Thanks Marylyn. Have passed on all yr great advice. Will let you all know how things go. Yes, both cats are very very confused right now. But I feel most for poor Danny. It makes me so mad that nursing homes don't take pets. (I believe a rare few do.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marylyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: Re: o/t advice needed
> My first thought is to try Feliway spray. It helps a lot. Then put Rescue > Remedy in their water. Wash down every place Danny has peed with Odo Ban. > He is just trying to claim some space for himself. Can you imagine how > awful and abandoned he feels? How very alone? He doesn't understand what > has happened to his person and why he is in this situation and whether it > is a home for life or he will be thrown out again ........................He > is very confused and very frightened. The Odo Ban is the only product I > have found that really works on cat urine. Make sure there are at least two > litter boxes. Since Danny is spraying I would suggest getting 18 gallon > Rubbermaid boxes and cutting a "doorway" in it so Danny has plenty of high > walls to spray. Don't put the lid on it though. Make sure each cat is > getting attention separately and has his own food bowl. Given the stress > this has to be putting on your friend and Danny's predicament I should > seriously consider getting some valium from my vet for Danny and see it that > helps. Danny needs a special place of his own to hide. Again, if there is > little space, try a Rubbermaid container, this time with the lid on it. Cut > a cat size hole near the end of one long side and high. The objective is to > give the cat as much dark, safe space inside the box as possible. By > cutting the hole about midway up the box and toward the end you maximize > that space. Put in hay, shredded newspaper...something Danny can bury in > and feel safe in (again spray the box and contents with Feliway). Other > ideas are to consult an Animal Communicator and a holistic vet as well as a > regular vet. > > It is possible that all the stress Danny is under may have led to a UTI. A > vet checkup is not a bad idea. > > Make sure your friend remembers her original cat and the stress that cat is > under too. Some of the above may help it. > > Good luck. It sounds like you can use some. > > > > > > > If you have men who will > exclude any of God's creatures > from the shelter of > compassion and pity, you will have men who > will deal likewise with > their fellow man. > St. > Francis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry MacKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 8:55 PM > Subject: o/t advice needed > > > > Hi all > > I'm just back in the country again after 5 weeks FML, and once again my > > condolences go to those of you who have lost beloved furkids, along with > > my > > heartfelt wishes to all the sick kitties for a speedy recovery. > > I've come back to discover a friend, B, throwing her hands up in despair > > over her new kitty Danny. (Danny had to find a new home as his guardian, a > > neighbor of B's, entered a nursing home.) B already has one cat that she's > > had for 15 years and she was quite concerned about how the two would get > > along. B does not have the space to allow them to be introduced slowly so > > they were basically thrown together, and now Danny is peeing and spraying > > everywhere it seems. > > Any tips/advice, you wonderful people? I'm very concerned from what she's > > said that Danny will soon become homeless again, so I'll be very grateful > > for any advice I can fwd to her. (I would get on the archives and do my > > own > > research but I've come back to a plumbing disaster, a friend who I fear > > may > > be on the brink of suicide and now my front tooth has fallen out.) > > Thanks for all/any help. Love you all. hugs, Kerry > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 6/16/2006 > > > > > >
