Yes, our resident psycho, Tribble. At least, he's the likeliest suspect, the others are just not biters, and everybody co-exists fairly well. Mostly by giving Tribble a wide berth. And, like any bully, he chooses to act out on the smallest and weakest. The others fear him, but really could take him in a fair fight. He could sit on Missy and smoosh her. I'm afraid if we put her in a room alone for any length of time she'd just get worried about why she's in there, or just sad. She's pretty person-oriented, likes to be held and to sit on your chest (although just lately, not so much). Thanks for everybody's various suggestions! We'll try them all! :-) Diane R. ________________________________
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of laurieskatz Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Moist but not wet food, like Tender Vittles? Dr. Lisa Pierson leaves out canned all day while at work. (www.catinfo.org ). I think Whiskas has a food like that you are seeking.... good luck. Did someone bite her? Wonder if she'd have better luck with food and box if she could be alone in a room??? She is lucky to have you! L (ps puppy training pads work well to soak up litter) ----- Original Message ----- From: Rosenfeldt, Diane <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:01 AM Subject: OT: Moist but not wet food, like Tender Vittles? We have an elderly little girl who's got a tartar problem, but is too delicate to put under for cleaning. As a result, we don't think she's been eating the crunchies we let everybody free-feed on all day. She gets whatever part of the 2 wet food cans (the little ones) that we put out every suppertime (and we even think *that* kind of sticks to her teeth, poor thing). We've been looking for something between the crunchies and the wet, the way Tender Vittles used to be, so we can leave them out for her and they won't be too hard to chew. She's so, so skinny -- hyperthyroid -- and we can't seem to put any weight on her little bones. Also, recently she's been missing the litterbox -- she'll climb in, but not far enough not to pee over the edge. We've already tried removing the snap-on lid and repositioning the box, but that doesn't seem to help. Next step is a rubber mat in consideration of our carpet, but I was wondering if anybody had any more useful advice. (I don't know if this is a factor, but a few weeks ago she was at the kitty ER with a big infection from a bite we hadn't even noticed through her long hair. I picked her up one Sunday morning, she said "YOW" and it felt like she'd peed in my lap. Put her down, it smelled like she'd poo'ed in my lap, but it was thin and light colored. Then while I was changing, my housemate went to clean her up, and there was no mess on her bottom, it was coming out of her back. I had never seen so much stinky pus in my life, and from this tiny girl! ER doc shaved her, cleaned up the bite wounds and gave us some Clav. That wound healed up pretty well, but then last weekend there was another big hole, where we think she bit off a big clump of matted fur we hadn't been able to figure out how to trim off her. Now that one is starting to scab over pretty cleanly. We were wondering if maybe her little rump hurts her when she climbs in, or what. Once I tried just scootching her up when she went in there, and she got mortally offended and ran away. Diane R. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties. This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the transmission from your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we are required to inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, any advice we provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or submissions is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax penalties.
