UPDATE: KFC

Christina Websell wrote:
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Maybe Kitty was still a bit too unsettled to eat at first. After she had
used her litterbox and had a rest on the spare bed for an hour I put the
dish under her nose "dinner in bed, madam..?" She scarfed it down. I
always know when she particularly likes her meal because she purrs while
she's eating it, and she purred. Boyfie came upstairs to enquire why the
special treatment and what was she eating? He got firmly bopped :-)

Anyways, purrs for Kitty to have many more good years with you,

Thank you.

and purrs to you for the pillings. I don't envy you!

I'm rather dreading it. It will not be easy. If it proves impossible TED
says she can have injections instead which would mean taking her back to the
surgery every other day. I want to avoid that if I can, so I will try very
hard to get those tablets inside her myself.

Tweed

I'm glad to hear she is eating.
We are sending lots of purrs and best wishes that the special food and
the pills help Kitty feel much better and that you will have lots of
quality time together,
Polonca and Soncek

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:21:45 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:


"mlbriggs" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:07:41 +0100, Christina Websell wrote:


, If she won't eat the renal diet at all, TED
says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food on
hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am
sure
will be a great relief to her.

Tweed


We are glad to hear she will probably be alright. Regarding the doves:
How big are they

Size = small pigeon.

Does she eat feathers too?

Yes.

What about the bones?

Yes, she eats the bones, the legs, the head and beak, the tail feathers,
everything except the wings.

Do the doves carry any diseases?

Dunno ;-) not for much longer if Kitty eats them!
Birds are a natural diet for cats. Kitty has very clean teeth (the vet
remarked on them) no doubt due to chomping on bones, and no problem with
constipation (feathers.)

Excuse the questions, but I'd really
like to understand.

No problem.

There must be large flocks there if she gets one
every day.

She doesn't get one every day. She would like to though! It all depends on
Boyfriend's hunting skills now, whereas previously she used to catch her
own. Sometimes he will get her one two days on the trot and other times
he's not so lucky. She hasn't had one for about a week now.
There are plenty of collared doves here. They are vulnerable because they
cannot take off with enough lift in time to get them out of range of a cat
that can jump to catch them.
They breed all the year round here. 2 chicks every few weeks. Kitty
eating them on a regular basis has made no difference whatsover to their
population here.
If you'd like to see some British birds, including collared doves, have a
look he
http://www.overthegardengate.co.uk/w...ve/viewall.asp

Hope this helps.

Tweed


Thanks for sending the fascinating website. Those are really nice well
fed looking birds. I have book marked the site for future use.

Sending purrs for KFC's comfort. When Princess was nearing her last days,
she absolutely refused to be medicated. She fought so terribly, I decided
not to do it. So best wishes for your efforts, MLB

"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:07:41 +0100, "Christina Websell"
yodeled:


Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white
cells
were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not looking
forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in the
bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although she has not
been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for
a
refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at all,
TED
says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food on
hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am
sure
will be a great relief to her.

Tweed



Damn!! I was praying it wasn't CRF. Purring mightily that she
takes to the diet.

I'd guessed that that would probably be the diagnosis. After more rest, she
scarfed the diet food down. I had to stand over her so Boyfie didn't eat
it. It's horribly expensive so I only want KFC to have it.
I hope she continues to like it. I'm not taking it for granted that she
will as she had not eaten for 36 hours previously. She hadn't been fed at
all at TED's and when I took her in she hadn't had her evening meal.

At the moment she is meatloafing on the spare bed very quietly. No doubt
meditating on her horrible ordeal. She is not very far from her litterbox
and I have put a dish of water nearby, so she can live upstairs if she wants
to.
I'm trying not to worry too much. Not succeeding very well though.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:07:41 +0100, "Christina Websell"
yodeled:


Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white
cells
were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not looking
forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in the
bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although she has not
been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for
a
refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at all,
TED
says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food on
hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am
sure
will be a great relief to her.

Tweed



Damn!! I was praying it wasn't CRF. Purring mightily that she
takes to the diet.

I'd guessed that that would probably be the diagnosis. After more rest, she
scarfed the diet food down. I had to stand over her so Boyfie didn't eat
it. It's horribly expensive so I only want KFC to have it.
I hope she continues to like it. I'm not taking it for granted that she
will as she had not eaten for 36 hours previously. She hadn't been fed at
all at TED's and when I took her in she hadn't had her evening meal.

At the moment she is meatloafing on the spare bed very quietly. No doubt
meditating on her horrible ordeal. She is not very far from her litterbox
and I have put a dish of water nearby, so she can live upstairs if she wants
to.
I'm trying not to worry too much. Not succeeding very well though.

Tweed

Of course you worry but there is some comfort in making her
comfortable. Every happy comfortable, happy day is an eternity for a
person who does not bind time the way only us foolish hoomans do. She
is loved and comfortable. She has had a meal that she enjoyed and there
is good clean water nearby. You are nearby. Boyf is nearby to bring her
birds and irritate her enough to keep her interested. And time is not
an issue for her. She will have the days she will have. Help her make
them happy.

Will in New Haven

--

"If you need a big kitty, he's the one
He's awfully pretty and lots of fun
And he does many things to make his daddy smile.
If you want a great kitty, he's your boy
His days are sunny and the world's his toy
And he does many things to make his daddy smile."

"The Big Kitty Song" for Feather RB 2004 I used to sing it to him but I
don't think I ever typed it out before.

I'm so sorry to hear the diagnosis is CRF, but hopefully it can be
controlled with the diet and meds and she will have a few more good
years with you. Hugs and purrs,
--
Britta
Purring is an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness
overflow.
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album


Christina Websell wrote:
Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her
white cells were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm
not looking forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in
the bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although
she has not been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little
pieces in gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back
for a refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal
diet at all, TED says he would rather have her eat what she wants
than go without food on hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat
collared doves, which I am sure will be a great relief to her.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote:
Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white cells
were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not looking
forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it.

Purrs for tiny Kitty. Giving antibiotics to KFC sounds like it'll be
a challenge. I hope her meds and new diet will help her condition.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...

Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white
cells were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not
looking forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in the
bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although she has not
been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for
a refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at all,
TED says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food
on hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am
sure will be a great relief to her.

Tweed


Purrs and gentle headbutts for KFC and you, too, Tweed. Hopefully she'll
think the new food is the greatest treat she's ever tasted and eat well.
We'll keep her in our purrs that she recovers quickly.

Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus

"Christina Websell" wrote:
I'd guessed that that would probably be the diagnosis. After more rest, she
scarfed the diet food down. I had to stand over her so Boyfie didn't eat
it. It's horribly expensive so I only want KFC to have it.
I hope she continues to like it. I'm not taking it for granted that she
will as she had not eaten for 36 hours previously. She hadn't been fed at
all at TED's and when I took her in she hadn't had her evening meal.

At the moment she is meatloafing on the spare bed very quietly. No doubt
meditating on her horrible ordeal. She is not very far from her litterbox
and I have put a dish of water nearby, so she can live upstairs if she wants
to.
I'm trying not to worry too much. Not succeeding very well though.

Poor little girl.

Christina Websell wrote:
Kitty is home, I just fetched her.

The diagnosis is CRF :-( with a touch of senility thrown in.
Her thyroid and liver are fine and she doesn't have a UTI. Her white cells
were a bit raised so she has antibiotics for a week. I'm not looking
forward to pilling her twice a day, that's for sure!
TED has put her on a renal diet, I hope she eats it. I shut her in the
bathroom with a dish of it and she's only eaten a bit although she has not
been fed today as she had to have a fasting blood test.
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for a
refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at all, TED
says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without food on
hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which I am sure
will be a great relief to her.

Tweed

I'm so sorry for the diagnosis, but I'm glad there are things you can do
to keep her around. Many purrs and prayers that you'll be successful in
that effort.

{{{{{{{{{{ KFC and Tweed }}}}}}}}}

--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Christina Websell wrote:
"Marina" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:
Kitty is home, I just fetched her.
snip
It looks really nice food, Royal Canin Renal in pouches, little pieces in
gravy, smelled good enough to eat :-)
She has twelve pouches to try, if she won't eat it I can take it back for
a refund and try another flavour. If she won't eat the renal diet at
all, TED says he would rather have her eat what she wants than go without
food on hunger strike. She is still allowed to eat collared doves, which
I am sure will be a great relief to her.

I'm so sorry about the diagnosis, Tweed. During their last years, when
they were starting to show their age, Frank and Nikki got Waltham's renal
food every second day (and fresh meat the rest of the time). The Waltham
pouches are bits in gravy, as well. If KFC doesn't like the Royal Canin
food, maybe she'd like the Waltham?

It's the same, I think; it has Waltham on the pouch as well as Royal Canin.
Waltham is another trade name used by the giant pet food company Pedigree,
makers of Whiskas, etc. They have their factory in Melton Mowbray, about
12 miles from where I live, and a research establishment a few miles from
that near the small village of Waltham-on-the-Wolds, I guess that's where
the name came from.

Ah, too bad there isn't more of a choice.

F&N used to hoover it up.

Maybe Kitty was still a bit too unsettled to eat at first. After she had
used her litterbox and had a rest on the spare bed for an hour I put the
dish under her nose "dinner in bed, madam..?" She scarfed it down. I
always know when she particularly likes her meal because she purrs while
she's eating it, and she purred. Boyfie came upstairs to enquire why the
special treatment and what was she eating? He got firmly bopped :-)

Hehe, glad to hear she likes the food after all. I hope BF will still
bring her fresh meat to eat, though she wouldn't let him have her food.


Anyways, purrs for Kitty to have many more good years with you,

Thank you.

and purrs to you for the pillings. I don't envy you!

I'm rather dreading it. It will not be easy. If it proves impossible TED
says she can have injections instead which would mean taking her back to the
surgery every other day. I want to avoid that if I can, so I will try very
hard to get those tablets inside her myself.

I'll admit that is one thing I don't miss about Frank and Nikki - the
pillings twice a day. How many years did I do that? Day in and day out.
I can hardly believe I managed it now.


--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki