Re: [Felvtalk] DMG
Thank you On my way there now. Kat On 7/11/11, Beth create_me_...@yahoo.com wrote: Go to groups.yahoo.com search for it. It is for individuals needing help with pets. No rescue groups. katskat1 katsk...@gmail.com wrote: Beth and Natalie Thanks for the ideas. I had heard of Chipin but not the Animal Wish List. Do I just do a search on Animal Wish List to find it? I didn't want to beg, if feels weird but if these kids need it I guess I can learn. My vet is helping me as much as she can but is a small town vet with no receptionist, no nothing. Her office is in an old house in town, one exam room and a countertop with file cabinets behind it for paperwork. Surgery is done in a small room in the basement with her mom helping to monitor heart/breathing, etc. Sounds hookie but she does good work. And she cares. Asking the $ be sent directly to her is perfect! I may give it a shot. Kat On 7/10/11, Natalie at...@optonline.net wrote: Use www.chipin.com - very easy and people do contribute to just about anything! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:19 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG Try putting a plea for vet help on Animal Wish List. It's a Yahoo Group. Have funds go directly to the vet. Most vets will work with u on payments. katskat1 katsk...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to all I have decided if I can find the $ I am going to take Luke to the vet and have some/all of her rotten teeth removed. She is obviously in discomfort and her breath has gotten progressively worse. She is ratty looking and apparently has been sickly for a long time before I started feeding her as a stray but she still wants to live. I was very apprehensive about doing this to a cat that stays outside - has to - won't come in, fights to get back out and my inside cats are ALL negatives. But she sticks around and I don't have many options. Now, if only I could successfully medicate her. She will not eat anything, kitten milk replacement, dry/wet food, treats, NOTHING with any med of any kind. Trying to syringe her is like fighting a wind storm with lots of claws and then we are both so stressed we are breathing hard. Not good for her. Or me. So I am trying to give her quality of whatever life she has Hopefully yanking rotten, loose teeth will help. kat On 7/8/11, MaiMaiPG maima...@gmail.com wrote: His tongue does not hang out the side of his mouth nor does he look like he is pantingand he does look adorable. Sorry to give any other impression. On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:53 AM, Natalie wrote: The hanging out tongue must be something other than missing teeth. We have quite a few cats with no teeth, and their tongues don't hang out the side of their mouths, if anything, the tips of the tongue might stick out in front - and looks adorable. We have some real oldtimers here - started out feral and are mushes now. Life with bad teeth must be absolutely horrible and painful I am always surprised how toothless cats just love dry food! -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of MaiMaiPG Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 6:31 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG Pretty Boy, a feral who hangs around and who is very loved, was live trapped for neutering. The vet called me after they put him under...he had shuttered in pain when they put a tube in his mouth. She checked his teeth and they were totally awful. Most of them were pulled. The only side effect is that his tongue hangs out a lot of the time...no teeth to help him keep it in...or maybe he is expressing his opinion. He eats both canned and dry food with the rest of the clan and is so handsome. He is probably 13-14 years old (per vet) and is a total doll. Like the rest of the clan, he is not touchable most of the time. He fusses and fumes and catches ground squirrels and others who are stupid enough to come into an area guarded by numerous cats. Removing his teeth has definitely improved the quality if not quantity of his life. As far as I know, none of the clan is FeLV+. On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Diane Rosenfeldt wrote: Yes, in cats (and in humans) the constant infections and abscesses in a bad mouth of teeth have all sorts of dire consequences in the rest of the body's systems. I have never heard anyone who regretted having some or all of their babies' teeth pulled in the interests of clearing up stomatitis, etc. Diane R. -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Heather Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:00 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] DMG Yes, we have had 3 cases (2 rescues of mine, one a friend's so I
[Felvtalk] Prices of drugs...
Remember we were talking about prices of drugs, markups, etc? Check this out: http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/generic.asp I have a version with photographs of drugs and more information, but it's too many KB to send to the group (limit is 20KB) - if anyone wants the big version, let me know. This is just the confirmation on snopes and does have a great info chart! Natalie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Prices of drugs...
AAA has a drug discount program that includes animal meds. Not sure of all the details but, for members, it is worth looking at. On Jul 12, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Natalie wrote: Remember we were talking about prices of drugs, markups, etc? Check this out: http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/generic.asp I have a version with photographs of drugs and more information, but it's too many KB to send to the group (limit is 20KB) - if anyone wants the big version, let me know. This is just the confirmation on snopes and does have a great info chart! Natalie ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc.
Hi! I usually just lurk on this list, but had to share a short story from the recent past. We have a set of security screen doors on our front door and tend to leave the interior solid door open for cooling breezes, sometimes all night in warm weather. There is a tiny 1/4 in. gap at the bottom of the screen doors. One morning I walked out and found a lizard tail (just the tail) on the rug just inside the front door. Apparently a lizard came exploring under the door and one of our family felines got into some midnight mischief. Hope the rest of the lizard got back outside, but it was a bit of a shock to pick up the string then realize it was a 6-7 inch lizard tail first thing in the a.m. A real wake up experience! Georgetta in Ventura, CA ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Cats eating grass, insects, etc.
Copper and Thomas like to go to the garage to hunt---farm, lizards, snakes etc come in and need to be removed from the genetic pool---cats have occupied the house for too long for them to have an excuse for coming in. I usually leave the door to the garage open so the boys can come and go. They love to bring me their trophies and will even bring them into our bedroommore often alive than dead. I tell them how proud I am of them and their hunting skills--and I really am. Then I take their trophies out to show all the world how great they are. Cats...aren't they great? On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:57 PM, Georgetta Brickey wrote: Hi! I usually just lurk on this list, but had to share a short story from the recent past. We have a set of security screen doors on our front door and tend to leave the interior solid door open for cooling breezes, sometimes all night in warm weather. There is a tiny 1/4 in. gap at the bottom of the screen doors. One morning I walked out and found a lizard tail (just the tail) on the rug just inside the front door. Apparently a lizard came exploring under the door and one of our family felines got into some midnight mischief. Hope the rest of the lizard got back outside, but it was a bit of a shock to pick up the string then realize it was a 6-7 inch lizard tail first thing in the a.m. A real wake up experience! Georgetta in Ventura, CA ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
[Felvtalk] litter - chicken feed
Hi, I use laying hen pellets (chicken feed) in the litter boxes for my bottle babies. I learned about it from orphan kittens list @ yahoo.com a few years ago. The poster suggested using the laying hen crumble, but I found that the pellets work better for me. They look sort of like yesterday's news or feline pine, but smell like grain and are yellow in color. The cost here is about $15 for a 50 pound bag and you can flush or compost it (remove the solids (poops) first). It doesn't clump hard, but it does cling together enough to get a scoop under. My adults and older kittens prefer regular clumping litter, but for the babies just learning to use the litter box it is just purrfect! If they eat a bit of it accidentally, it's no big deal! You can easily pick up stray pellets and it isn't very dusty. I recycle my Tidycat pails to store it. The lids have good seals so any moths aren't able to get out. A 50# bag just about fills 2 of the biggest (35-38#) yellow Tidycat pails. Georgetta in Ventura, CA ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
