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Aww, I was surfing your website... that poor Siamese with the bad declaw. It makes me so angry that people still do this to cats, and then wonder WHY they have issues. :-\ There's a GREAT site you can link to that will help educate people on declaws and the surgery to repair bad ones. It's aimed at big (wild) cats, but it's the same surgery as used on domestic cats, with the same side effects, dangers, and cures (reconstructive surgery). Warning, you will cry your eyes DRY if you watch the video of Kona! http://www.pawproject.com/html/default.asp (main site) http://www.pawproject.com/html/surgery.asp (how they fix the cats' paws with reconstructive surgery) http://www.pawproject.com/html/cases.asp (cases studies, with pics) http://www.pawproject.com/kona.html (Kona's video, so heartbreaking) I really wish more small animal vets would learn from these vets doing these repairs on these big cats, because I think MANY of our domestic cats could benefit from the same reconstructive surgery. I think the main reason why we don't se as obvious of effects in domestic cats is simply a body weight issue, if our cats weighed more, we would see the same crippling effects in declaws in them as are seen so commonly in big cats. Of course, the big issue is stopping declawing on a national level (in the USA)... but that's way off topic for this list. Did you know your updated notices say LAST year? I think you're a bit behind, LOL! And yes, he is an awfully CUTE little dog! He has a very expressive face. Jennhttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND:Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely injured when someone wrapped wire around his neck to strangle him,Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to find him a good home!http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/317 - Release Date: 4/18/2006
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In a message dated 4/17/06 11:10:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There used to be a recipe for making slippery elm boiling it somehow anyone know it? Karen~ 1/2 Cup COLD water & 1 teaspoon slippery elm powder. Simmer, over low heat, stirring constantly for a few minutes. Refrigerate. Will keep 7-8 days. Patti
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gave ozzy some canned pumpkin with fish juice on it pray it fools him ! Karen
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Jenn, Superman is doing well even starting to put weight on the leg so we are not considering amputating yet. The infection is under control. He gets basically he looks a lot worse than he is. Hank my "genetically defective JRT" seems to have come from bad lines. Thus the crypt testicle and the deafness. Oh forgot to mention he had CCD... we are trying to train him on hand signals but he has the attention span of 2.2 seconds. But this walking vet bill has captured my heart the likes I have not seen in a while. His stitches come out in a few days and everything else has been treated and he will be ready for adoption(?) I had terrible "Hank withdrawls" when he went in for his neuter spoiling him terribly when he got home and even smiled when he proceeded to pee on my pillow(he never did anything like that before) Dr Wilson said he was hurting and after attention. http://members.petfinder.org/~TX418/index.html to see the pics on my home page for this handsome guy. Bobby will get over his URI I caught it early enough. Its minor and he is getting herbs too. Ashleigh just has heartworm larvae and can wait a few weeks till I get caught up.. thanks for letting me ventI just hate when its preventable.
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Where are you located? I used to live down south,and yes, heartworms are one of the worst preventable things that happens down there. However, I found that the Memphis Emergency clinic is actually fairly good, depending, of course, on who's rotating through it as far as students and supervising vets goes. Look at the bright side, the hit by car cat, if his wounds are confined to one leg for the most part, COULD just get that leg amputated, and live a very normal and happy life (if it doesn't end up healing as a functioning leg). In fact, I think I'd be apt to consider that as a first course of action, a cleanly amputated leg heals much faster than several ugly breaks, and would be MUCH less painful of a recovery for the cat. Just something to consider... The FELV guy will either pull through URI, or not, and there's not much you can do there but hope, and keep your fingers crossed (and treat the URI just like you would for any cat). HW is treatable, if caught early enough, again, one of those things you just have to do, and keep fingers crossed on, they either make it through treatment, or don't. Other worms are easily cured. The pelvis baby is the only really urgent one you have, if you look at it through rose colored glasses. And he's already improving! It's all in the perspective. Funds can be raised, you can apply for IMOM, or care credit, or any number of emergency animal funds that are out there (the Rio Vista [horse grooming products] one might help you with the dogs, they generally don't "do" cats). Oh, and if I may inquire, how did the JRT become deaf? Injury, or born that way? Jennhttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND:Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely injured when someone wrapped wire around his neck to strangle him,Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to find him a good home!http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006
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hi Jenn and thanks, Ozzy was turned into an emergency vet clinic by "person who found him that way" and they refuse to do anything but call a rescue. because of their rip off prices I took him to my vet who took x rays and confirmed what I feared. Broken pelvis He could not walk at all when I got him now he is "walking" but not well. He does fine with a pinch test so I wont sub q for the extra stress I am giving piedilite and canned food for extra water. There used to be a recipe for making slippery elm boiling it somehow anyone know it? Bobby is Felv positive, and has URI Superman the hit by car cat is almost my fault he lives in my neighborhood and I asked his owner about 6 months ago to give him to me since I had room and I would find him an indoor home away from danger. He refused. When we knocked on the door and told him the fate of "his cat" he said we could do what ever the [EMAIL PROTECTED] we wanted to with him it wasn't his. He put him under to clean the wounds the leg is broke in places it cant be set, so we neutered and tested while he was under. he is the sweetest baby you could possibly imagine. I should have just "made him disappear" months ago. My vet says both should heal on their own. The JRT is deaf "had" one undescended testicle, heartworms hook worms round worms and ring worm.all is fixed except his hearing I think he might be staying :-) Ashleigh, the chocolate lab I pulled the other day has hook worms and heartworms.. Let's think about thiseverything listed above is PREVENTABLE.This pisses me off to no end. Sorry all I needed to vent.
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I cross-posted it for you, you should get replies in your main inbox, I asked people to reply directly to you. I do know at least a few of them went away for easter, so it might be later tomorrow before you hear much from anyone. Have you tried slippery elm? I've seen that suggested many times in the past, on several lists. Make sure he's getting enough fluids too, of course, some Sub-Q fluids wouldn't hurt if he's that solid, he's probably a bit dried out. How does he do with a pinch test for dehydration? Poor baby, any idea what happened to him? I'm not even sure there's much you can give a baby that young for pain. Metacam is really strong for such a wee tike, and a Duragestic patch would probably over dose the poor thing. Have you spoke to the vet about pain management at all? Can the kitten move around, or walk, at all? If he can move around, I'd suggest you offer him BOTH a hot pack, AND a ice pack, and let HIM decide which, if either, makes him feel better. I did that with Bones when she first broke her back, and she really seemed to opt for the warm pack most of the time. But don't put him on anything if he can't move off of it on his own free will. How is you hit by car cat doing, any breaks there? Jennhttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND:Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely injured when someone wrapped wire around his neck to strangle him,Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to find him a good home!http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006
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yes please cross post
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I bet the people on the handicat2 list would be able to advise you on this. Is it OK, if I forward your problem to that list? They know all about broken spines, pelvis', expressing bowels and bladders, etc... Jennhttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from Little Cheetah (UCAT) Cat Rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html PLEASE DONATE TO THE TANGLE FUND:Tangle is a cat in Greece that was severely injured when someone wrapped wire around his neck to strangle him,Little Cheetah Cat Rescue is raising funds to bring Tangle to Vermont to find him a good home!http://ucat.us/tangle-fund.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.2/314 - Release Date: 4/16/2006
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Poor baby. I like acupuncture too. Also, you might try syringing your kitty a little olive oil. Also - for older kitties, I've used Lactulose (by prescription) - it's great stuff for improving those hard dry stools. Also - could try syringing a little vitamin C (I've bought the stuff from Dr. Belfield at belfield.com) Gloria At 06:49 PM 4/17/2006, you wrote: Have you tries acupuncture? It has worked like a miracle for my babies in the past. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 7:29 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: New Special needs kitten No ideas here Karen, but good luck with the little fella. I'm sure he will flourish under your care. I'll keep little Ozzie in my prayers. :) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today we got a 8 week old kitten..mean as the > day is long (cause he is > hurt) > X-rays showed a broken pelvis. Dr Wilson says he has > a excellent chance to > walk again > My problem now is to get his bowels working again. > I used warm water last > night as an enema and it worked. But his stool is > hard as a rock > anyone have any suggestion to safely loosen his > stool? > Please pray little Ozzie recovers. > Karen > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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acupuncture is not in the budget at the moment. Too many emergency special needs came it at once.2 hw positive, flev positive, hit by car cat and broken pelvis kitten. Karen
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Have you tries acupuncture? It has worked like a miracle for my babies in the past. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 7:29 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: New Special needs kitten No ideas here Karen, but good luck with the little fella. I'm sure he will flourish under your care. I'll keep little Ozzie in my prayers. :) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today we got a 8 week old kitten..mean as the > day is long (cause he is > hurt) > X-rays showed a broken pelvis. Dr Wilson says he has > a excellent chance to > walk again > My problem now is to get his bowels working again. > I used warm water last > night as an enema and it worked. But his stool is > hard as a rock > anyone have any suggestion to safely loosen his > stool? > Please pray little Ozzie recovers. > Karen > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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No ideas here Karen, but good luck with the little fella. I'm sure he will flourish under your care. I'll keep little Ozzie in my prayers. :) Wendy --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today we got a 8 week old kitten..mean as the > day is long (cause he is > hurt) > X-rays showed a broken pelvis. Dr Wilson says he has > a excellent chance to > walk again > My problem now is to get his bowels working again. > I used warm water last > night as an enema and it worked. But his stool is > hard as a rock > anyone have any suggestion to safely loosen his > stool? > Please pray little Ozzie recovers. > Karen > __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: New Special needs kitten - Traumeel
You're making me think I should get some for myself! I'm forever getting cut and bruised working on the house and my trucks. By the time the weekend is over my hands are a mess, but they don't get much of a break during the week as I'm working at a computer all day and usually pottering about in the evenings.BeccaNina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No kidding? I keep a bottle on hand and end up using it all the time around here, someone is always pulling a muscle or getting s/n. It seems to help speed recovery time, but it's so darn hard to tell with homeopathics. They work so subtly that I end up wondering if the recovery might have been the same without them! Like everyone on the list, it makes ME feel better when there is something I can do that has a possibility of helping. Nina Becca DuBose wrote: I work for Vanderbilt University and there is an ongoing study of Traumeel S in pediatric oncology patients with mucositis. I understand it's very popular in Europe. I wanted to try it with Paassht but didn't get the chance. Her mouth sores improved with amoxicillin to the point where they no longer hurt.Becca Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, you might want to give him some Traumeel, or Traumed, (homeopathic blend for injury) to some goat's milk or yogurt. Come to think of it, plain yogurt or goat's milk might help loosen things up too. If he's getting abx, then an probiotic would be beneficial. Nina
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No kidding? I keep a bottle on hand and end up using it all the time around here, someone is always pulling a muscle or getting s/n. It seems to help speed recovery time, but it's so darn hard to tell with homeopathics. They work so subtly that I end up wondering if the recovery might have been the same without them! Like everyone on the list, it makes ME feel better when there is something I can do that has a possibility of helping. Nina Becca DuBose wrote: I work for Vanderbilt University and there is an ongoing study of Traumeel S in pediatric oncology patients with mucositis. I understand it's very popular in Europe. I wanted to try it with Paassht but didn't get the chance. Her mouth sores improved with amoxicillin to the point where they no longer hurt. Becca Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, you might want to give him some Traumeel, or Traumed, (homeopathic blend for injury) to some goat's milk or yogurt. Come to think of it, plain yogurt or goat's milk might help loosen things up too. If he's getting abx, then an probiotic would be beneficial. Nina
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I work for Vanderbilt University and there is an ongoing study of Traumeel S in pediatric oncology patients with mucositis. I understand it's very popular in Europe. I wanted to try it with Paassht but didn't get the chance. Her mouth sores improved with amoxicillin to the point where they no longer hurt.BeccaNina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, you might want to give him some Traumeel, or Traumed, (homeopathic blend for injury) to some goat's milk or yogurt. Come to think of it, plain yogurt or goat's milk might help loosen things up too. If he's getting abx, then an probiotic would be beneficial. Nina
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Also, you might want to give him some Traumeel, or Traumed, (homeopathic blend for injury) to some goat's milk or yogurt. Come to think of it, plain yogurt or goat's milk might help loosen things up too. If he's getting abx, then an probiotic would be beneficial. Nina Nina wrote: Karen, Healing thoughts coming Ozzie's way. Poor little sprite! You could also try adding a little canned pumpkin, or pure rice bran as regulator for his bowel problem. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: great idea I gave him canned food with warm tuna juice and he is going at it like crazy thanks see our available orphans at: http://members.petfinder.org/~TX418/index.html Karen 817-453-4888
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Karen, Healing thoughts coming Ozzie's way. Poor little sprite! You could also try adding a little canned pumpkin, or pure rice bran as regulator for his bowel problem. Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: great idea I gave him canned food with warm tuna juice and he is going at it like crazy thanks see our available orphans at: http://members.petfinder.org/~TX418/index.html Karen 817-453-4888
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Karen, Sending healing thoughts for Little Ozzie. Big Hugs and Big Head-Bumps,Karen in California and Her Beautiful Maine Coon Cat Ms. Clyde
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great idea I gave him canned food with warm tuna juice and he is going at it like crazy thanks see our available orphans at:http://members.petfinder.org/~TX418/index.htmlKaren 817-453-4888
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Lots of cat lax; oily/watery foods etc. Use lots of canned foods--even add moisture with broth etc. Tuna "juice" and chicken soup etc. Yup. You will spoil him rotten and may never get him to eat the right stuff again but this should help. Also suggest mashed veggies mixed with food. Good luck. and God bless you and the little one. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: New Special needs kitten Today we got a 8 week old kitten..mean as the day is long (cause he is hurt) X-rays showed a broken pelvis. Dr Wilson says he has a excellent chance to walk again My problem now is to get his bowels working again. I used warm water last night as an enema and it worked. But his stool is hard as a rock anyone have any suggestion to safely loosen his stool? Please pray little Ozzie recovers. Karen
New Special needs kitten
Today we got a 8 week old kitten..mean as the day is long (cause he is hurt) X-rays showed a broken pelvis. Dr Wilson says he has a excellent chance to walk again My problem now is to get his bowels working again. I used warm water last night as an enema and it worked. But his stool is hard as a rock anyone have any suggestion to safely loosen his stool? Please pray little Ozzie recovers. Karen
