Re: OT- Cheap source of Zithromax?

2007-05-07 Thread Susan Hoffman
ll me what symptoms and how old the cats/kittens are. I'm pretty good with uris. Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is for URI. I have lost several already. On 5/7/07, Susan Hoffman wrote: > If it's for a uri or pneumonia, zith is really effective. > > Kel

Re: OT- Cheap source of Zithromax?

2007-05-07 Thread Susan Hoffman
If it's for a uri or pneumonia, zith is really effective. Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Target is cheaper than CVS. $32 something. Just hope the meds work. On 5/7/07, Kelley Saveika wrote: > Correct, an online purchase will not do. I will try to call everyone. Thanks. > > On 5/7/07,

Re: OT- Cheap source of Zithromax?

2007-05-07 Thread Susan Hoffman
Cheaper than what? I order from www.1drugstore-online.com but it's from outside the US and takes a week or 10 days to get to me in California. Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Or at least cheaper..I have a prescription..will need to be bought within the next couple of hours. Thanks,

Re: Update on mva kitties - SAMMI IS SAFE!!

2007-05-05 Thread Susan Hoffman
Also, special accolades to those who were on the ground working on getting those cats (Nina, this includes you!!) For all of those who could make calls, do energy work and visualization, help in various ways -- well, it helped but, without the people who could actually be physically present at

Re: Update on mva kitties - SAMMI IS SAFE!!

2007-05-05 Thread Susan Hoffman
Would you make sure the Siamese Rescue list is updated too? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is an awesome rescue attempt in finding all three kitties! This is something you don't hear everyday. Thank you for the update as I have been following the story since day one. I originally hea

Re: Update on mva kitties - SAMMI IS SAFE!!

2007-05-05 Thread Susan Hoffman
Unbelievable. Yay Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm so thrilled to report that Sammi is safe, reunited with Geri, Little Guy and her family! Below is an edited version of the report on what happened last night. HURRAY!! Nina> OH MY GOSH - we got Sammi tonight! I am sorry if

RE: Update on mva kitties - Sammi is alive and has been spotted

2007-05-02 Thread Susan Hoffman
FYI -- updated info at http://www.immuneweb.org/lostcats/ (Cyndi keeps it pretty current) "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Continuing to send prayers that Sammi will go to the food. It's good to know she's alive and apparently uninjured. You guys are wonderful. Kerry M. -O

RE: MVA kitties - GOT GERI AND LITTLE GUY!!!!!!

2007-05-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
SheSammi's a girl, grey like a Russian Blue type. Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I will do the meditation for Sammi, too - I know he will be found soon! You imagine a golden coil, coming from your hear center, reaching in to the world. Searching and probing for missing Sammi. L

Re: Urgent - Missing Mattie - need prayers and meditations please!

2007-04-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
as rescued? Does she have any experience with being on the streets? At least she's spayed, she won't have to fight off any Toms. How far is she from her original colony? I'm so sorry darlin'. I'm doing your meditation and sending all of you calming, positive though

RE: Urgent - Missing Mattie - need prayers and meditations please!

2007-04-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
being on the streets? At least she's spayed, she won't have to fight off any Toms. How far is she from her original colony? I'm so sorry darlin'. I'm doing your meditation and sending all of you calming, positive thoughts on her recovery. Keep the faith, Nina Susa

Re: Urgent - Missing Mattie - need prayers and meditations please!

2007-04-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
The adopters need to put out a humane trap, baited with canned mackeral or something along those lines (smelly fish is especially useful but catnip sometimes works when food does not). Put the trap near the window where she got out. She is probably nearby and hiding and will come out when it i

Re: Rainbow bridge for Joey

2007-04-27 Thread Susan Hoffman
So very very sorry. I'm sure he felt your caring. Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: He's gone. I took him to the ER and he went into cardiac arrest. We tried CPR for a short time but the vet did not think he would live long even if we could get him back, so I decided to stop flogging h

Re: OT: Roombie-the new Roomba - for those of you considering purchasing one

2007-04-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
For anyone in a multi-cat household, I highly recomment my Ridgid 5 hp wet/dry shop vac from Home Depot. Cost me less than $70. Sucks the fixtures off the wall if you're not careful. The only issue that I have with it is storage space -- I need a four legged table with enough spread that I c

Re: feline interferon question

2007-04-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
Have her join the FIP list at http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FIP/?yguid=11572739 But if the diagnosis is correct, I'm afraid there is no good news nor much hope for recovery. "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi all I've been away and offlist for 3 weeks. My condo

Re: sigh. don't forget to keep checking for recall news.

2007-04-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
I am certain that cats can taste sweets and that some cats actually have a sweet tooth. I've had a few who had a definite preference for sugary things. The scientists who claim otherwise should live with more cats. Gina WN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:My Tigger likes donuts. He gets a small

Re: sigh. don't forget to keep checking for recall news.

2007-04-17 Thread Susan Hoffman
list. Now that Natural Balance, which does not even contain wheat gluten, has been recalled, it feels like nothing is safe. Taylor Scobie Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh, absolutely! Taylor Scobie Humphrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Apr 17, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Susan H

Re: sigh. don't forget to keep checking for recall news.

2007-04-17 Thread Susan Hoffman
What about a single source protein, like turkey or chicken, and a separate vitamin/mineral supplement. Most of mine will kill you to get at roast bird of any sort. Taylor Scobie Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good luck! Kitties can be sooo fussy--which is why we LOVE them! I still have n

Re: finally, the homemade-cat-food chat transcript

2007-04-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
Having just shared my dinner -- frozen turkey divan with alfredo sauce and parmesan -- with Little Sister Fuzzy Toes, it occurs to me that it might not be that difficult for SOME cats to avoid commercial catfood. A good vitamin/mineral supplement and whatever I'm having should work. elizabeth

Re: Pregnant Feral Kitty....Questions

2007-04-14 Thread Susan Hoffman
Don't vaccinate while pregnant or nursing. I have a mom and babies in a foster home right now -- mom found in a field with 2 week old babies and taken to the shelter, where I pulled her. We've already lost two of the four babies. Just found out yesterday that the shelter vet gave mom the FVR

RE: sweet kitty in sw Michigan/Who has the cat now?

2007-04-13 Thread Susan Hoffman
Where is she? Who has her now? cindy reasoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh, she sounds so sweet and it is so sad that she was trying to find security in anybody's car! I hope you find her a home or who belongs to her. I love black cats. My Thomaseena was black and lived to be about 18 years ol

Re: sweet kitty in sw Michigan needs help

2007-04-13 Thread Susan Hoffman
I've never understood it either. But some people say they look to plain or they all look alike. I personally love the sleek shiny black cat look. And I focus much more on presonality anyway (as do the best adopters). Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Debbie, It actually beats the heck out of m

RE: Ages please- OT- Ferals

2007-04-13 Thread Susan Hoffman
Try http://www.felinefriendz.org/ in Nebraska and see what they suggest for trapping and fixing ferals. Also, SpayUSA at http://www.spayusa.org/ (call their 800 number) sometimes has funds available and can offer $250 matching funds grants for feral spay/neuter in areas where there really aren'

Re: Need both Cat/Dog Recipes

2007-04-12 Thread Susan Hoffman
Could we post the recipes ON list, preferably with a subject line that indicates it is a new recipe posting? I've set up a separate email folder to collect the recipes. The way new products keep getting added, I'm afraid it's just a matter of time before I see Friskies canned on the list too.

RE: OT-ARGH to Pet Health Pharmacy

2007-04-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
Flagyl is the brand name for metronidazole. It is used for giardia and other intestinal bugs in cats and in people. (With people, think "tourist tummy" that you get from drinking from a contaminated water supply.) It is one of the worst tasting meds I have ever encountered. Uh, we have

Re: OT - Clavamox

2007-04-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
Huh? "illegally ordering cat ear medicine"? I don't think it is illegal to order a personal use quantity (90 days is the Customs standard) of a medication from a foreign country. Before I started ordering online from Thailand I used to travel across the border to Tijuana several times a

Re: OT - Clavamox

2007-04-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
I bought my gram scale a "smoke" shop. Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A drug scale would be my suggestion. Something that measures in grams. Know any retired cocaine dealers that don't need their scales anymore? I'd talk to your friendly vet about it to make sure you are dosing correctly.

Re: Elavil and 1drugstore-online.com

2007-04-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
ed transdermally...not liquidly...is that a word..hehe. I have bought Otomax from there. It just took forever and a day to get here. Which, coming from Thailand, I can understand. I should probably get Clavamox for URI season. On 4/10/07, Susan Hoffman wrote: > I was about to send the same

Re: OT - ARGH to Pet Health Pharmacy

2007-04-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
Have it sent to your office so you don't have to retrieve from the post office. If it's a lifetime situation then order a large amount and keep in stock so you don't have to get it at the last minute. When you get the Elavil pills, taste one -- just touch your tongue to it or put a

RE: OT- Cheap source of Drontal?

2007-04-05 Thread Susan Hoffman
www.revivalanimal.com (U.S. based). You'll have to buy a bottle of 50 tablets but it gets it down to about $3 per tablet. If you don't need that much yourself, split the cost with one or two others. Stray Cat Alliance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body {

Re: Just found out :(

2007-03-29 Thread Susan Hoffman
. Kimber Gieseke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:It was the ELISA. I read about the false positives and called my vet, she said they did the test twice to make sure but she can send it out if I want. I definately am going to have the IFA done, but I don't want to get my hopes up.

Re: Just found out :(

2007-03-29 Thread Susan Hoffman
Relax. You've come to the right place. A lot of FeLV+ cats live very long normal lives. What test was used? ELISA? If so, retest with the IFA in a few months. The ELISA has a high false positive rate. Kimber Gieseke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just found out my 3 year old indoor

Re: satine

2007-03-29 Thread Susan Hoffman
Don't worry too much about this. I would toss old food and water bowls and either bleach clean or replace the litterbox. Also, think about what a good life you gave that cat for the past two years. What would hre life have been had you not taken her in? Hard as it is to lose someone y

Re: Vet wants to put Midnight down?

2007-03-27 Thread Susan Hoffman
e men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis

Re: Mama Kitty - seizure

2007-03-27 Thread Susan Hoffman
I have a cat who is epileptic though not FeLV+ She is controlled with phenobarbitol. I'm leaving my office right now but if you want to talk feel free to email me off list. I know how scary it is to see a grand mal seizure but it is still something you and the cat can cope with. elizabeth tr

Re: Help - What are your opinions on this?

2007-03-26 Thread Susan Hoffman
You need a new vet. The in-office ELISA test has a very high ratio of false positives. If I know this, then your vet should too. She just doesn't do the research. Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After having our 14 cats tested for FELV (because we were told one we had tested positive and

Re: Vet wants to put Midnight down?

2007-03-26 Thread Susan Hoffman
Did your vet do bloodwork? What were the results? And do you truly trust this vet? Is Midnight eating, responding to petting? How much water is he drinking? Jennifer Madon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My vet says that the reason Midnight isn't responding to the antibiotics or the Feliwa

Re: cat food recall-royal cannin

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
Here's a list of foods not on recall list and info on who manufactures them: http://petsitusa.com/blog/?p=210 Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would like to find a comprehensive list of all the foods Menu has anything to do with. Not the recall list but anything to do with

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
Neither is Friskies and Meow Mix. I caught my guys digging through the Chicken Soup and California Natural dry food to get at the Meow Mix in the bottom of the troughsuh, I mean bowls. So I caved and bought them a big bag of Meow Mix. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Do you remember Esprit?

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
allergies in just the past three years--as have i. we're not that far from where we've lived before, but the vegetation is different and it knocks up both out (pretty bad when you're fighting with your cat over who gets the eyedrops first.) On 3/25/07, Susan Hoffman <

Re: Do you remember Esprit?

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
Esprit has never had this before, in well over a year since she left the Merced shelter. She's an older girl, over 5 years, and vaccinated against rhinotraceitis, and she's an only cat. So I think a sudden herpes flareup is unlikely. This is her first spring in southern California though and

Re: OT - HELP, Cat crying all night long.

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
"Condition of her house"? Definitely get the cat back. Hope she never has a child, or a husband or live-in boyfriend, or a houseguest who stays more than two days. (If I was concerned about the condition of my house, I wouldn't let myself live in it. Just rope everything off and look at it f

Do you remember Esprit?

2007-03-25 Thread Susan Hoffman
Just got an email from her adopter, the young lady who had been fostering her and then moved to Southern California to attend law school. She has a question about a little eye discharge that I wanted to run past the group. Also does anyone know of a good FeLV friendly vet in the Costa Mesa/San

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
ell are effected by the recall and had no problem touting the superiority of their products in a very timely manner. Nina Susan Hoffman wrote: > Any manufactured or processed product -- and even organic spinach -- > can land on the supermarket shelves with a contaminant of some sort at &g

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
outside the USA. Don't know but it bothers me. Gloria On Mar 24, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Susan Hoffman wrote: My personal cats average around 18 years (including one who was FIV+). The canned food of choice is Friskies. I buy it at Walmart or on sale at the grocery

RE: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
makes me really worry that they know something we don't--like that their products might show up on the list one of these days. On 3/24/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have one who will ONLY eat the Friskies shredded cheese and turkey in gravy. And the turkey

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
My personal cats average around 18 years (including one who was FIV+). The canned food of choice is Friskies. I buy it at Walmart or on sale at the grocery store. I tried upgrading their dry food to something corn-free but, after I caught them digging through the crunchy bowls to get at the c

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
I have one who will ONLY eat the Friskies shredded cheese and turkey in gravy. And the turkey prime fillets is the preferred cat food of my pickiest eater. From what I can determine, Friskies and Fancy Feast are not manufactured by Menu Foods. I would like to know everything that has bee

Re: menu foods will reimburse medical costs if.....

2007-03-23 Thread Susan Hoffman
he quality of products that go into cat food improves. elizabeth On 3/23/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And I'd like to know what they consider adequate proof of a nexus between the tainted food and the illness. Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: DRY FOOD Problem now too!!!!

2007-03-23 Thread Susan Hoffman
Cross contamination can occur from using the same equipment and supplies, not just from using the same raw inngredients. Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Oh this is not good! Also, Wellness used Menu to manufacture their food but said they had their own suppliers & not to worr

Re: DRY FOOD Problem now too!!!!

2007-03-23 Thread Susan Hoffman
Be careful with forwarding unconfirmed reports like this. There is mention of unconfirmed problems with Iams dry on http://www.howl911.com/ but until lab analysis it is too easy to spread rumors and create unnecessary fear. I personally am avoiding anything that has been manufactured by M

Re: menu foods will reimburse medical costs if.....

2007-03-23 Thread Susan Hoffman
And I'd like to know what they consider adequate proof of a nexus between the tainted food and the illness. Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How totally wonderful. I am sure that replaces the loving little friend who was lost because of their

Re: petfood recall questions

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
Here we go.tinyurl.com/ywt5fz "While most of the animals died within a few days of eating the product, Sundlof said he couldn’t rule out the onset of symptoms several weeks after an animal had consumed the toxin." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to find this o

Re: petfood recall questions

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
According to my cats, roasted turkey, baked skinless boneless chicken breasts, and just about anything else that I might eat is very safe for them. They have encouraged me to buy accordingly. cindy reasoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I saw where Science Diet is doing a voluntary recall on the

Re: petfood recall questions

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
If it were food poisoning and the food was no longer being given, then I would think that within a week or so you would be in the clear..If a cat had not been given any of the brands on the list for several weeks, and had been eating other things, I would think you would be safe. But I can'

Re: petfood recall questions

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
Does anyone have any idea how long after eating tainted foods that symtoms might appear? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pardon me...this was due to the testing prior. I spoke with my Vets about this they said it can still be used as an estimate even though this was being tested on both cats

petfood recall questions

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
Where is this estimate from? Also, can anyone tell me how long before onset of symtoms from the tainted food, or how much or how little of the food might have an impact? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is estimated 1 out of every 6 is affected by these foods that will die.

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
While it may be largely a matter of personal taste, I've had a couple of very finicky eaters who wanted to subsist on Friskies turkey prime fillets. Also, Marie, the ultimate finicky eater, can tell the difference between Friskies regular chicken in gravy and the senior formula/special diet for

Re: OT - HELP, Cat crying all night long.

2007-03-18 Thread Susan Hoffman
When I first brought Scooter in a few years ago -- he was at that time around 10 months old, still a little on the feral side with most people, and FIV+ -- he drove me nuts for the first couple of nights. Around 3 or 4 am he would start running from window to window crying and looking for a way

Re: OT - HELP, Cat crying all night long.

2007-03-18 Thread Susan Hoffman
worries me). She is trying to play with him before bed to wear him out. It isn't helping. He's only eating canned food apparently. I sent them home with canned and dry felidae, but he's only eating the canned... On 3/18/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: OT - HELP, Cat crying all night long.

2007-03-18 Thread Susan Hoffman
Maybe she should try petting him and comforting him, if this seems like a really distressed crying sort of thing. Is there dry food and water down at night, so he knows he isn't going to go hungry? A bedtime snack could help too -- canned food, a little shredded chicken or canned tuna, some ki

Re: RE: Need to place Chief ASAP

2007-03-17 Thread Susan Hoffman
t I'm scheduled to work 80+ hours and he's a very people oriented cat. He needs a home where people are for a while... Steph > > From: Susan Hoffman > Date: 2007/03/16 Fri PM 10:09:23 EST > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: RE: Need to place Chief ASAP > >

RE: Need to place Chief ASAP

2007-03-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
in North Carolina and he has a vet appt that is paid for to be fixed. I can’t afford to feed all of us and get a big enough apartment. Steph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Hoffman Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:01 AM

Re: Need to place Chief ASAP

2007-03-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
There's no such thing as placing an FeLV+ cat quicklyespecially an unneutered male who thus far does not get along with other cats. Getting him neutered will go a long ways towards helping him get along with other cats. And n ot having him neutered pretty much guarantees issues.

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
Most of my brood eat primarily canned food (and people food), with dry food always available for snacking. The only cats I have ever seen devour the expensive "high quality" canned food were half-starved new arrivals. They had come from such awful circumstances that they would have eaten paint

Re: any other suggestions besides Kirklands?

2007-03-15 Thread Susan Hoffman
Chicken Soup for the Catlover's Soul Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I use Felidae. It is only a little more expensive than Iams and so much better. Also, they have a breeder/rescue program where you get the 6th bag/case free for every 5 you purchase. Now, if I was going to

Re: correct dose of clindamycin?

2007-03-12 Thread Susan Hoffman
http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/clindamycin-antirobe/page1.aspx Any time you need dosage info, google it. Run a search something like this -- clindamycin cats dosage -- and you're right there in seconds. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me the correct dose of clindamycin f

Re: TN but transport available - URGENT FeLV+ kitten needs foster or home ASAP

2007-03-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
Reply to the potential adopter in Texas, Stephanie, via the website. Go to http://tinyurl.com/2rxozh and when you pull up the ad you will see a reply to ad option. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oopps I must have gotten the wrong email address. who has the email for the adopter wanting

Dallas, TX - FeLV+ cat WANTED

2007-03-10 Thread Susan Hoffman
http://tinyurl.com/2rxozh Vet tech in Dallas, TX wants to adopt young FeLV+ cat as companion for her other FeLV+ cat

Re: Questions and concerns

2007-03-08 Thread Susan Hoffman
So did I, apparently, until I got under there and cleaned this past weekend. :-( TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i have an under-the-bed litterbox for my under-the-bed cats. obviously, it's a rather high bed, and they're rather low cats! On 3/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[

Re: OT- Otomax without a prescription

2007-02-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
dose engraved in stone. Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do you know how much to dose with the fish mox? On 2/21/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hide fish mox in meat baby food or tuna. Also, you can get human grade amoxicillan and clavamox in an

Re: OT- www.1drugstore-online.com

2007-02-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
I've been ordering from them regularly for 12-18 months and they are wonderful. Great customer service (via email), high quality meds, even the generics. They are shipping from Thailand and don't offer express to the US but my order arrives in California within 10 days or so of the order date.

Re: OT- Otomax without a prescription

2007-02-21 Thread Susan Hoffman
online, apparently. On 2/20/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Never tried the fish Erythromycin but the fish mox is great. I usually buy from www.revivalanimal.com. I think it's around $25 for 100 500-mg capsules. Works great. The main difference is that the

Re: OT- Otomax without a prescription

2007-02-20 Thread Susan Hoffman
Never tried the fish Erythromycin but the fish mox is great. I usually buy from www.revivalanimal.com. I think it's around $25 for 100 500-mg capsules. Works great. The main difference is that the powder in the capsules is coarser and doesn't dissolve as easily as human grade. "[EMAIL PROTE

Re: OT- Otomax without a prescription

2007-02-20 Thread Susan Hoffman
I've used the clamamox, zithromax and baytril, but not the amoxi. (I keep fish mox on the shelf -- amoxicillin sold in the US without a perscription for aquatic use -- so I have no incentive to order amoxi from overseas.) Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone ever used the amoxi

RE: OT- Otomax without a prescription

2007-02-20 Thread Susan Hoffman
I have used otomax with no probems though I do not put it deep in the ear canal. The otomax is a salve. If you need medicine to go deeper into the ear talk to the vet about something more liquid. Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behav

Re: url of online drugstore?

2007-02-08 Thread Susan Hoffman
www.1drugstore-online.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Someone provided a URL to a good online drugstore that didn't require prescriptions for some drugs. It was something like drugs1online.com. I'm searching the archives but clearly not for quite the right thing. Can someone resupply me wi

Re: Rude Ranch

2007-02-06 Thread Susan Hoffman
Ummm, would you and your volunteers like to come give me a hand at MY place? I'll accept! tamara stickler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:MC wrote: "so if we see good people getting in over their heads, or in temporary trouble (sickness, having surgery, loss of volunteers or fosters), we really n

Re: o/t FIV

2007-02-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
Come over to the FIV group at http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FIVCats2/?yguid=11572739 Even if she is FIV+ it is likely she will live to be an old lady of a cat and never show any symptoms at all. But the notation you mention doesn't make any sense to me. "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL

Re: Bandit: toxoplasmosis

2007-01-31 Thread Susan Hoffman
Toxoplasmosis is treatable with antibiotics. Clindamycin appears to be the antibiotic of choice, at least initially. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1359&articleid=770 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bandit is 3.5 yrs, -/- and used to be healthy. He previously had a round of fever

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled on line

2007-01-31 Thread Susan Hoffman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had no idea, I've always just taken it to the pharmacy and handed it to them. Last time I went to CVS, it was $50 and in cherry, which the cats hated. On 1/31/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It does. It comes in tablets and capsules

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled on line

2007-01-31 Thread Susan Hoffman
ear, though. This cat is not going to be cooperative with long term pilling on a daily basis. On 1/31/07, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ouch. I can buy 140 250-mg tablets for about the same price. I dissolve in a tiny bit of water and mix in pancake syrup to make it mor

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled on line

2007-01-31 Thread Susan Hoffman
Ouch. I can buy 140 250-mg tablets for about the same price. I dissolve in a tiny bit of water and mix in pancake syrup to make it more palatable, then grab a 1 cc syringe and go find the cat to be medicated. I haven't had the best of luck with compounding pharmacies. The medicine never

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled online

2007-01-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
You can get elavil from www.1drugstore-online.com without a prescription but it's tablets for oral administration.Email them and see if they can compound it. In the US though you will need a script for elavil regardless of how it is delivered. Kerry Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I am

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled on line

2007-01-28 Thread Susan Hoffman
, that would be my preference. It stresses him out to pill him, and that's not the effect I want to get. I haven't been quoted a price yet. I don't even know which sites to go to to get a price quoted:). I am in Texas. Thanks, Kelley On 1/27/07,

Re: Getting cat prescriptions filled on line

2007-01-27 Thread Susan Hoffman
Compounded into a salve to rub inside the ear? What sort of price have you been quoted? I know people in California, Florida and North Carolina who have used Elavil compounded as a salve, with great results. Where are you located? Kelly L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 07:54 PM 1/27/2007, y

Re: FIP diagnosis?

2007-01-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
Do get her to a bigger vet hospital. FIP is very hard to diagnose and really cannot be diagnosed except by necropsy after an animal has died. Bloodwork and analysis of the fluid can tell you if findings are consistent with FIP but there are other curable causes of the distended belly. Hope fo

Re: OT Anyone care to take a shot at this question?

2007-01-17 Thread Susan Hoffman
Well, they managed to give up a pet last time so it wasn't THAT hardOK, I'll be nice. Any chance they don't understand the concept of fostering? If it's a match they have first dibs to adopt and they get to make a huge difference while looking for the right match. Kelley Saveika <[EM

Re: OT Anyone care to take a shot at this question?

2007-01-17 Thread Susan Hoffman
I'm inclined to agree. Suggest that she volunteer or foster for a rescue rather than adopt. I've lived in the Bay Area since 1978, and lived in SF for the first 25 of those years. I've lost and found a lot of jobs in that time, moved from apartment to apartment, spent part of my 20s on u

Re: urgent-- fever advice needed

2007-01-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
Take her to the ER. That's too high and it could get even higher as the night wears on. Leslie Lawther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Personally, I think I would take her to the ER. My Sarah ended up with vision problems from a fever that high. 99.5 - 102.5 are considered normal range. Lesl

Re: Sanctuaries

2007-01-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
Make him a ten-year old solid black shorthaired cat who doesn't get along well with other cats. Or maybe a former feral. TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: that's MEAN, phaewyrn--you KNOW how much we hate to get emails like that, and how hard we have to work to be polite to the people

Re: Sanctuaries

2007-01-16 Thread Susan Hoffman
of there lives." grammar and spelling aside, no reference to disability or ongoing medical conditions at all makes me nervous, personally. On 1/16/07, Susan Hoffman wrote: > No personal knowledge on any of them. However, I did a little quick > research: > > Tiger Ranch rep

Re: Sanctuaries

2007-01-15 Thread Susan Hoffman
No personal knowledge on any of them. However, I did a little quick research: Tiger Ranch reports 0 income and 0 assets and apparently hasnt filed a return since 2004. http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=228853 You may want to check further on their stability and compliance

Re: URI question

2007-01-15 Thread Susan Hoffman
Do you have the 62.5 mg tablets? Pfizer recommends 6.25 mg per pound (http://www.pfizerah.com/product_overview.asp?drug=CT&country=US&lang=EN&species=FL) but most vets prescribe within a range. You can find dosage info on most any med via google. Just type in something like this -

Re: URI question

2007-01-15 Thread Susan Hoffman
4 days isn't very long, especially with just amoxi. And since they are both eating, playing and grooming, don't worry too much about this. How much do they weigh? I usually use 50 mg of zithromax for a cat in the 4-7 pound range. (Comes in capsules or tablets, tastes horrific. I dissolv

Re: lucy and ibd - colitis/depo medrol

2007-01-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
Marie was pretty consistently miserable. It was obvious that her tummy hurt a lot. And she was leaking watery/bloody feces. (Didn't even look like feces. Very scary.) Any chance that the pred is affecting the timing of Lucy's discomfort? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Were Maris's symptoms

Re: lucy and ibd - colitis/depo medrol

2007-01-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
One of my own cats, Marie, developed colitis as a result of tritrichomonas foetus. Took months to get her through it. Her lower intestines were so inflamed that she was in pain and did not want to eat. What really worked for her was a depo medrol injection. That got the inflammation down whi

Re: kittens have diarrhea

2007-01-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
Be careful with your adults grooming them. Your adults will pick up the same parasites that way. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does the poo smell (fouler than usual diarrhea)? Is it greenish at all? I > s it a > pattie-like consistency, similar to cow patties? Trich is usually greenish co > w

Re: kittens have diarrhea

2007-01-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
Keep in mind that a lot of times giardia does not show up on fecal. How long have they been on metronidazole? Have they been dewormed, preferably with Drontal? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if diet does not fix it, I would get a fecal test sent out. Some parasites and other things need specif

Re: kittens have diarrhea

2007-01-01 Thread Susan Hoffman
How long have they been on Albon and metronidazole? And how old are they? Good appetites, playful? Kittens often have diarrhea. I wouldn't be too worried at this point. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The three kittens I am fostering, whose mom tested a faint positive 12/24, have ongoing diarrhea

Re: FELV+ military owned cat needs foster while mom is deployed!

2006-12-02 Thread Susan Hoffman
Where's the cat -- city and state? TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Linda Mercer/Purebred Cat Breed Rescue <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Dec 2, 2006 8:39 PM Subject: [Special_Needs_Rescue_Cats] Will you be a truly Noble Foster? FELV+ military o

<    1   2   3   4   5   >