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Ulcerated Tongue
rose ricciuto wrote:
Thank you all for responding. Moo had to be put to sleep last week. She began vomiting the food from the tube which caused her tongue to bleed severely and was urinating blood as well. She was truly loved and queen of the house. My poor son in law still thinks he killed her by not doing enough. Sorry about the delay in saying thank you but we were up north dealing with my mother in law who is now in hospice. We can truly be kinder to our furred friends than we can to our fellow humans. Rose "....Rise up slowly, Angel...." It's hard to let you go. Sincere sympathy for your current problems. MLB |
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Ulcerated Tongue
"rose ricciuto" wrote in message
... My son in law has an 18 yr old long haired female cat (Moo) who has an ulcerated tongue and had to have a feeding tube inserted today. She's been unable to eat for days. She is also diabetic. Anyone with experience in this area? All advice gratefully accepted! For starters he needs to get her off dry kibble loaded with cheap filler carbohydrates. Or cheap canned food full of these useless fillers. Here's some good links to start you off: Feline nutrition information: http://www.catinfo.org/ www.catnutrition.org History of dry food (a must-read article): http://www.catnutrition.org/diabetes.php http://www.yourdiabeticcat.com/ http://www.fnes.org/diet-and-disease...able-epidemics (Elizabeth Hodgkins, DVM) http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm http://www.catinfo.org/ by Lisa A. Pierson, DVM http://www.catinfo.org/zorans_article.pdf http://www.catinfo.org/#Cats_Need_Animal-Based_Protein_ http://www.catinfo.org/#We_Are_Feedi..._Carbohydrates |
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Ulcerated Tongue
The vet did a biopsy of her tongue and it was cancer.
She'd been on special food for her diabetes for several years now so stuff your dry kibble |
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Ulcerated Tongue
"rose ricciuto" wrote in message ... The vet did a biopsy of her tongue and it was cancer. She'd been on special food for her diabetes for several years now so stuff your dry kibble You did the right thing....When our, "Missy" stopped eating a few years ago, we called the vet immediately. She operates a roving vet service, mostly for cats, and she came by the house in a few hours, and told us that Missy had jaw cancer, and had to be put down. We had no way of knowing this in advance, because she didn't exhibit any pain, and it was only when she stopped eating that we realized something was wrong with her. She must have been suffering badly for the last few weeks, but with cats, there is no way to tell because they suffer in silence. To do otherwise in the wild would be to tip off predators to your vulnerable condition. |
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