Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-12 Thread Lernermichelle
Lance, What you are describing sounds like what Lucy has sometimes. It usually means there is a problem in the colon or lower intestines, like colitis. Bowels start normal and end loose. If there is every any red blood on the outside, that is another sign. I would not worry

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
Sorry about the test email. I sent one last night from my new address and I don't see that it posted. I am getting emails. Just in case my previous email does not show up. Junior got his meds while I was away at the vet's office. I hated to subject him to the ride 2 days in a row, and Eric

RE: test/junior/ferals

2007-01-12 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
I guess the thing is that if she's feeding them but not having them S/N, in her well-meaning way she's adding to the problem. Well-fed cats multiply. Diane R. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sally Davis Sent: Friday, January 12,

Re: test/junior/ferals

2007-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
She needs to contact alley cat allies: http://alleycat.org Phaewryn http://ucat.us The easy way out has a bad reputation. Why would anyone take the hard way out? The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out. I'm jumping out the window. Quote by: Les U. Knight

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
HI Phaewryn, I don't think my sister has email. I did not see a phone number on their website. Am I missing it? Sally On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: She needs to contact alley cat allies: http://alleycat.org Phaewryn http://ucat.us The easy way out has a bad

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
I tend to notice weird stuff. Junior's ears become real thick feeling, and are even shaped funny. I think this happens when he runs a fever, which I am sure is every night. Did anyone else notice this phenomenom? Also are fevers a big concern? I asked my vet about it and it did not seem to be a

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2007-01-12 Thread Lernermichelle
Do you know for sure he has a fever-- are you taking his temp? If so, what does it run? If you are going by how warm he feels, they can feel pretty warm when they have been curled up sleeping. Their normal temp is so much higher than ours that they usually feel warmer than us. Michelle

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2007-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They do have a very big website. The contact info is on this page, and I pasted it in below as well. http://alleycat.org/contact.html Alley Cat Allies 7920 Norfolk Avenue Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814-2525 Phone: 240-482-1980 Fax: 240-482-1990 ACA office hours are between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM

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2007-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Never heard of ears swelling due to fever, though an allergic reaction could very well cause both to happen as a result of the allergy. Are you giving him any new ear drops, or using transdermal medicines on his ears? One of my cats has heavier cartilage in his ears than all the others cats I

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
Michelle To be honest I don't like to take his temp because it does not need the added stress. I know that cat's normal temps are much higher than ours his has been as high as 106.5. That was the day I got the bad news of his FeLV status. It has been that high since then as well. His ears are

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
no to any new drugs. Maybe his ears are thicker, but they seem mishapened as well. He does not get any ear drops. I will watch to see what it does. It is really more weird than a concern. Sally On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never heard of ears swelling due to fever,

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2007-01-12 Thread Lernermichelle
You probably know by feel then. But you might want to take his temp once while he is like that so you have a number to go with the way he feels to you. for fevers I would suggest Immuno-regulin, but I think he is already on that, right? Michelle In a message dated 1/12/2007 8:39:02 P.M.

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
Wow I must have missed the phone number, I think I even went to the contact page, maybe not. I live about three hours from where Alley Cat allies is headquartered. Of course my sister lives about 2500 miles from there. Again thanks Sally On 1/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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2007-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are cancers that develop on the ears, but they usually show up as lumps or odd colorations, not just weird kookiness with the ear shape. Maybe he is getting little mild hematomas, but his body is reabsorbing the blood. Phaewryn http://ucat.us Adopt a New England FIV+ cat:

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2007-01-12 Thread Sally Davis
Yes he is on the immuno regulin but only at a maintenace schedule. I don't think he is due back for a couple months. He has been through the protocol. So had Tiny. Tiny never had any visible symptoms of FeLV. (He tested a weak positive.) That is why his death was so unexpected. I think he died

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2007-01-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They have a national network all across the USA, so they will be able to help her no matter of her location. My family all lives about 2000 miles away. I like it that way, LOL! My mom recently sent me a refrigerator magnet with a big oak tree on it with lots of acorns, it says My family tree is