Thanks, Myra, Several people have written about keeping Lady inside. I live in Mississippi, so it is not as cold as elsewhere, and yesterday was a nice sunny...
Lady did not seem her normal comfortable self yestrday. She slept more upright--not meatloaf--but not curled up as much as usual. Today after the vet trip for...
Is it okay to give nutragel to kitties with crf and hcm,and chf. I know it is not preferred, but Lady needs some calories desperately. Thanks, Cindy and Lil...
Hi everyone - My approx. 14 year old cat, Sable diagnosed with HCM on Thursday. Had no history of any problems. Bloodwork normal. She started sneezing a...
In a message dated 1/27/2003 11:26:10 AM Central Standard Time, ... This is, of course, a very personal decision, and you can't really make a "wrong" decision....
I don't think Lady ate a biteon her ownyesterday. She was diagnosed Friday with HCM. I am assist feeding some, butnot enough for her not to eat at all. Seems...
If your kitty goes into respiratory distress brought on by congestive heart failure, how do you know whether to pts or try to sae? Lady's chest x-rays this...
Pixie has HCM and chronic diarrhea (IBD). So I'm on this list and the IBD list and he's on raw. It's been months and he's finally stabilizing on the diarrhea...
I would like to get a cat companion for Moth. But I'm not sure how he would handle it. Last weekend, while we were out prowling the hallway of my apartment, he...
AFAIK, it is just a matter of definition. I read one web site that said the term HCM is only used when the disease is NOT secondary to some other disease. But...
Gus is due for his Purevax rabies vaccine next month. I asked his cardiologist if he should still get the vaccine considering all the meds he's on and his...
Gentle Folk, Yesterday was Samantha-Joy's birthday and her veterinarian (acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine certified) said that she hasn't heard a...
My Chucky was diagnosed with a level 3 murmur. He is 1.2 yrs old. Very active,12.6 lbs. Does the murmur necessarily indicate HCM? What percentage of young cats...
Hi there, new memeber here. My Nellie was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy... and was given Atenonol to reduce her heart rate. She is only 10, yet they say she is...
Hi listers! I wonder a bit about the age of the diagnose, but it was not the first message like that I read in the recent two months. Can anybody who knows...
Hi, We are new here as of tonight. Some of you may know us from the feline crf group. Lil Lady is 18.5 years old, diagnosed today after ultrasound with...
I hope I'm not jinxing anything, but I wanted to share words of encouragement for anyone caring for a cat with CRF, hyperthyroidism, and/or hypertrophic...
Hi Steph, Nope, Maggie was on Lasix and Enalapril for over 6 months and her heart issues did nothing but improve (of course, she was already getting Pettinic, ...
Sinbad had another blood recheck yesterday. I just got off the phone with the vet. His platelet count is normal but his white blood cell count is not. His...
Nervous mother back again! I forgot to ask... Yesterday on our way back from the vet, I was holding Gus in my lap and noticed he has really dry skin...like...
I've tried to find a time when most of our list kits are stable to bow out of this list. The nature of the list makes it hard to do that, but I know it's time...
Hi all, Molly was diagnosed today with HCM, and on Wednesday I will have to learn, finally, how to pill a cat. I don't have my vet's notes in front of me but...
Apparently, according to the vet, pharmicist and my Nic's reaction, Atenolol is AWFUL in the liquid form. I found that she will eat it when the pharmacist...
With liquid medication after I pull the required amount into the syringe, I pull in some liquidy babyfood (BeechNut Chicken & Rice, which doesn't have onions,...
Tigger is *extremely* hard to pill. I started off crushing the pills, mixing them with some thinned baby food and squirting it in his mouth. This seemed to...
Steph, That is so cute. Is Gus a safe driver? He looks as though he sings at the wheel! Anne V Warner Robins, GA From: Steph <sschoff@...> Oh, by the...
The easiest and most definitive way is to catch some urine and take it to the vet; it should be as fresh as possible. Gus might be stressed again with more...
Our cardiologist left a msg. saying Gus' blood work was OK, except his blood glucose level was 313 which is about 2x the normal range. She said it could be...
