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From: Susan Hoffman
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Vet wants to put Midnight down?
Did your vet do bloodwork? What were the results? And do you truly trust
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Vet wants to put Midnight down?
Did your vet do bloodwork? What were the results? And do you truly trust
this vet?
Is Midnight eating, responding to petting? How much water is he drinking?
Jennifer
My vet says that the reason Midnight isn't responding to the antibiotics
or the Feliway (he still pees not sprays everywhere) is because he is in
renal failure. My vet is all for helping animals but says this is a one
way street and there is pain and suffering at the end of the street. He
Did your vet do bloodwork? What were the results? And do you truly trust this
vet?
Is Midnight eating, responding to petting? How much water is he drinking?
Jennifer Madon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My vet says that the reason Midnight isn't responding to the antibiotics
or the Feliway
I would be wary of this diagnosis unless he has done a LOT of tests. I have
two that are peeing everywhere and it is strictly behavioral. They are on
Elavil, which helps a lot with the spraying.
On 3/26/07, Susan Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did your vet do bloodwork? What were the
At 10:56 AM 3/26/2007, you wrote:
No No No Please rethink, my kitty in CRF did pee all over, he was
getting so much fluids, and he was an old tomif he is eating and
comfortable and happy...He made need to have is roaming area
curtailed, but there are s many options, If the PTS is for
Jennifer,
I have a CRF kitty who will be 18 in June. She pees A
LOT. Is Midnight peeing a lot? Is he drinking a lot?
Do you have his kidney values? What are they? I
would ask a lot of questions before you pts. Julie
has been CRF for over a year, and she really isn't
being treated for it
The vet did do some blood work. I do not know the exact numbers, but I
do know that after 3 rounds of antibiotics, the wbc in his urine are
extremely high (those are the drs words). I do trust Dr Proctor. He is
a great doc and a cot lover too :)
Midnight is eating, less but eating. He
Well the pee is inconvenient but I would not pts for that reason. Heck,
my 3 years old has peed on the floor many times but I still have him
LOL! I just don't know much about this stuff and I don't want him to
suffer. I have noticed that if he pees on something non-absorbent (like
my
Midnight is a stray that found us about 3 months ago. Best guess by Dr
is that he is about 11 or 12 months old. So he is not elderly at all.
I will try to change the litter type but the pee isn't the big issue.
That is what took us to the Dr. but the renal failure is what brought me
to
If you have his bloodwork values, post them. If you
don't, ask the vet if they'll fax them over or if you
can come pick up a copy. We absolutely want to help
you, but need to know those kidney values first. That
will tell you if he's in renal failure. If you trust
this doc, then he's probably
CRF (chronic renal failure) in cats is very treatable, unless it's extremely
advanced. I would get a second opinion, and maybe a third one too. Check out my
CRF
webpage for lots of info on treatment and management:
http://ucat.us/CRFPKDCats.html
Phaewryn
http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html
I feel almost foolish asking such an obvious question right now, but
what has Midnight been eating?? You must have considered the
possibility that he's been eating tainted Menu Foods products by now, right?
Nina
Jennifer Madon wrote:
Midnight is a stray that found us about 3 months ago. Best
Well, the latest food has been Purina Cat Chow. I didn't check on it
because he eats dry food. I haven't even followed the recall since I
heard it is in wet food. Should I worry?
Nina wrote:
I feel almost foolish asking such an obvious question right now, but
what has Midnight been
At 04:19 PM 3/26/2007, you wrote:
do not think so
Well, the latest food has been Purina Cat Chow. I didn't check on
it because he eats dry food. I haven't even followed the recall
since I heard it is in wet food. Should I worry?
Nina wrote:
I feel almost foolish asking such an
Jennifer,
What are Midnight's numbers, in particular these:
Creatinine, BUN, Potassium, Phosphorus, HCT or PVC. My Fred is a kidney
failure cat and there are different stages, with daily fluids,
phosphorus binders and potassium supplements Fred's gotten better. Now
if we can just get
PS. He probably isn't getting the right antibiotic, what is he
getting and why is he getting them?
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There is plenty you can do for kitties with CRF, diet, fluids and
supplements for low potassium (most CRF kitties will eventually get low
because they lose so much through their urine), aluminum phosphorus
binders, because they will eventually have their phosphorus build up.
Some kitties
At 10:45 PM 3/26/2007, you wrote:
I always added potassium to the fluid and used phosphorus
binders,,,He had a great 3 more years and he was over 20
Kelly
There is plenty you can do for kitties with CRF, diet, fluids
and supplements for low potassium (most CRF kitties will
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