date:20050304

Dear Del,

How sorry I am to hear that Effie has left you. We all know how hard it is; the hardest thing in life, it seems. She's free of pain and happy now, surely with your friend Liz. I'm sorry for your loss of Liz, as well, but I hope you can find comfort in knowing they are together and in the special memories you have of each of them.

Sending a big, big hug your way. Take care of yourself.

Love, Julie Del Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Effie left us this morning and my friend,Liz, who passed away last week,is taking care of her in heaven. The pain from the growing mass against her spine took away her quality of life. It was awfully hard. It IS hard. You understand, we continue to look at their favorite places and those places are empty ... and I cry for her. My heart is broken.

Thank you everyone for support and feedback. Without these groups, she would never have lived this long or this well.

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Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

2005-03-04 Thread Cherie A Gabbert

Can you let me know what you think of it? I am not sure if it can be used all the time, and if it has odor control? but right now I pay $10.00 for 21lbs and I use 3 of those a week...it all adds up
CherieBarbara Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




there's a website for the litter
http://www.scooplite.com/
35 lbs for 14.95 and if you order two of anything,it's free shipping(click on the free shipping banner for more info). 
i might order it as have had problems in the past but since i put them all on vit C and E and coq10 -10, i've had no problems--knock on wood or as my husband says, knock on the kitty's head.(they all love him...go figure...)
barbara

- Original Message - 
From: tamara stickler 
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM
Subject: OT: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

Here's something odd:

Pet Ecology is to release a new cat litter that will detect urinary tract infections, diabetes and pregnancy in cats. It's called "SCOOP-lite". www.petecology.com for more info.


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RE: OT: please pray for Oreo



Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - they
wanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does not
have the bladder control right now.  But I begged them to release him
today as originally scheduled,  as he was so depressed and scared there
and he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him there
last night).  We will just have to be able to express his bladder on our
own, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.
The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for
5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery.  But he did have the
control prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just a
temporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and his
bladder control will come back very soon!!

Thank you!!

Hideyo

RE: OT: please pray for Oreo

2005-03-04 Thread Cherie A Gabbert

I will keep Oreo is my thoughts, good luck to both of you, I hope and pray he will make a fast ful recovery.
CherieHideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - theywanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does nothave the bladder control right now. But I begged them to release himtoday as originally scheduled, as he was so depressed and scared thereand he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him therelast night). We will just have to be able to express his bladder on ourown, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery. But he did have thecontrol prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just atemporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and hisbladder control will come back very soon!!Thank
 you!!Hideyo

RE: OT: please pray for Oreo

2005-03-04 Thread Joan Doljan

Hideyo,

I am sure with all your love, understanding and patience Oreo will do just fine.

JoanHideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - theywanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does nothave the bladder control right now. But I begged them to release himtoday as originally scheduled, as he was so depressed and scared thereand he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him therelast night). We will just have to be able to express his bladder on ourown, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery. But he did have thecontrol prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just atemporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and hisbladder control will come back very soon!!Thank
 you!!Hideyo

RE: OT: please pray for Oreo

2005-03-04 Thread carlas


I will keep Oreo in my thoughts

Carla

Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats





Cherie,
$10 for 2lbs? There goes the budget! I buy Jonny Cat at Costco ($9
for 50lbs) and add baking soda (also bought in the jumbo economy size)
and Feline Pine. The Jonny Cat is cheap enough that I don't have to
conserve litter when cleaning the boxes and sprinkling baking soda and
Feline Pine in work on the odor control. 

Cherie A Gabbert wrote:

  Can you let me know what you think of it? I am not sure if it
can be used all the time, and if it has odor control? but right now I
pay $10.00 for 21lbs and I use 3 of those a week...it all adds up
  Cherie
  
  Barbara Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  


there's a website for the litter
http://www.scooplite.com/
35 lbs for 14.95 and if you order
two of anything,it's free shipping(click on the free shipping banner
for more info). 
i might order it as have had
problems in the past but since i put them all on vit C and E and coq10
-10, i've had no problems--knock on wood or as my husband says, knock
on the kitty's head.(they all love him...go figure...)
barbara

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  Sent:
Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM
  Subject:
OT: New cat litter will detect illness in cats
  
  
  Here's something odd:
  
  Pet Ecology is to release a new cat litter that will detect
urinary tract infections, diabetes and pregnancy in cats. It's called
"SCOOP-lite". www.petecology.com
for more info.
  
  
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Re: OT: please pray for Oreo

Hideyo,
I'm sure that Oreo will be much happier at home under your care.  Thank 
goodness your vet didn't argue with you!  I am certain that bringing him 
home is the right decision, no one will be more diligent attending to 
his needs than you.  I'll be thinking of you guys and sending lots of 
healing energy and prayers for a speedy recovery.  Even in the worse 
case scenario, I'm sure you're aware of doggie wheel chairs.  I've known 
dogs that have had to use them and their quality of life was barely  
diminished.  I saw a program once about a woman with two therapy 
assistance dogs in wheel chairs.  She brought them to children's 
hospitals and the kids gained strength witnessing how happy and 
unconcerned the dogs were about their disabilities.
Nina

Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:
Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - they
wanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does not
have the bladder control right now.  But I begged them to release him
today as originally scheduled,  as he was so depressed and scared there
and he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him there
last night).  We will just have to be able to express his bladder on our
own, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.
The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for
5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery.  But he did have the
control prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just a
temporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and his
bladder control will come back very soon!!
Thank you!!
Hideyo

RE: OT: please pray for Oreo

Thank you, Nina.  The one comforting factor is that, the surgeon (who
did surgery on Oreo and JoJo) was very confident about his full recovery
(he said something like 79%), the prognosis is good, whereas it as not
so for JoJo, he had a pretty good chance that he might be paralyzed for
the rest of his life (the prognosis was fair) - but he did indeed
recover and can walk again) -  but regardless, you are right, this is
not the worst thing could happened.  The next to Oreo, there was a
really sweet kitty whose legs got amputated - he went home the next day
- but again there are always wheel chair, right?

Nina, I meant to talk to you about the trap - even if you are not
trapping them right now, please take the trap to the yard where they eat
and start feeding in the trap without setting it.  You can keep the flap
door stay open using a big pot or put a stick or something like that and
make sure that it's open sturdy.  So, by the time you are ready to trap,
they are already used to be eating in the trap - and more likely to get
every one in there.  Since the trap is pretty big, sometime cats get
afraid to go in there until they feel that they are safe.  Does it make
sense?

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nina
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:10 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT: please pray for Oreo

Hideyo,
I'm sure that Oreo will be much happier at home under your care.  Thank 
goodness your vet didn't argue with you!  I am certain that bringing him

home is the right decision, no one will be more diligent attending to 
his needs than you.  I'll be thinking of you guys and sending lots of 
healing energy and prayers for a speedy recovery.  Even in the worse 
case scenario, I'm sure you're aware of doggie wheel chairs.  I've known

dogs that have had to use them and their quality of life was barely  
diminished.  I saw a program once about a woman with two therapy 
assistance dogs in wheel chairs.  She brought them to children's 
hospitals and the kids gained strength witnessing how happy and 
unconcerned the dogs were about their disabilities.
Nina

Hideyo Yamamoto wrote:

Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - they
wanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does not
have the bladder control right now.  But I begged them to release him
today as originally scheduled,  as he was so depressed and scared there
and he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him there
last night).  We will just have to be able to express his bladder on
our
own, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.
The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control
for
5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery.  But he did have the
control prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just
a
temporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and his
bladder control will come back very soon!!

Thank you!!

Hideyo

RE: OT: please pray for Oreo









Thank you, Joan and everyone else who is
praying for Oreo  I will tell that hed better get better soon
with all the positive thoughts!! You
guys are the best!!



Thank you!



Hideyo  Oreo



-Original Message-
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Joan Doljan
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:51
AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: OT: please pray for
Oreo





Hideyo,











I am sure with all your love, understanding and
patience Oreo will do just fine.











Joan

Hideyo Yamamoto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:







Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - they
wanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does not
have the bladder control right now. But I begged them to release him
today as originally scheduled, as he was so depressed and scared there
and he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him there
last night). We will just have to be able to express his bladder on our
own, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.
The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for
5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery. But he did have the
control prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just a
temporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and his
bladder control will come back very soon!!

Thank you!!

Hideyo

RE: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

2005-03-04 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.

Title: Message

I
think Cherie pays $10 for 21 (not 2) pounds!
The
Costco deal sounds good.
I'm
pretty happy withmy Petsmart deal -- $10 for 40 lb Exquisicat litter and
it's actually one of the best I've ever used, as good as Arm Hammer which
costs a lot more. (I don't have wheels, and Petsmart, 5 mins walkfrom
myplace, openedlast year, thank goodness.)

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On Behalf Of NinaSent: Friday, March 04, 2005 10:59
AMTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.orgSubject: Re: New cat
litter will detect illness in catsCherie,$10 for
2lbs? There goes the budget! I buy Jonny Cat at Costco ($9 for
50lbs) and add baking soda (also bought in the jumbo economy size) and Feline
Pine. The Jonny Cat is cheap enough that I don't have to conserve litter
when cleaning the boxes and sprinkling baking soda and Feline Pine in work on
the odor control. Cherie A Gabbert wrote:

Can you let me know what you think of it? I am not sure if it can be used
all the time, and if it has odor control? but right now I pay $10.00 for 21lbs
and I use 3 of those a week...it all adds up
CherieBarbara Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

there's a website for the litter
http://www.scooplite.com/
35 lbs for 14.95 and if you order two of
anything,it's free shipping(click on the free shipping banner for more
info).
i might order it as have had problems in the
past but since i put them all on vit C and E and coq10 -10, i've had no
problems--knock on wood or as my husband says, knock on the kitty's
head.(they all love him...go figure...)
barbara

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From:
tamara
stickler
To:
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Sent:
Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM
Subject:
OT: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

Here's something odd:

Pet Ecology is to release a new cat litter that will detect urinary
tract infections, diabetes and pregnancy in cats. It's called
"SCOOP-lite". www.petecology.com for more
info.

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Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats





I'm guessing that Arm and Hammer litter box deodorizer is more
expensive than their regular baking soda. They've got to pay for the
marketing and fancy packaging somehow, right? Try the regular baking
soda and see if it works as well. I too have three cats and I don't
have an odor problem. Well, at least not from the littler boxes!
Nina

Cherie A Gabbert wrote:

  Nina,
  Thanks I will try thatalso, with 7 cats and 3 jumbo boxes, I
scoop 3 times a day and change all of them on Saturday, with daily
sprinkeling of Arm and Hammer litter box deodorizer, get very
expensive. I use Tidy Cat with the crystals to reduce odor.
  Cherie
  
  Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Cherie,
$10 for 2lbs? There goes the budget! I buy Jonny Cat at Costco ($9
for 50lbs) and add baking soda (also bought in the jumbo economy size)
and Feline Pine. The Jonny Cat is cheap enough that I don't have to
conserve litter when cleaning the boxes and sprinkling baking soda and
Feline Pine in work on the odor control. 

Cherie A Gabbert wrote:

  Can you let me know what you think of it? I am not sure if
it can be used all the time, and if it has odor control? but right now
I pay $10.00 for 21lbs and I use 3 of those a week...it all adds up
  Cherie
  
  Barbara Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
  


there's a website for the
litter
http://www.scooplite.com/
35 lbs for 14.95 and if you
order two of anything,it's free shipping(click on the free shipping
banner for more info). 
i might order it as have had
problems in the past but since i put them all on vit C and E and coq10
-10, i've had no problems--knock on wood or as my husband says, knock
on the kitty's head.(they all love him...go figure...)
barbara

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  From:
  tamara stickler 
  To:
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
  
  Sent:
Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM
  Subject:
OT: New cat litter will detect illness in cats
  
  
  Here's something odd:
  
  Pet Ecology is to release a new cat litter that will
detect urinary tract infections, diabetes and pregnancy in cats. It's
called "SCOOP-lite". www.petecology.com
for more info.
  
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Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats





I just read my email, I have 7 cats, not 3. Where did that come from?
Nina

Nina wrote:

  
  
I'm guessing that Arm and Hammer litter box deodorizer is more
expensive than their regular baking soda. They've got to pay for the
marketing and fancy packaging somehow, right? Try the regular baking
soda and see if it works as well. I too have three cats and I don't
have an odor problem. Well, at least not from the littler boxes!
Nina
  
Cherie A Gabbert wrote:
  
Nina,
Thanks I will try thatalso, with 7 cats and 3 jumbo boxes, I
scoop 3 times a day and change all of them on Saturday, with daily
sprinkeling of Arm and Hammer litter box deodorizer, get very
expensive. I use Tidy Cat with the crystals to reduce odor.
Cherie

Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Cherie,
$10 for 2lbs? There goes the budget! I buy Jonny Cat at Costco ($9
for 50lbs) and add baking soda (also bought in the jumbo economy size)
and Feline Pine. The Jonny Cat is cheap enough that I don't have to
conserve litter when cleaning the boxes and sprinkling baking soda and
Feline Pine in work on the odor control. 
  
Cherie A Gabbert wrote:
  
Can you let me know what you think of it? I am not sure if
it can be used all the time, and if it has odor control? but right now
I pay $10.00 for 21lbs and I use 3 of those a week...it all adds up
Cherie

Barbara Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

  
  
  there's a website for the
litter
  http://www.scooplite.com/
  35 lbs for 14.95 and if you
order two of anything,it's free shipping(click on the free shipping
banner for more info). 
  i might order it as have had
problems in the past but since i put them all on vit C and E and coq10
-10, i've had no problems--knock on wood or as my husband says, knock
on the kitty's head.(they all love him...go figure...)
  barbara
  
-
Original Message - 
From:
tamara stickler 
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Sent:
Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:50 PM
Subject:
OT: New cat litter will detect illness in cats


Here's something odd:

Pet Ecology is to release a new cat litter that will
detect urinary tract infections, diabetes and pregnancy in cats. It's
called "SCOOP-lite". www.petecology.com
for more info.
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Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

2005-03-04 Thread TenHouseCats

see what happens when you let your cats have keys to the front door?
they let all their friends in! hee hee counting to see if any new
ones have appeared in my household lately

MC

RE: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

2005-03-04 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.

I was trying to think of a suitable quip to Nina's multiplying
cats--love it, MC!

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Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:02 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
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see what happens when you let your cats have keys to the front door?
they let all their friends in! hee hee counting to see if any new
ones have appeared in my household lately

MC

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Re: Thank you fm Del and Angel Effie

2005-03-04 Thread Susan Loesch

What a beautiful tribute to Effie and how lucky she was to be so very much loved. I am so sorry that you've lost her.Del Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Thank you to everyone who responded with sympathies to my huge loss of Effie. She was such a light in our lives and we miss her terribly. The "real" Effie gradually faded away and she became a more sedentary waif with less fur and less weight. At times her eyes were bright and interested in playing but the body didn't allow response. Lack of energy and increasing discomfort took her away, little by little. Gosh, how I love her and miss her. 
In January 04intuition was thatshe was in her last year with us and I wanted to soak up as much of her as possible and give hereven more love and attention and I moved in her bedroom with her. I was already in with her a lot, sitting in her sunroom orwatching tv, any projects that could be done there. That bathroom is "mine" andshe inspected my shower andchecked the drain for possible thingies ... don't know if she ever found any but it was one of her daily rituals. There is a screen door on her bedroominstead of a hard paneled door and we looked in at her and talked to her every passing by. My heart breaks again and again as I look in and she is not there. I have been cleaning in her sunroom and bedroom (her apartment :) and her fluffy fur is stillflying around; remembering all her favorite games and resting places. And crying and crying. I am going to buy new
 bedspreads and kind of change the look of it, the others need replacing anyway. The toilet seat cover where she loved to pull on the loops and made very long loops will have to stay for a while. She loved pulling things apart with her teeth. She decarpeted her bedroom and we put in tile! A roll of paper towel makes great confetti. Hubby had to put a toilet tissue holder UP HIGH - betcha Effie wasn't the only one who liked to unroll that stuff and make more confetti ... you all have a kittywho enjoys doingthat? 

Your prayers and caring has held me together,
Del

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From: Julie Johnson 
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject: Re: Effie has her angel's wings

Dear Del,

How sorry I am to hear that Effie has left you. We all know how hard it is; the hardest thing in life, it seems. She's free of pain and happy now, surely with your friend Liz. I'm sorry for your loss of Liz, as well, but I hope you can find comfort in knowing they are together and in the special memories you have of each of them.

Sending a big, big hug your way. Take care of yourself.

Love, Julie Del Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:






Effie left us this morning and my friend,Liz, who passed away last week,is taking care of her in heaven. The pain from the growing mass against her spine took away her quality of life. It was awfully hard. It IS hard. You understand, we continue to look at their favorite places and those places are empty ... and I cry for her. My heart is broken.

Thank you everyone for support and feedback. Without these groups, she would never have lived this long or this well.

Del^.^Spay/Neuter Your Pet PLEASEAdopt a Shelter PetPAWS of Union County, ILRescue Angels On WheelsA Hamburger Stops a Beating Heart"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it isto protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)Paws Come WITH Claws!!!If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. 


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RE: OT: please pray for Oreo

Dear Hideyo,

Prayers and all good wishes on the way for Oreo! I know he'll have the best care and the most love at home with you. I hope his recovery is speedy!

Love, JulieHideyo Yamamoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Our little Shitsu dog is coming home today from the disc surgery - theywanted to keep him at the hospital over the weekend because he does nothave the bladder control right now. But I begged them to release himtoday as originally scheduled, as he was so depressed and scared thereand he wouldn't eat there (he did eat steak when we visited him therelast night). We will just have to be able to express his bladder on ourown, which we had to do with the other dog, JoJo when he was paralyzed.The surgeon did tell me that it's common to lose the bladder control for5 to 14 days from the trauma from the surgery. But he did have thecontrol prior to the surgery, and I am really hoping that this is just atemporary thing - please pray for Oreo that he can walk again, and hisbladder control will come back very soon!!Thank
 you!!Hideyo"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)Paws Come WITH Claws!!!If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.
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Re: Thank you fm Del and Angel Effie





Oh Del,
We know how you feel. I held off vacuuming for as long as I could
after losing Vixen. I complained about her shedding Siberian Husky fur
all over the house while she was with me, but after I lost her, I just
couldn't bring myself to clean it up, knowing it would be for the last
time. I'm so sorry for your grief, it just never gets easier. I try
to prepare myself for the inevitable, sometimes I even feel some
acceptance of the situation. It only lasts for 10 minutes, or so, then
I find myself pleading for my angels not to be taken from me.
Something that helps me walk past those familiar places where my babies
used to be, is imagining them still there. I speak to them and tell
them how much I love them, how much I appreciate having known them and
what a privilege it was to care for them. I tell them about what's
going on in the household, sometimes I ask for help in getting through
to somebody whose being particularly naughty. I call on Vixen and
another lost beloved GSD, Contessa, when I have a lesson with a dog
that I'm concerned about reaching (I'm a dog trainer), and ask them to
be with me in spirit to help communicate. After my Tess died, I felt
and saw her out of the corner of my eye many times. There was one time
in particular, I was sitting at the computer writing an homage to her
and her wonderful spirit. I could have sworn she was right at my feet
where she always used to lay. I almost reached down to pet her. Effie
is still with you, she loves you and she's watching over you. 

Much love,
Nina

Del Daniels wrote:

  
  
  Thank you to everyone who responded
with sympathies to my huge loss of Effie. She was such a light in our
lives and we miss her terribly. The "real" Effie gradually faded away
and she became a more sedentary waif with less fur and less weight. At
times her eyes were bright and interested in playing but the body
didn't allow response. Lack of energy and increasing discomfort took
her away, little by little. Gosh, how I love her and miss her. 
  In January 04intuition was thatshe
was in her last year with us and I wanted to soak up as much of her as
possible and give hereven more love and attention and I moved in her
bedroom with her. I was already in with her a lot, sitting in her
sunroom orwatching tv, any projects that could be done there. That
bathroom is "mine" andshe inspected my shower andchecked the drain
for possible thingies ... don't know if she ever found any but it was
one of her daily rituals. There is a screen door on her
bedroominstead of a hard paneled door and we looked in at her and
talked to her every passing by. My heart breaks again and again as I
look in and she is not there. I have been cleaning in her sunroom and
bedroom (her apartment :) and her fluffy fur is stillflying around;
remembering all her favorite games and resting places. And crying and
crying. I am going to buy new bedspreads and kind of change the look
of it, the others need replacing anyway. The toilet seat cover where
she loved to pull on the loops and made very long loops will have to
stay for a while. She loved pulling things apart with her teeth. She
decarpeted her bedroom and we put in tile! A roll of paper towel makes
great confetti. Hubby had to put a toilet tissue holder UP HIGH -
betcha Effie wasn't the only one who liked to unroll that stuff and
make more confetti ... you all have a kittywho enjoys doingthat? 
  
  Your prayers and caring has held me
together,
  Del
  
-
Original Message - 
From:
Julie Johnson 
To:
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org

Sent:
Friday, March 04, 2005 8:36 AM
Subject:
Re: Effie has her angel's wings


Dear Del,

How sorry I am to hear that Effie has left you. We all know
how hard it is; the hardest thing in life, it seems. She's free of
pain and happy now, surely with your friend Liz. I'm sorry for your
loss of Liz, as well, but I hope you can find comfort in knowing they
are together and in the special memories you have of each of them.

Sending a big, big hug your way. Take care of yourself.

Love, Julie 

Del Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  
  
  
  
  Effie left us this
morning and my friend,Liz, who passed away last week,is taking care
of her in heaven. The pain from the growing mass against her spine
took away her quality of life. It was awfully hard. It IS hard. You
understand, we continue to look at their favorite places and those
places are empty ... and I cry for her. My heart is broken.
  
  Thank you everyone for
support and feedback. Without these groups, she would never have lived
this long or this well.
  
  
  
  Del
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to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " 

"The greatness

OT - need help for North Carolina cats

I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and 
we're  helping to raise  money to spay and neuter a colony of feral/stray 
cats in North Carolina.  If you can donate to help with this, go to 
http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org  to contribute thru Paypal, and 
indicate that its for the NC cats.

If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!
Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia, Duplin 
County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west of 
Raleigh.  She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats daily on 
her property.  Most were ready to give birth in early January. Naturally, 
Rita freaked out.

Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had little luck 
finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works for animal 
control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC vets, and found a 
couple of NC vets who will help with this project.

Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC.  And, the rescues tend to 
work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are has no 
assistance or information about ferals and strays.

Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR)  appreciates any help you can give.  It 
will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these cats in 
North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than needed, the 
remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter clinic in Little 
Rock, Arkansas.  FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so tax deductible.

 Again, go to http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org for a Paypal link 
and our mailing address.  Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!

Thanks so much!
Gloria

Re: New cat litter will detect illness in cats

2005-03-04 Thread Cherie A Gabbert

just like bunnies, they always seem to keep multiplying ;-)) lolTenHouseCats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
see what happens when you let your cats have keys to the front door?they let all their friends in! hee hee counting to see if any newones have appeared in my household latelyMC

Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats

Oh Gloria good luck with very worthy cause!  I am in constant need of 
donations myself :), so can't really part with any cash.  Are there 
businesses in the area that might help once they realize how TNR works 
in maintaining a healthy, stable, non-growing colony?  Maybe a fund 
raiser could be done in the neighborhood where the cats are located?  
Even a community garage sale could help.  How about printing up fliers 
to put in mail boxes asking for donations of money, supplies, or things 
that could be sold?  Please let us know how it goes.
Nina

Gloria B. Lane wrote:
I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and 
we're  helping to raise  money to spay and neuter a colony of 
feral/stray cats in North Carolina.  If you can donate to help with 
this, go to http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org  to contribute 
thru Paypal, and indicate that its for the NC cats.

If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!
Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia, Duplin 
County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west of 
Raleigh.  She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats 
daily on her property.  Most were ready to give birth in early 
January. Naturally, Rita freaked out.

Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had little 
luck finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works 
for animal control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC 
vets, and found a couple of NC vets who will help with this project.

Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC.  And, the rescues 
tend to work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are 
has no assistance or information about ferals and strays.

Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR)  appreciates any help you can give.  
It will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these 
cats in North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than 
needed, the remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter 
clinic in Little Rock, Arkansas.  FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so 
tax deductible.

 Again, go to http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org for a Paypal 
link and our mailing address.  Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!

Thanks so much!
Gloria

For Del (and everyone); hope you get a laugh.....

Dear Del,

I was just reading your wonderful tribute to Effie. I had to smile when you described the great 'confetti' that can be made from unwatched paper towels and toilet paper.

My tribe once did avariation on this theme (I guess they were really bored that day). I had given Luna an enema one night; in the bathroom so she was easily put in the tub for a quick butt-bath. She has her own shallow litter box for these events and I use a small amount of clay litter because she digs and digs and the lightweight Cedarific ends up all over the floor and not in the box. Well, it was a weeknight and I was busy, so when we were done I cleaned up, but forgot the bag of litter in the bathroom. I didn't notice because I only use it when Luna is having an enema. We got through the night just fine and I came home from work to a house that was just too quiet (know what I mean???) and not enough furry bodies greeted me at the door. I started looking around the house, getting more and more suspicious. Finally I made my way upstairs and, gee, the bathroom door was almost all the way closed and there were noises coming from
inside. I pushed the door open to a floor completely covered in cat litter! Several little faces stopped (they were having a high old time playing in the litter) and I swear they looked guilty! And, yes, over in one corner, one of the little darlings had left a 'deposit' (hey, it's litter, right?).

Little stinkers!!

Julie

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Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats

Dear Gloria,

Happy to help; I only wish I could afford more! Best of luck with this; I know how difficult fundraising is and grant proposals take time to write and time to process and there is no guarantee; meanwhile, kittens are being born.

You might want to check out the 'humane fundraising' group on Yahoo. The mail volume is enormous, but the archives are filled with lots ofdifferent ideas for fundraising.

Take care; keeping my paws crossed

Julie"Gloria B. Lane" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and we're helping to raise money to spay and neuter a colony of feral/stray cats in North Carolina. If you can donate to help with this, go to www.teamfurr.org to contribute thru Paypal, and indicate that its for the NC cats.If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia, Duplin County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west of Raleigh. She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats daily on her property. Most were ready to give birth in early January. Naturally, Rita freaked out.Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had little luck finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works for animal
control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC vets, and found a couple of NC vets who will help with this project.Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC. And, the rescues tend to work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are has no assistance or information about ferals and strays.Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR) appreciates any help you can give. It will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these cats in North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than needed, the remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter clinic in Little Rock, Arkansas. FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so tax deductible.Again, go to www.teamfurr.org for a Paypal link and our mailing address. Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!Thanks so much!Gloria"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the
more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)Paws Come WITH Claws!!!If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

RE: Thank you fm Del and Angel Effie










Del  you must know by I now  I cry a lot  and I
am crying again reading your email because I feel so much of what you feel and
please know that you are not alone. 

Like Nina, after Suzi died, I couldnt
let go any of stuff with Suzi touched  I put a huge padded rug under
than bed so that all my cats (20 plus in this particular house) can sleep comfortably
and after Suzi died, I did not want to vacuum or wash it because I knew Suzis
fur is on it  I left it there for about 6 month  finally, I
removed the rug and did not want to wash it, and am keeping it in a closet
separately. Also, the carrier that Suzi
stopped breathing, I am leaving it as the way it is with towel in it 
and the shirt I was wearing when I held Suzi after she died, her urine was all
over the shirt, I couldnt wash it, and I am keeping it in a plastic
bag. It may sound all crazy to a
lot of people, but I wanted to and still want to keep every piece of Suzis
memory. Before I cremated her, I
cut her fur and keep it in a box and go back and feel it sometimes  it will
be almost year, but I still miss her so terribly, and tears will come out
immediately as soon as I think of her, and I dont know the way to stop
it, so Del, my thought is with you, and Effie  maybe Suzi and Effie are
together in heaven, saying, silly mom, we are right here watching you,
so dont miss us too much  we are right here



Many hugs,



Hideyo



-Original
Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Nina
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:11
PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Thank you fm Del and
Angel Effie



Oh Del,
We know how you feel. I held off vacuuming for as long as I could after
losing Vixen. I complained about her shedding Siberian Husky fur all over
the house while she was with me, but after I lost her, I just couldn't bring
myself to clean it up, knowing it would be for the last time. I'm so
sorry for your grief, it just never gets easier. I try to prepare myself
for the inevitable, sometimes I even feel some acceptance of the
situation. It only lasts for 10 minutes, or so, then I find myself
pleading for my angels not to be taken from me. Something that helps me
walk past those familiar places where my babies used to be, is imagining them
still there. I speak to them and tell them how much I love them, how much
I appreciate having known them and what a privilege it was to care for
them. I tell them about what's going on in the household, sometimes I ask
for help in getting through to somebody whose being particularly naughty.
I call on Vixen and another lost beloved GSD, Contessa, when I have a lesson
with a dog that I'm concerned about reaching (I'm a dog trainer), and ask them
to be with me in spirit to help communicate. After my Tess died, I felt
and saw her out of the corner of my eye many times. There was one time in
particular, I was sitting at the computer writing an homage to her and her
wonderful spirit. I could have sworn she was right at my feet where she
always used to lay. I almost reached down to pet her. Effie is
still with you, she loves you and she's watching over you. 

Much love,
Nina

Del Daniels wrote:





Thank you to
everyone who responded with sympathies to my huge loss of Effie. She was
such a light in our lives and we miss her terribly. The real
Effie gradually faded away and she became a more sedentary waif with less fur
and less weight. At times her eyes were bright and interested in playing
but the body didn't allow response. Lack of energy and increasing
discomfort took her away, little by little. Gosh, how I love her and miss
her. 





In January
04intuition was thatshe was in her last year with us and I wanted
to soak up as much of her as possible and give hereven more love and
attention and I moved in her bedroom with her. I was already in with her
a lot, sitting in her sunroom orwatching tv, any projects that could be
done there. That bathroom is mine andshe inspected my
shower andchecked the drain for possible thingies ... don't know if she
ever found any but it was one of her daily rituals. There is a screen
door on her bedroominstead of a hard paneled door and we looked in at her
and talked to her every passing by. My heart breaks again and again as I
look in and she is not there. I have been cleaning in her sunroom and
bedroom (her apartment :) and her fluffy fur is stillflying around;
remembering all her favorite games and resting places. And crying and
crying. I am going to buy new bedspreads and kind of change the look of
it, the others need replacing anyway. The toilet seat cover where she
loved to pull on the loops and made very long loops will have to stay for a
while. She loved pulling things apart with her teeth. She
decarpeted her bedroom and we put in tile! A roll of paper towel makes
great confetti. Hubby had to put a toilet tissue holder UP HIGH - betcha
Effie wasn't the only one who liked to unroll that stuff and make more confetti
... you all have a

RE: Feral Issues









Thanks, Julie. I hear you loud and
clear. I have a friend who feeds a
few different colonies here, and one of the colonies she is having a real problem
with the neighbor. This neighbor
threatens her safety of cats if she continues to feed them, and throws the food
away every time she put the food.
She tries to put all different areas, and put it out between 2 am and 6
am, thats when she found that the neighbor is not watching her - She rarely sees the cats anymore maybe because
of the time of the day, maybe they are afraid of the neighbor  anyway,
only if I win millions of dollars, I would gather all the feral cats nation
wide and hire emphatic vets full time and take care of them for the rest of
their lives -.



-Original Message-
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Julie Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005
7:24 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Feral Issues





Hi Everyone,











Hideyo, I'm sorry that you have to deal with the
stress of trying to help these cats and keep them safe from the dogs, all the
while worrying that it could cost your job.











I am working on trapping and relocating a feral colony
because there are dangers to the cats from employees on campus; threats have
been made about 'getting rid' of the cats. One of the people I'm working
with is a police officer (one of the geniuses who has threatened the cats did
so in front of her and she told him if anything happened to them she'd come
looking for him first; now, really, just how stupid do you have to be to say
somehting like that in front of a cop? We're really dealing with Mensa
members here). If we go to Administration we're afraid that they'll have them
trapped and killed.











It's so frustrating; we have people who are afraid now
to go there and trap because of harrassment, and we can't all be there all the
time. Plus, most are living underground where there is a heat source so
they are not predictable in their movements; it's so cold and snowy here that
their schedule is very irregular and we can't leave traps unattended in this
freezing weather. Arggg!











I really sympathize with what you're going through and
I wish you the best.











Julie





I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man.  

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged 
by the way its animals are treated.

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)


Paws Come WITH Claws!!!

If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your
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Re: Effie has her angel's wings

2005-03-04 Thread S D

I am really sorry for your loss. It is so hard to lose a good friend. I noticed in another email you mentioned that it was like Effie was there with you. I do believe that those times that you see them out of the corner of your eye or sense them walk by -that they are really there with you in spirit, watching over you happliy. 

SusanDel Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:






Effie left us this morning and my friend,Liz, who passed away last week,is taking care of her in heaven. The pain from the growing mass against her spine took away her quality of life. It was awfully hard. It IS hard. You understand, we continue to look at their favorite places and those places are empty ... and I cry for her. My heart is broken.

Thank you everyone for support and feedback. Without these groups, she would never have lived this long or this well.

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Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats

Thanks, Nina - she did do a yard sale here in Arkansas, but the weather 
hasn't been good an+d everybody's been sick, so it didn't go too well.

Course we're in Arkansas, and the kitties are in North Carolina... so 
becomes an interesting spay/neuter project!  Not sure if they'll find FELV 
or not!

I just had somebody here call and ask me to take 2 more cats - then another 
called about 12 puppies - AHGGG!

Gloria
At 01:38 PM 3/4/2005, you wrote:
Oh Gloria good luck with very worthy cause!  I am in constant need of 
donations myself :), so can't really part with any cash.  Are there 
businesses in the area that might help once they realize how TNR works in 
maintaining a healthy, stable, non-growing colony?  Maybe a fund raiser 
could be done in the neighborhood where the cats are located?
Even a community garage sale could help.  How about printing up fliers to 
put in mail boxes asking for donations of money, supplies, or things that 
could be sold?  Please let us know how it goes.
Nina

Gloria B. Lane wrote:
I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and 
we're  helping to raise  money to spay and neuter a colony of feral/stray 
cats in North Carolina.  If you can donate to help with this, go to 
http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org  to contribute thru Paypal, 
and indicate that its for the NC cats.

If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!
Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia, Duplin 
County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west of 
Raleigh.  She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats daily 
on her property.  Most were ready to give birth in early January. 
Naturally, Rita freaked out.

Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had little 
luck finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works for 
animal control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC vets, and 
found a couple of NC vets who will help with this project.

Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC.  And, the rescues tend 
to work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are has no 
assistance or information about ferals and strays.

Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR)  appreciates any help you can give.
It will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these cats 
in North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than needed, the 
remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter clinic in 
Little Rock, Arkansas.  FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so tax deductible.

 Again, go to http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org for a Paypal 
link and our mailing address.  Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!

Thanks so much!
Gloria

Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats

great idea!  I'll check!
Gloria
At 01:47 PM 3/4/2005, you wrote:
Gloria,
Maddy's Fund has given a grant to a local organization here in
Wisconsin similar to yours. Has anyone applied for one of these grants?
http://www.maddiesfund.org/
Bonnie in WI
- Original Message -
From: Gloria B. Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, March 4, 2005 1:13 pm
Subject: OT - need help for North Carolina cats
 I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and
 we're  helping to raise  money to spay and neuter a colony of
 feral/stray
 cats in North Carolina.  If you can donate to help with this, go
 to
 http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org  to contribute thru
 Paypal, and
 indicate that its for the NC cats.

 If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!

 Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia,
 Duplin
 County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west
 of
 Raleigh.  She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats
 daily on
 her property.  Most were ready to give birth in early January.
 Naturally,
 Rita freaked out.

 Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had
 little luck
 finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works
 for animal
 control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC vets, and
 found a
 couple of NC vets who will help with this project.

 Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC.  And, the
 rescues tend to
 work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are has
 no
 assistance or information about ferals and strays.

 Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR)  appreciates any help you can
 give.  It
 will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these
 cats in
 North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than needed,
 the
 remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter clinic
 in Little
 Rock, Arkansas.  FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so tax deductible.

  Again, go to http://www.teamfurr.org/www.teamfurr.org for a
 Paypal link
 and our mailing address.  Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!

 Thanks so much!

 Gloria

Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats

Great info!!  Thanks Julie, you all are the best!
Gloria
At 02:11 PM 3/4/2005, you wrote:
Dear Gloria,
Happy to help; I only wish I could afford more!  Best of luck with this; I 
know how difficult fundraising is and grant proposals take time to write 
and time to process and there is no guarantee; meanwhile, kittens are 
being born.

You might want to check out the 'humane fundraising' group on Yahoo.  The 
mail volume is enormous, but the archives are filled with lots of 
different ideas for fundraising.

Take care; keeping my paws crossed
Julie
Gloria B. Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I work with Feline Rescue and Rehome(FuRR) here in Arkansas, and
we're helping to raise money to spay and neuter a colony of feral/stray
cats in North Carolina. If you can donate to help with this, go to
www.teamfurr.org to contribute thru Paypal, and
indicate that its for the NC cats.
If you have spay/neuter contacts in NC, let us know that too!
Rita, a rescue worker here in Arkansas, went home to Magnolia, Duplin
County, North Carolina at Christmas. Magnolia's about 2 hours west of
Raleigh. She discovered that her sister was feeding some 20 cats daily on
her property. Most were ready to give birth in early January. Naturally,
Rita freaked out.
Rita contacted some North Carolina rescue groups there but had little luck
finding help. She did find one volunteer who's helping but works for animal
control in Wilmington. She sent out letters to nearby NC vets, and found a
couple of NC vets who will help with this project.
Keep in mind we're about 1000 miles away from NC. And, the rescues tend to
work with the larger cities, so the county where the cats are has no
assistance or information about ferals and strays.
Feline Rescue and Rehome (FuRR) appreciates any help you can give. It
will probably cost $1,500 to $2,000 to spay and neuter all these cats in
North Carolina. Should we by any chance collect more than needed, the
remainder will go to FuRR, who runs a monthly spay-neuter clinic in Little
Rock, Arkansas. FuRR is a 501-c3 organization, so tax deductible.
Again, go to www.teamfurr.org for a Paypal link
and our mailing address. Please indicate that it's for the NC cats!
Thanks so much!
Gloria


I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. 
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated.
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Paws Come WITH Claws!!!
If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your 
decision to acquire a pet.

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Re: OT - need help for North Carolina cats