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Nomen Nescio wrote: So here's my take on the situation: Last year I adopted a wild cat with the intent of treating the bite wound on his butt, and giving him a good home where he would be well loved and well fed. And what did I really do? Take a cat that was perfectly happy living outdoors and visiting us for food and a little play. Then I locked him in the house, cut his balls off, made him fat and lazy, and gave him heart disease. All the while thinking how much I LOVE the little guy and how I want the best for him. I'm sorry to hear about your kitty, but this is NOT your fault. Here's my take. You provided a good home for a cat that most likely could have ended up with a lot worse than a bite wound on his butt, plus he would have contributed to pet overpopulation. Mostly likely his condition is probably genetic and I don't think it's anything you did. Much as we'd like to think they do, vets don't know everything. |
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"Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: "Mary" He's so young! How heartbreaking. That's an understatement. My wife and I both feel like our entire world has crumbled. TK's become such an important part of our life. Just don't blame yourself. I am glad Phil verified what I had heard about this type of heart disease being hereditary in young cats. It is horrible enough without you blaming yourself. You have been nothing but wonderful for TK. |
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Oh jeez!!!! My heart breaks for you. My Randall was overweight. And when
I took Randi to the vet before I got Cali, they said he was too fat and had a very slight heart murmur! I just adopted two more kittens today. You are not an asshole!!! I feel so bad for you. Life really does suck. Carol \ "Nomen Nescio" ] wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Well, I have a diagnosis on TK's condition. I've known for a couple of days but couldn't bring myself to post an update. At an age of about 2 y.o., TK has moderate Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. I watched the echocardiogram being done and it was obvious even to my untrained eye. Prognosis: He could die tonight or he might live up to another 6 years. Treatment: He's getting an aspirin (81 mg) twice a week. Although the vet admitted that if you had 100 cats that you knew would die of a blood clot within a year and gave them all aspirin, 95 would still die. And he's getting 30 mg of Diltiazem ER daily, mostly to lower his heart rate but there are other potentially positive effects. And he should lose 3 lbs to bring his weight down to about 11 lbs. Cause: This is the tough part. One of the first questions that I asked the vet was "Could I have done something to cause this...chemical, environmental.... ?" He shook his head and said "No" but then in further discussion 2 points jumped out at me. 1) He pointed at the chart of cat weight conditions (the one that every vets office has on the wall) and indicating the picture of the slightly underweight cat said that "You rarely see heart problems in a cat like that". 2) He also said that "You rarely see heart disease in an outdoor cat" Well, TK isn't obese, but he is overweight. He was about 10 3/4 lbs last year when we took him in. And he was an outdoor cat. So here's my take on the situation: Last year I adopted a wild cat with the intent of treating the bite wound on his butt, and giving him a good home where he would be well loved and well fed. And what did I really do? Take a cat that was perfectly happy living outdoors and visiting us for food and a little play. Then I locked him in the house, cut his balls off, made him fat and lazy, and gave him heart disease. All the while thinking how much I LOVE the little guy and how I want the best for him. I feel like such an ASSHOLE, right now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: N/A iQCVAwUBQo2UOJMoscYxZNI5AQGaBgP8DGzKJ04kT8WPOna28J jHwFWtIs/fg7at Z1n8myIJzvqOTxcY8+8nq5sdRu5oN7UqUggVE1Jsf5Y204GJjl T+3/mKpiRSEmAt p2o7639WaxZNgTyHAJOB6zceQmGGuV2c8FpILbShP1Oi89WFp8 teq2Xm6qycKdUD Zj4LWYmHujo= =ljgE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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