Re: 2 more babies to add to the CLS

2006-02-23 Thread Susan Loesch
He paid a very dear price, indeed.  I think the couple of months he spent caged at the vet, so traumatized that he was considered feral, damaged his health to the point that it shortened his life.Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It seems to me that Mr. Kitty paid a very dear price to give his owner

Re: 2 more babies to add to the CLS

2006-02-23 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Nina.  These old fellas are just very special, aren't they.  We all were thinking that by now Mr. Kitty's owner - they guy who got married - must be paying for giving Mr. Kitty up  -- by living with a very controlling wife!  We all think he deserves it.  I've got to wonder how much you love

Re: Ginger is gone

2006-02-22 Thread Susan Loesch
Oh, Michelle, I am so sorry.  Your love for Ginger and her enjoyment of life shine thru so in your email about her.  Reading it left me in tears.  How lucky you were to have each other.  You are in my prayers.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:13:30 ESTS

Re: losses and Ginger

2006-02-21 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Michelle.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My thoughts to keep the souls rested of Mr Kitty, Red Man and Buffy go out as do my condolences to the kitty parents.   Also healing thoughts going to Ginger   Michelle, Buddy, Minstrel, & Angel Bramble

RE: Chris and Katrina Rescue-OT

2006-02-21 Thread Susan Loesch
My rescue group's Director is in NO now - I will talk to her about this when she gets back in the next day or two - from what I understood from her last trip (January) there was not much to do at this point but TNR.  I know she took a whole trailer of food down in Jan. and a van load this trip.  ca

Re: Prayers for Gideon

2006-02-21 Thread Susan Loesch
I will keep Gideon in my prayers.Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hello all,please could you add Gideon one of our rescue cats to the many prayers needed here on these boards? He is just not looking good,and I got him to eat a couple treats,he climbed into my lap and purred and meowed at

Re: Susan

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Wendy.  This has been a pretty big loss all at once.  No matter how much time I have with each one it is never enough, is it.  Such sweet little souls they were.wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan,I am so sorry to hear about Jack, Cheyenne, SweetWillie, Mr. Kitty and Red Man. I can't im

Re: And now the good news

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
What super news!!  Thank you for taking Switters!!Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Switters is here !!!Switters is the FeLV+ kitty from New Orleans that was looking for a homeHe got to ride all the way to Vermont in a van that was also bringing severalother animals up this way It took se

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
ts and prayers.Cindy--- Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> I sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2> 1/2 years old. My little Jack died on Jan. 21. He> was the sweetest little orange tabby boy, no bigger> than a 6 month old kitten. During his last weeks he> was always c

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Tonya.  They were so precious.catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Susan,   I am so, so sorry.  I can only imagine losing so many so close together.  Take care of yourself.   tonyaSusan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2 1/2 years

RE: Please add to the CLS -Chris

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
ttp://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/My Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350 - Original Message - From: Susan Loesch To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:17 PM Subject: Please add to the CLS

RE: Please add to the CLS -Chris

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
, Arielle, Gareth, Alec & Salome' =^..^= Furkid Photos! http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7sgqa/My Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350 ----- Original Message - From: Susan Loesch To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, Februar

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Michelle.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh my God, I am so sorry. Michelle

RE: 2 more babies to add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you for continuing to work on that.  I have a feline leukemia positive Katrina kitty now - our Director just brought her back last month.  Some insurance adjustors had been feeding her - she kept going back to what must have been her home ( I need to see if our Dir. got the address).  She is

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you. And what a beautiful thought - I can just see them running after the butterflies.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh my god! Wow...that's too much for me to endure. It takes me back in time when I lost 3 within two months. I'm sending a bunch of hugs to you. Bless you for being there for t

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/ruthiegirl1/terrispage.html?1083970447350- Original Message - From: Susan Loesch To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:17 PM Subject: Please add to the CLSI sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2 1/2 years old.  My

Re: Add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
I'm so sorry, Sherry.  What a sad week this has been.Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Here I am yet again with another kitty passing.Please add Eddie to the list,he passed today.Although he wasn't one with felv he was a cat from the other place I volunteer at Crash's. I wasn't as close t

RE: 2 more babies to add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Chris.  And I love the old kitties, even though I know I may not have them very long.  There is just such a sweetness about them - it is hard to describe, but it just touches my heart.  I have two super-elderly kitties right now, both from the same kill shelter - Micah and Mem'ry.  Both cha

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you.  I am going to have a great crowd meeting me there someday.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh mymy heart aches for you! Your in my thoughts and prayers. You will see them all at the bridge someday!   Terrie MohrTAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTSSIAMESE & COLLIE RESCUEOwner/DriverCheck sites

Re: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
ayful once again.  Hugs, Del- Original Message ----- From: Susan Loesch To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:17 PM Subject: Please add to the CLSI sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2 1/2 years old.  My little Jack died on Jan. 21.  He

2 more babies to add to the CLS

2006-02-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Well, I guess sometimes when it rains it pours.  Early Saturday morning I lost two more of my fosters, both negative.  Red Man was an older orange tabby who had chronic sinusitis and asthma.  He got a pretty bad URI and it went into pneumonia.  Red Man was the sweetest old fella - sometimes he'd wa

RE: Please add to the CLS

2006-02-17 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Joan.  They were all a joy to me."Doljan, Joan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan,   What a sad way for you to being the new year.  Jack, Cheyenne and Sweet Willie Brown were indeed lucky to have known you.   Joan -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Please add to the CLS

2006-02-17 Thread Susan Loesch
I sadly have 3 babies to add - all 3 were about 2-2 1/2 years old.  My little Jack died on Jan. 21.  He was the sweetest little orange tabby boy, no bigger than a 6 month old kitten.  During his last weeks he was always cold so he always beat me to bed at night and was waiting under the covers for

Re: Missing Rudy

2006-02-17 Thread Susan Loesch
I know you ARE missing Rudy.  They all take a piece of our heart when they die, don't they.  Many prayer for you.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all for the kind words of condolence. This group means so much to me. You're always here when I need to talk about my babies. I'm mostly a lurker but

Re: Rudy - Angry

2006-02-15 Thread Susan Loesch
I'm so glad you took Rudy to another vet.  You both are in my prayers.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm so angry with my vet. I took Rudy to another vet today because I thought it just did not feel right. My regular vet didn't do blood work. He knows she has felv so I thought that would be the first th

Re: Rabies vaccine

2006-02-06 Thread Susan Loesch
I  don't.Joan Doljan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I am trying to take a quick poll to see how many of you give the rabies vaccine to your Felv+ kittens and cats and if you do, at what age?   Thanks,   Joan

Re: One last URGENT plea for help...

2006-02-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Chris, where is Switters now - what town?  Anywhere reasonably close to Little Rock, AR?  I have just taken another feleuk+ Katrina kitty.  My "feleuk room" is full, but two of my babies are going downhill very fast so I wouldn't be crowede for long.  You probably said where he is now, but somehow

Re: CLS for Orange Julius (OJ)

2006-02-03 Thread Susan Loesch
I am so sorry, Tad.  I had an Orange Julius who was so special and who I lost a year ago Christmas - so reading about your OJ made me doubly sad.  Maybe the two OJ's are playing together now.Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Little OJ has gone to be with his best kitty friends Winky and Calli

Re: Bailey Update

2006-02-03 Thread Susan Loesch
Belinda, lots and lots of prayers coming from me and my gang to you and Bailey.  It always hurts so much to see our babies seem to be slipping away and have that helpless feeling of not knowing what we can do.  Give Bailey a hug from us.Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bailey is not doing

Re: Heart Murmur

2006-02-01 Thread Susan Loesch
All this about heart murmurs has come at a good time for me.  I have a 15-year-old kitty, feleuk negative, who I took to the vet because he looked, for lack of a better description, like he was pregnant and ready to pop.  The vet diagnosed a heart murmur - I didn't know enough to ask many questions

RE: Another disaster

2006-01-31 Thread Susan Loesch
Even if it ended up that you couldn't prove it I wonder if just filing the suit would straighten her up since she'd know you were willing to take a serious step.  And she'd be thinking about having to answer questions in court???Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Yeah.. m

RE: Another disaster

2006-01-31 Thread Susan Loesch
Geez.  What a witch.  It sounds like you could document a history of harrassment-type behavior.Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I know.. Greg thinks it should come from a lawyer – one time she (Camille) hosed one of my neighbor’s dogs in a very cold winter because he ba

RE: Another disaster

2006-01-31 Thread Susan Loesch
Hideyo, this is awful.   Could your lawyer not write the letter to her - it seems to me that a letter from him would carry more weight.  To the neighborhood guy, also.   This is harassment.Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi, everyone, someone (2 different reports) complain

Re: Announcing...The first FeLV Talk Holistic and Regular Care for Sick Kitty Manual-written by YOU GUYS!!!

2006-01-31 Thread Susan Loesch
Wendy, I would love to get it!   Susan Loesch at [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Thank you.wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please email me if you would like me to send you acopy of The Holistic and Regular Care for Sick KittyManual. It's about 9 pages in a word document. I amvery excited abou

Re: Lucy--B12 injections plus, OT - Rebound (for Wendy)

2006-01-26 Thread Susan Loesch
ination of syringed Rebound and Nutrical when they wouldn't eat.  I've heard it explained as Pedialyte for cats - altho that isn't exactly right.wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan,What is Rebound used for?Thanks,Wendy--- Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> Just FYI -

Re: Lucy--B12 injections plus, OT - Rebound

2006-01-24 Thread Susan Loesch
Just FYI - and because it was so much cheaper than vets in my area - wanted to pass on that I located the salmon flavor Feline Rebound on sale for $2.95 (regularly 3.95) at www.agri-med.com.  I haven't been able to locate the salmon flavor anywhere in town - and one of our out of town fosters has a

Re: We said good-bye to Ewok this morning

2006-01-12 Thread Susan Loesch
Jen, I'm so sorry.  You will be in my prayers.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More later as the pain is a little too fresh, right now...But I justwanted to thank you all for all of your advice and warm wishes. Ewok isnow with his Mom and brothers Pips, Charlie and Chinney catching up onold times!Lots of

Re: Please add Isaiah to Candlelight Service

2006-01-09 Thread Susan Loesch
Del, I am so sorry.  You may not have been able to save him but you loved him and I am sure he knew it."Del H. Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please add Isaiah, he passed away last Wednesday, 1/4.  He began coming to my house for food and on 13 December (after Shiloh, FeLV+ left for s

RE: Great news about my court case

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Hideyo, this is wonderful!!  Way to go!!Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Merry (my lawyer) called me this morning to share these great newsabout my court case regarding the pet limit law.The city is going to put a hold on the ordinance portion whichspecifies how many cats you can hav

Re: Crosspost: kittico........I will take her

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
I had a call-back from the group since I'd left my number. It is someone who'd been in New Orleans working rescue and for that reason already had a soft spot for a Katrina kitty -- but she also has 2 other FIV+'s.Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Karen,I'm glad she's been adopted, but sorry she won'

RE: Crosspost: kittico........I will take her

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
dn'tthat be neat! And if not, I'm sure she will be happyand content with your love and care!:)Wendy--- Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> AWESOME!! This is perfect. Contact LeAnne G at> 214-826-6903. I called and got answering machine> and left msg. When I looked back t

RE: Crosspost: From Kittico Katrina Cat needs help

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Amen to that!!wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wow! What an awesome guy!!!!!--- Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> I will post to the group after they return my call -> will ask about transportation. Luckily, if all else> totally fails we are close enough to drive in a&g

Re: Crosspost: kittico........I will take her

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
AWESOME!!  This is perfect.  Contact LeAnne G at 214-826-6903.  I called and got answering machine and left msg.  When I looked back to get the phone number I noticed an email for LeAnne -- [EMAIL PROTECTED].  Thank you![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey folks I only read half the emails... I am in

RE: Crosspost: From Kittico Katrina Cat needs help

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
I will post to the group after they return my call - will ask about transportation.  Luckily, if all else totally fails we are close enough to drive in a weekend.   Plus we have a wonderful volunteer pilot who flew 11 hours to Orlando to pick up a Katrina kitty and bring to us iin Little Rock - we

RE: Crosspost: From Kittico Katrina Cat needs help

2006-01-06 Thread Susan Loesch
I asked Gloria to fwd to FIV list - I am not yet on the new one.  I called and committed to this kitty if no other solution can be found.  It is in the Dallas area.  FIV is not an issue with our rescue group - we mix negs and positives with our vet's blessing.  If another solution is available it w

Re: OT - Cat Trans Lambertville, MI to Bella Vista, AR Jan 7 & 8

2006-01-03 Thread Susan Loesch
Well, duh.  Minnesota is MN - I know that!Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's Michigan, not Minnisota.. and going from Michigan to Arkansas.On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Susan Loesch wrote:> Wonder how close this is to Minneapolis>> Gloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: OT - Cat Trans Lambertville, MI to Bella Vista, AR Jan 7 & 8

2006-01-03 Thread Susan Loesch
Wonder how close this is to MinneapolisGloria Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Contacts are [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]Begin forwarded message:> From: Carolyn Fitzgerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> Maine Coon Rescue http://mainecoonrescue.com is transporting Baby > Huey, who is a big beautifu

Re: Chinese cat/dog fur-shopping for our pets?- depression-bridge list addition

2005-12-15 Thread Susan Loesch
Tonya, thank you for doing what you did for Jaws.  He may not have lived but he had a chance.  And he died much more peacerfully than if he'd been hit again by another car.  You are a hero.   And knowing people like you and being reminded of what is really important helps overshadow all the bad we

Re: Chrissy/Prissy on the bridge list

2005-12-13 Thread Susan Loesch
That is so true - that they are in our hearts forever.  Even if they've only been our fosters for a very short time.  Chrissy was so pretty and had been so unhappy around other kitties, and this seemed to be the perfect home for her.  TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sigh. i'm sorry, gloria

Re: eating disorders

2005-12-07 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks.  The whole Sofia Pearl situation is such a puzzle, as it sounds like it was with Kobuni.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My friend wrote back about her cat Kobuni:  "by day 3 we almost always had him admitted and given iv fluids; this was after trying to coax him w/ tuna water, etc - he seemed

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Way to go!  And thanks.BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fed her lots of A/D. She had developed fatty liver disease too from noteating, but we pulled her through.Bonniewww.elephants.com- Original Message -From: Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Tuesday, Decemb

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Did you do anything to get her to eat again or did she just start on her own?BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My Nina stopped eating when she had pancreatitis.Bonnie in WIwww.elephants.com- Original Message -From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
re she knows - a visit might backfire in that the visit itself could be fab, but then she'd feel all the lonelier etc afterwards. Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Will definitely ask for it![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would try periactin before pred. It does not suppre

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
I am definitely interested.  Please do post.TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: if anyone's interested, i'll post the story of "friend," one of theFeLVs at the sanctuary--who insisted upon being force-fed A/D for morethan 7 months there are all sorts of twists and turns with thisdarling--f

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
mmunicator might be able to help delineate theafter-effects of the trauma for her, too.On 12/6/05, Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> Will definitely ask for it!>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:>> I would try periactin before pred. It does not suppress the immune system,>

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
so good to hear of a good result with this -- Pearl had her first pill last night.  Fingers are crossed![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, amitryptilline will help with weight. At the shelter our Blossom came in, background unknown, nothing but skin & bones. She weighed about 5 lbs. She was cons

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
GOOD site.  Well delve into it more after work.  And also Google "feline anorexia".  Thank you!TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.assistfeed.com/FelineAnorexia.htminteresting site--found lots of hits by googling "feline anorexia"--MaryChristineAIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCatsMSN: [EMA

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Will definitely ask for it![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I would try periactin before pred. It does not suppress the immune system, to my knowledge (although short-term use of pred shouldn't either, in low doses). When periactin works, it often works wonders quickly. Michelle   In a message da

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Have not tried yogurt - and have tried other appetite-enhancing meds but not periactin.    Our vet plans to try pred after Sofia Pearl is over the ringworm but we can't before.  I actually have never used periactin.  Does it supress the immune system as pred does?   I still would consider another a

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
ome?  That might be more helpful than objects etc.   Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gosh, I never thought about it from that angle -- we've been trying so hard to replicate her home environment - even went back to where she'd lived several hours away and got her foo

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
We've mixed Rebound with the baby food but I don't think any has been mixed with the canned food.  Another good idea - as is the Nutrical.  I actually intended to take some of that to her foster mom and forgot about it.  Will definitely do.  Thanks.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does she like Nutric

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
ep your attitude positive and happy at feeding time so she doesn't pick up your worry and associate that with eating.  Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you remember how long a period of time he would go before starting to eat?    I just knew there had to be other cats &qu

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
We tried A/D and she ignored it like everything else - but will try again with tomato juice in it.  We will try ANYTHING!    Don't really know how the ringworm affects -- I know we held off on treatment as long as possible because almost all of it  depresses the appetite and is toxic to the liver. 

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I emailed to ask her and will let you know when she replies. Michelle   In a message dated 12/6/2005 12:51:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you remember how long a period of time he would go before starting to eat?    I just k

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
s NOT the same flavor/brand as what she had been given.  You may want to reintroduce her to it little by little, making it kind of exposure therapy.  Gotta keep your attitude positive and happy at feeding time so she doesn't pick up your worry and associate that with eating.  Susan Loesch

Re: OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Do you remember how long a period of time he would go before starting to eat?    I just knew there had to be other cats "out there" with similar problems.  Thank you.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend's cat, who died this summer at age 17, would get unexplained anorexia every few years and lose

OT - Eating disorder in cats??

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Boy, do I hope someone has some experience or ideas with something like this.  We have a rescue kitty, Sofia Pearl  - came from a situation where she was an indoor kitty, saw one of her owners shot and killed and her other owner shot and paralyzed.  Canine buddies on the property were shot.  It was

Re: I Need Prayers for Callie

2005-12-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Many, many prayers for you an d Callie, Tad.   My little Carla had episodes almost identical to what you are describing.   For what is worth, Carla made it through probably half a dozen like that and thrived for many months.Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dam this disease... We rushed my be

Re: Carla and Susan

2005-11-29 Thread Susan Loesch
Thanks, Sherry.  I know exactly what you mean.  I still watch where my feet go when I walk thru the house - she was so tiny that if I stepped on her it would hurt - rather than just bumping her and her moving out of the way like the "big guys" do! Sherry DeHaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Susan,I

Re: Impossible

2005-11-29 Thread Susan Loesch
I actually have a few of those "easy to medicate" kitties, but the ones that stay on my mind are the two I have who would rather let me break their neck trying to get a pill...or even liquid...down them than take it willingly!  And of course they are the ones who need meds most often!TenHouseCats <

RE: Animal Control hearing - Hideyo

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
Hideyeo - was the email I sent you enough or do you need me to re-write and actually mail.  Happy to do if you need that.  Just let me know.Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, criminal charges are based on the fact that I did not complywith getting rid of my cats when my permit wa

Re: Carla and Susan

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you, Nina.  She really was a cutie - probably ugly to people who didn't understand what a fight it was to live so long being born positive.  But beautiful to me.   She'd gotten over a URI and I'd have bet money on her having survived another crisis that night.  I think she knew how much she w

Re: Lost my Lancelot - add to bridge list

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
Thank you, Belinda.Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, I have added her.-- BelindaHappiness is being owned by cats ...Be-Mi-Kitties ...http://www.bemikitties.comPost Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittenshttp://adopt.bemikitties.comFeLV Candle Light Servicehttp://www.bemikitties.com/clsHostD

Re: Lost my Lancelot - add to bridge list

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
About Oct. 15Belinda Sauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan,When did little Carla pass?-- BelindaHappiness is being owned by cats ...Be-Mi-Kitties ...http://www.bemikitties.comPost Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittenshttp://adopt.bemikitties.comFeLV Candle Light Servicehttp://www.bemikitties.com/cl

Re: Lost my Lancelot - add to bridge list

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
Yes, my little Carla was feleuk positive.  She and her 2 brothers and 1 sister were rescues from Little Rock Animal Services when they were babies.  Carla was the only long-term survivor.  She was solid black and such a little doll -- never got any bigger than maybe a 3 month old kitten.   Skinny a

RE: My dear Garfunkle's new departure

2005-11-28 Thread Susan Loesch
Hideyo, I'm so sorry that you've lost Garfunkle.  I know every extra day you had with him was a treasure.Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, everyone, again thank you very much for all the prayers forGarfunkle.A miracle did happened after he was so close to death a couple of weeksago, i

Re: Annie is gone

2005-11-11 Thread Susan Loesch
Tad, I am so sorry about Annie.  It is wonderful that you and she became closer near her end - and she will certainly live on in the changes that she brought about in your feral kitty.  Take care.Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sadly I have to report another FeLV+ has passed on today...Annie

Re: Cricket's Time

2005-11-09 Thread Susan Loesch
Wendy, my prayers will be with you and Cricket.  wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Guys,Well I am sorry to report that today is Cricket's lastday. He has deteriorated quite a bit and is no longereating, drinking, taking food via force feeding, andhe is barely able to walk. So I realized today tha

RE: Need all your prayers - please!!

2005-11-07 Thread Susan Loesch
I don't remember - I think I just went in and described what I wanted.  Comes in different size rolls and it may have been with the roll-up bamboo -type shades or close by.  That is what I got at the same time.  It has been over a year -- the city code people cited my carport for having things on i

RE: Need all your prayers - please!!

2005-11-07 Thread Susan Loesch
I got some at Home DepotHideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On a bit separate note, do you know where I can get some type ofadhesive you can put it on your window - so that you can see from oneside, but not the other? I decide that I want my privacy and wanted toexplore the option - do you k

Re: Need all your prayers - please!!

2005-11-07 Thread Susan Loesch
Many prayers for you and your situation -- and of course for sweet Ginger!

RE: risk of contagion Q

2005-11-07 Thread Susan Loesch
No.  I'd say a young adult.  A year, maybe, give or take a month or two either way -- at the time I trapped her."MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan---that's very interesting. How old was the feral kitty at the time. Not a kitten, I'm thinking? -Original Message-From: [

RE: risk of contagion Q

2005-11-07 Thread Susan Loesch
I have done that but not on purpose!  I had a feral cat in a carrier in my living room where I had maybe 1/2 dozen feline leukemia positive cats and kittens at the time.  She got away from me and hid it the room - and was there for a full 9 months before I was able to catch her.  Ate and drank from

Re: Sub Q fluids

2005-11-04 Thread Susan Loesch
I've used ringer's sub-q lots of times over the past 2-3 years and never had any problem with the skin.  Have never heard of that side effect - and have used on everything from bottle babies to a 19-yr-old.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought you couldn't give lactated ringer's sub-q because it would

Re: My Beautiful Mandy

2005-10-27 Thread Susan Loesch
Julie, I am so sorry.  How wonderful that you have some good tiimes to remember even as she neared the end.  I know what you mean when you say "empty" and my thoughts are with you and with her.Julie Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Friends,   Mandy is gone.  She was not doing well Tuesday n

RE: Should I spay Ginger?

2005-10-21 Thread Susan Loesch
idn't feel she was ready for the surgery no matter how old the calendar said she was.  Hope this helps you reach a decision, or, simply keep postponing one for a while....that's OK!     Julie     Susan Loesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Julie - you said you waited until they were cl

Re: Should I spay Ginger?

2005-10-20 Thread Susan Loesch
I would, too.  And that is advice that I am going to follow.  Partly because I've had her since she was four months old and she's come to work with me almost since the beginning and I've only had that feeling lately.Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Susan,Listen to your intuition. Going into heat can

RE: Should I spay Ginger?

2005-10-20 Thread Susan Loesch
he is FeLV-, she seemed to have a very lengthy period of physical immaturity and I just didn't feel she was ready for the surgery no matter how old the calendar said she was.  Hope this helps you reach a decision, or, simply keep postponing one for a whilethat's OK!     Julie     Susa

RE: Should I spay Ginger?

2005-10-20 Thread Susan Loesch
Julie - you said you waited until they were close to a year -- did you wait as long as you could - until they first came in heat and then spay?  I hadn't really thought about this til today -- I've always spayed and neutered negatives and positives, both feleuk and FIV and not given it a thought -

RE: fleas/hypocrisy.../MC

2005-10-05 Thread Susan Loesch
Here in Arkansas, in wooded areas, we have those giant "wood roaches".  Not your normal nasty little roach but great big ones - but somehow lots less offensive.  It is just a fact of life that some of them are going to get into your house.My cats love to play with them until they kill them."MacKenz

Re: More news on Wink

2005-09-27 Thread Susan Loesch
Wow, Julie - even tho you don't have anything definite yet what has been found so far sounds like it is leading in a positive direction.  Fingers are crossed pending final results!!Julie Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone,   Thank you all for your good thoughts and wishes and, Nina, th

Re: More good thoughts needed

2005-09-27 Thread Susan Loesch
Many good thoughts and prayers for a solution to be found for Wink - one that will get her healthy!Julie Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Friends,   Wink has been suffering from a severe ear infection for many weeks.  There was an abcess of the lymph node at one point that required surgery.

Re: Pet friendly hotels in Arkansas--Rita evacuation!

2005-09-21 Thread Susan Loesch
I know that the Airport Holiday Inn in Little Rock will allow pets - there was a tv spot talking to the manager saying they had dogs, cats and birds - and maybe something else.  They showed bags of donated food they had for the animals.  At the airport there is a Holiday Inn and a Holiday Inn Expre

Re: Our Beautiful Salome'

2005-09-16 Thread Susan Loesch
Terri, I love the Daddy's Girl picture on your web site.  I know you both are grieving and I send you hugs and prayers.Terri Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe this is what I get for bragging.   Our Big Beautiful Girl, her Daddy's Salome', has left us for the Rainbow Bridge as of 10:15 AM t

Re: Another one - Bridge

2005-09-09 Thread Susan Loesch
I can just see those pretty emerald eyes in a sweet tabby face - and I am so sorry she didn't make it.  Prayers for you and Marietta, and high hopes for Athens and Atlanta.  Terri Durham-Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sad news - Marietta (the only female in the litter) had to be pts today- she wa

Re: Update on Princess Grace

2005-09-07 Thread Susan Loesch
You've got it - from me and from my feleuk+ Daisy who is sitting in my lap.  Lots of prayers and good vibrations for sweet Grace and you, too.Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Grace and I could use your prayers and good vibrations. She has been feeling poorly the last couple of months. Usually when s

Re: Geroge's passing

2005-09-07 Thread Susan Loesch
Hideyo, I'm so sorry about George and I will pray for his continued peace.Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, my beloved George whom I rescued two month ago crossed the bridge yesterday – he had a very labored breathing for the past few days, the vet felt that he was having a hard t

Re: Sad News

2005-09-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Oh, Julie, such a lot of bad stuff all at once.  Hugs and healing wishes to Mandy, Paulie and Cosmo.Julie Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone,   I have some sad news to share.  First, Mandy's biopsies are back and she has oral squamous cell carcinoma.  The entire back of her tongue is i

Re: CLS for Marie Cat

2005-09-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Tad, I'm so sorry.  How wonderfull, tho, that her death was so easy - and to be able to say that she was comfortable and happy right up to the end.  I know there is a big hole in your heart.Tad Burnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sadly my Marie Cat passed away quietly last evening..9/4/2005...She wa

Re: CLS

2005-09-06 Thread Susan Loesch
Terri, I'm so sorry about Macon.  FIP is such a difficult thing to deal with - I always feel helpless when I come up against it.Terri Durham-Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For another sibling of Albany - "Macon" he was just a little over 4months FELV pos, he was pts on Thursday Sept 1st from FIP

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