Dear Nina,
I am praying for your little Gracie. She knows that you love her
very much.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
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From: Terri Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, September 18, 2005 0:13 am
Subject: Re: So many losses...
> Thank you Nina. Big hugs and positi
Dear Belinda,
Please add my dear little Claudette to the Candlelight service. She
passed today at the age of twelve. She had cancer of the liver and
died from a reaction to the chemo which was just started yesterday.
Claudette had thrown off the leukemia virus eight years ago when my
kitties
Nutrical is very good for stimulating the appetite, but my vet says it
has less nutrition than A/D or baby food.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
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From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 10:44 am
Subject: Re: Bramble can't eat - ideas please
> Nutrical
I would definitely try a little syringe feeding. A/D food for ill
animals easily mixes with water. It may perk up his appetite. Cats who
go too long without eating will get Hepatic Lipidosis.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, August 2
I would go with the animal welfare groups over the breeders, although I
know some of the latter, e.g. PETA, have done questionable things etc.
But many breeders' organizations like the American Kennel club do give
(for a fee?) papers to puppies raised in puppy mill like places, so the
breeders
Jennifer,
Has it been ruled out that Sebastian's rear leg weakness may be due
to anemia?
My kitty Fu gets a 10 mg.'s of pred a day and 200 ml of fluids. His
vet said that would lead to suppression of his red cell blood count -
Fu needs those meds more; sometime's his back legs look wobbly.
B
make that Yahoo! has two such groups
Bonnie, the not so nimbled fingered, in WI
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:07 pm
Subject: RE: support group for kidney problems
> Does anyone know an active support grou
Yahho has two such groups
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 7:07 pm
Subject: RE: support group for kidney problems
> Does anyone know an active support group for kidney problems for
cats?
>
> Thank you
Isn't there somebody on this list who is taking care of a blind
kitten? Another blind kitten has been found by someone on the VETMED
list, who doesn't know what to do.
I answered his post saying I thought there was someone I could ask.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
Here is a URL that might help with financing pet health care.
http://www.magdrl-nj.com/links.html#finance
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:00 pm
Subject: Re: Help for Adri
> Also ask if they have a fund to help pay whe
Michelle,
I will mention dexamethasone to the vet when we go on Monday. But Fu
also takes methimazole for hyperthyroidism - would slippery elm's
coating of the stomach impair absorption of his other meds?
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date
Michelle,
I do remember your Simon. Fu is on Leukeran and pred. I was letting
him eat dry food this week which he likes because he has been losing
weight. I guess that is what has caused the severe constipation. I'm
worried that he may soon be too be too weak to try to pass the stool.
Bonnie
ntly in the box
> trying to poop, nothing came out as she wasn't eating to produce
> any waste. Doc found more tumors against her spine and insides
> giving her the feeling of needing to poop. I do hope that is not
> the case with your kitty. Love and prayers to Fu.
>
>
nema? Your vet
> can or sell you the enema gizmo. My Tito was still going some and
> I didn't know he had a problem until he began trying
> unsuccessfully to poop ... fairly soon he began vomiting and
> trembling. He was in bad shape.
>
> Del
> - Original M
he can no water.
>
> BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> About how much is given? It's mixed with water, yes?
>
> Thanks, Bonnie
>
>
> www.elephants.com
>
>
>
>
> Have a purrfect day
> Cherie
>
>
About how much is given? It's mixed with water, yes?
Thanks, Bonnie
www.elephants.com
> yummy?
>
> Do you know what Lactulose is? I found this darn interesting...
> It's
> made from lactose, (as in lactose intolerant, which of course most
> cats
> are!). That's how it works against constipation! How is our Fu,
> aside
> from being, um, b
My 19 year old frail Fu is constipated. The vet said to give him 2 ml.
lactulose morning and evening. I gave him the evening dose a little
while ago while I was assist feeding him as taking lactulose on an
empty stomach sometimes makes him nauseous.
Well, he threw up anyway and I wonder if he
Jenn,
Your reply contain common sense but the person did provide for the
first litter;
I do hope the tone it won't put her off caring properly for the mother
and her kittens to be. The post came from a list that is primarily
about dogs, so she may not know as much about cats and was afraid to
This message came from the VETMED list - I asked permission from the
original poster if I could forward her email to all of the experts on
this list. Her email address is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks,
Bonnie in WI
Date:Wed, 6 Jul 2005 08:50:29 -0700
> From:Trudy Handel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would advise the pregnant woman to give this information to whoever
advised her to get rid of her cats!!
Bonnie in WI
Note: forwarded message attached.
--- Begin Message ---
Title: Message
-Original Message-From: Joan Doljan
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 200
One of our local emergency vet clinics has a couple of cats who are
always greeting visitors and being petted by receptionists. They seem
content and happy. It suddenenly occurred to me to ask if they were
blood donor cats and was told that they were.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
- Ori
ews media?
>
> t
>
> BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://usmilitarykillsdogs.allsupportgroup.info/
>
> www.elephants.com
>
>
I think that kitty needs to be seen by a vet soon.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2005 5:49 pm
Subject: RE: any info on this poor kitty
> I have a colleague who has a 12 year old boy kitty - recently he
>
http://usmilitarykillsdogs.allsupportgroup.info/
www.elephants.com
I like mine: Drs. John Scandurra and Dr. Mary Kuefler of Cats Here Dogs
There. Dr. Scandurra graduated at the top in his class at the UW vet
school. He is very thorough -he even called me on a Sunday afternoon
after reading something he thought could help one of my kitties. Their
clinic is Cats
I think we may need to be careful about this for legal reasons. Maybe
it would be best to respond by private email to inquiries about vets
that are either recommended or best to avoid in a certain area. The
Feline Chronic Renal Faliure List has a policy of asking members not
to mention specific
What I've often heard agrees with what Stan and others are saying.
When a cat gets out and can't be found, he or she is often hiding not
far away. This was the case recently with a cat on the Chronic Renal
Failure list; he got out through a window without a screen and was
gone for two weeks. Fo
I believe my brother, who also lives in Toledo, may have also taken
his felv kitty Jezebel to the Michigan State University vet clinic as
well as his regular vet. Michigan State and Ohio State are about equi-
distant from Toledo, about 120 miles.
Bonnie inWI
www.elephants.com
- Original M
Try asking your vet for some. My vet gives me syringes free. After
awhile, when the rubber O-rings on the plunger-thing get hard and it's
difficult to push, I just ask for a few more.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
Stan, syringe feeding is not that difficult, and
no, it does not require an
Karolyn,
The original message didn't say whether the kitten was FELV positive.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karolyn Lount)
Date: Sunday, May 29, 2005 5:31 am
Subject: Re: OT: GA Kitten Faces Gas
> Hi, If I read your message correctly that this
PLEASE CROSS POST
PLEASE NOTE: SWEET SWEET PHOTO AVAILABLE
Forwarded Message:
PLEASE CONTACT COWETA COUNTY
ANIMAL CONTROL TO ADOPT THIS PET:
770-254-3735
http://www.shelterrescue.org/id4.html
From: Julie Webb
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:59 PM
GA. - Coweta - PRECIOUS LITTLE BABY to
Great work Jenn!
Let's hope she turns out felv negative.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
Thanks to everyone for all the advice. I called my vet today
(the better one), and told them what I had, and what I was doing, and they said
without bringing her in for bloodwork (which would require a 12 ho
Stan,
Cats with chronic renal failure/kidney disease are said to have rear
leg weakness from lack of phosphorus.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
--- Begin Message ---
Barbara,
Actually Jersey started to looked much better but he is not able to stand on his back legs.
Now he is n the clinic for X
well, I'm naturally cautious, but I would either hold off on sub-q
fluids until I talked to a vet - is there an emergency vet service that
ight give advice over the phone? I call ours when I think I need to...
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROT
Jenn,
Keep up the good work and keep us posted! I'm not so sure about
giving her Gatorade though. But maybe others on this list would know
more about that.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
I have generic Gatorade, but that has flavor in
it.
I'm tempted to syringe her some lukewarm water,
Stan,
If his kidneys are affected and his back legs are weak, you might
also want to consult the Feline Chronic Renal Failure list. Contact
information is available at the bottom of this page:
http://www.felinecrf.com/
Best wishes to you and yours,
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
--- Begin M
We had 'em in Madison, WI where it sometimes gets colder than twenty
below in January.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Kathy Gittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 12:45 pm
Subject: OT cat-safe roach control
> I'm from Rochester NY and in my opinion,
Years ago, without thinking we sprayed for roaches in an old house, and
killed my son's gerbil, "Fred Flintstone". I still feel horrible about
that.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
Ahh, yeah, I used to live in Arkansas, and had roaches in a
house I rented. What I found HELPED the most was:
Another good thing: the group who organized opposition to the cat
hunting plan, dontshoot the cat.com, is now organizing to work on the
problem of feral cats. They along with the local "trap, neuter, and
release" program are holding a big public meeting next weekend to
begin work on the issue.
tuna water?
Bonnie inWI
- Original Message -
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: Warning: Immuno-regulin side effects-- Ginger
> Michelle,
> Will Ginger lap up liquid? Is she drinking water?
I'm very glad she is doing better!
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: Sue Feldbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:56 am
Subject: was cat sick
> Cindo is doing better. The vet thinks she has a gastrointestinal
> "bug".
> She's on amoxy and tagam
Can anyone help this person with the name and contact info of any no-
kill shelters or foster/rescue groups in Minneapolis?
Thanks very much,
Bonnie in WI
> - Original Message -
> From: Jean Colison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:18 am
> Subject: no-kill shelter or f
x27;s why I go there. It's not
> local though.
> All the local vets won't treat felv+.
> I already left a message on their voicemail that I'd like to bring
> her in
> tomorrow.
>
> >From: BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-T
> or attention
> >today.
> >I'm sending lots of positive, healing vibes, Kerry
> >
> >- Original Message -
> >From: "Sue Feldbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To:
> >Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:04 PM
> >Subject:
2005 11:04 pm
Subject: Re: cat sick
> The soonest I can probaly get her to a vet is Monday.
>
> >From: BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> >Subject: Re: cat sick
> >Date: Sat,
that against what others here have to day. Keep us posted.
Bonnie in WI
---
From: Sue Feldbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:04 pm
Subject: Re: cat sick
> The soonest I can probaly get her to a vet is Monday.
>
> >From: BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECT
Sue,
I would call your vet or emergency vet. As you know felv cats immune
compromised and are susceptible to many illnesses. Diarrhea and
vomiting are quite serious symptoms in a cat. I would call a vet for
advice; it's not a good idea to let this continue.
Bonnie
- Original Message -
Laurie,
I don't think we need to worry for another couple of years. Wisconsin
governor Jim Doyle said there will be no cat hunt during his term of
office.
Bonnie in WI
www.elephants.com
- Original Message -
From: "Laurie B. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:
This story is a couple of years old; a friend at work just showed it to
me.
http://muttcats.com/articles/garbage_disposal_cat.htm
ED] On Behalf Of catatonya
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: False Positive
>
>
>
> We have been on this list a long time It's still the best
> too.
>
>
> t
>
> BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL
>
>
>
> _
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: False Positive
>
>
>
> We have been on this list a long time!!!
weren't they
> kittens? I am remembering they were born in a closet and all had
> French names? It's been a while, and my memory's not what it used
> to be!
>
> tonya
>
> BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dawn,
> Here is some anecdo
Dawn,
Here is some anecdotal evidence: my kitty, Claudette and my other
kitties were exposed to a positive kitty, my little Henry Lee, whose
virus had activated. I had them all tested and Claudette was one of
those exposed to Henry who became positive. I lost all of my positive
kitties, but Cl
I got the carrier out to take my sweet orange boy, Henry Lee to the vet
(I thought the name sounded "southern"; he was a starving kitten trying
to eat a piece of dirty french fry by a dumpster in Mississippi). He
was my first positive kitty.
When all of my kitties saw the carrier, they all ra
I went to the pet supply store to buy food for my naughty nine
yesterday. The store owners were very active in opposing the cat
shooting proposal and put up the web-site: www.dontshootthecat.com.
They told me that "People" magazine had just been there, interviewing
them for a story and taking p
I wonder if there have been any studies to show that some people
carrying guns tend to behave badly just as do other people when they
get behind the wheel of a car. I'm on another animal list where a guy
forwards news items about hunter bad behavior. There was a case, it
may have been in Pennsy
There are laws that do not allow the discharge of firearms near human
dwellings, but accidents happen all the time. One woman at the hearings
said that feral cats near her rural home are so fast that she thinks
many would be merely wounded by hunting and suffer a lingering death.
Bonnie
The bad news is that the advisory vote on the resolution to make cats
an unprotected species won, but the good news is that head of the DNR
says there will be no cat hunt.
The question was passed in a statewide advisory vote by those who
attended the annua; Conservation Congress meetings held
I went to the Conservation Congress hearing tonight. The turnout was
huge! Most of those who spoke were against hunting cats. Even some
hunters got up and said that the Department of Natural Resources would
be shooting itself in the foot if, when they most needed public
support to prevent deepe
Definitely; I met a couple who adopted a retied greyhound and as soon
as he walked into their house for the first time, he immediately
killed their cat who had come up to meet him. Many greyhounds are
trained on live animals - bunnies, kittens, etc although it is
supposed to be illegal in most
Nina,
Andre has a white undercoat; it looks so funny to see white hair come
out when he's being brushed There was a lot of ruffled white fur
stcking out after his encounter with Midnight.
Bonnie
- Original Message -
From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, April 4, 2005 7:02 pm
Sub
y psychic connection.
>
> -Kyle
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "BONNIE J KALMBACH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: RE: Find the Pit Bull--Memories!
>
>
> > No, it wasn't the
d you had a yellow lab!
> What time did
> this happen? It was about 10pm Eastern when I read my fortune cookie.
>
> -Kyle
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "BONNIE J KALMBACH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:54 AM
No need to apologize!
Tonight something inexplicable happened at our house. My black half
meezer Andre was sharpening his claws at the cat scratcher when my
brother's always sweet German Shepherd walked by. She's been around
Andre a lot but suddenly she attacked and seemed to be biting him. I
> So we all need to take classes to learn dog body language, just in
> case someone's pitbull gets loose?
Maybe not classes, but it would certainly be helpful to one's own
safety if one was familiar with dog body language. I would look into
this if you are in a location where you might come a
Generally yellow labs are the sweetest dogs - I have one - however the
key word that leapt out of your post was "chained". Chained dogs,
especially those that spend much of their lives that way, are very
likely to attack and bite. We were just talking about this topic on
another list
Bonnie in
The kinds of "aggressive" dogs some people like to own, sometimes to
shore up their own self-esteem, change with the years. I remember when
it was the Doberman Pinscher, before that it may have been the German
Shepherd, now it's the Rottweiler and the pit-bull.
There a street corner here where
Terrie,
My son's 18 year old black/brown tabby Fu is living with me and is
hyperthyroid. He was diagnosed about two and a half years ago. He
gets a half tablet of tapazole everyday and fluids with potassium. He
is very skinny as such kitties tend to be as their systems are working
overtime.
For those who wish to write letters on the proposed Wisconsin Cat
Hunting season, please see below for email addresses of the Wisconsin
Departments of Tourism, etc.
Bonnie in WI
--- Begin Message ---
Dont Shoot The Cat Newsletter
3/17/05
Thank you for visiting DontShootTheCat.com. Heres wha
Thanks, Michelle,
I did forward your message to her.
Bonnie
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:04 pm
Subject: Re: [CRF] OT: Help for severe asthma -Emergency no luck on an
asthma site
> I could not figure out where to send this mes
This message is from the Chronic Renal Failure list, which I am also
on. Would anyone have any ideas for this person? I asked her if I
could forward her message to this list as there are so many
knowledgeable people on it.
Thanks for any ideas,
Bonnie in WI
--- Begin Message ---
I sent a messa
The guy from www.dontshootthecat.com, a local pet supply store owner,
said on the radio last week that if the rule passes, it also poses a
danger to outdoor city cats. If a person trapped a cat on his property
inside the city limits, where discharging a firearm is not allowed, he
could then ta
Going over the DNR's advisory questions, there is another one which
would lower the age requirement from 12 to ten years old(!) for some
hunting licenses. This would surely include small game licenses, for
which kids would be eligible and if cats are classified as small game,
we could have kids
...you have to be at the spring hearings in order to vote on this
advisory issues. Anyone can sent in comments (please see below). I
would suggest saying you will definitely not visit or vacation in
Wisconsin and neither will your friends if this issue passes. Tourism
is a major part of the eco
BONNIE J KALMBACH wrote:
I know some people involved in the Trap, Neuter, and Release progtram
here. They are always advertising for homes for these ferals and many
of them go to family farms.
Bonnie in WI
- Original Message -
From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday,
I know some people involved in the Trap, Neuter, and Release progtram
here. They are always advertising for homes for these ferals and many
of them go to family farms.
Bonnie in WI
- Original Message -
From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:43 pm
Subject: Re:
Thanks for posting this but, I don't think one has to be a state
resident to vote on this advisory issue. Only Wisconsin residents can
vote for representatives to our Conservation Congress and have to show
proof of residency if they want a ballot for that vote.
I've been to these annual hearing
This topic was on a call in show on Wisconsin Public Radio this
morning. Most of the callers were enraged about the idea. The wildlife
biologist who had studied the effects of cats on bird populations said
he had been getting plenty of email too. But he did admit one thing -
that development bo
Gloria,
Maddy's Fund has given a grant to a local organization here in
Wisconsin similar to yours. Has anyone applied for one of these grants?
http://www.maddiesfund.org/
Bonnie in WI
- Original Message -
From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, March 4, 2005 1:13 pm
Su
Great horned owls have been known to kill and eat cats too. We have a
lot of them hoo-hooing in our neighborhood at night.
Bonnie
- Original Message -
From: Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2005 9:37 pm
Subject: Re: outdoor arrangments (was:Tip is Gone)
>
Well, I love my screened porch and so do my kitties and dogs. One thing
I would worry about in an outdoor enclosure that allows access to the
lawn is the possibility of them eating some toxic plants. My orange
girl Rosalie did just that last summer and fortunately got better.
Actually I had her
When my son's cat Fu came to stay with me, he had fleas! I used a flea
comb, dunking it in hot soapy water whenever I got a flea. After a few
days of short, 15 minutes or so, treatments in the bathroom, Fu was
flea-free! No chemicals! Fortunately only one other of my indoor
kitties caught flea
Faye,
You probably have heard this, but I'm told that when cats cannot be
found they are sometimes hiding not far away. Are you putting food
out - funky smelling food like Fancy Feast - but I guess you don't
want to attract those dogs either.
Bonnie
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