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"PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: "Linda E" "Gail" wrote in message .. . At the present time I have been feeding only Iams kitten canned/dry. The predominant advice is to feed kittens through one year kitten food, after that adult food. My current plan is to switch (smoothly) to an adult food which may be less *auto-immune enhancing* (don't know how other to phrase it). I've been scouring the lists for recommendations .... Gail ahhhhhh............ just wondering... I have a cat who has *always* had breathing "problems"... more like stuffy nose.... occasionally, it seems to get worse, but, she *always* breathes normally at the vet (lungs clear, too). Sometimes I wonder about allergies, tho must be slight. Linda My cat Meesha has asthma. We've been able to control it with a natural cortisone prescribed by our vet. It's not supposed to have the side effects like Prednisone. We are also feeding her a homemade raw diet which seems to be helping too. Allergies are hard to diagnose in cats. Maybe your cat has seasonal allergies, Linda. Lauren Could be..... she was really sick a few years ago with cryptococcosis, which is usually inhaled and a respiratory-type problem... hers had cns involvement and although she is symptom free for a couple years (unless this problem is actually a part of it), she still has "signs" of the fungus in her blood test... After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!), I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! Linda |
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:22:42 GMT, "Linda E"
wrote: Could be..... she was really sick a few years ago with cryptococcosis, which is usually inhaled and a respiratory-type problem... hers had cns involvement and although she is symptom free for a couple years (unless this problem is actually a part of it), she still has "signs" of the fungus in her blood test... After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!), I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! Linda Oh, boy, I can relate to your last sentence! Ever since I started reading Usenet and the Internet, I've learned so much that I worry about every little thing. Makes me wonder how I managed to raise a cat that made it to 17-1/2 and one who made it to 19 without knowing very much of anything! Ginger-lyn |
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:22:42 GMT, "Linda E"
wrote: Could be..... she was really sick a few years ago with cryptococcosis, which is usually inhaled and a respiratory-type problem... hers had cns involvement and although she is symptom free for a couple years (unless this problem is actually a part of it), she still has "signs" of the fungus in her blood test... After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!), I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! Linda Oh, boy, I can relate to your last sentence! Ever since I started reading Usenet and the Internet, I've learned so much that I worry about every little thing. Makes me wonder how I managed to raise a cat that made it to 17-1/2 and one who made it to 19 without knowing very much of anything! Ginger-lyn |
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"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:22:42 GMT, "Linda E" wrote: Could be..... she was really sick a few years ago with cryptococcosis, which is usually inhaled and a respiratory-type problem... hers had cns involvement and although she is symptom free for a couple years (unless this problem is actually a part of it), she still has "signs" of the fungus in her blood test... After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!), I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! Linda Oh, boy, I can relate to your last sentence! Ever since I started reading Usenet and the Internet, I've learned so much that I worry about every little thing. Makes me wonder how I managed to raise a cat that made it to 17-1/2 and one who made it to 19 without knowing very much of anything! Ginger-lyn I know... when I was young, we had animals and barely vetted them.... BUT, they didn't always live that long either...... Linda |
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"Ginger-lyn Summer" wrote in message ... On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:22:42 GMT, "Linda E" wrote: Could be..... she was really sick a few years ago with cryptococcosis, which is usually inhaled and a respiratory-type problem... hers had cns involvement and although she is symptom free for a couple years (unless this problem is actually a part of it), she still has "signs" of the fungus in her blood test... After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!), I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! Linda Oh, boy, I can relate to your last sentence! Ever since I started reading Usenet and the Internet, I've learned so much that I worry about every little thing. Makes me wonder how I managed to raise a cat that made it to 17-1/2 and one who made it to 19 without knowing very much of anything! Ginger-lyn I know... when I was young, we had animals and barely vetted them.... BUT, they didn't always live that long either...... Linda |
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"BrandyÂ*Â*Alexandre" dumped this in
s.com on 11 Apr 2004: BTW, Kami tunred Sweet Sixteen last weekend. Forgot to make the announcement. Happy Purrday Kami. -- Cheryl |
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"BrandyÂ*Â*Alexandre" dumped this in
s.com on 11 Apr 2004: BTW, Kami tunred Sweet Sixteen last weekend. Forgot to make the announcement. Happy Purrday Kami. -- Cheryl |
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From: "Linda E"
After having an ill cat (we also had a scare with a possible vacc. assoc. carcinoma - turned out to be fat, thank God!!!) Thank goodness it was negative for sarcoma. I long to go back to the days when I didn't watch every move, breath, pay soooo close attention to everything my cats do that might be out of the ordinary!! I know what you mean. But better to catch something early, and even better to find out it's nothing or something that is treatable. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 18:37:57 GMT, "BrandyÂ*Â*Alexandre"
wrote: You guys all sound like new moms or something. Yes, there is a frightening myriad of things that can happen to the kitties, but by and large, they don't happen. Hardly! Have had 14 cats since 1972 (7 currently). I'm an old-timer! Ginger-lyn |
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