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Ping Phil All the cats in the house are sick
John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote:
John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. |
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"John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. Gatorade will help also if you are using a syringe to make them eat John Here is a terrible question to ask. Do you have someone that has entered the house or lives in the house or has come to the house that could have done this. I am being blunt no offense to anyone but do you have kids in the house ,a partner or ex partner that could be a bad seed in short terms of typing this out. It is a bad thing to ask but I am going to all ends there could be Also about tracking this in have you been to a shelter in the last 60 days or been to a place where medical products are used 5 cats DON'T show signs all at once from a parasitic, viral or bacteria infection. Symptoms occur differently in all animals and people. One will show it than the others very quickly Something has to be a catalytic factor here. Walk outside to the front of your house think like a child what looks wrong here and go inside and work your way up. Eliminate factors I am thinking poisoning of some sort until the stool samples and blood work show something than you have to go with worse case scenario. as for the dishes take no chances I am sorry dishwashing them will do CRAP for a infection or infectious agent but spread it to other dishes hot water is not a cleaning solution only BLEACH is. Take any plastic dishes throw them out if you have washed them soaked the stuff that was with them in bleach than clean them again. AND throw out any plastic containers that held their food John you said the water is filter and pure have you had it tested any water treatment place will test it for free. It might be healthy for us but not them it might have a higher content of a mineral that the human body and take but not a feline. And I know you responded to this question already but just because there has been no reported spills or problems does not mean there isn't one there. FYI the average drinking water in America has less than .001% of prescription drugs ( I think that is a correct %) in it from people flushing their drugs and the run off seeping back in the info is a little old but it may help as for the mosquitoes http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west..._dogs_cats.htm http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM/res...eMarch2005.pdf http://pets.plj.com/news/top-cat-health-concerns-in http://www.zoologix.com/dogcat/Datas...tNileVirus.htm |
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Ping Phil All the cats in the house are sick
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:59:46 -0400, "Matthew"
wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. Gatorade will help also if you are using a syringe to make them eat John Here is a terrible question to ask. Do you have someone that has entered the house or lives in the house or has come to the house that could have done this. I am being blunt no offense to anyone but do you have kids in the house ,a partner or ex partner that could be a bad seed in short terms of typing this out. It is a bad thing to ask but I am going to all ends there could be Also about tracking this in have you been to a shelter in the last 60 days or been to a place where medical products are used 5 cats DON'T show signs all at once from a parasitic, viral or bacteria infection. Symptoms occur differently in all animals and people. One will show it than the others very quickly Something has to be a catalytic factor here. Walk outside to the front of your house think like a child what looks wrong here and go inside and work your way up. Eliminate factors I am thinking poisoning of some sort until the stool samples and blood work show something than you have to go with worse case scenario. as for the dishes take no chances I am sorry dishwashing them will do CRAP for a infection or infectious agent but spread it to other dishes hot water is not a cleaning solution only BLEACH is. Take any plastic dishes throw them out if you have washed them soaked the stuff that was with them in bleach than clean them again. AND throw out any plastic containers that held their food John you said the water is filter and pure have you had it tested any water treatment place will test it for free. It might be healthy for us but not them it might have a higher content of a mineral that the human body and take but not a feline. And I know you responded to this question already but just because there has been no reported spills or problems does not mean there isn't one there. FYI the average drinking water in America has less than .001% of prescription drugs ( I think that is a correct %) in it from people flushing their drugs and the run off seeping back in the info is a little old but it may help as for the mosquitoes http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west..._dogs_cats.htm http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM/res...eMarch2005.pdf http://pets.plj.com/news/top-cat-health-concerns-in http://www.zoologix.com/dogcat/Datas...tNileVirus.htm Nobody did thids deliberately. Yes, I have been in a shelter the last 60 days. I washed with an antiseptic gel every time I left a room. A place where medical products are used? I had an operation last month. The water here is really, really good. Nobody lives uphill of the water source and nothing can leach into the water because there is no industry, agriculture or people up there except the Sasquatch. No other cats in town have this that I've heard of, and I would have heard something. I'll try to rethink everything like a child. Haven't tried that yet. |
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John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. I know you dismissed the possibility of carbon monoxide, but it might be a good idea to have your heating/ventilation system checked. Do you remember hearing the old stories of "canaries in the coal mine"? Removing the cats to another environment would have cleared it from their bodies. And yes -- how are they doing? MLB |
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"John Ross Mc Master" wrote I'll try to rethink everything like a child. Haven't tried that yet. I think Matthew's advice is sound and wise. |
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"John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:59:46 -0400, "Matthew" wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message . .. On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. Gatorade will help also if you are using a syringe to make them eat John Here is a terrible question to ask. Do you have someone that has entered the house or lives in the house or has come to the house that could have done this. I am being blunt no offense to anyone but do you have kids in the house ,a partner or ex partner that could be a bad seed in short terms of typing this out. It is a bad thing to ask but I am going to all ends there could be Also about tracking this in have you been to a shelter in the last 60 days or been to a place where medical products are used 5 cats DON'T show signs all at once from a parasitic, viral or bacteria infection. Symptoms occur differently in all animals and people. One will show it than the others very quickly Something has to be a catalytic factor here. Walk outside to the front of your house think like a child what looks wrong here and go inside and work your way up. Eliminate factors I am thinking poisoning of some sort until the stool samples and blood work show something than you have to go with worse case scenario. as for the dishes take no chances I am sorry dishwashing them will do CRAP for a infection or infectious agent but spread it to other dishes hot water is not a cleaning solution only BLEACH is. Take any plastic dishes throw them out if you have washed them soaked the stuff that was with them in bleach than clean them again. AND throw out any plastic containers that held their food John you said the water is filter and pure have you had it tested any water treatment place will test it for free. It might be healthy for us but not them it might have a higher content of a mineral that the human body and take but not a feline. And I know you responded to this question already but just because there has been no reported spills or problems does not mean there isn't one there. FYI the average drinking water in America has less than .001% of prescription drugs ( I think that is a correct %) in it from people flushing their drugs and the run off seeping back in the info is a little old but it may help as for the mosquitoes http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west..._dogs_cats.htm http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM/res...eMarch2005.pdf http://pets.plj.com/news/top-cat-health-concerns-in http://www.zoologix.com/dogcat/Datas...tNileVirus.htm Nobody did thids deliberately. Yes, I have been in a shelter the last 60 days. I washed with an antiseptic gel every time I left a room. A place where medical products are used? I had an operation last month. I had to ask if someone did. I know we never want to think ill will of family or friends. But I am looking at all possibilities Where you wearing booties and change your clothes when you left the room or were you wearing a protective clothing. If not check with the shelter with any problems they had Operating room I would not really worry about I was thinking if you were near a lab or something like that maybe being accidentally contaminated The water here is really, really good. Nobody lives uphill of the water source and nothing can leach into the water because there is no industry, agriculture or people up there except the Sasquatch. No other cats in town have this that I've heard of, and I would have heard something. YOU ARE NOT CATCHNG MY POINT NOT THE WATER SOURCE YOUR WATER It could be from pipes if you have an older house. You could have a break in your pipe allowing seeping in I'll try to rethink everything like a child. Haven't tried that yet. Got a friend that is smart have them help look at it from a outside point of view |
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On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:42:18 -0400, "Matthew"
wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:59:46 -0400, "Matthew" wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. Gatorade will help also if you are using a syringe to make them eat John Here is a terrible question to ask. Do you have someone that has entered the house or lives in the house or has come to the house that could have done this. I am being blunt no offense to anyone but do you have kids in the house ,a partner or ex partner that could be a bad seed in short terms of typing this out. It is a bad thing to ask but I am going to all ends there could be Also about tracking this in have you been to a shelter in the last 60 days or been to a place where medical products are used 5 cats DON'T show signs all at once from a parasitic, viral or bacteria infection. Symptoms occur differently in all animals and people. One will show it than the others very quickly Something has to be a catalytic factor here. Walk outside to the front of your house think like a child what looks wrong here and go inside and work your way up. Eliminate factors I am thinking poisoning of some sort until the stool samples and blood work show something than you have to go with worse case scenario. as for the dishes take no chances I am sorry dishwashing them will do CRAP for a infection or infectious agent but spread it to other dishes hot water is not a cleaning solution only BLEACH is. Take any plastic dishes throw them out if you have washed them soaked the stuff that was with them in bleach than clean them again. AND throw out any plastic containers that held their food John you said the water is filter and pure have you had it tested any water treatment place will test it for free. It might be healthy for us but not them it might have a higher content of a mineral that the human body and take but not a feline. And I know you responded to this question already but just because there has been no reported spills or problems does not mean there isn't one there. FYI the average drinking water in America has less than .001% of prescription drugs ( I think that is a correct %) in it from people flushing their drugs and the run off seeping back in the info is a little old but it may help as for the mosquitoes http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/west..._dogs_cats.htm http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/BRM/res...eMarch2005.pdf http://pets.plj.com/news/top-cat-health-concerns-in http://www.zoologix.com/dogcat/Datas...tNileVirus.htm Nobody did thids deliberately. Yes, I have been in a shelter the last 60 days. I washed with an antiseptic gel every time I left a room. A place where medical products are used? I had an operation last month. I had to ask if someone did. I know we never want to think ill will of family or friends. But I am looking at all possibilities Where you wearing booties and change your clothes when you left the room or were you wearing a protective clothing. If not check with the shelter with any problems they had Operating room I would not really worry about I was thinking if you were near a lab or something like that maybe being accidentally contaminated The water here is really, really good. Nobody lives uphill of the water source and nothing can leach into the water because there is no industry, agriculture or people up there except the Sasquatch. No other cats in town have this that I've heard of, and I would have heard something. YOU ARE NOT CATCHNG MY POINT NOT THE WATER SOURCE YOUR WATER It could be from pipes if you have an older house. You could have a break in your pipe allowing seeping in I'll try to rethink everything like a child. Haven't tried that yet. Got a friend that is smart have them help look at it from a outside point of view |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:13 -0600, MLB wrote:
John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. I know you dismissed the possibility of carbon monoxide, but it might be a good idea to have your heating/ventilation system checked. Do you remember hearing the old stories of "canaries in the coal mine"? Removing the cats to another environment would have cleared it from their bodies. And yes -- how are they doing? MLB They seem to mbe getting a bit better. The youngest first. The three youngest all had bowel movements, one normal. The two oldest ones are not doing well. Off to vet #2 in 25 minutes. |
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Ping Phil All the cats in the house are sick
John Ross Mc Master wrote:
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:12:13 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:12:29 -0600, MLB wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:27:41 -0700, cl wrote: John Ross Mc Master wrote: They have been to a vet and he's running blood and stool tests. The vet doesn't have a clue yet. I get the blood results today and the stool tests in 5 days. I'm posting here to discover if anyone else has had the problem. I am syringing chicken broth down their thoats all the time as well as antibiotics and a high calorie vitamin mix Here is the problem in detail. Five healthy cats ranging in age from 10 months to 11 years simultaneously stopped eating and drinking. They are indoor cats up to date with their shots. They were not poisoned, did not ingest a toxin of any kind. This has to be a bacteria, protazoa or virus. Anyone have an idea? If you have a dishwasher all of their food and water bowls should be washed in it immediately and done regularly until this goes away. If you do not have a dishwaster you should use paper food and water bowls in the mean time. Also the contents of their litter boxes should be dumped and replaced now - one cat might have infected the others. Did you just change or just start using a new brand or bag of food? I presume that they all eat different food since they are different ages? Or do they all eat the same food? Is it canned food, dry or both? It sounds like some widespread contaminated has occurred. Have you cleaned a floor, mopped, or used a different cleaning product lately? Something has caused this since all fives cats have stopped eating at the same time. It really sounds like poisoning. The blood test is in and the only problem is "Moderately toxic neutrophyls with no neutrophilia suggests acute tissue demand for neutrophils". which indicates some kind of infection. I could have unknowingly tracked in a bacteria, but how do all the cats get sick at once? The big question right now is how are they doing? I do not have any idea how that could happen and it is very strange that they all got sick at the same time. I would think it would have to be airborne or fed the same thing. Purrs for you and the cats that the mystery can be solved. Best wishes. MLB Airborne is possible. We have tomcats in the neighborhood outside. But at no time were they ever fed the same thing. I know you dismissed the possibility of carbon monoxide, but it might be a good idea to have your heating/ventilation system checked. Do you remember hearing the old stories of "canaries in the coal mine"? Removing the cats to another environment would have cleared it from their bodies. And yes -- how are they doing? MLB They seem to mbe getting a bit better. The youngest first. The three youngest all had bowel movements, one normal. The two oldest ones are not doing well. Off to vet #2 in 25 minutes. Matthew's point about looking outside8de made me wonder if it were possible one of those trucks that are used by carpet cleaners could have been working near where the fumes could seep into the house? I remember one time where I worked, trucks would sometimes park in the back alley and leave their engines running. The exhaust fumes would then get into the ventilation system and come into our building . We were on the 4th floor and fumes do rise. Trucks in the alley were eventually not permitted in the alley. Sending purrs that all kitties will recover and that you can figure this out == it must be hard on you. Best wishes. MLB |
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