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Anybody know anything about, or ever dealt with
erythrocyte pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency in a cat? It's recessive gene breed
issue in Somali and Abyssinian cats. Is there a yahoo group that deals with
it?
I'm about to get some Abyssinian rescues in, and
just wanted do a bit of research on it before-hand, just in case. Supposedly,
the "cure" for it is surgical removal of the Spleen, from what I have been
reading so far. Anybody ever had that done?
On the same note, is anyone interested in
adopting a Abyssinian or Bengal (or cross between the two) cat in the Vermont/
New Hampshire/ Eastern NY areas (or willing to drive to the northeastern
USA area to pick one up)? We are seeking adoptive homes for 150 hoarder
situation cats. If enough homes are not found, cats WILL be euthanised. They
need homes by WEDNESDAY. Rescues are welcome to take GROUPS of cats. If you can
help, please contact: Donna at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (with the
subject: "VT Aby/Bengal - ADOPT" ) as soon as possible to make arrangements and
be screened. You can tell her Jenn from the UCAT rescue told you about the
situation. This is a quite overwhelming situation, we need your help! PLEASE
only respond if you can be in the northeastern USA area this week, these cats
will NOT be shipped. These cats are rumored to have ringworm, but otherwise are
supposed to be in fairly good health. Some will be purebred registered cats, but
we can not guarantee that you will get their papers with them (these are RESCUE
cats, and MUST be spayed/neutered, not to be used for breeding). The vet that is
rescuing them will spay/neuter, update rabies, and put Frontline on any
that can be done, before releasing them to adopters or rescuers. Pregnant queens
will NOT be aborted, so it is possible that we will need homes for queens
expecting kittens (kittens may or may not be registerable, at this point, I do
not know if papers will be released). If you can take on special needs cats (the
preggo queens, or sick cats, or PK cats, or anything out of the norm) be sure to
mention that in your email to Donna.
Jenn http://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://jenn.rescuegroup.org/FELV/FIV/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up until she earns a free can of formula! PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! If you use KMR, even just one can, please ask me for the mailing address
you can send them to, to help feed Bazil!
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