I really appreciate all the kind messages everyone's been sending today. Monster's leftover pills are committed, I'm glad they will be used. Thanks again for...
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rs4lb
Sep 23, 2008 9:35 pm
Over the last couple of days, Red has severely declined due to severe dehydration caused by his diuertics. He has not eaten since last Wed and I started force...
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Barbara Boehmer
baboehme
Sep 23, 2008 10:40 pm
Back in 1990, I took in a feral mother cat and her five kittens. When they were weaned, I gave away four of the kittens and kept the mother and one kitten. The...
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smudgepooka
Sep 24, 2008 12:12 am
SweetPete's resting and normal activity rate is between 28-36. Occasionally, he will be resting on his window tower and his rate will increase to about 60 or a...
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Diane Ruff
tumblebear2000
Sep 24, 2008 1:32 am
I'm so sorry for your loss. I also lost my sweet Frazzle yesterday at age 15. He was diagnosed with endocarditis (which the cardiologist said is extremely...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 24, 2008 7:44 am
Mike, I'm sorry Red is doing so poorly. Maybe it could be he's not eating not only from being dehydrated, but since his BUN and Creatinine are up, maybe his...
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Sharyl55
clinebay
Sep 24, 2008 11:07 am
Mike, you have received some good advise from Carol. With CRF there are so may things that can make Red feel bad with dehydration heading up the list. Can...
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janie
bo1024
Sep 24, 2008 12:43 pm
FIV vaccine you will test positive for life. It's not given usually unless you ask. We took in Jaguar and our vet wanted all the other 6 to get this shot. I...
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elfinmyst
Sep 24, 2008 1:35 pm
Hello I am sorry to hear Monster has passed and is now at the Rainbow Bridge with the other heart kitties. My thoughts are with you Hugs Lyn ...
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angelznest
Sep 24, 2008 4:25 pm
Thank you all for all your responses regarding Wolfy. You were right, of course. I decided to bite the bullet and take him to the vet despite his awful fear...
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Barbara Boehmer
baboehme
Sep 24, 2008 6:58 pm
Update: Smokey's blood pressure was down to 160 this morning, so she is doing much better. We are going to keep her on the same dosage of the same medications...
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cbrietzk
Sep 24, 2008 7:18 pm
Does anyone have a bp monitor at home and monitors their kitties ? I recently purchased the PetMap so I can monitor Rocket at home....I have learned how to use...
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Embarq Customer
justadreamer...
Sep 24, 2008 7:31 pm
I have not answered all those who were kind enough to respond yet. We had Cassie put to sleep on the Monday following her attack. It was awful seeing her in...
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Kim Gregory
kimothygregory
Sep 24, 2008 8:13 pm
Hi all, hoping this message finds as many of your kitties well as possible. I've not been reading the list much since I lost my Mississippi in July tho I...
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Beth
beth_ann_young
Sep 25, 2008 1:05 am
Hi :-)I just filled out the questionnaire,so I thought I'd post the answers here too. 1. Your name: Beth 2. Your cat's name:Oonah 3....
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 25, 2008 2:14 am
Hi Beth, Thanks for sending back the questionnaire. Posting the answers here is good too, that way you don't have to rewrite a whole new intro. The taurine...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 25, 2008 2:19 am
I just wanted to explain again about the questionnaires for everyone, in case you don't know about it. In order to cut down on the spammers joining the group,...
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Beth
beth_ann_young
Sep 25, 2008 6:53 pm
I spoke w/our vet today,and after consulting w/a cardiologist, they think Oonah has arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.I'm finding there is a lot...
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Beth
beth_ann_young
Sep 25, 2008 10:28 pm
Hi All: I just got these results of Oonah's echo,and I was wondering if anyone here could help me put it in perspective,or direct me to a website that would...
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Barbara Boehmer
baboehme
Sep 25, 2008 11:34 pm
... I use a "pill cutter", which is a littler tiny plastic thing with a tiny razor blade in it that you can either hold in your hand or place on a counter....
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 26, 2008 12:55 am
Hi Beth, I don't know what any of the numbers mean, but here are the links that have some explanations about the values. ...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 26, 2008 1:42 am
hi Beth, Me again. I've been looking up arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and found a human site with info, and one little blurb about it in...
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meaniebie
Sep 26, 2008 12:18 pm
Hi, I joined today, to hopefully get some advice. we are in the crf group, and now tember has been diagnosed with heart disease and it looks very serious. I...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 26, 2008 3:45 pm
Annette, My angel Sweetie was very much the same as your Tember. In April of 2003 she went into congestive heart failure, she'd been a CRF cat for 3 years...
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SThoyre
sltcat19
Sep 26, 2008 4:57 pm
Beth, You are right that there is little known about this type of heart disease in cats (vs what is known about it with dogs and humans). Did they rule...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 26, 2008 6:45 pm
hi Annette, I forgot I wanted to ask about the phosphorus. Is it 15.6 with taking phos binders? If not, starting binders can bring that down pretty quickly...
Wednesday around 4:15pm I found Simon (11 years old) lying in the hall breathing fast with fluid on his lungs (crackle like sound). 15 minutes later I had him...
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Carol
carolroars
Sep 27, 2008 8:31 am
Annette's email got all gobbley gook, so I edited it for her. If you reply to it, please reply to the group so she can see the responses. If you reply to the...
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water glow
waterglow12
Sep 27, 2008 9:18 am
The Reglan can have an adverse effect in cats so monitor the behavior carefully. Owners have reported their cats acting 'crazy' while on this. ...
