Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Belinda
Seeing how money is the number one priority there (in my opinion), I agree. Those moderators didn't want to lose any potential funding, in my opinion. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.b

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2007-05-28 Thread Tad Burnett
Anybody in the Nashville or Tennessee area ? please *call* me at 615-662-2386 Original Message Hi All, I know this is a major shot in the dark, but here goes: I was contacted by a woman who took a friendly stray female kitten to

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Belinda
Cassandra, I'm glad Kisa is at the vets and I'm praying as hard as I can that she will have the strength needed to recover. Have you got copies of her blood work? I'd be interested in seeing them. Anemia can cause many of the symptoms she has had, lethargy, not wanting to eating and an

Re: Please add Scamper to the CLS list

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Dear Scamper will still be sleeping with you. My dad could always feel his cat Sam on his bed at night after Sam passed away. "Conscience is Causal and Physicality is its Manifest." On May 28, 2007, at 10:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please add our cat Scamper of 18 years to the CLS li

Re: Cassandra: Re: Hemobart

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Pam, what a great story! An animal communicator told me that Mamie and I were sisters somewhere along there. I sing to my kitties, too. Mamie's song was "Mamie Muffin." The 3 Orange Boyz have a song called "Boogers Everywhere" because as orange cats with pink noses and ears you can rea

Re: Please add Scamper to the CLS list

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 08:47 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: I am so sorry for your loss of Scamper. No matter how old they are it still hurts so much. When I pass I am going to have so many ashes mixed mine and then the potting soil and then plant trees with all of us for the bird to hang out inand keep all the

Re: Please add Scamper to the CLS list

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
Sam, may his road be lit by the radiance of the love that you obviously have for him. He & the others will be there when you cross that bridge. Sylvia Browne says that when we cross, that friends & relatives must stand back & wait while the animals greet us. They are first. As they should be

Re: new diagnosis

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Jane, You are so right about the overwhelming amount of FeLV info. on the Internet-some of it odd. Take a deep breath. You will successfully wade through it all. Just give yourself time to ingest it all and cyphon back out what you don't need. :) Wendy --- Jane Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: Please add Scamper to the CLS list

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Sam, I'm so sorry to hear about little Scamper. Prayers going out for comfort for you and your wife. :) Wendy --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please add our cat Scamper of 18 years to the CLS > list. He lost his > fight with cancer and CRF, he died in my arms. He > will g

Please add Scamper to the CLS list

2007-05-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please add our cat Scamper of 18 years to the CLS list. He lost his fight with cancer and CRF, he died in my arms. He will go to the rainbow bridge to reunite with his sibling Eli who passed last year of complications form FIV. His memory will be kept alive, so in part he will be be still alive

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
Please do tell!! Susan Hoffman wrote: When I have a little more time, remind me to type up the Poop Fairy story. (Subtitle: How Spot trained my roommate to give her strawberry ice cream and bacon and to never, never again spray her with water to get her off his desk.) They hold

Re: Cassandra: Re: Hemobart

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
You can find more about hemobart on the feline anemia list. A number of people over there have dealt with it. I just know that doxycycline saved Gus's life after he spent a week in the ICU at the U of WI vet hospital in Madison. It was pretty awful because his brother had died there only a mon

Re: need advice for exposed cat

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Mary, I was saddened and shocked to read about your cat that passed due to FeLV. Getting the initial diagnosis is always hard, but even harder when they are actually very sick. It's possible he tested negative when he was actually positive. It happens. Or it's possible that Chica may have expo

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
thanks, again, susan! scary, the things that make us laugh out loud, huh? On 5/28/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Don't bother. Trixie peed on the Feliway plug in. I saved a lot of money on refills right there. *Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: They definitely know what they

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
When I have a little more time, remind me to type up the Poop Fairy story. (Subtitle: How Spot trained my roommate to give her strawberry ice cream and bacon and to never, never again spray her with water to get her off his desk.) They hold grnges, can plot against you, and are capable of bri

Re: l-lysine - ADVISE

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Rett, I cannot answer your question completely, but in case you don't get anymore replies, I used to give Smookie, my new kitten last year who had a corneal ulcer, 500 mg 2x per day. Some will probaby say that's a lot, but it worked wonders. Smookie was probably at least six months old at that

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
Don't bother. Trixie peed on the Feliway plug in. I saved a lot of money on refills right there. Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They definitely know what they are doing. I've used Feliway to calm cats and an alternative vet recommends Cat Nap and various flower essences includin

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Hey Jane, Did the vet say what causes the giardia? Thanks, Wendy --- Jane Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thank you all for your encouragement and sound > advise. > > Has anyone been able to cure stomatitis ? > We are working on diarrhea, giardia (which is > probably > causing the diarrhea

Cassandra: Re: Hemobart

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Hey Cassandra, I was reading up on hemobartanellosis right now, and it says that it can cause jaundice, which is related to the liver, I believe. Maybe that's what's causing the liver issues?! I sure hope so. Thank goodness they found the hemobart, because it is VERY hard to diagnose. Half the

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
Cassanndra. She MUST stay on the doxy! Be sure you have enough for a minimum of 4 weeks after she is home. Hemobart is a really nasty bug & if you stop the doxy, it will come right back. Pam C & J wrote: They can't do the needle biospy here, they don't have the equipment. I'm thinking th

Kelley, how is Caroline doing?

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Hey Kelley, Just wondering how your baby is doing? :) Wendy "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ___

To Jane: Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
Hi Jane, It sounds like you are still mourning NoNo very deeply. I am sorry you lost her. She sounds like she was a very special cat and she was with you for so long. It's natural to feel like you do about this new diagnosis, but don't give up hope yet. With a good diet, a stress free environm

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread C & J
They can't do the needle biospy here, they don't have the equipment. I'm thinking they need the ultrasound in order to do it. Basically my options are: to have her fully hydrated, put some food into her and hope she feels well enough to do the general anesthesia and biopsy, or to send her 6-7

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread wendy
We had one pee on the coffee maker recently which made for a very interesting morning for my husband and I. He was completely pissed, and just looked at me in wonder when I told him if he couldn't taste the pee, then it probably wasn't in there and just to drink it, as I walked off as if it were p

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
Had to laugh at this! It never ceases to amaze me how creative kitties can be! Pam Susan Hoffman wrote: Oh, we always close the door. Same with the microwave. We close doors on toaster ovens and microwaves to protect the food that we've hidden from the cats. My mother was punished this m

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
I almost lost a precious one, my "boyfriend" kitty, to hemobart a few years ago. It was really scary. He had a high fever, his liver values were up, his HCT went down like a rock. But doxycycline saved his life. It is THE drug for hemobart. I would think that the combination of the doxy, the f

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
Yes, that is what I thought he meant she was not doing. Having seen the vet do the test, though, what he meant was that she doesn't blink when a bright light is shined in her eye. I went to see her and she feels better enough to growl. They are feeding her through a tube now because they though

Re: need advice for exposed cat

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
since she's lived with your other one for so long, she's long ago been exposed. unfortunately, you've learned what wasn't well-known before: that a negative test on a kitty when you do not know FOR SURE couldn't have been exposed to a positive may not be valid. any time we don't know where a cat's

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
You are such a wonderful mommy to see little Kisa so often. That is doing a great deal to help in her recovery. Everyone likes to see somebody they love when they are ill. Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 6:52 PM, Kelly L wrote: At 04:41 PM 5/28/2007, you wro

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
Ebony and Mitu had a large chain link enclosure they entered thru ductworkpet door in a window into the ductwork on to a platform down a ramp they loved it. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
If you find it hard to give up on Kisa, well, DON'T! Will you please ask your vet if a fine-needle biopsy of Kisa's liver is feasible? Then she won't need general anesthesia because it's a poke instead of an operation. We all have some variation of other kitties and jobs and kids and agi

Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Those moderators didn't want to lose any potential funding, in my opinion. Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Nina wrote: Well that just wiped the smile from my face. I was not privy to the exchange and have never been to any of the Best Friends forums,

Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Boy, do I agree with you! Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 3:17 PM, Kelly L wrote: At 12:59 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: I find this conversation quite timely...You see I have just withdrawn my long time support of Best Friends because of something similar, I hav

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 07:13 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: Leukemia kitties should be kept in so they do not infect other cats and also so they do not pick up other stuff. In general Ido not adopt any cats out who are allowed to roam free. there are cars and dogs and engines they get into, they get trapped in garages

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Good kitty mom, you! Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Susan Hoffman wrote: No. They have me so well trained that I usually feed EVERYONE and will often clean all the boxes first thing, before I pour a cup of coffee for myself. I even clean the bathroo

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Oh, Lord, cats are SO FUNNY! Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Susan Hoffman wrote: This morning when I headed into the kitchen to feed everyone, I removed what I thought was a clean frying pan from the stivetop -- I use the stove as a stagingt area to

Re: Virbagen Omega

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
Ask your vet about feeding raw too...at least as a supplement. And consider giving your little one Just Born either as a treat to drink or as a powder mixed in wet food. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Oh--I forgot. Little Sammy also takes interferon. Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 11:55 AM, Lance wrote: Jane, I'm not a vet, but my sense is that boosting the immune system will help with the stomatitis. I'm using Liquid DMG and Transfer Factor on my cat. M

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Why did your vet say she could not go out? Can she go out when she gets over all the stuff she has? Little Mamie always went out sometimes with us and sometimes on her own. Fortunately we were in a very safe neighborhood and she would go out at five AM and stay out until ten at night. (

Virbagen Omega

2007-05-28 Thread Jane Lyons
Thanks for the information Lance. I will ask my vet about it tomorrow as well as the Innova-EVO and Transfer Factor. She has given me the Maitake DMG. I've been giving it to her twice a day since Friday. I am so grateful to have found this list. I was thinking how isolated and scary it would b

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
Yes and add a few more %^&*()&^^&$%#$*s. But they are here to help us grow, to realize that the now is so very important. If we let them they expand our lives, our ability to love, to care for physically, emotionally, spiritually---in every way. If they weren't sent to us with a purpose how

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
If you lightly tap the nose right inner corner of the eye the eye should blink. An old vet trick. Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Pam Norman wrote: Ok, glad she can close them. But she COULD be blind. That would account for the non-response. Kelley

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
If her eyes are open and she is not blinking at all she needs eyedrops so her cornea does not dry out. If she is drugged up enough to stop the seizures that may cause her to be so dopey that she doesn't blink nearly as often. When I went to visit The 3 Orange Boyz at the vet's right after

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
They definitely know what they are doing. I've used Feliway to calm cats and an alternative vet recommends Cat Nap and various flower essences including Rescue Remedy. Feliway is supposed to help with peeing problemsI've never had to use it for that (Thank God and all the Angels) but i

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 06:33 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: It is so blank blank hard. I do my best to remember that it is the quality not quantity, For they are truly blessed they do count the days or months...they love the belly rubs and snuggles and just enjoy each moment. We need to learn from them. My little M

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Animal Communicator is a good idea. MartaWilliams.com told me about Mamie and how she came to be found alone at that golf course in Michigan. Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Marylyn wrote: First you need to verbalize your fears and concerns, not keep

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Dear Jane, Just remember how thrilled you were at little MeMe the mite as a baby and you'll begin to forget that sadness and shock of the FeLV+ diagnosis. Because, remember, MeMe is the very same, no different than before her diagnosis. And she never wanted to come into your life to bri

l-lysine - ADVISE

2007-05-28 Thread Rett Lacy
Hello, How much do you give a kitten before their next retest ( first one, weak positive). Mg?? xday?? etc. Weight 2.5 - 3.0. Thanks to all.. Rett

need advice for exposed cat

2007-05-28 Thread MarieG
Hi everyone, I have learned a lot by reading some of these posts. My cat recently died. It was a shock to me as my cat stayed in doors and tested negative when I got him. He lived for three years and always seemed to be healthy until the last month of his life. He got very sick quickly.

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread C & J
Oh I know they do it on purpose. One of my cats left a nice brown present for me right on my pillow the day we took Tomi in. She never did that before or since. Cassandra - Original Message - From: MaryChristine To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 7:14

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread C & J
The problems in my little family started on March 9 when I took my poor anemic Tomi to the vet and found out he had FeLV. The next day, I hauled my 4 other cats to the vet and found out Kisa (2.5 years old, the same as Tomi) also tested positive. I realize now that I was living in a nice ignor

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
i get such a kick out of the "experts" who say that cats don't do this on purpose, or don't hold grudges. have they never LIVED with them?? the little beasts know EXACTLY what they're doing, i'm convinced of it! and, yes, are giggling behind their paws as we discover their gifts and surprises!

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
Oh, we always close the door. Same with the microwave. We close doors on toaster ovens and microwaves to protect the food that we've hidden from the cats. My mother was punished this morning for not getting up and cleaning litterboxes quickly enough. She awoke to the smell of poop. Two

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 04:41 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: I am so sorry you are both going through this. this is what we all face, thank goodness for wach other. I am sure Kisa was glad to have you visit and she must be feeling better not to be so dehydrated. Those are good things, I am probably way off base but is

Re: Update on Kisa

2007-05-28 Thread C & J
I visited Kisa three times at the vet today, and she's going to be spending another night there. They're keeping her on the IV. They also put in a feeding tube through her nose, so she's got that taped to the top of her head, and a cone around her neck. She seems a little more alert, but she

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 04:31 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: I purchased a fireplace screen at a yard sale for Cat House on the Kings...I may be able to protect my space heater in the fall..then again I may not Kelly The toaster oven is NOT safe UNLESS you remember to ALWAYS close the door! My Sunset became ann

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
The toaster oven is NOT safe UNLESS you remember to ALWAYS close the door! My Sunset became annoyed when I went out of town overnight & she peed into the toaster oven. I didn't suspect a thing until I tried to toast an English muffin. The stench was horrible! So do NOT assume that toaster ove

I've Thought of killing them...LOL

2007-05-28 Thread dede hicken
I'd probably saved myself a lot of money during this move if I'd divided the ones who pee on things...actually ANYTHING...with the ones who don't. Nina, at least you were smart enough to look in the frying pan. I didn't, and threw the butter and eggs in there. How stupid can one be. Ane then th

Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 01:51 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: Sorry Nina, I am not that generous right now. I do understand your point and I am usually calm and quitely willing to educate..But there was no attempt at educating..This has unfortunately not been the first issue and as I said i guess I am more in tune with

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
Dixie has this and has lost a couple of front teeth. The Brush Away + good diet+supplements seem to help. She doesn't appear to be in any pain and this has gone on for about 2 years. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures

Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
A friend killed a 17 year old cat (?) he rescued when he was in college because he had a new wife, new stepdaughter, new house + and the cat was peeing on the carpet. I went home and tore up all the carpet. The only saving grace is that Gus would not have had almost 17 years of care had my fr

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
oh, heavens. i REALLY needed this post right now! (and really really glad i don't eat much toast.) On 5/28/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And there was the time that Trixie got my roommate's toaster It was late at night. I was lyinjg in bed reading, pinned in place by cats o

Re: Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Nina
Well that just wiped the smile from my face. I was not privy to the exchange and have never been to any of the Best Friends forums, but I'm assuming that their motive in removing any chastising responses was in keeping with an overall effort to maintain the site as a "safe" place to express gr

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
hee hee hee all my cats are off packing their bags to move to catifurrnia On 5/28/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No. They have me so well trained that I usually feed EVERYONE and will often clean all the boxes first thing, before I pour a cup of coffee for myself. I even

Killing cats who pee on RUGS*****

2007-05-28 Thread Kelly L
At 12:59 PM 5/28/2007, you wrote: I find this conversation quite timely...You see I have just withdrawn my long time support of Best Friends because of something similar, I have been member and volunteer with them for almost 10 years. they have grown which is good. Well on their prayers and h

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
And there was the time that Trixie got my roommate's toaster It was late at night. I was lyinjg in bed reading, pinned in place by cats on either side. I smell what smells like a skunk. So I assume we have a skunk in the yard. Not the first time. No big deal. I think nothing of it

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Nina
I at least try to put the coffee on before starting my morning chores. You folks probably remember my Spencer... I had been missing him and made a comment that I even missed his voracious appetite and how he wouldn't allow me to dish anyone's food in peace. Just another example of 'be carefu

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Nina
Sigh. I just got through battling with my pee entrenched dryer again. Nothing seems to be helping, I feel your pain sister. Nina Susan Hoffman wrote: This morning when I headed into the kitchen to feed everyone, I removed what I thought was a clean frying pan from the stivetop -- I use the

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
No. They have me so well trained that I usually feed EVERYONE and will often clean all the boxes first thing, before I pour a cup of coffee for myself. I even clean the bathroom litterbox before stepping into the shower on a workday morning. They have me so well trained that, when I buy

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
No. They have me so well trained that I usually feed EVERYONE and will often clean all the boxes first thing, before I pour a cup of coffee for myself. I even clean the bathroom litterbox before stepping into the shower on a workday morning. They have me so well trained that, when I buy

Re: A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread MaryChristine
you mean you don't do that already? On 5/28/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This morning when I headed into the kitchen to feed everyone, I removed what I thought was a clean frying pan from the stivetop -- I use the stove as a stagingt area to get all the plates of canned catfood

A little more on the topic of pee

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
This morning when I headed into the kitchen to feed everyone, I removed what I thought was a clean frying pan from the stivetop -- I use the stove as a stagingt area to get all the plates of canned catfood ready -- and put the frying pan upside down in the dish drainer. Someone had peed in the

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Lance
Jane, I'm not a vet, but my sense is that boosting the immune system will help with the stomatitis. I'm using Liquid DMG and Transfer Factor on my cat. My homeopathic vet, like yours, tends to feel good about the use of DMG. Vetri-Science also makes a Maitake-DMG Liquid, which contains ad

Re: stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
My cats w/stomatitis have done well after having their teeth pulled. On 5/28/07, Jane Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: thank you all for your encouragement and sound advise. Has anyone been able to cure stomatitis ? We are working on diarrhea, giardia (which is probably causing the diarrhea) sn

stomatitis

2007-05-28 Thread Jane Lyons
thank you all for your encouragement and sound advise. Has anyone been able to cure stomatitis ? We are working on diarrhea, giardia (which is probably causing the diarrhea) sneezing (which is beginning to subside) and a clear discharge from her eyes. My homeopathic vet is hopeful that a new pro

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
Ok, glad she can close them. But she COULD be blind. That would account for the non-response. Kelley Saveika wrote: I just got off the phone with them. She is now sleeping with her eyes closed. So she can close them, she just doesn't have the reflex that lets her know if someone is going to p

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
I just got off the phone with them. She is now sleeping with her eyes closed. So she can close them, she just doesn't have the reflex that lets her know if someone is going to poke her in the eye that she should close them. On 5/28/07, Pam Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am wondering too i

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Pam Norman
I am wondering too if she is blind. I don't know of seizures can cause that but whatever neurological thing that caused the seizures might have. The other problem is that if she cannot blink or close her eyes then she cannot lubricate the surface of the eye & the vets MUST give her drops! Cal

Re: IBD and metronidazole

2007-05-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
It's early and I may have missed something but WHY does the vet think IBD? Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For diarrhea, generally my regular vets approach is to start with Flagyl and high-fiber food. Gloria On Sep 17, 2006, at 7:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Sheryl Spagg
Jane, I am new to all of this as well...My friend and I rescued a mom and 6 kittens and the mom ended up being FeLV +. We were told to put them all to sleep but I could not do it...I am the softee of the 2 of us. I wanted to know more before making a decision since so many of my pets have issu

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
She hasn't actually had a seizure in almost 48 hours. I think the reason she is still there is all this neurological abnormality. Her temp is normal, she is well hydrated due to IV fluids. She had a bowel movement, it was normal. She's being syringe fed. She's just not neurologically responsi

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Sheryl Spagg
One of my cats has seizures and it took me months to get them under control and it never caused her to go blind. Sheryl Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No, her eyes are not reactive at all. I don't think she can close her eyes. I did not see her close her eyes or blink at any poin

Re: Kelley

2007-05-28 Thread Kelley Saveika
No, her eyes are not reactive at all. I don't think she can close her eyes. I did not see her close her eyes or blink at any point past the first seizure. I do not know what happens when she is sleeping, though. I will ask when I go in to see her after work. I'm wondering if she is blind..can

Re: Toxo- contagious or no?

2007-05-28 Thread dede hicken
Kelly, When Spud was treated, the vet never said anything about transmission to us. Actually, She wasn't certain that is what he had, she just saw some funky cells on a smear that looked like it. We figured that we didn't have anything to lose by treating him with the HCT so low, and the blood i

Re: IBD and metronidazole

2007-05-28 Thread Gloria Lane
For diarrhea, generally my regular vets approach is to start with Flagyl and high-fiber food. Gloria On Sep 17, 2006, at 7:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oy vey, diagnosis is invasive, generally, and thus Lucy never has had a proper one. To actually diagnose, they need to do an endosca

Re: questions

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
First you need to verbalize your fears and concerns, not keep them inside and this group is very good at listening and being non-judgmental. No, you don't get over itat least I don't. But, hopefully, you get to the point that you don't let the future ruin the present. None of us know

questions

2007-05-28 Thread Jane Lyons
Cassandra you and Kisa are in my thoughts and prayers. Does the anxiety and sadness ever go away? I feel as though I am still in shock with the diagnosis. I feel I am back to the place I was when my 19 year old (NoNo) was failing and I would wake up every few hours to make sure she was ok. The f

Re: Plastic bags

2007-05-28 Thread Marylyn
Adding baking soda to the bags helps with the odor too. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who

Re: I've been dropped!

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
Hmmm. I use Earthlink. H. Thanks! Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On May 28, 2007, at 2:08 AM, elizabeth trent wrote: This used to happen to me when I used aol...haven't had any problems since I changed to gmail. elizabeth On 5/28/07, Taylor Scobie Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: new diagnosis

2007-05-28 Thread Taylor Scobie Humphrey
I raised three little foundlings--The 3 Orange Boyz--and they tested FeLV-. Then at nine months one of them, Sammy, tested not only FeLV+ but with mediastinal lymphoma. He is now in the Wisconsin/Madison chemotherapy protocol and is doing just wonderfully and after four treatments he is i

Re: I've been dropped!

2007-05-28 Thread elizabeth trent
This used to happen to me when I used aol...haven't had any problems since I changed to gmail. elizabeth On 5/28/07, Taylor Scobie Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can't figure it out--I keep getting dropped by either felvtalk@felineleukemia.org or [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's driving me craz