Stress Induced Illness?? Long

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

OK, I think you're right - I'll just keep my eye on them.

I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

See how they are in five days.

Yep, will do

That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed

Thank you - I did it for my DH, who really is a sweetie. Did I tell you
guys about the very minute I decided I was going to marry this guy??? We
were driving out of my apartment parking lot when he suddenly pulled over to
the side of the road, got out of the car, walked around to the passenger
side of the car, caught the gecko that was hitching a ride on the car
windshield, and placed him in the grassy field on the side of the road to go
safely on his way!!!

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

OK, I think you're right - I'll just keep my eye on them.

I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

See how they are in five days.

Yep, will do

That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed

Thank you - I did it for my DH, who really is a sweetie. Did I tell you
guys about the very minute I decided I was going to marry this guy??? We
were driving out of my apartment parking lot when he suddenly pulled over to
the side of the road, got out of the car, walked around to the passenger
side of the car, caught the gecko that was hitching a ride on the car
windshield, and placed him in the grassy field on the side of the road to go
safely on his way!!!

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

OK, I think you're right - I'll just keep my eye on them.

I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

See how they are in five days.

Yep, will do

That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed

Thank you - I did it for my DH, who really is a sweetie. Did I tell you
guys about the very minute I decided I was going to marry this guy??? We
were driving out of my apartment parking lot when he suddenly pulled over to
the side of the road, got out of the car, walked around to the passenger
side of the car, caught the gecko that was hitching a ride on the car
windshield, and placed him in the grassy field on the side of the road to go
safely on his way!!!

Hugs,

CatNipped

in article , CatNipped at
wrote on 9/20/04 8:06 PM:

OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three
dogs and one cat...

Well, thank all that's good, she left this afternoon. On my way home from
work I stopped at PetsMart and picked up 2 economy-sized bottles of Nature's
Miracle and a black light and some "Stink Out". We already have a steamer,
so I figured I'd just add a whole bottle of Nature's Miracle to the water in
the steamer and do all the carpets, upstairs and down, after going over the
carpet with the black light and spot treating the pee spots with
full-strength Nature's Miracle and the "Stink Out".

When I walked in the door to my bedroom I saw that one of my cats had had an
attack of diarrhea in a line leading up to the litter box - the poor baby
couldn't even make it to the box. [Oh well, I already had all the cleaning
stuff!] However, I don't know which of my girls is sick, so I'll have to
watch them closely before I know who to take to the vet.

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea could
be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything from
him.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

I have seen stress induced diahrea like that, and YES, just being confined
and knowing and smelling the other animals and the upset routine could
definitely cause it. Do keep an eye on them because they can also get a UTI
from stress depressing their immunity. I suspect all will return to normal
soon. Good luck and do seek a vet if they aren't better in a day just to be
safe.

Karen

in article , CatNipped at
wrote on 9/20/04 8:06 PM:

OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three
dogs and one cat...

Well, thank all that's good, she left this afternoon. On my way home from
work I stopped at PetsMart and picked up 2 economy-sized bottles of Nature's
Miracle and a black light and some "Stink Out". We already have a steamer,
so I figured I'd just add a whole bottle of Nature's Miracle to the water in
the steamer and do all the carpets, upstairs and down, after going over the
carpet with the black light and spot treating the pee spots with
full-strength Nature's Miracle and the "Stink Out".

When I walked in the door to my bedroom I saw that one of my cats had had an
attack of diarrhea in a line leading up to the litter box - the poor baby
couldn't even make it to the box. [Oh well, I already had all the cleaning
stuff!] However, I don't know which of my girls is sick, so I'll have to
watch them closely before I know who to take to the vet.

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea could
be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything from
him.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

I have seen stress induced diahrea like that, and YES, just being confined
and knowing and smelling the other animals and the upset routine could
definitely cause it. Do keep an eye on them because they can also get a UTI
from stress depressing their immunity. I suspect all will return to normal
soon. Good luck and do seek a vet if they aren't better in a day just to be
safe.

Karen

in article , CatNipped at
wrote on 9/20/04 8:06 PM:

OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three
dogs and one cat...

Well, thank all that's good, she left this afternoon. On my way home from
work I stopped at PetsMart and picked up 2 economy-sized bottles of Nature's
Miracle and a black light and some "Stink Out". We already have a steamer,
so I figured I'd just add a whole bottle of Nature's Miracle to the water in
the steamer and do all the carpets, upstairs and down, after going over the
carpet with the black light and spot treating the pee spots with
full-strength Nature's Miracle and the "Stink Out".

When I walked in the door to my bedroom I saw that one of my cats had had an
attack of diarrhea in a line leading up to the litter box - the poor baby
couldn't even make it to the box. [Oh well, I already had all the cleaning
stuff!] However, I don't know which of my girls is sick, so I'll have to
watch them closely before I know who to take to the vet.

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea could
be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything from
him.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

I have seen stress induced diahrea like that, and YES, just being confined
and knowing and smelling the other animals and the upset routine could
definitely cause it. Do keep an eye on them because they can also get a UTI
from stress depressing their immunity. I suspect all will return to normal
soon. Good luck and do seek a vet if they aren't better in a day just to be
safe.

Karen

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat.

Reminds me of one of the dinner scenes in "Moonstruck", where Olympia
Dukakis threatens her father-in-law (who is about to feed his dogs with
her cooking) "old man, if you feed those dogs any more of my food I'm
going to kick you 'til you're dead" and he turns right around and comes
back to the table ;-)

Anyway, purrs to you that the cleanup is easy, and that you all recover
quickly from the stress.

-Caroline S.

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat.

Reminds me of one of the dinner scenes in "Moonstruck", where Olympia
Dukakis threatens her father-in-law (who is about to feed his dogs with
her cooking) "old man, if you feed those dogs any more of my food I'm
going to kick you 'til you're dead" and he turns right around and comes
back to the table ;-)

Anyway, purrs to you that the cleanup is easy, and that you all recover
quickly from the stress.

-Caroline S.

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat.

Reminds me of one of the dinner scenes in "Moonstruck", where Olympia
Dukakis threatens her father-in-law (who is about to feed his dogs with
her cooking) "old man, if you feed those dogs any more of my food I'm
going to kick you 'til you're dead" and he turns right around and comes
back to the table ;-)

Anyway, purrs to you that the cleanup is easy, and that you all recover
quickly from the stress.

-Caroline S.

CatNipped wrote:
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When I walked in the door to my bedroom I saw that one of my cats had had an
attack of diarrhea in a line leading up to the litter box - the poor baby
couldn't even make it to the box.

Probably stress-related. If your cats like yoghurt, you could give them
some. It contasins good bacteria that soothes the tummy. I've been
meaning to get some for Nikki, as her antibiotics are giving her
diarrhoea. If you have dairy products with acidophilus bacteria in them,
try that. Purrs that it is just a passing g thing.

heck, even hotel maids
don't do all the stuff I did!!!!!

No they don't. You are an absolute saint to have put up with all that.


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