Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-28 Thread Nina
Hi Kerry, I'm sorry I didn't respond to your email earlier. I did just read Hideyo's response, and I agree with her. The kitty will be traveling in the cabin with your friend right? Mild sedation sometimes has the opposite effect on kitties than what we'd hope for, (I learned that the hard

Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-27 Thread Kerry MacKenzie
Thanks Hideyo and Marylyn, appreciate it, have passed on the info to her. Kerry - Original Message - From: Marylyn To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 3:36 AM Subject: Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip One

RE: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-26 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip Hi all I don't know if this will go thru because I'm having a lot of problems. But I have to try, as someone I know is driving in the next couple of days from Chicago to NY City and asked my advice about

Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-26 Thread Marylyn
, August 25, 2006 7:32 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip Hi all I don't know if this will go thru because I'm having a lot of problems. But I have to try, as someone I know is driving in the next couple of days from Chicago

Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-26 Thread felv
DON'T do it, period. Provide a kennel big enough to put a litter box in with the kitten (do NOT use clumping litter), and just let him work it out. Sedation makes them carsick, and has side effects. It's not in any way helpful, unless you have a cat that really freaks out and hyperventilates

advice re sedation for kitten on long trip

2006-08-25 Thread Kerry MacKenzie
Hi all I don't know if this will go thru because I'm having a lot of problems. But I have to try, as someone I know is driving in the next couple of days from Chicago to NY City and asked my advice about sedating her kitten for the trip. I believe the kitten is 5 months old, and certainly