Re: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread FORGETMENOTPETS
Phaewryn,   Do you have that kitty I saw that was cutfrom greese? God Bless you

Re: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread gblane
Well, indeed you can die from Fentanyl, like lots of things. That's true of a lot of drugs, in particular those that are used as pain relievers for cancer patients. My boyfriend died from an overdose of Fentanyl, when a nurse decided he needed more than his usual dose - but since he had ter

Re: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread felv
I felt bad when I did have to pill Tangle. His dental work was extensive, and it hurt him for me to pry his mouth open to pill him. That being said, he was MUCH happier about 20 minutes later when it kicked in.   He's still up for adoption BTW, if anyone wants a perfectly healthy but psychol

Re: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread Barb Moermond
well, we haven't had to use metacam, but we've used both buprenex and the fentanyl patches for Smoky's IC outbreaks and he does fabulously on the patches - the problem with oral dosage is that it wears off and he's a terror to pill - especially when he's not feeling well - he did get relief from th

Re: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread felv
Yay! That's awesome news! I was so pulling for him to make it! Many cats don't make it through the urinary blockages, much less with all the other things he has going on on top of that! He's a TOUGH boy, and must have some serious will to live! Someone out there is going to be a very happy p

Re: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread felv
That's what we gave to Bones after her back was broken. We only were allowed to give her 4 doses, each does 3 days apart. They told me all the risks, and screened her for kidney functions before prescribing it. She did really fine on it. So... from my personal experience, I'm not too put off

SELLING TO RESEARCH HAS STOPPED IN JACKSON COUNTY

2006-07-25 Thread TenHouseCats
some of you have commented on this situation in the past, so thought i'd share this with you! Date: Jul 23, 2006 10:48 PM Subject: [MRTX] SELLING TO RESEARCH HAS STOPPED IN JACKSON COUNTY PRESS RELEASE>>From:  Judy Dynnik,>Executive Director>Jackson County Volunteers Against

Re: note to all....

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
don't feel bad if you can't read everything. I can't anymore. I try to pick by the subject line what seems most pressing. So I also apologize if I am not commenting on things that I should sometimes. I am on the computer all day for work, and then often have hundreds of emails when I get hom

note to all....

2006-07-25 Thread TenHouseCats
i've been posting really erratically, as some of you may have noticed--lots of stuff going on here, and i'm just not able to keep up i usually would. i AM trying to read everything, at least   for everyone with sick kitties, and for those whose friends have crossed the bridge, i've been GLOWING

Re: Update on Rusty...acupuncture

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
Thank you Barb! N Barb Moermond wrote: I have a handy-dandy little spanish/english electronic dictionary and the noun in spanish is 'la acupuntura' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good luck with that, Nina. I speak Spanish, but have no idea how to say acupuncture! I know ho

Re: Update on Rusty...acupuncture

2006-07-25 Thread Barb Moermond
I have a handy-dandy little spanish/english electronic dictionary and the noun in spanish is 'la acupuntura'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Good luck with that, Nina. I speak Spanish, but have no idea how to say acupuncture! I know how to say needles, but it's the kind that are used for injections,

Re: Update on Rusty...acupuncture

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
I can just see the horrified/perplexed look on his face!  These people love me, but we talk in mono syllables and most of the time they are ginning from ear to ear at my attempts to use their language.  Maybe I can find one of the neighborhood kids to help me with translation :) . N [EMAIL PRO

Re: Update on Rusty...acupuncture

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Good luck with that, Nina. I speak Spanish, but have no idea how to say acupuncture! I know how to say needles, but it's the kind that are used for injections, and am not sure the word is the same. he might think you are offering him drugs! :) You might want to look at an English-Spanish dic

Re: Update on Rusty...acupuncture

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Good luck with that, Nina. I speak Spanish, but have no idea how to say acupuncture! I know how to say needles, but it's the kind that are used for injections, and am not sure the word is the same. he might think you are offering him drugs! :) You might want to look at an English-Spanish dic

Re: OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe?

2006-07-25 Thread forgetmenotpets
 dont remember what the diagnosis was he started  with calvamox and then went to doxy. it worked   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 1:27 PM Subject: Re: OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe? I did a quick search a

Re: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
Thanks for posting this Michelle.  I have a neighbor across the street that is having kidney problems and I am positive would never have considered acupuncture.  I'm going to suggest it to him.  Unfortunately, there's a bit of a language barrier, I don't speak Spanish and they don't speak much

Re: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
I don't know if Rusty would put up with acupuncture, but if he would it might help his kidneys recover. When Lamby, our sheep, had acute kidney failure last year, they thought she was going to die. When her creatinine came down to twice normal value they sent her home, and said they did not

Re: OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe?

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
I did a quick search and found this on Dox and kittens.  Did your vet say why he thought Dox was a more appropriate choice than say Clavomox, or Amoxi?  Does he suspect a bacterial problem? http://www.lclarkecushingvmd.com/showpracfaq.cfm?FAQID=96&Private=0 Here's a couple of excerpts: As wit

RE: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message >>>seems to think it strange that we are so close to Lamby<<   I think it's strange for people --like the vet---to think it strange to become attached to an animal that's not conventionally kept as a pet.         -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

Re: OT: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
She actually does not seem to be in any kind of discomfort, knock on wood. Michelle   In a message dated 7/25/2006 2:19:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Speaking from personal experience with those types of infections...  Ouch!  I'm glad to hear the vet isn't wor

Re: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread elizamaggie
What an amazing story! No wonder the poor little guy was feeling so badly! How wonderful  that the vet let Alexis stay with him, it obviously helped!   -- Original message -- From: "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Amazingly, Rusty seems to doing better!    He had urina

Re: OT: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
Speaking from personal experience with those types of infections...  Ouch!  I'm glad to hear the vet isn't worried and that you've got her on abx to hopefully clear up her condition, whatever it is.  You're such a good mom.  Lamby might be wondering why you are so fascinated by her, er, bodily

RE: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Good for Lamby! -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:09 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: OT: Lamby update The vet was just here. He took blood and urine sample. He th

Re: OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe?

2006-07-25 Thread forgetmenotpets
 my vet said 10 weeks or older. never had a problems     -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:58 PM Subject: OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe? Hi, has anyone experience any serious side effect using dox

Re: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Though he rarely seems worried about anything, to tell you the truth. Although he has sheep himself (he breeds them), he is a horse vet and seems to think it strange that we are so close to Lamby.  He told us once that we have a dog rather than a sheep, because of how she acts with us.   We

RE: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
I'm glad he doesn't seem overly concerned.  Good old antibiotics, better living through chemistry. ;-)   Diane R. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:09 PMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: OT: Lamby update

OT: Lamby update

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
The vet was just here. He took blood and urine sample. He thinks she has a vaginal or uterine infection (maybe pyometra) and put her on penicillin prophylactically until we know for sure. He said she is so bright and feisty, color good, etc. that he is not that worried at this point and think

OT:use of doxciclyn on kittens - is it safe?

2006-07-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Hi, has anyone experience any serious side effect using doxciclyin using on kittens?

RE: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Hi, nina, thank you for your response… I am sorry that I haven’t called you back since Sunday.. I have been really struggling with what happened to Neal and Scubie.. and I am still upset about it..   Anyway, I took Naomi to my vet for now… the 4th time… We couldn’t get blood out from her.

Re: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
Chris, I must have missed the beginning of this thread. What an inspirational story of courage and strength! Hooray for Rusty and Alexis. I too am sure that her all night vigil had something to do with his successful fight to recover. I love those "miracle" stories. Can you imagine the reunion

Re: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
Hideyo, I haven't been able to keep up with the list the way I usually do.  I know that you've had concerns about Naomi and she is always in my prayers, as are you and all your babies, (how is Ayumi, btw?).  I'm so praying that her behavior is just part of her temperment, that she's just more l

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Lernermichelle
Glad Gypsy started eating again. Yes, I know you understand.   The vet was supposed to come this morning but had an emergency and now says he is coming late afternoon. She still has some blood. I think it is being vaginally discharged rather than in her urine. Her urine is yellow, which is g

RE: Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Wow. That's great news about Rusty. Alexis' nightlong vigil doubtless played a big part. Praying for his continued recovery, and for his reunion with his owners, Kerry -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ChrisSent: Tues

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Nina
How is Lamby today?  Has the vet come yet?  I haven't seen a post about Lucy lately.  How is she doing?  I've got a new traumatized kitty that I'm trying to help in my bathroom and Gypsy went a whole day without her turkey mush, (the recipe takes me hours and I just didn't get to it in time). 

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Barb Moermond
pyometra is a possibility - good idea to do the blood work, that should give you the answers you need[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Lamby, our sheep, is having some blood either in her urine or as vaginal discharge-- we can't tell which, but think it is the latter. It is happening once every

Update on Rusty...

2006-07-25 Thread Chris
Amazingly, Rusty seems to doing better!    He had urinary tract blockage, kidney stones, crystals, an infection and likely some permanent damage to his kidneys.  Glucose level was bad but vet is hoping it might have been a temp situation due to the urinary tract problems.  He’s goin

Re: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread Barb Moermond
prayers and strength headed your wayHideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi, everyone, I would like to ask all of you to send healing energy and send prayers for my little 12 week old kitten, Naomi… she is one of the three kittens that I rescued from a hole in the crawl space in th

RE: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Hideyo Yamamoto
Title: Message Sending lots and lots of healing energy and prayers to your baby, Lamby- michelle – keep us posted with the progress.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:33 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemi

RE: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Rosenfeldt, Diane
Michelle, here's vibes that Lamby turns out to be all right or easily "fixable."  How cool that you have a sheep!   Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you h

Re: Bella

2006-07-25 Thread Sheila208
So sorry about little Bella. I have a Bella and she is the sweetest baby ever. We will pray that she makes it quickly to the bridge. 

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Sheila208
I will pray for Lamby too. How wonderful it must be to have a Lamb.

Re: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread Sheila208
I will pray for sweet Naomi.

Re: Apologies

2006-07-25 Thread Sheila208
Dear Patty ,I also have had a few medical problems lately though nothing like you have had , so I know something about what you are going through and my heart goes out to you. Please stay strong and focus on just getting better. We would miss you so much if something happened to you. Stay on your

OT: Use of Metacam with cats ** Could be very dangerous

2006-07-25 Thread Belinda
This was on the CRF list I'm on and I wanted to pass it on as an FYI: (http://www.persiancats.org) posted some important safety information regarding the use of Metacam in cats on July 17, 2006. Metacam is associated with a high risk of kidney failure in cats: "The narrow safety margin in cat

Re: On Top Of Everything.........

2006-07-25 Thread elizamaggie
Phaewryn, You crack me up! What did people do before the internet to get advice and support?   I had a similar experience with a product like Stress-Ease...not that I'm complaining :).   Patti, I'm sorry about your troubles. It's hard to believe that in this day and age someone should have to liv

RE: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Sending prayers and healing vibes for your little Lamby, Michelle, and willing this illness to be a minor one. I'm glad that at least *she* is feeling pretty good and eating well right now. Please keep us posted when you have time. Kerry   -Original Message-From: [

RE: Bella

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Oh heck, I'm so sorry to hear the sad news of Bella, Sherry. That's such a shock. (I hate my cats having to have anesthesia---I don't know why it's risky, but it is.) But I'm glad to hear Alex is feeling a bit better. It's wonderful what you do to improve those little souls'

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread cindy reasoner
Lamby is in my prayers. Hopefully it will turn out to be something that can be treated at home. Cindy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all. Lamby, our sheep, is having some blood > either in her urine or as > vaginal discharge-- we can't tell which, but think > it is the latter. It is > h

Re: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread cindy reasoner
Naomi is in my prayers. Cindy --- Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, everyone, I would like to ask all of you to send > healing energy and > send prayers for my little 12 week old kitten, > Naomi... she is one of > the three kittens that I rescued from a hole in the > crawl space

RE: need prayers for my little Naomi

2006-07-25 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
Title: Message Sending healing and thoughts for your little Naomi, Hideyo. What does the vet say about her feeling so soft? Naomi couldn't wish for a better and more caring mom, that's for sure. If anyone can turn her health around, it's you. love and hugs to you both, Kerry -Original

Re: Thank you: Emergency aid for vet bills...

2006-07-25 Thread felv
It's a very sad situation, I'd say I wish I were closer so I could help... but heck, I'm GLAD I'm not down there this time of year, with the heat index at over 100 degrees, and all the violence down south. Are they trying to get him adopted, or are they holding him to try to reunite with his

Re: prayers for Lamby please

2006-07-25 Thread Sherry DeHaan
I will add Lamby to my prayers. Sherry[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Lamby, our sheep, is having some blood either in her urine or as vaginal discharge-- we can't tell which, but think it is the latter. It is happening once every few hours and not with every urination. We are worried becaus

Re: Bella

2006-07-25 Thread Samiluke
Sherry,   Prayers for a safe journey to her wonderful new home at the Rainbow Bridge for Bella & continued prayers for Alex are on the way.  Glad to hear he's doing better.   Yvonne