OT: update
My son is here, and getting settled in. Zack is on the Prozac, though it's too soon to tell any difference yet, I think. Tang had a complete bowel compaction, and was in the hospital for 4 days, and is now on several medications (he's doing much better now, and is off the antibiotics). Mythic's skin is improving slightly this past week. I found out where Whitey (a local stray tom) lives, sadly, he has been abandoned by his people, as I suspected, but at least now I know where he lives and can feed him on his own porch (the house is empty now), and we've made friends, I petted him for the first time yesterday. He will need to be neutered now that I can touch him (he came right up to me on HIS territory, he was only scared of me at my house, it seems). I'm still not back on the list email, but just wanted to check in and tell everyone how things were going here. Take care! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 9/22/2006
Re: Spencer and my talk with my Internist
I'm glad he is back, and you are happier! I think the approach you are taking now is very logical, with his best interests at heart. Perhaps you could call around and find a vet willing to drain him at home, if he requires it again. It doesn't seem like anything that should require a sterile surgery suite to do... Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/441 - Release Date: 9/7/2006
OT: I'm going offline for a while to move my son in
Just a quick note to inform everyone that I will be offline for the next week or two, so if you desperately need me, call via phone. Otherwise, I'll be back in a while! My son is moving in with me and I have to create him a room (big construction job), get ready, move the computer network (huge job), rearrange EVERYTHING (nightmare), and so I wont be online until that is all resituated (or maybe not even for a while after that if my son has issues that require all my attention). If you are interested in ADOPTING a cat, PLEASE CALL: 802-472-8628. Our rescue is CLOSED until further notice, and we are NOT accepting new cats. Zack and Tang STILL need homes! Thank you to the wonderful people who donated to help get Zack on Prozac!It's on the way, and I really appreciate your help! Zack is no longer in danger of being euthanized, as I am hopeful the medication will solve the problem. I plan to give him at least a month to see if it works before I make any further decisions about his future! I'll miss you guys! My prayers go out to everyone with a sick baby! in closing my sincere hope is that I'll come back to a group with no lost members, of the human or feline kind! Blessings to you ALL! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:O'Gwynn;Jenn;Phaewryn;Ms. FN:Jenn Phaewryn O'Gwynn NICKNAME:Phaewryn ORG:UCAT rescue;operations/field work TITLE:Cat Rescuer NOTE:I rescue cats. I run a small personal rescue operation, all on my own, and out of pocket. Donations appreciated at any time! Paypal donations can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or send donations via check or money order to Jennifer O'Guin, PO Box 1008, Hardwick VT. 05843 TEL;WORK;VOICE:802-472-8628 TEL;HOME;VOICE:802 472-8628 ADR;WORK:;home office;;Hardwick;VT.;05843;USA LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:home office=0D=0AHardwick, VT. 05843=0D=0AUSA ADR;HOME:;;P.O. Box 1008;Hardwick;Vermont;05843;USA LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:P.O. Box 1008=0D=0AHardwick, Vermont 05843=0D=0AUSA X-WAB-GENDER:1 URL;HOME:http://ucat.us URL;WORK:http://ucat.us/adopt.html BDAY:19750928 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20060909T011832Z END:VCARD No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.2/441 - Release Date: 9/7/2006
Re: OT - Zack (explanation of my situation)
Well his OWNERS were going to kill him JUST for being FIV+, before I offered his LAST CHANCE to come here to join the FERAL colony OUTSIDE. I am happy to try the medication, a list member (bless you!) is sending me a trial of her cat's prozac to try on Zack, if it works, great, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to afford it long term. I WELCOME DONATIONS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HELP. I am getting custody of my VERY troubled son on the 18th, and he requires therapy, prescription drugs, counseling, special education, and constant supervision (he is 12, has the emotional maturity of a 10 year old, severe ADD, behavior issues, is under the care of a psychiatrist, and is failing miserably in school). I have no insurance, and may not qualify for state coverage for my son due to my income (and I work about 50 hours a week, so where I will find the time for this is beyond me - adding to my stress). I may have to QUIT one of my jobs in order to qualify for state assistance, and have enough time to raise my son. I can find the time to pill Zack every day (somehow), the problem is affording the medication. I still owe about $1400 for the last 5 year's income taxes, I have to pay $650 rent every month, and we ALL have to eat. The check engine light keeps coming on in my car, I just had to buy tires ($194), as the olds ones were unsafe, and my registration ($80) is due by the end of the month. I have to BUILD a wall to create a bedroom so all household members will have some extent of privacy. That's estimated at about $150.I still don't have a BED for my son to sleep on. If anyone would be willing to SPONSOR Zack, I would be very happy to put him on medication that might help his aggression. If I do NOT find a cure for him, TWELVE or more OTHER cats may FREEZE to DEATH this winter, as Zack will not allow them to access the insulated shelter. Personally, I think it's more responsible to euthanize ONE cat HUMANELY than to let TWELVE others FREEZE to death. That is where I am at. I can't afford to put another cat on an expensive prescription drug at this time (Mythic's is already $35 a month). Normally, in this situation, I would get offline, and work MORE, like 60 hours a week, and catch up, but I NEED to be home with my son now, so I'm totally lost as to how I'm going to accomplish all of this. The only reason I'm on here tonight is because my boss from my second job called me at dinner time and asked me to NOT come into work tonight. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: OT - Zack (amitriptyline - belinda)
Amitriptyline!? Really, what was the cat dosage for that? I get that already for myself, and it's only $9.00 a 30 day bottle! I wonder if that MIGHT help Zack's aggression? I could afford that... Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: crackers IFA was positive need help a.s.a.p.
FYI Leslie, FIP is totally unrelated to FELV, so Hepburn didn't succumb to the FELV either. :) http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/resources/brochure/fip.html "Is FIP related to feline leukemia? FIP and feline leukemia are caused by different viruses. Some cats that have FIP may also be infected by the feline leukemia virus, but the diseases are two separate entities." Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: Spencer update
Very well written, Nina. Peace to you. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior
My Tigger "pinches" me all the time now (this is a relatively new thing). He takes a little fold of my skin in between his front teeth (the little front teeth, not the fangs), and he slowly bites down, just enough so that my reflex makes me jerk away and go "OUCH!". If I don't jerk away, he will "hold" that pinch of my skin in his mouth until I pry him off. It's cute... it hurts a little, but it's cute. I love him to pieces! Doobie, on the other hand, always follows me into the bathroom, but he's just out for the toilet paper, not really interested in me so much as the "yummy yummy delicacy" he sees toilet papers as. Most of them used to follow me in there at times, because the sink is right next to the toilet, and I'd turn the water on for them to drink out of it while I was sitting there, but now the bathtub has a leak and runs constantly, so the novelty has worn off. I wouldn't worry, it's pretty normal kitty behavior. Cat's habits change and evolve as they mature. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: OT- Strange kitty behavior
"Chest Fungus"... LOL! We call it the "Furry Tumor" or (in the case of Tigger sitting backwards up on my shoulder), the "One Eyed Parrot". Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/438 - Release Date: 9/5/2006
Re: Leo
Well, we do know nutrition plays a vital role in keeping FELV+ cats healthy, so I suppose it makes perfect sense that the ones that arrived at your place thin were the first to succumb to the virus, and the ones that were in good weight are now doing well. Just goes to shows how MUCH of a difference a good diet makes! I'm glad to hear Munch and Jett and doing well! I'm really surprised no-one has been emailing you begging to let them adopt Munch, I mean, not many people would get a chance to have a Munchkin! He sure is CUTE! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
We're going to try medicating. I'm just not sure I can afford it long term. I'm getting custody of my 12 year old son again on the 19th, and he's on expensive ADD drugs, and I'm not made of money these days, with Mythic on his medication, it's just all adding up very quickly. As usual, I just have a lot on my plate... the truth is, Zack isn't going to do well outside, I think, because he's thin to begin with, and I just honestly don't have room for 7 cats, myself, my partner, and my son in a one bedroom apartment (we're in the process of building a wall in the livingroom, to divide it into two rooms, to make another small bedroom). I'm still holding out hope SOMEONE will find it in their heart to give Zack a chance to be a housecat again! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: Spencer update
I would have thought they could have at least given you some lasix or some other kind of drug to help with the fluid buildup issue... But, at least he feels better, that counts for a lot, even if you have to take him in to be drained every couple of days, if it helps him be comfortable, I suppose even without answers, it's got to count for something, right? Maybe if you just go in and say "I just want him drained" and tell them to not do any tests or exams, maybe they could do it cheaper? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: Lucy again
Sending soothing vibes to Lucy, and you, Michelle. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: crackers IFA was positive need help a.s.a.p.
IFA is not final. Retest in 3 months. Until then feed good food, supplement with vitamin C. Until then read all the posts here, you will learn MUCH from just reading other's posts and asking questions about them when you get lost. Even if he is permanently positive, that's NO reason to just throw in the towel, there are LOTS of treatment options these days! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: Leo
Poor Jett. She just needs a new project, that's all. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until you take in a new baby for her to "momma". You know, Doobie used to "momma" Moogie like that. When Moogie died, I got Tigger. Doobie immediately took on "momma duty" for Tigger. Some cats are just very motherly by nature. Doobie will clean anyone who will let him, he's very sweet like that. He's such a good mommy. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006
Re: Need prayers for my Spencer please
Sending calming and peaceful vibes to Spencer, in hopes it will soothe his stress level. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: Toxoplasmosis - Spencer
Nina, call a DIFFERENT vet clinic. Tell them your vet is not returning calls and that you are desperate, they might be able to help. OR, call yours relentlessly, like every 10 minutes, call back again. Drive the answering service nuts, they will put you on priority just so they don't have to continue to be bothered. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: Toxoplasmosis - Spencer
When he said "the FELV itself" that told me volumes. Yeah, I wouldn't even bother with him. Is he hot? Feverish? Cold? Have you tried taking him into the bathroom and running the hot shower to see if the humidity might help? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: Leo
Tad, I'm so sorry to hear you lost Little Leo. Was he FELV+? How are Munch and the rest doing? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
Oh, I see how that works... but don't you get really nasty flat patties when it gets really low on litter? Maybe my cats pee more volume (each cat, at one time)than yours do. Unfortunately, no, I don't have a garage or anywhere Zack can be put for the winter. I live in a three room apartment, and there's just no way to separate in a place this small, plus, if he's around other cats he sprays really bad. He doesn't spray unless there's other cats' scents he has to mark over. I keep hoping someone will come through for him, but it'slooking really bleak.I can't even cage him inside, as he fights with all the cats through the cage bars so bad that it would keep us awake all night. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
No local rescues will take FIV+ aggressive cats. The closest metro area is over 50 miles away, and I've heard really bad things about craig's list anyways (bunchers use it to scam free animals). I think he's on bemikitties, I'll have to check. I post him periodically to the FIVCATS2 list at yahoogroups, as well as Special_Needs_ Rescue_Cats. I've even asked Best Friends, but this cat can't be put in with any other cats, so he will never be accepted into any sanctuary (he could live the rest of his life in a cage somewhere, but I think euthanasia is kinder than that). I just have to keep hoping some kind DOG rescue will consider taking him in as an "office cat". That's the only thing I can think of that would possibly work for him. No vet will take him as an office cat, because of his FIV+ status. He's supposedly GREAT with dogs (at least big dogs)and kids, his old owner had both. I've got him posted up on the bulletin board at my vet's office too. Plus, my website, though I admit, I don't know how much traffic my adoption page really gets. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT - Zack
Mackenziewas my favorite feral. I see him once a month or so, Zack scares them all away most of the time. I do know he's alive, but that's about all I know. Him and Spooky (the bw FIV+ male) seem to have buddied up, as they appear together when they come. Hopefully that brings them the safety of numbers, at least. Rusty is now my new favorite, but only because he's the only one determined enough to refuse to be run off by Zack, much to Zack's disappointment. They fight constantly, but he refuses to give up his space (the back yard). Zack owns the porch and the road, Rusty owns the backyard. It's still up to debate daily though. Right now, I do have the cage mostly covered, as I do HAVE to bring Zack inside for storms, as he freaks out when there's any thunder at all. My main issue is my dominant male housecat, Doobie. He harasses Zack, Zack harasses back. Even if I cover the entire cage with a blanket, and only leave a little front of it uncovered, they will fight through the bars. I've considered buying some Plexiglas, and making a custom cage cover to go over it, with small bore holes drilled throughout the glass for ventilation. That would at least stop the physical contact, BUT, it wouldn't stop the endless "G,RRR,YEOW,HAK,SKTPF,YOW,KERTCH,HA,SHHH,GR!" that is the constant result of Zack and Doobie being within earshot of each other. (I'm sure I couldn't afford the materials though, anyways) I also have no doors in the apartment, other than the one that closes off the bedroom from the livingroom or kitchen, and the one from the bedroom to the bathroom, so even if I put Doobie in the bedroom area, we can't get any sleep, as he will dig at the door for hours on end trying to dig his way into the room he's locked out of. All of this because someone lied to me about Zack to begin with, told me he was friendly. He was supposed to come here as his last chance, to join the feral colony. Instead, he harasses the feral colony so bad that they would rather starve to death than come here to eat (I can only assume that's the fate of the cats I have not seen in months). It is still, and always will be, my opinion that euthanasia is far kinder than any prolonged period in a cage. I will NOT cage Zack all winter, which would be more than half the year here (7-8 months of temperatures below freezing at night, and at least 3 months of temperatures below freezing day and night). He was a very much loved housecat, and even having him live outside is not nice to him, all of his life, he slept on the bed, and snuggled on the sofa, until he came here, were he was thrown out, and never gets more than a pat in passing. This life is just NOT fair to Zack, and as much as I hate to do it, I will euthanise him once it gets cold if no home is found. Zack deserves to be a loved part of a family, like he was before, not locked in a cage. Try it for yourself. Do something illegal, and get put in jail for 3 months. I think you'll have a different opinion of cage life afterwards.In our society it seems that the worst punishment we can come up with for our most rotten members of society is caging them. Yet we do it to animals all the time, innocent animals, who did nothing to deserve to be punished. What a hypocrisy we live in. It really saddens me. The fact that so many of us don't even associate the word "cage" with it's true meaning is the worst part. We've let ourselves become numb to term. Most of us, when we hear the word cage, we think of cute kittens, reaching out through the bars, or an animal in intensive care at the vet's clinic, where the cage protects them and keeps them still and quiet. Yet, the very basic principal of the word cage SHOULD invoke a dire sense of loss of freedom. We should envision prisoners of war, old style zoos, where big cats paced back and forth in a 8x8 cage with sterile walls. A cage shouldn't be anything positive in our minds, it should invoke a deep sense of LOSS. You wouldn't (and can't legally) lock your child in his room for days on end, yet we have no second thoughts on doing it to the animals we "save" everyday. Save from what, It makes you think. Choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil, as they say in politics. Really sad, in my opinion. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus
Re: OT - Zack
The problem is two dominate males in one territory. It's just unnatural. I'd rather have one normal, well adjusted dominant male cat in the house (Doobie), than two drugged into submission males (and I would have to drug them both, as they are equally aggressive to each other). Ithink cats should be allowed to be cats. Who am I to try to go against their very nature by trying to make them co-inhabit the same territory? I'm very much into feline psychology, and I don't think that mood altering drug use is the proper way to deal with a cats natural instincts. I think that method of making life easier for the humans involved is not in the best interests of the cats (on a very deep emotional level). You have to understand, I NEVER agreed that Zack would be an indoor cat to the people who brought him here. I have repeatedly contacted them telling them that Zack is not fitting in (with the feral colony), and they refuse solve their problem that brought him here to begin with (not finding living quarters that allows pets) and come take him back home. Zack was obviously a disposable member of their family. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT - Zack
Nina, I sell cat collars that say "Crazy Cat" on them and have images of psycho cats all over them, LOL! I also have "fat cat" "stinky cat" "princess cat" and lots others.Crazy cat:http://ucat.us/beastiebands/crazycat.jpg Doobie wears a "Fat Cat" collar, he doesn't seem too very offended... Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
He's on both craig's list and the bemikitties site now! $40 adoption fee, 5 pageapplication, and home visit required. That should weed out any whackos. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT - Zack
lexan... ok, I'll look into that, thanks Karen! I was under the impression that anything clear was grossly expensive, I guess I was wrong. I have to do something, cause even thick quilts can't keep Doobie away from the cage when Zack is in there. Right now I have the mat that my desk chair should be rolling on over one side of it, and a quilt on top, and several computers cases leaning up against the front to block Doobie. One side, at least, I can put up against the wall... of course, Zack sprays it... but it washes OK. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
Yep, Vermont. I haven't gotten the submission link YET, but it's coming soon, I should think. Yeah, it says Bengal in the subject. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT - Zack
Well, the problem is my apartment, the bathroom is only accessible through the bedroom, and any cat we've ever locked in there takes to howling all night and keeps us awake. If anyone is willing to donate toward the cause, I would be more than willing to take Zack to the vet for an exam and Prozac prescription. I have no idea what the cost would be, but at this point, anything is out of my range. My boyfriend lost his job, and my job barely pays rent and feeds all the cats. I never seem to be able to get in and out of the vet's office for under $100. Do you think it would eliminate the spraying issue too? Cause even if he does get along with the other cats... I still can't let him be an indoor cat in an apartment I RENT if he's going to spray everywhere. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: Pics of my boys
Very big beautiful fluffy boys, you're very lucky! Maizee trying to fetch the sponge out of the tub is really cute too. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: my baby crackers
Well, first off, find a vet that isn't so uneducated. The in house ELISA test has a very high rates of inaccurate results. Next, take another look at the food you are feeding, read the ingredients, it should have meat as the first ingredient, preferably the first two ingredients, and there should be NO corn in it at all. Good nutrition is the best thing you can do. Next, once you find a better vet, make sure they run a second IFA, because if your first vet did such a poor job running the ELISA, he could have messed up the sample being sent offfor the IFA you had done through his office (good bedside manner dictates that you DON'T say "Oh it looks like he might be ok" TWO minutes before the test is complete, just to say "Oh, nevermind, he's infected" That's HORRIBLE bedside manner, it's just terrible)! Then, wait 3 months, and retest again. In the meantime, read about all the possible treatments on our main website, and consider trying one, or more, of them, in a hope that he can "throw" the virus. That does happen, cats can test positive, and then later become negative, if they mount an effective immune response to the initial infection. You also might consider a vitamin C supplement, to boost his immune system, and a good multi-vitamin supplement in general. Now, about your not testing prior to adding another cat, well, mistakes happen, All you can do is learn from it, and try to do better next time. Don't blame yourself for things you didn't know, and can't change now, that's pointless, and doesn't help anyone. Besides, FELV is not like FIV, it's not as contagious, it depends really very much on a cat's immune system, unlike FIV, which is almost always spread by a bite wound. Was Crackers ever tested in the past, before you adopted Pokemon? He might have had it all along. You didn't specifically say he tested positive for FELV, you said they did a combo test and he came up positive (and the doctor only knew that by looking in a book?), so I assume since this is a FELV group, he has felv, but does he have FIV too? I worry also, because if the vet had to look up how to read a combo test in a book, how many of these tests has he actually run? How OLD is the batch of test kits he is using? Has he been using the same pack of kits for the past 5 years? Are they expired? How could he possibly know ANYTHING about FELV if he doesn't even know HOW to run the test without reading the book? Scary, all put together. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
I've saved a ton of money by switching to a non-clumping litter called cedarific. I buy a huge bale of it for $17, and it fills our 4 catboxes 3 or more times. The only down side? You have to change it more often, every 4-7 days, depending on the weather (heat and humidity effects how fast the ammonia builds up in the wet litter). it's still less than half the cost though, all told. And the cats prefer it. I know some people say pine and cedar based litters can be dangerous because of the fumes (I forget the technical term), but I have uncovered pans in addition to covered ones, and so far, no respiratory distress of any kind. They do prefer the uncovered pans though. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
The cedarific weighs about 1/2 what the same amount of any clumping litter weighs, and about 1/4 of what any clay (clumping or not) litter weighs. So if you're trying to go for less weight, the cedarific would work better for you... unless you flush your scoopable, you wouldn't want to flush much cedar, I shouldn't think. For example, I could only put one box full of the old scoopable stuff in a plastic garbage bag, or it would weigh too much, and burst the bag. With the cedar litter, I can put all four boxes of waste litter into one bag, and still pick it up with one hand, and it doesn't burst the bag. On the rare incidents a bag has burst (or been torn into by the wildlife) outside, the clay scoopable was a disaster to clean up (it left clay "slicks" when it rained on the spilled area), where the cedar I just raked into the grass. It also comes in smaller bags, you don't have to buy a whole bale just to try it. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: OT Food and IBD - Kelly
Oh yeah, I see what you're saying. So you never do a full box change with the scoopable you use? Wow, that's amazing, I always had to change the entire box at least once a month, as the clumps would break up over time, and the bits would be too small to scoop, so it would begin to reek after a month. You must be using a brand I had never tried. Yeah, you're right about the FIV and FELV contagions risks. FELV is more apt to be transmitted than FIV if all the cats are friendly to each other. I wouldn't think twice of mixing a FIV in with negatives, if the FIV cat was friendly and there wasn't any risk of him attacking anyone. Unfortunately, for me, I have an FIV+ cat here now that is stuck outside (and I don't believe in outdoor cats, other than ferals, but I have no options), because he is VICIOUS to other cats. He's a horrible beast, really. Sweet as a kitten to humans, dogs, and kids, but HATES other cats with a passion. So in cases like that, I wouldn't mix, so he has to live outside. I've been trying to find him a home with no other cats for months and months, but no takers so far. All the dog people don't want a cat, and all the people that might want to adopt a cat already have at least one, so he can't go there. Really discouraging for me, because I have ferals that wont come home most of the time because he attacks them. It's getting colder now, and they NEED to be able to come get in their insulated shelter, so Zack is a huge concern for me right now. I really hate to euthanize this cat, but it may come to that soon. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006
Re: Question about different FeLV tests
Yeah, that's just bad bedside manner. She was trying to get you to drop it, not trying to be helpful to you or your cat. I'd seek another practice, and I'd write a letter to the VET at the clinic you have now, explaining WHY you left. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/435 - Release Date: 8/31/2006
Re: OT: Need feedback please (soapbox)
(climbing up onto big bargain size soapbox) I think a harsh mental picture is what more people need to have. If more people cringed, we might live in a world that was more apt to protect animals. The fact that anyone on this list wasn't aware of any of those issues in itself speaks for the lack of animal abuse education in our society. Cringe away... have nightmares... cry... then go out and MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Lobby for harsher animal cruelty laws, lobby to have the states that require shelters give unadopted animals to research facilities change those laws (the term is called "pound seizure, I believe), Lobby to end animal experimentation or to at least stop allowing class B dealers (also known as "bunchers"). Picket, get out and hold a sign. We live in a wonderful democracy (those of us here in the USA) but it doesn't work if you don't use it, so WRITE your representatives and urge them to sponsor bills to tighten animal cruelty laws andchange the ones that effect animals in a bad way. Visit your local high school, and colleges, and see if they dissect cats or use animals in any of their labs, and if they do, urge them to stop, picket them, hand out flyers to all the students about all of the alternatives available these days. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Just make a difference. Until now, some of you may have been unaware, NOW, you are not. Before, you didn't know, so things happened around you without your knowledge, NOW you know, and you have the power to try to effect changes. That's what activism is, you see a wrong, and you set out to make it right. It's that simple. Now you just simply have to start caring enough to take action. I'm not saying you don't care when I say that, I'm saying, from my own experience, it takes a LOT of willpower to take the time out of your busy life to actually DO anything to make the world a better place. No, it doesn't just happen, and no, others wont do it for you. So when I say you haveto care ENOUGH to take action, I mean that you have to PUSH yourself to DO what needs to be done, because it's really easy to take a neutral stance in life, and let everyone else run the show, but it takes time, energy, and determination to go out and do it for yourself. WE, you and I, are the voice and protectors of the animals we rule over in our society, to give them voices, we have to put aside our own, and make room for their message in our lives, then, we have to go out and spread the message, because what good is a message that no one hears? Every tear I shed, though they may be many, is far outnumbered by the numbers of animals that suffer in our world, and my tears, though they may fall, will never make a difference in anyone's life but my own, and that just isn't enough. If only I could collect a dollar for every tear I cry, and give it to the cause that made them fall, then, perhaps, my sadness would be justified in itself. Actions speak louder than tears. (off my soapbox now) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Question about different FeLV tests
Find a new vet office, ASAP. The bat statement is laughable, the not knowing what an IFA is is unacceptable in every way. On the bright side, they seem so ignorant, maybe they just didn't DO the in house test correctly in the first place, and your results are the results of bad testing technique, and a false positive. They did pull BLOOD to do the test, right? Some really naive vets will try to use a saliva sample... and then there is a way to run the test which could be done incorrectly to begin with (needs a certain amount of blood, must be clicked the right way, must be timed just so, etc), even with a good blood sample. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Question about different FeLV tests
My barn owner had several HUNDRED bats in his attic. INSIDE his house. It happens! We have several hundred in the barn loft, too!Yes, BUT, delaying a rabies vaccine two weeks isn't really going to make much difference if it's just a booster shot, and most rabies vaccines have effect long after their common booster date. 1 year rabies is often effective for up to 3 years... besides, bats aren't any more likely to get inside your house OR carry rabies than a squirrel, raccoon, or a mouse, and the chances of it biting your cat and having rabies, if it gets inside, are astronomically against it. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Question about different FeLV tests
Out of those several hundred bats, how many have bitten anyone or anything? And out of those bites, how many of the victims have died of rabies? Bats get a bad reputation for no good reason, this is simply a case of bat hysteria. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Question about different FeLV tests
That's why, if a bat or any other wild animal ever came into my house, I would carefully remove it myself, and not call the authorities. Why on earth INVITE someone to come into your home to cause you problems and to commit animal cruelty (to the bat)? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Smokey's Vet Visit Today LONG
I'd do the ivermectin, it's got a low risk of side effects, and will cure him if it is a lung worm. You can do a search and find the dosages for cats online, just to be sure your vet isn't over-dosing him. Search ivermectin feline dose, or ivermectin dosage cat. You should pull up a few spay clinics that deal with ferals that use it. That's it's most common use. The transtrach wash might be useful too, but it's very stressing to the system, so I might hold off on that one just yet. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/434 - Release Date: 8/30/2006
Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer - 2 different abx at same time
Ahh, cool, glad I could pass the info along. Linda is an excellent rescuer. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006
Re: OT:Need feedback please/Terrie's Computer crash!
I was wondering about you Tator.. I saw a really pathetic senior lynxpoint somewhere. Lemme see... yeah, here he is, not Meezer, but possibly got a touch of himi: http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6595523 Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006
Re: Angel has gone to the bridge
Awe, what a sweet picture! I'm sure she left this world filled with love, and it was just her time, I suppose. You have my condolences for your loss, she sure was a sweet baby! Phaewryn No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/432 - Release Date: 8/29/2006
Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer
Allergies can cause head shaking. Have you changed ANYTHING recently? Food? Treats? Litter? Detergent? ANYTHING in your home? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Dilated left eye
LOL Roxane, Now that's determination on his part. I can just hear him: "I'm NOT going to lick myself, and YOU can't make me! So THERE!" Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Fw: [HANDICATS2] SEEKING: FELV+ Maine Coon (or copycat) in NEarea, or CO.
I was so happy when I heard BuddyBoy got in there (Best Friends), you guys may remember, he was my "highlighted special needs shelter cat" on my webpage for a while, after Jupiter. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer - (the tick disease link)
http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/Dailey/index.htm Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Need feedback please
I think it's perfect, mind if I borrow it for my own use? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Bad news about Spencer
Two of my cats were around 50 as well (when I counted them all last night). I don't think it's THAT abnormal, as these guys are very healthy negative cats. I'd be more concerned with difficulty breathing, if he is wheezing, or laboring at it in any way. I don't think the speed alone is that much of a concern. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer - 2 different abx at same time
You're talking about NOAH, right? I've worked with Linda from NOAH in person here in Vermont before (last summer's big bengal/aby raid), and I list her FELV and FIV cats on my website as well.[EMAIL PROTECTED] is Linda's addy. She's also taken my purebred rescues in the past, as she has good luck with purebreds in her area. I HIGHLY recommend NOAH for people in MA. Nemasket Orphaned Animal Haven Inc (NOAH) Raynham Center MA 508-386-3729 Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Head shake symptom - Spencer - 2 different abx at same time
On a side note, Linda worked VERY hard to save a Persian she took on from me over a year ago (Seagull), and they didn't give up on him easily, but his heart was just too far gone from Cardiomyopathy. You have to understand, for a shelter, even giving a cat a WEEK of forcefeeding is VERY generous and modern. Most shelters don't ever bother with force feeding at all. Sorry, but Linda is a friend, and I have to stick up for what she does... Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Off Topic - wills and trusts
I was also thrilled to stumble across this tidbit: Maine passed legislation in March of this year allowing animals to be included in protection orders in domestic violence cases. It seems that many men who abuse wives or girlfriends threaten or harm their animals to coerce or control the women. (Kudos to Maine)http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/new_legislation/index.htmlVERMONT TOO! We got right on that directly after Maine had their success, and we got it approved in Vermont within a couple of months! We ROCK! I don't know why anyone lives anywhere else...? http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/vermont_second_state_pets_protection_orders.html May26,2006The Humane Society of the United States and The Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence today applauded Governor Jim Douglas for signing into law H. 373, an Act Relating to Orders Against Stalking or Sexual Assault. The law creates new protection orders for survivors of sexual assault and stalking perpetrated by people who aren't family or household members. The law also makes important changes to existing Abuse Prevention Orders available through Vermont's Family Courts. One critical change will allow judges to include pets in protective orders for persons seeking protection from abuse. Vermont is the second state behind Maine to provide specific legal protection for animals who often are at risk of violence at the hands of batterers. Maine Governor John Baldacci signed his state's bill earlier this year. New York and Illinois have introduced similar bills. "Violence to pets is often a tactic used by batterers to instill fear in and control over their victims," said Joanne Bourbeau, director of The HSUS New England Regional Office in Jacksonville. "Victims of domestic violence may be reluctant to leave an abusive relationship for fear of retaliation upon their pets. This legislation will give an extra layer of protection to domestic violence victims who are seeking safety for themselves and their animals." H. 373.represents a compromise reached in conference committee by the Vermont House and Senate, and was passed by both chambers on May 9. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Off Topic - wills and trusts
I'm also VERY confident that Vermont will be the first state in the USA to ban Ear Cropping on dogs. This is a HUGE measure, because once we get Ear Crops banned, it's only a matter of time until we get DECLAWING on CATS banned! We're pounding away at our animal cruelty laws every session, trying to improve the lives of Vermont's animals. Sorry, just had to brag, I LOVE where I live and the people here! If it CAN be done, then Vermont will always be one of the first in line getting it done in our legislature. We weren't able to get it pastHouse last session, but you can be sure we'll be right back at it this coming session, after the fall elections. It's already passed in the Senate, a HUGE step! (we're also in deep discussion and making real progress on auniversal health care plan for ALL citizens of Vermont, which means there will be NO uninsured people in Vermont, regardless of income) http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=""> http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=S%2E0250Session=2006 Bill: S.0250 Title: CROPPING A DOG'S EARS FOR NONTHERAPEUTIC PURPOSES Currently: In the House Sponsor(s): Cummings, Ann Request No: 06-0303 Drafter: Childs Comments: Senate Status: Current Status: PASSED Status Date: 02/08/2006 Date Action Jrn. Page 1st Reading: 01/03/2006 19 2st Reading: 02/07/2006 AMEND 170 3st Reading: 02/08/2006 PASSED 207 Senate Committee Reports: Committee In Date Out Date Report Cal. Action Jrn. JrnDate S Judiciary 01/03/2006 02/01/2006 F/W/A 125 Agreed to 170 02/07/2006 Senate Amendments (Individual): Member Date Cal. Action Jrn. JrnDate Wilton, Wendy L./Bartlett 02/08/2006 251 Disagreed to 207 02/08/2006 Senate Roll Call Votes: Date Question Ayes Nays P/F Jrn JrnDate 02/07/2006 Shall the bill be ordered to lie as moved by Senator Mullin? 6 20 P 172 02/07/2006 Details 02/07/2006 Shall the bill be read the third time? 21 5 P 172 02/07/2006 Details 02/08/2006 Shall the bill be amended as moved by Senators Wilton and Bartlett? 10 14 P 207 02/08/2006 Details It makes me SO proud to live in a place like this! Vermont is wonderful, you actually PARTICIPATE in the government here. We have town meetings (instead of polling booths and paper slips, we actually sit in a big room and discuss every law we pass or fail, with questions and answers, as a community), our selectboard is public, and open for discussion every Thursday night, and individuals can go in front of our state legislature and speak on issues. The staterepresentatives and senators live right down the road, and we're all on first name basis. It's really a great state, I wish I would have grown up here, and not have discovered it as late as I did. OK, off my soapbox... just couldn't resist posting about it. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: Off Topic - wills and trusts
Oh yeah, you BET I can! LOL! Try: http://www.vermontjoblink.com/ (the official state run website of the labor dept of job openings) http://jobs.careerbuilder.com/al.ic/Vermont/ (a national job site, the VT category) http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q=cn=lid=529fn=sort=rvvw=bcy=USre=14(the other big one's VT listings, northern VT, you'll have to do a separate search for southern VT) http://www.jobsinvt.com/home/home.aspx (a private jobs site) http://www.northernvtrealestate.com/village.htm(a local real estate company) http://www.northernvtrealestate.com/village2.htm(the 2nd one on this page is my neighbor, 2 housesup from me) http://www.sanvillerealty.com/(another local one) These all are close to me too: http://www.joesbrook.com/ http://www.langrealestate.com/ http://www.farmandforest.com/ http://www.pattyemery.com/ http://www.maryscott.com/ http://www.reynoldsre.com/ http://www.allseasonsre.com/ http://www.lisameyer.net/ Classifieds Homes for Sale: http://burlingtonfreepress.gon.gannettonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=HOMESpub=burlingtonfreepress For Sale BY Owner: http://www.picketfence-vt-fsbo.com/sel.asp Rentals: http://www.apartments.com/partner/Area.aspx?page=regionstate=vtpartner=freepreshelicon=0rgn1=157 Our papers: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com http://www.timesargus.com http://www.caledonianrecord.com http://www.bartonchronicle.com http://www.newsandcitizen.com My local Chamber of Commerce: http://www.hardwickvtarea.com Our High School: http://www.hazenunion.org (very good arts and music programs) What it looks like here: (these were taken all around in my immediate area, either right in town, or just outside it) http://ucat.us/OurRescuePics/JudevineFalls.jpg(just outside of town, I live in Hardwick) http://ucat.us/OurRescuePics/HardwickHillside.jpg(in town) http://ucat.us/OurRescuePics/LamoilleRiver1.jpg(in town, the river goes right through downtown) http://ucat.us/OurRescuePics/LamoilleRiver2.jpg(in town) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/430 - Release Date: 8/28/2006
Re: IFA kittens, retest at 6 mo 1 yr? Or is IFA positive final?
That was what I thought, thus my note to people that they SHOULD be retested later. Ok, thanks guys! Just wanted to be sure I was right. :) So, next question, does an IFA indeed indicate the virus is in the bone marrow, or is this lady just whacked? I thought the IFA, being a blood test, wouldn't be much better to tell if it was in the marrow than any other test (ELISA), as blood is blood. Wouldn't amarrow sample be needed to tell anything about the marrow?I thought when it advanced to non-regenerative anemia, THAT was what indicated it is in the bone marrow. So, how does one go about determining if it IS in the bone marrow, other than the symptom of non-regenerative anemia? Bone tap? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Smokey is Coughing
I think any respiratory distress calls for a chest x-ray, personally. Better safe than sorry. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Inky update
Well, good luck Kerry, you know we are all pulling for both of your boys, they've both become like family to most of us over the years. That page on food analysis' I posted should help you with choosing foods that are the right levels for Inky's many issues. Sometimes you have to sacrifice on one to deal with the other, I know. Just do what you can, you know? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Smokey is Coughing (my cat's respiratory rates)
Miranda is 21 (asleep) Tigger is 21 (resting and looking at me) Tang is 49 (freaking about because I was hovering over him) Mythic is 28 (resting, best I could count with him scratching and wiggling) Doobie is 51 (he associates me with food, so he was sniffing for food the whole time and meowing) Bones wouldn't shut up and be still long enough for me to count, but it was about1 meowper second or two). Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Hip problems?
That sounds like a low Potassium level (or possibly a high Phosphorus level, or both), yes, can be FELV associated (since FELV effects such a wide range of bodily functions in various cats), as well as kidney, diabetes, or any other number of related diseases in cats. Also seen in Heart problems, and of course, can beNeurological as well.I'd get a blood panel done ASAP and a full exam, including very closely listening to the heart. Potassium: http://www.felinecrf.org/symptoms.htm#weakness_muscle_wasting Heart: http://www.vetinfo.com/cencyclopedia/cecardio.html Kidney/Renal: http://www.felinecrf.org/symptoms.htm#lack_co-ordination_limbs Diabetes: http://www.petdiabetes.org/legs.htm Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Dilated left eye
Has he been checked for earmites, and had his ears cleaned recently? Could be that simple. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: I'm losing my Angel...
Cancer in that area doesn't have a good outcome often, as it interferes with elimination. If she's in pain, and you vet comes back with positive results for cancer, I'd consider euthanasia. You can fight it, but if she is in that much pain.. do you really want to prolong it? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #1: Making a Health Kit
Good idea. I'd include a tube of Nutri-Cal http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3177, that's a high calorie supplement, I'd also consider several cans of his favorite canned food, and a can of one of the many liquid diets on the market now like CliniCare, Formula-V, or CatSure http://www.southernagriculture.com/southag/product.asp?dept_id=3028pf_id=PABBFKMPKIBH. You need a bottle of PLAIN sterile saline, to flush wounds, eyes, or anything really that is too sensitive for soap and water. You'll need a tube of eye ointment http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=9674. You'll want a roll of vet wrap http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/product_family.asp?family%5Fid=203and some gauze pads http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/productr.asp?pf%5Fid=80180 , a tube of tissue glue http://www.kvvet.com/KVVet/productr.asp?pf%5Fid=86060 , and some form of syptic solution (to control bleeding) http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=6597 . I'd recommend Rescue Remedy, or some form of "happy drug" as well, for stress http://www.bachflower.com/rescue_remedy.htm. You'll want oral syringes, one 1 CC/ML, one 3 CC/ML, and one at least 15CC/ML (for force feeding and medicating) http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=3393. I'd recommend a cold pack, a heating pad, and it never hurts to have cat muzzle and a body bag, in case of emergency and if you're alone and can't restrain him on your own. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=3159 http://www.klaw-kontrol.com/loadingtips.htmlor http://petpress.net/details.php?id=162or http://www.calvetsupply.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPRODProdID=594and http://www.petedge.com/sdx/110273.jspor http://tomahawklivetrap.com/products/12_0.html I'm sure I could think of more, but I'm tired, going to bed. Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Dilated left eye
A head tilt and eye dilation means there's some kind of neurological problem, usually, though it CAN happen with severe untreated ear infections as well (more common in dogs than cats), and a few very rare conditions I'd have to do a search for. You'd want to do a full neurological exam to figure out the extent of the problem, and determine if it's affecting quality of life. Many times there's no quality of life lost, so I don't know why your vet would automatically euth on just that alone, maybe there was more you were not aware of at the time. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Hit by car FELV+ kitten needs rescue
2. FeLV Kitten Survives Hit Run Car Accident is now facing Posted by: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] kitrynak Date: Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:20 pm (PDT)Russo escaped all odds when he was hit by a car, then taken to The Humane Society of Williamson County. He was immediately rushed to the vet where he was treated, and it was determined he would be fine with a little TLC and care. Russo has only lived a short 3 months and thought his luck was changing. But, unfortunately his luck didn't hold out, he has tested positive for FeLV. The shelter does not have the proper facility to provide shelter for an FeLV kitty. We are desperate to see this little boy get a chance at love and life, even if just for a little while. He loves to snuggle, play, and purrs all day long. He has been through so, so much, and now this terrible turn of fate. The adoption fee will be completely waived we just want to see him saved. He can either be an only kitty, or with other FeLV kitties, but has to be an indoor only cat. Please call or email us today and save this little boy from being just another statistic... Ask for Kynama(512) 947-9577 BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:O'Gwynn;Jenn;Phaewryn;Ms. FN:Jenn Phaewryn O'Gwynn NICKNAME:Phaewryn ORG:UCAT rescue;operations/field work TITLE:Cat Rescuer NOTE:I rescue cats. I run a small personal rescue operation, all on my own, and out of pocket. Donations appreciated at any time! Paypal donations can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or send donations via check or money order to Jennifer O'Guin, PO Box 1008, Hardwick VT. 05843 TEL;WORK;VOICE:802-472-8628 TEL;HOME;VOICE:802 472-8628 ADR;WORK:;home office;;Hardwick;VT.;05843;USA LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:home office=0D=0AHardwick, VT. 05843=0D=0AUSA ADR;HOME:;;P.O. Box 1008;Hardwick;Vermont;05843;USA LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:P.O. Box 1008=0D=0AHardwick, Vermont 05843=0D=0AUSA X-WAB-GENDER:1 URL;HOME:http://ucat.us URL;WORK:http://ucat.us/adopt.html BDAY:19750928 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20060827T153518Z END:VCARD No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #4: Litter
I use natural litters only now. I like Cedarific, Feline Fresh, World's Best, and Swheat Scoop. The only non-clumping one I use is Cedarific, the rest are all clumping. I have one cat that prefers non clumping. I use it for all my boxes when I am busy, as it's VERY cheap, and I just change the whole box every 3 days, and do NOT scoop at all for the 3 days. Much easier than scooping daily as must be done with the scoopables or they become one big clump that breaks up and then ruins the entire box. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #2: Grooming
I use a grooming glove on all the shorthairs, once a week or so: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=8251(the one I own) http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product_detail.asp?pf%5Fid=110135701(a different brand) Miranda, my only longhair (a slightly double coated DLH with fine downy fur), gets combed once a week (though it should be done every other day, I live a busy life, and she gets neglected) with a medium shedding comb: http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=3733Nav=1N=0Ntt=shedding+combsku=771791(the one I use) I also occasionally, during prime shedding seasons, use a soft CAT slicker on the thicker shorthairs (I would NEVER recommend using this on a fine coated breed or one with no undercoat, like Siamese, Abyssinians, Orientals, etc): http://www.petco.com/Shop/petco_Product_R_1992_PC_productlist_Nav_203_N_23+102_cp_4_Nao_36_sku_848433_familyID_10275.aspx (the one I have now, but don't really care for, as it's too clunky) I used to own one that was called the "Tiny Tiger Cat Slicker", and it was a MUCH better tool, more like this one, but I can't vouch for the hardness of this one's pins: http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=72itemType=PRODUCTiMainCat=12iSubCat=27iSubSubCat=0iProductID=72 For a fine, short coat, a grooming glove and an occasional bath should be all that is ever needed. I'd suggest a flea bath using a good flea shampoo every late spring or summer, and a non-soap skin and coat moisturizing bath in the winter. Some breeds require more frequent baths, such as Sphynx and Persians, due to higher skin oil production. The shampoos I prefer over all others: http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1752itemType=PRODUCTiMainCat=12iSubCat=245iSubSubCat=0iProductID=1752 (flea shampoo) http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product1.asp?pf_id=11051034(the best general and deodorizing shampoo) http://www.episoothe.com/ (for itchy, irritated skin) http://www.dvmpharmaceuticals.com/display.html?c=3fam=Relief%20Shampoo(for itchy, flaky, dryskin, AND, get this, MY PERSONAL SHAMPOO, yes, for ME, the HUMAN, it makes my hair look WONDERFUL combined with Aussie 3 minute miracle deep conditioner) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #5: Routines
I don't do routines, I catch them when I can, and where-ever they happen to be, for everything, from grooming to medicating. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: OT: Re: Question #4: Litter
There's a product you spray (like spray paint) on the inside of your newly cleaned and DRY cat pans that keeps the clumping litters from sticking. It's a GREAT product, though I recommend spraying it OUTSIDE or with a window fan pulling the air out, as it takes a LOT to cover the inside of several boxes. It's called Stink Free Instantly: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1776 You just spray it on until it's got a nice white powdery coating on the entire inside of the pan, use extra in the corners. (it helps to have tan or beige colored boxes so you can see the coverage more) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #7: Carriers
I think the person who wrote that sounds like a moron. What the hell difference does all that make, in her opinion? A cat that doesn't want to go into a kennel isn't going to be any easier to get in from the top than from the side, they have good claws, and a strong grip, and can splay their legs PLENTY wide enough apart to foil any attempts at loading, if they so desire. Ventilation on 4 sides is only required for international air travel, for common use, 3 sides is plenty, most likely, one side will be up against the back of your car seat anyways. And as for it being transparent, I've NEVER seen one transparent, and I think the cats tend to hide in the BACK of the kennel for a reason, because it's a place to HIDE, thus, a transparent kennel would make them feel less secure, IMO. My biggest suggestion is to get an intermediate sized kennel, so you can put a small litterpan in it with your cat. I show an example on my products page: http://ucat.us/products.html I've since come to realize that if you put the bedding in the BACK part of the kennel, and the litterpan in the front, the water and food that splashes out of the cage cups lands IN the litterbox, and causes no messes, plus, the cats tend to lay in the litterpan if it's in the back because they like to be in the back hiding. Just attach the cage cups up higher on the cage door, over the litterpan, like 3/4 of the way up the bars. The cats can still access them if they stand up that way, and can still dig in the box as well. To remove the cat, just take the pan out, set it off to the side, and remove the cat. To reinsert the cat, put the cat in, and then put the pan in after the cat. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #8: Vets Neutering
Just about any vet can handle a male cat neuter, it's a pretty basic thing. I wouldn't worry too much. I'd be more concerned with the Purina is as good as anything comment. Purina is junk, not worth feeding raccoons and skunks with, IMO. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #9: Flea Treatments
I really am disappointed with the frontline plus topspot. The Frontline SPRAY is much better, IMO (though if they groom themselves, they foam at the mouth something terrible for the first few days after applying it!). Advantage works well too, I think, I've had better success with it than with the Frontline topspots. I prefer flea baths over harsh chemical sprays, personally. Zodiac makes a really effective flea shampoo, if you follow the directions carefully, it has to soak on the cat for 5 minutes, and you should go as high up on the head as possible, and between every toe. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: (OT) anyone else use msn.com
I always try to use a local ISP if possible. Try your yellow page phone book under Internet Service, look for providers with addresses in your local phone service area. We tried MSN for a while, it really wasn't great service. We used one called Surf Global another time we couldn't get local service, they were fairly good. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Popeye has gone to the bridge
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I've been offline all week, so I know this is coming a bit late. Phaewryn No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Churchill Please add to the CLS
My condolences go out to you, I'm sorry to hear you lost Churchill. Phaewryn No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Ordering interferon- Nina
Get your own vet to make up a batch for you. All they have to do is order one vial of the actual human drug InterferonAlpha, and then dilute it to the correct dilution for cats, the instructions are available at the island pharmacy website for other vets to use (or at least they used to be). You should be able to have half prepared to full dilution, and have half stored in deep freeze for future dilution and use. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Hit by car FELV+ kitten needs rescue
Don't know, as I'm not the contact LISTED in the post. Email the CONTACT and ask them. :) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Hit by car FELV+ kitten needs rescue
Using the info found in the post, I determined via the area code and county listed that the cat is at: http://www.hswc.net/ 10930 Crystal Falls Parkway Leander, TX 78641(512) 260-3602 http://www.hswc.net/map.htm Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Dilated left eye
Yep, we've all been there at one point. You take it as a lesson in life, and you try to move on, it's all you can do. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Question #2: Grooming
I trim the spots that Miranda wont let me brush (the private parts). Most vet offices can do a "sanitary clip" which removes the hair from the butt, inside the rear legs, and up under the tail. A good conditioner may help in your case, though I don't use them myself on my cats, I know many purebred people swear by them for longhairs. MC could probably suggest a few good ones for keeping the coat mat free, she's the Persian person on this group. OR, just go join a Persian cat yahoogroup, and ask what they use. They are the hardest to keep groomed breed, I believe, so if it works for them, it should work for you. There are combs special made for breaking up mats, with blade type teeth that cut through the mats. Search for matbreaker comb, or dematting comb. I usually try to finger pick out the mats I find, if you are patient, you can usually pluck at them and loosened them up and get them out without much hair loss if they are new mats (less then 3 days old). Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
IFA kittens, retest at 6 mo 1 yr? Or is IFA positive final?
Someone emailed me a couple of 10 week old FELV+ kittens to add to my website. She says they were confirmed positive on IFA, and she said "so it's in the bone marrow", and implied that retesting wont get any different results later as the IFA is "final". I always thought kittens could throw the virus, even if positive on IFA. So, what's the deal? Is an IFA result the final say, or do these babies have a chance of throwing the virus with time? 10 weeks old is awful young to throw in the towel, isn't it? I would suspect maternal antibodies at this point, but would they show on IFA? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:O'Gwynn;Jenn;Phaewryn;Ms. FN:Jenn Phaewryn O'Gwynn NICKNAME:Phaewryn ORG:UCAT rescue;operations/field work TITLE:Cat Rescuer NOTE:I rescue cats. I run a small personal rescue operation, all on my own, and out of pocket. Donations appreciated at any time! Paypal donations can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or send donations via check or money order to Jennifer O'Guin, PO Box 1008, Hardwick VT. 05843 TEL;WORK;VOICE:802-472-8628 TEL;HOME;VOICE:802 472-8628 ADR;WORK:;home office;;Hardwick;VT.;05843;USA LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:home office=0D=0AHardwick, VT. 05843=0D=0AUSA ADR;HOME:;;P.O. Box 1008;Hardwick;Vermont;05843;USA LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:P.O. Box 1008=0D=0AHardwick, Vermont 05843=0D=0AUSA X-WAB-GENDER:1 URL;HOME:http://ucat.us URL;WORK:http://ucat.us/adopt.html BDAY:19750928 EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMAIL;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:20060827T202242Z END:VCARD No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: IFA kittens, retest at 6 mo 1 yr? Or is IFA positive final?
They are the two on the top on this page: http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html They look healthy to me. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: advice re sedation for kitten on long trip
DON'T do it, period. Provide a kennel big enough to put a litter box in with the kitten (do NOT use clumping litter), and just let him work it out. Sedation makes them carsick, and has side effects. It's not in any way helpful, unless you have a cat that really freaks out and hyperventilates and tries to kill himself, sedation is just not required or recommended. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Dilated left eye
Is he getting a commercial cat food, or a Taurine supplement if fed home made? If you shine a light into that eye now, does it react normally? Is he holding his head to the side, or falling over, or walking in any circles? It could be several things, or nothing. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Inky update
I was hand feeding Moogie tiny 1/4 inch bits of ham lunch meat by hand on the hallway floor near the end, it's all she would eat, and the only place she would eat, and only if I had each piece the right itty bitty size, and hand fed it to her one tiny bit at a time. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Worms and Wormer Question
I prefer Droncit or Drontal, as it gets tapeworms, in addition to all the others too, where most other dewormers don't get the tape worms. The two most common in cats are roundworms and tapeworms, but they can get any type that dogs get, I believe. Hookworms, whipworms, etc. Roundworms are the ones the puke up in piles and look like spaghetti. Tape worms are the ones you see crawling out their butts that look like white rice. Yummy, who wants some carbs now?! LOL! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: Inky update
Kerry, try a can of the CliniCare RF, he may lap it from a bowl, it's worth a try: http://www.abbottanimalhealth.com/petOwners/nutrition/clinicare.htm Here is a page of home made CRF diets as well: http://users.ameritech.net/critterz/crf_recipes.htm And more diet info: http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/canned.htm http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/dry.htm Here's a enteral diet nutrition caculator: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/clinsci/wing/enteral.html Do you have him on binders? I have links to get binders that don't taste bad too, if you need them. Just look on this page, down in the special needs subheading: Special Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: You must read this]
I lost one when he jumped out of a laundry basket on a coffee table, and broke his back, not even 2 feet off the ground. yes, they are very fragile. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/428 - Release Date: 8/25/2006
Re: OT: Feline Acne, Pramoxine HCI shampoo
I've been scrubbing his chin with Mythic's allergy shampoo, and it's looking better. I dabbed some Bactine on it last night after I scrubbed it because it was so open and looked painful (the Bactine has a numbing agent in it). Scrubbed the feeder too, gonna buy some bleach and do it really good this weekend though! He's never had a reaction to the plastic before, but yeah, I've heard that too, that plastic causes acne. Hopefully it will clear up, because he's IMPOSSIBLE to live with without an auto feeder, he MUST have food, 24/7, or there's hell to pay! LOL! If worse comes to worse, I suppose I could wrap the bowl part his chin touches with aluminum foil. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006
Re: :-(
Call animal control, your cat was bitten, if you saw the dog's mouth on her. They will take the dog, and quarantine it for rabies. That should make the neighbor's think twice about letting their dog run loose! Hell, tell them the dog snapped at YOU, if no one saw to deny it, who's gonna know otherwise? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006
Re: Noah’s Ark needed for Animal s in Lebanon!
I just got that, and considered fwding it myself, glad you did it! What a sad situation. I just wrote to my pet food company, Natura Pet (they make california natural, Innova and healthwise), asking them to donate food to the middle east in the areas where the war is affecting the animals. If any of you guys feel up to it, a quick note to your chosen pet food company could really help the animals. Some places just don't THINK about donating, until someone asks! All they can say is no, no harm in asking, I figure! Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006
Re: OT: Feline Acne, Pramoxine HCI shampoo
His auto feeder is plastic... come to think of it, it's been months since I let it completely empty and actually washed it with soap. Do they make metal auto feeders? Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html The Sofa Poem: http://ucat.us/sofapoem.html Please shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006
Re: Azrael
Oh Leslie, I'm so very sorry to hear that! I know she gave you so much joy in her few days with you! What a wonderful little soul you had the short time of knowing though, that she came into your life just to give you such pleasure, and then was gone. Perhaps her visit was a message to you, telling you to find joy in the little things we all take for granted in life, for their presence here can be so short, and swift in passing! Certainly, I feel like I got an eye opener out of your experience. Each day is precious, and we should all keep that in mind throughout our lives, for it is all in passing. I think you should go get the other one tomorrow... Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlPlease shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006
Re: Kitten love, part 2
MC wrote: unless it's the sound of breaking glass, i no longer respond to thenight-time sounds of many cats You mean you keep GLASS stuff? In your HOUSE?! LOL... oh the folly! I've had the cats knock things over so loudly in the night that it made me and Jeff both shock awake in bed, sitting up in a panic... and then he says "What was that?!!", and my response: "Oh, its just the cats breaking things.." And then we go back to sleep, LOL! I only get up if it sounds like it could have caused a kitty injury... you know, after having TWO with broken backs, I tend to be a bit paranoid now. I used to think cats were invincible, now I'm always paranoid about them getting hurt. Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlPlease shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006
Re: Kitten love, part 2
Kerry wrote: After I discovered the 3rd pool of throw up yesterday (oh yes, and a 4th when i got home last night) in desperation I threw out my last remaining plant. Wait, you have PLANTS? In your HOUSE?!! LOL, this is becoming a theme for me (the shock)... I can't believe you guys actually try to live normal lives and have normal homes with normal things in them! On a side note, donate your house plants to nursing homes, most seniors are happy to have a plant in their room to take care of. :) Phaewryn Please adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html Low cost SpayNeuter services in VT, and Emergency Financial Assistance for cat owners:http://ucat.us/VermontLowCost.htmlSpecial Needs Cat Resources: http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.htmlPlease shop online through i-give and support the Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance Program:http://www.igive.com/FVEAP Shop at GREAT stores, like Drs. Foster Smith, Pet Food Direct, Musician's Friend, and LOTS more!It doesn't cost you a single penny more, and it makes so much difference to a sick cat in need! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006
Re: Idea on raising funds for animal charities
I think it's perfect. Gets the message across, and is very specific. I'm going to add a link to i-give in mine I think, I just realized FVEAP (Feline Veterinary Emergency Assistance) has a account with them. No one is ever gonna donate a power saw, digital camera, or adopt a cat online through me anyways, I might as well have something that might actually be USED down in my sig. Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006
Re: Idea on raising funds for animal charities
Place alink to the URL in your email signature. That works for me, most of my traffic comes through my email sig. Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006
Re: Update (long)
Moogie fell in the bathtub with me on several occasions, Doobie's fallen in once, and my Do-Dah fell in once too,LOL! They all seem to LOVE to drink my dirty bath water, it's like "Yummy! Mommy juice!", or something. Never had one fall in a toilet though. We have to keep the lid down anyways now-a-days, since Doobie insists on pulling down everything from the shelf over the toilet, especially rolls of toilet paper. After digging a few soggy, nasty, putrid full rolls of toilet paper out of the bowl, it now stays DOWN! Good luck with your new baby, the cough is probably nothing, maybe a slight URI from the shelter, or even hairballs. Just to be safe, have your vet listen for heart murmurs, and test for heartworms. Heart problems are a number 1 cause of dry sounding coughs. Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006
Re: Question about red gums
Well, it could be stomatitis, which brushing wont help. A vet visit would be a good idea. Stomatitis is more common in FIV+ cats than in FELV+ cats. The wonderful people on the FIVCATS2 group on yahoogroups would be a great source for gum issue questions, they've all gone through it there. Here are a few links: http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_plasma_cell_stomatitis.html http://www.dr-addie.com/stomatitis.html http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/health/gingivitis.html http://www.dentalvet.com/vets/cats/feline_stomatitis.htm Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!!http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006
Re: Question about red gums
Foster Smith carries a good oral rinse that you can swab on (and special dental swabs): http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=14657N=2002+22759 Luckily, all my cats are blessed with good mouths, so I can't advise you much on this topic, no personal experience. Wouldn't Lysine be a good supplement for dental concerns too? My cats just LOVE these Feline Greenies treats, though I only give three at a time max per cat per day, because the DOG greenies have been causing intestinal blockages in dogs, so I don't want to take any chances: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=13597N=2002+22759 Phaewryn PLEASE Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah Cat Rescue!!! http://ucat.us/adopt.html DONATE: We could really use a power saw (for construction), a digital camera (for pictures) and HOMES for CATS! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006
Re: Update (long)
Everyone worth talking to is on this list, doesn't everyone know that?! Dis is da place to be! Phaewryn hey, pat, to whom was that addressed? i bet you didn't know i was on this list, either! MC On 8/10/06, Patricia Lamoretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't know you were on this list? PAT Leslie Lawther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leslie, I had to mention something to you about your kitten's cough. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: 8/9/2006
