To Bonnie and Kerry...Re: Have epogen for Fu - what to do next?

2006-01-19 Thread MamaKitty1
Dear Friends: I'm wading thru a multitude of posts, and I know this is late in coming, but wanted to add a note from my experience. Bonnie, I know you've started the Epogen by now and all is well. I would have suggested that yes, you wait until you could watch Fu before starting. They can

Re: Sub Q fluids

2005-11-16 Thread MamaKitty1
Only the old-timers will remember me as I don't post much anymore. My FeLV girl (Lucky) is doing so well, I've been reoccupied with nursing some of my others that have senior related problems. I'm so terribly far behind in posts, I almost missed this one. If we can just stay hurricane-free for

Re: Bramble can't eat - ideas please

2005-08-14 Thread MamaKitty1
I haven't seen this mentioned, but its worth a shot... Have you tried CliniCare? Its like Ensure for kitties... in fact they are made by the same company. Its complete nutrition and its even used for kitties fed via a tube. Here's a link so you know what to look for.

Re: A/D cannned food from vet clinic

2005-05-02 Thread MamaKitty1
Kerry, The advantage of the AD is that it is "smooth" enough to use for syringe feedings. If you are interested in nutritional analysis, try one of these links. We use these charts for kitties on restricted diets due to CRF or diabetes. (Both links have info on dry or canned (tinned) foods.

Re: need help - a negative, later positive - ?

2005-05-02 Thread MamaKitty1
Gloria: I'm an old member, but don't get here as often as I'd like... or should.. but heres our experience. We found Lucky, at about 5 weeks old,the result of a "hit and run". She survived the weekend in the ER and the next Monday went to our vet for further evaluation and testing. She tested