I wanted to thank everyone for their messages. Unfortunately I just could not respond to each one individually. I know that everyone understands. This type...
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Westgold
westgold12
Nov 29, 2012 2:42 am
Hi Kevin. We certainly understand your feelings. I believe that each kitty God entrusts us with is a life lesson. Each of your special kitties has had a...
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elfinmyst@...
elfinmyst
Nov 29, 2012 12:15 pm
Hi Kevin It's a good question, one I ask myself often. The answer is, you're special. Heart kitties and other sick kitties choose their people carefully. Time...
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Lynda Doty
ibdcat
Nov 29, 2012 1:22 pm
Martha chews her food, even canned. Every time she spots the pill and spits it out. Any way to overcome this with pill pockets? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blessings, Lynda,...
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Shi loh
shiloh567
Nov 29, 2012 1:32 pm
Hi Lynda- I have had the same issue with a couple of my cats and the pill pockets. One now will not even go near a pill pocket. I have tried 2 things with...
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Laurie Stead
kittykatwhiskas
Nov 29, 2012 2:29 pm
Absolutely, with pill pockets you are not putting it in her food. It is given to her like you would any treat and she gobbles it down without realizing. Well...
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Westgold
westgold12
Nov 29, 2012 5:20 pm
Very well said, Lyn. This was just now posted on the fanciershealth list -- it says the same thing in a different way. The right kitties will find you Kevin...
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Jordan
thegappgal
Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Kevin, A great question indeed. And, the answer i have is the same as the others. Special need kitties FIND us for a reason. They know they need a certain...
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billposey@...
whposey
Nov 29, 2012 11:04 pm
Jordan, What a heart warming story. I could tell a few but none as touching as this.
And yes Kevin you have been chosen as all of us here. Your true rewards...
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mmayer11@...
marianna.mayer
Nov 29, 2012 11:14 pm
Beautiful story, Jordan. Marianna [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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kpolone@...
loyolagradmd
Nov 30, 2012 2:55 am
Lyn, I am just thankful that he did not suffer. He deserved better than that. It is hard to watch them decline. Timber and Falana seem to be doing ok so far....
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kpolone@...
loyolagradmd
Nov 30, 2012 2:59 am
Hi Michelle - I will be staying on the list. One of my girls had pancreatitis, I stayed on the list after she died. On occasion I remember enough to provide...
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marybethfitzpatrick
marybethfitz...
Dec 1, 2012 6:45 pm
HELLO - SO GRATEFUL TO FIND THIS GROUP - THANKS TO MY CRF FRIENDS BUDDIE is my kitty's name. One brother had Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with renal failure and...
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marybethfitzpatrick
marybethfitz...
Dec 1, 2012 6:58 pm
Hi,again ! Forgot to mention this. Buddie's very, very, very still. When she breathes now 28-32X/min), the fur hardly moves. I take that for a good sign, but...
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Lynda Doty
ibdcat
Dec 1, 2012 8:12 pm
Has anyone on here heard of salmon oil causing vomiting? I never have, but that is the one thing that Morelli ate that was brand new in his little kingdom....
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elfinmyst@...
elfinmyst
Dec 1, 2012 8:28 pm
Hi MB It sounds very much as if Buddie has gone into heart failure due to excess fluids. If her siblings had HCM there's a 50% chance she has it too. The most...
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janie
sockster...
Dec 1, 2012 11:16 pm
I will write as the weekend is kinda slow. I have been there with 2 cats. Thorax. If they take the fluid off and it is milky or you can test it. I am not real...
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Jordan
thegappgal
Dec 2, 2012 9:25 pm
Lyda, I have not heard of this. I give it to both my girls everyday with no issues. Jordan and Sheba [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Susan
jknsk2002
Dec 2, 2012 11:43 pm
Well, almost one week tomorrow after the vet pulled that last piece of bone out of his tooth socket (that we thought was creating the swelling) and the...
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mmayer11@...
marianna.mayer
Dec 3, 2012 1:08 am
Oreo needs an Xray...there will be no need to put him out for it. But the only way you are going to know for sure what's going on with that area after...
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Cont Marie
marievdbc
Dec 4, 2012 12:08 am
Hello, Would you say that if my cat Lili doesn't lie but remains in the chicken position it could be a sign of beginning oedema, even if her respiration rate...
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elfinmyst@...
elfinmyst
Dec 4, 2012 12:22 am
Hi Marie Yes, it can be, a cat entering heart failure often adopts the sphinx position , sitting up and unable to lie down. I also find cats in pain will adopt...
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Laurie Stead
kittykatwhiskas
Dec 4, 2012 12:46 am
Is she acting okay otherwise... eating, drinking, using litter box, same personality? ... Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone ... From: Cont Marie...
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Susan
jknsk2002
Dec 4, 2012 4:59 am
So, the vet said his mouth looks wonderful. She showed me that where I kept thinking it was swollen, it was in fact his gum line mixed with years of scar...
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mmayer11@...
marianna.mayer
Dec 4, 2012 5:11 am
Okay...with all this news I'd say you are rushing things. You are too anxious 'perhaps' for him to be well. He's been through so much. Poor Oreo, I think he...
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justmckee
Dec 5, 2012 9:40 pm
My cat, Moe, appears to have a "kitty cold" manifested by occasional bouts of wet sneezing. No runny eyes or nose yet but he is uncomfortable during the...
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Westgold
westgold12
Dec 5, 2012 10:11 pm
Hi -- this may be sinusitis -- does anything come out ot his nose when he sneezes? Sinusitis usually produces strings of green or yellowish gunk -- but he may...
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Laurie Stead
kittykatwhiskas
Dec 5, 2012 10:47 pm
Could Moe be experiencing allergies? Anything in his environment that has changed of late? Even a new cleaner could do it. Laurie ... From: justmckee...
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Lynda Doty
ibdcat
Dec 5, 2012 11:50 pm
When Martha was trouble with similar issues, on a hunch out went my precious Yankee candles. Problem solved. Just a thought. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blessings, Lynda,...
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spk81703
Dec 6, 2012 12:43 am
My 12 yr. old cat Sweetie was diagnosed with hcm 3 yrs ago and was on a half of a 2.5mg enalapril twice a day and 6.25mg of lasix until this past oct.when she...
