Every feral I have ever known has refused a closed box..........the
odors must be upsetting like a port-a-let that has been well used.
On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:54 PM, katskat1 wrote:
Some good suggestions! I am feeding mine Science Diet for sensitive
tummies mixed with two teaspoons of canned food to keep her
interested. She inhales it! Little miss Hoover. I am feeding 9
other cats and three dogs at the same time. One of the dogs gets
sensitive tummy food along with thyroid, pain and inflammation meds
so I don't have time to pay enough attention to her to try and slow
her down. I may start feeding her separately. Will see how it
goes. Thanks for the ideas. I can't give her hairball medicine
cause she immediately barfs it, often into her food bowl!! Subtle
kitty that she is...........
For all that are interested, Miss Kitty is getting big, sleek and
shiny. She is going to successfully sneak out the door someday.
She will not give it up. Hope to keep her in til spring.
Ozzie is doing MUCH better. Fattened up in his head, chest and
front section of his body but back end just isn't gonna fill out.
Mingles with the other cats if food is involved, purrs when petted
in a manner and spot he approves of and has learned to ask to go in/
out so all is well. So far no issues developing with ,the FIV.
Discovered he was choosing his own toilet areas, none of them litter
boxes cause he apparently requires there be no top/lid on the boxes
he is to use,. Take the lid off and he uses it every time. One
mystery solved.
Kat
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On Tuesday, January 15, 2013, wrote:
When you gt the pumpkin, try mixing some plain yogurt with it. It
will provide good bacteria for her intestines.
Good thought on her accident. If she is not used to sudden noises,
etc, that could have been the problem.
As for her hiding, Annie hid in the basement for a wek or 2, coming
up at night to eat. I put a box downstairs for her to use. She had
lost her owner to cancer and was cooped up in her trailer for 3
weeks. The lady's sister came once a day, fed her and changed her
box. Then she was put in a box, brought to the vet's and I picked
her up and brought her home to a house with a basement, 6 cats and 2
new people. She freaked out and headed straight for the basement.
She had always been an only cat so getting used to a house full and
new people didn't help her. Now, she still does not like sharing me
with the others, but does put up with it.
I wish we could get a complete history with each new cat that comes
our way, it would make it so easy to understand why the do and do
not do things. For that reason, I have a letter to go with each one
when I pass so the no kill shelter I have selected to get them will
be able to understand their little quirks.
---- strchalb...@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Sharyl,
>
> Thank you so much for the quick reply:)
>
> I would have to guess she is about 4 years old.
>
> I've had cats with worms before, but they were quite obvious in
the stool... I will try to check her stool more closely.
>
> So some pumpkin for my Pumpkin.... how ironic... might need to try
that and I will let you know. Maybe it will be best for her to stay
in the basement, near her potty for awhile? I had one other
response, and he said, she just may have had an accident, which is
what I might be thinking. I think previously, we were chasing the
kids in the house, and she may have gotten scared and it just sorta
"ran out"...
>
> What about hiding under the bed?? She did that when she first came
here, and has been good now for a few weeks, but today she was under
the bed again? I read that sometimes can be a sign that they aren't
feeling well?
>
> Thanks again for your time and knowledge:))))
>
> Tricia
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharyl <cline...@yahoo.com>
> To: felvtalk <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
> Sent: Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:42 pm
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] stray cat I took in has feline leukemia
>
>
>
> Hi Tricia. You don't say how old Pumpkin is. It is usual to re-
test for FeLV after 3 months. Since she used to be outside has she
been treated for worms? That may be why her stools are soft. Many
add some canned plain pumpkin (not the spiced pie filling) to the
canned food to add fiber when a kitty has diarrhea. Usually start
out with 1 tsp.
>
> I've never used Tylosin Tartrate. Here is a link to more info
> http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_tylosin.html
> Seems to be used as an anti-inflammatory and for colitis.
>
> You need to treat the diarrhea. FeLV is probably not the reason
she has it
>
> Sharyl
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> From: "strchalb...@aol.com" <strchalb...@aol.com>
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 10:06 PM
> Subject: [Felvtalk] stray cat I took in has feline leukemia
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm hoping someone can help me....
>
> We live in the country and have about 8 outside cats. A friend
decided to take one home, Pumpkin, and had her all fixed up at the
vet with shots, spay and declaw. She found out she has feline
leukemia. She kept her for about a month, but I guess she was
making a mess as far as using the litter box. I told her I didn't
want her to go to an over crowded humane society, so I took her
back. She is now in the house, as she is front declawed, and she is
not to be around the other cats with her cancer.
>
> So... I've had her home since just before Christmas, and she's
been fine other than not eating a whole lot. Her stool is quiet
soft, and I did find a few hard turds in two different sleeping
places that she uses. Well now today, she had a ver messy stool on
the wood floor in the hallway!! Really shocked me as she's been so
good using the littler box.
>
> Is this a sign that she is getting sick, the not using the littler
box? She has a prescription for Tylosin Tartrate, and she said to
give this to her(powder form), when/if she gets sick???
>
> She does seems to sleep most of the day, but I know cats do do
that :) She also does purr quite loud!! Must be a good sign. She
will play with a string too. So she's been very happy, but now I
had to resort to putting her back in the basement with her food and
litter. I might end up sleeping down there with her again, as I
did when she first came in the house. She has had the run of the
house now for weeks, but I just don't trust her since her accident.
>
>
> I've read where infected cats can live quite long, but yet others
do not. I certainly would not want to put her thru all sort
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