I would have never imagined her to sit still for, but she did! Something else I wanted to tell you guys, was the way in which she examined Gypsy. We put the carrier on the table and covered it with a couple of towels, then we slowly removed the top of the carrier and covered her with the towel. She felt comfortable enough to stay there in the bottom part of the carrier, hidden in the towel, and let the doctor examine her and give her the acupuncture. What a simple, yet brilliant idea! I'm going to use it with all my babies when they're scared at the vets. This is the first time Gypsy has been able to be examined without having to drug her. I'm telling you, I love this vet! Thanks again for all the support! Nina
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Nina, That is wonderful ,I am so happy that you found a vet to loveI am pulling for you and Gypsy. CherieNina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just got back from the vet. What a wonderful human this woman is. I sprayed the carrier with Feliway and put the Rescue Remedy on Gypsy's ear about an hour before we left, (thank you so much for suggesting them, I think they may have helped). She was, of course, still scared to death. I was trying to be calm, but I was pretty scared too. My fantastic husband took the morning off to come with us, (Bruce is Gypsy's favorite human), and I'm sure his presence helped as well. The vet thinks Gypsy has a chance to pull through! She's put her on a bland diet, boiled chicken breast and "Kombu and Cruciferous veggies (cabbages) when boiling chicken", feeding her the broth as well. I'd done this before, but I guess I didn't give it long enough. She also sent me home with Vita B12 to inject SQ twice a week. I had been giving her the sublingual, but that isn't nearly as effective as the shot. That should give her energy and supplement the B12 she's losing due to the IBD. She also gave me a supplement called "Nutrigest" to add to her food. There's a ton of things in it, including the L-Glutamine, Probiotic cultures, Aloe extract, Folic Acid, if you're interested I'll send you the full list of ingredients. I'm not clear if she wants me to take her off the Methylpred shots and Metronidazole yet, I'm waiting for a call from the office. She also preformed acupuncture on Gypsy. Something I would have never imagined her to sit still for, but she did!Something else I wanted to tell you guys, was the way in which she examined Gypsy. We put the carrier on the table and covered it with a couple of towels, then we slowly removed the top of the carrier and covered her with the towel. She felt comfortable enough to stay there in the bottom part of the carrier, h! idden in the towel, and let the doctor examine her and give her the acupuncture. What a simple, yet brilliant idea! I'm going to use it with all my babies when they're scared at the vets. This is the first time Gypsy has been able to be examined without having to drug her. I'm telling you, I love this vet!Thanks again for all the support!Nina
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We do a similar thing with Smoky because he gets so scared at the vet. When I open the carrier (it's a pretty big one for kitties, but they both fit in it comfortably) Bandit will come out, but Smoky won't - once, it took two of to get him out, I'd had a piece of carpet glued to the bottom and he was hanging on for all he was worth and he is STRONG. So, since that was so traumatic, we just take the top of the carrier off and lift it up onto the table - we don't really need a towel over him, as long as he can back into a corner. Let me tell you though, some of the techs have trouble handling him - he's just too big and strong and doesn't like being held/handled by his mom at home, let alone his aunties at the clinic. Sadly, Bandit has also become less adventurous at the vet - the last time I had them in for a regular check-up appt, I unscrewed the top of the carrier and lifted it onto the bench in the room - Bandit kind of flowed.. up onto th! e bench under the carrier lid as we moved it - never really saw him. And he has taken to hiding under the lid of the carrier when it's not his turn. I am very glad you have found such a compassionate vet! They are treasures that are too few and too far between.Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just got back from the vet. What a wonderful human this woman is. I sprayed the carrier with Feliway and put the Rescue Remedy on Gypsy's ear about an hour before we left, (thank you so much for suggesting them, I think they may have helped). She was, of course, still scared to death. I was trying to be calm, but I was pretty scared too. My fantastic husband took the morning off to come with us, (Bruce is Gypsy's favorite human), and I'm sure his presence helped as well. The vet thinks Gypsy has a chance to pull through! She's put her on a bland diet, boiled chicken breast and "Kombu and Cruciferous veggies (cabbages) when boiling chicken", feeding her the broth as well. I'd done this before, but I guess I didn't give it long enough. She also sent me home with Vita B12 to inject SQ twice a week. I had been giving her the sublingual, but that isn't nearly as effective as the shot. That should give her energy and supplement the B12 she's losing due to the IBD. She also gave me a supplement called "Nutrigest" to add to her food. There's a ton of things in it, including the L-Glutamine, Probiotic cultures, Aloe extract, Folic Acid, if you're interested I'll send you the full list of ingredients. I'm not clear if she wants me to take her off the Methylpred shots and Metronidazole yet, I'm waiting for a call from the office. She also preformed acupuncture on Gypsy. Something I would have never imagined her to sit still for, but she did!Something else I wanted to tell you guys, was the way in which she examined Gypsy. We put the carrier on the table and covered it with a couple of towels, then we slowly removed the top of the carrier and covered her with the towel. She felt comfortable enough to stay there in the bottom part of the carrier, h! idden in the towel, and let the doctor examine her and give her the acupuncture. What a simple, yet brilliant idea! I'm going to use it with all my babies when they're scared at the vets. This is the first time Gypsy has been able to be examined without having to drug her. I'm telling you, I love this vet!Thanks again for all the support!NinaBarb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."- Anonymous Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.
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Wow, she does sound like a great vet. I also like the idea of the Nutrigest. That sounds like a good thing to use for many chronic illnesses. From: Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: felvtalk@vlists.net To: felvtalk@vlists.net Subject: Gypsy's experience at the vet Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:16:27 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from vlists.net ([208.186.168.62]) by MC6-F39.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:47:08 -0800 Received: from localhost ([EMAIL PROTECTED])by vlists.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j0QKl8107767for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:47:08 -0600 Received: by vps.vlists.net (TLB v0.11a (1.26 tibbs 1998/09/22 04:41:41)); Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:47:03 -0600 (CST) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by vlists.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id j0QKl2v06953for felvtalk-utils; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:47:02 -0600 Received: from out010.verizon.net (out010pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.133])by vlists.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j0QKFYo15614for felvtalk@vlists.net; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:15:36 -0600 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([4.35.42.210]) by out010.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for felvtalk@vlists.net; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:14:30 -0600 X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jHGT1qj0FdJP2K/cp53A+Mluf9WM5+Daas= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out010.verizon.net from [4.35.42.210] at Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:14:29 -0600 Virus-Information: Virus Scanned By VLists.Net For Your Protection. Virus-Status: VLists.Net Found No Virus Spam-Status: not spam, SpamAssassin (timed out) Precedence: list Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Jan 2005 20:47:08.0817 (UTC) FILETIME=[33E99810:01C503E8] We just got back from the vet. What a wonderful human this woman is. I sprayed the carrier with Feliway and put the Rescue Remedy on Gypsy's ear about an hour before we left, (thank you so much for suggesting them, I think they may have helped). She was, of course, still scared to death. I was trying to be calm, but I was pretty scared too. My fantastic husband took the morning off to come with us, (Bruce is Gypsy's favorite human), and I'm sure his presence helped as well. The vet thinks Gypsy has a chance to pull through! She's put her on a bland diet, boiled chicken breast and Kombu and Cruciferous veggies (cabbages) when boiling chicken, feeding her the broth as well. I'd done this before, but I guess I didn't give it long enough. She also sent me home with Vita B12 to inject SQ twice a week. I had been giving her the sublingual, but that isn't nearly as effective as the shot. That should give her energy and supplement the B12 she's losing due to the IBD. She also gave me a supplement called Nutrigest to add to her food. There's a ton of things in it, including the L-Glutamine, Probiotic cultures, Aloe extract, Folic Acid, if you're interested I'll send you the full list of ingredients. I'm not clear if she wants me to take her off the Methylpred shots and Metronidazole yet, I'm waiting for a call from the office. She also preformed acupuncture on Gypsy. Something I would have never imagined her to sit still for, but she did! Something else I wanted to tell you guys, was the way in which she examined Gypsy. We put the carrier on the table and covered it with a couple of towels, then we slowly removed the top of the carrier and covered her with the towel. She felt comfortable enough to stay there in the bottom part of the carrier, hidden in the towel, and let the doctor examine her and give her the acupuncture. What a simple, yet brilliant idea! I'm going to use it with all my babies when they're scared at the vets. This is the first time Gypsy has been able to be examined without having to drug her. I'm telling you, I love this vet! Thanks again for all the support! Nina
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