Re: pilling cats

[catatonya]

Ha!!

BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Yes I can identify, and not only that, put that experience to good use
when I forgot to renew a prescription and was totally out of Fu's
pills. I then thought, I'll bet there is one somewhere in the carpet,
etc, and sure enough, found one under the desk. It may have been
stale, but I used it anyway and ordered more the next day. There were
no ill effects.

Bonnie

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:08 am
Subject: RE: I'm losing my Gypsy

> Aaaaaaaaaah! There's nothing like thinking you tricked them into
> swallowinga pill & then seeing that very same pill in some corner
> somewhere!
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> Chris
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> ! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf
> Of Nina
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:54 PM
> To: felvtalk@vlists.net
> Subject: Re: I'm losing my Gypsy
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> Thanks for the idea, I haven't tried liverwurst. I did try hiding
> stuff in
> regular chicken liver, it worked for a while, then she discovered
> a pill,
> and chewed her food much better after that! She finally stopped
> takingliver from my hand. The little stinker. At this point,
> she's doing little
> more than licking juice off of her food, I don't think she'd gobble
> anything.
> Nina
>
> Chris wrote:
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> They do get finicky, don't they! About the only other thought I
> had is that
> when I was feeding the strays & had to give them some meds, I'd
> wrap the
> pills in a 'homemade' pill pocke! t of liverwurst. They seemed to take
> it-what about if you mushed up some salmon & made a little ball
> with the
> pill in it?
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> Chris
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf
> Of Nina
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:15 AM
> To: felvtalk@vlists.net
> Subject: Re: I'm losing my Gypsy
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> Yes, I've tried pill pockets. I was so excited to get them, I
> hoped they'd
> be my answer. She took one sniff at them and turned her pretty
> little nose
> up. I tried cutting them up in smaller pieces, even warming them,
> nopeshe's not havin' it. I don't know how a little feral got to
> be so picky! I
> got the salmon (because that's one of her favorite foods), I meant > to try
> another flavor, but never got around to ordering them. I could
> give it
> another go with a different flavor, at this point though, when I
> can't get
> her to eat the real thing, I'm not very hopeful.
> Nina
>
> Chris wrote:
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> Have you tried the Pill Pockets..
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> Chris
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf
> Of Nina
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:13 PM
> To: felvtalk@vlists.net
> Subject: Re: I'm losing my Gypsy
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> Hi Bonnie,
> Pilling my Gypsy is pretty much out of the question, that's why I
> was trying
> the injections. Did your Nina get over her IBD?
> Nina
>
> BONNIE J KALMBACH wrote:
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> Nina,
> My muted tortie Nina has IBD. She has been taking half a
> dexamethasone tablet every other day for it, and for asthma, for a
> couple of years. She was on pred for but became allergic to it.
>
> best to you and your Gypsy,
> Bonnie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, January 24, 2005 4:41 pm
> Subject: I'm losing my Gypsy
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>
>
> Hello Everyone,
> I'm so distraught about my Gypsy. She's the "feral turned house
> cat"
> that I've written to you about before. She's had Inflammatory
> Bowel
> Disease since Aug of '04, and nothing I've tried has helped her.
> I
> given her Prozyme, Probiotics, Pred shots, Flagil, Benefiber, I've
> even
> started adding Colloidal Silver to her food. She has wasted away
> to a
> wal! king skeleton and hasn't played in months. The problem is
> compounded
> by not being able to put her in a carrier and take her to the vet,
> it's
> just too stressful for her (and at this point the sedative needed
> to
> allow her to be handled, could kill her). Even the house vet that
> came
> out wasn't able to examine her. He prescribed Methyprednisone
> shots
> (every 2 weeks), along with Metronidazole liquid that she took in
> her
> food for about 15 days before she started to refuse it. I've
> called a
> highly recommended East/West vet that I hope will be able to give
> me
> more ideas. I had tried putting her on a novel protein diet, but
> she
> stopped eating. When I began giving her the foods she loves
> again, she
> seemed to gain a little weight, but this morning she refused her
> favorites (salmon and liver). I'm afraid ! I'm on death watch at
> this
> point and it's killing me.
>
> One of the most disheartening things about her condition, is that
> I
> think I'm responsible. I didn't know the dangers at the time, and
> I was
> doing my best to protect her, but I think I inadvertently gave her
> this
> condition when I had her vaccinated. She had been vaccinated
> once, when
> I first trapped her, and then spent months with my FeLV kittens
> (before
> I knew their status). She was negative when I tested her, and I
> had
> them give her two more series of shots afterward. The vet
> (someone I
> won't use again), mistakenly gave her a total of 3 rabies shots
> along
> with all the other vaccines and it was only a month later that she
> started showing her symptoms. I took a healthy, vibrant kitten
> off the
> street, exposed her to FeLV and th! en gave her IBD with too many
> vaccines! I can't tell you how miserable I feel.
>
> Thank you for letting me vent. I'm so frustrated and heartsick.
> I
> don't think I even have the option of helping her cross. How
> peaceful
> could it be for her to have a strange person trying to give her a
> shot?
> Not to mention, trying to find a vein to put it in. I feel like
> I'm
> going to vomit.
>
> Nina
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