Kathy
The only time my vet gets a needle near the neck is when they're drawing
blood or giving meds directly in a vein. Generally, Vit. B is given in the
butt (by my vets, anyway), and usually with other things - like an antibiotic or
steroid to boost the effects. She may not have been due
Julie,
I'm so sorry to hear about Lucky. My Lindsey had surgery for mammary
cancer last month also - they had to remove the front and back chains on her
left side, and two individual tumors on her right side. Like Lucky, she's
seems to be doing well, but I've been watching for new lumps.
You're welcome Sheila
I witnessed the 3 1/2 hour visit the night before my Tina died - she was 9
1/2 years old, was my first bottle baby - I got her when she was 2 days old
(someone had been babysitting her mother, her mother got out, had her litter on
the neighbor's porch, and went home
Niki's Felines Enjoying Lives of Value - F.E.L.V. rescue in NJ is a
not-for-profit rescue/hospice/sanctuary for FeLV+ cats only.
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de
Sates
Del,
I'm so sorry to hear of your losing Liz and Effie. I'm sorry you've
lost them, and happy they're free of the physical problems that led to their
passing. This came to me in nearly finished format work a while ago
- after comments made by a patient and another patient's granddaughter. I
My guy, Byron, came from Nikki's in Nov. '03. When I met her, she
said she had a job doing computer work of some kind (I can't remember now what
kind) and she was also going to school, so she's very busy in addition to taking
care of the cats. Most of her cats were in excellent condition and
Hi Kristi
That's wonderful that they were negative!
I've bottle reared a lot of orphans. I'm assuming that a lot of this
you already know, being a tech, but I'm giving a lot of info on formulas and
such for lurkers or folks who may not have raised orphans before because kitten
season is
You're welcome.
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de
Sates
She's in Andover, right along a lake (I can't remember the name of the
lake). the addy for her websiteis http://members.petfinder.org/~NJ197/it's
though petfinders, but it has a contact her feature and you can read more about
her mission statement there.
Where there's Life, there's
That's wonderful
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de
Sates
Your welcome. I hope the diarrhea ends up being nothing to worry
about.
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de
Sates
I'm so sorry. I lost 2 to anemia in 2003. He had a good life
with you. Hang onto that.
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing so gentle as real strength." ~ Sir Francis de
Sates
That's good news about the babies. Weaning is frustrating, but they
can go from not having a clue to scarfing out of a dish in a couple of
days. Have fun with them! This time goes so fast.
Where there's Life, there's HopeKathy"There is nothing so strong as gentleness,
and there is nothing
One of my FeLV- guys, Shadow, had blood clots in all 4feet for a
while shortly after he came here last fall. He was put on 1/2 a baby
aspirin every 3rd day and given antibiotics for a couple weeks, and after a
couple weeks he was back to normal. His started with one foot swelling and
his
Holly,
I'm so sorry to hear that Tiggie is gone. Blood clots are always
tough to treat because there's no way of knowinghow manyare forming
or where they're going to lodge. Shadowfax was lucky and they lodged in
his legs near his feet. I was able to give him a place to recouperate
where he
I'm getting ready to do the ear mite annihilation thing myself again.
I use.1 ml Ivermectin and .9 ml water per adult injected, and with the few
who are eithervery hard to inject or who have health problems that make me
nervous about introducing more meds into their blood streams (I havetwo
Ivermectin can be bought without a prescription at farm supply
stores. It'ssold as a cattle and pig wormer. I've been using
the 1% solution made by Merck. The package says "ivomec injection".
It comes in a 50ml bottle - so at .1 ml per adult, it'll last for about 500
doses.
One of the
BTW - I jumped in to the discussion after only reading one or two
postings. I see that the doses and where to find it were already
discussed. I have used it both injected and topically many times and have
never had a bad reaction to it. I have 49 I'm treating now, and I've had
over 200
Wonderful news! I just hope what they replace it with is safe.
The stuff they're taking off the market was killing the cats it wasused
on. I hope they follow suit with the dog flea stuff - it's just as
dangerous as the cat version.
Jenn,
I agree with you that FeLV isn't easy to catch and isn't cause for
immediate panic, but it can be caught among healthy normal adults. I don't
vaccinate for FeLV because my vet said that the vaccine doesn't boost immunity
enough to be worth the risks - once exposed, it only boosts
Thanks Nina,
We have pilling down to an art form, and when it's time to treat for fleas
or ear mites, I pick a weekend and usually either doboth on 1/2 the cats
one day and the other 1/2 the next day, or I do all the cats with flea stuff one
day and either do the ear mite thing the next day
That's good to know! I used Acarexx on one of my adults about 10
weeks ago. I'll have to recheck her. It's so hard to try to keep
ferals ears healthy - and a colony is a colony when it comes to numbers and
keeping things like earmites and fleas under control whether they're inside or
Thanks for the info - that's going in my file. I'm going to try the
olive oil instead of mineral oil in my topical guys - you're right - might as
well be assafe as possible.
In a message dated 6/14/2005 2:01:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Kathy,I just heard from
Dear Kerry
Thanks for your response. Most of the time, I do the best I can with
what we've been given, and don't think about the guilt too much. Over the
last couple years, I've come up with a couple philosophical ideas that helps
when the guilt hits - or when things go wrong:
"As long as
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