Purrs needed yet again please! Mama Zoo

"JoJo" wrote

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!

There are purrs enough to go around, both for your babies and for yourself.
We have all extremities crossed for Mama Zoo to pull through and for the
babies not to contract it at all. I'm sending sympathy vibes, as I have the
neck/shoulder problems, too.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

"JoJo" wrote

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!

There are purrs enough to go around, both for your babies and for yourself.
We have all extremities crossed for Mama Zoo to pull through and for the
babies not to contract it at all. I'm sending sympathy vibes, as I have the
neck/shoulder problems, too.

--
Marina, Frank and Nikki
Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi
Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

Purrs for you and all your babies, especially Mama Zoo, since she seems
to need them the most right now.

--
Joy


"JoJo" wrote in message
...
This time it's one of my own that needs purrs, not a foster. Mama
Zoo, one
of my original fosters that is now a forever, started getting sick
Monday.
Coughing and vomitting. I didn't think anything of it at first,
thought
maybe trying to get up hairball so gave her some laxatone. Tuesday
symptoms
continue so off to the vet we go. Temp was normal, no tender belly,
no real
signs of being sick, he's thinking hairball as well. Continue
w/laxatone,
if stops eating then call.

Of course this is my life, so nothing is ever as simple as a hairball.
I
never really see the cat eat, but she's gotten a little porky in the
past 5
months, so obviously she's eating. I'm not sure if she's eating or
not, so
I gave her three pounce treats. They came up within a few minutes
along
w/stomach bile. Hmmm...something's up here. Won't even take the
laxatone.

Thursday we make yet another vet visit as I am positive she is not
eating,
plus she was hiding under dad's bed. She does not normally do that.
Vet
does bloodwork, again another exam - no abnormalities, no fever, looks
and
appears healthy. Suspect FIP.

She called me today w/results as they were. Ran two different
titers -
1:400 and 1:1600, both showed positive. All that means is she has
been
exposed to the corona virus, FIP is a mutation of a corona virus. No
way to
really test for FIP. Sometimes shows high globulin count, her's was
4.8,
normal is 2.3-5.3, so she's high end. White blood cell count normal,
all
other body functions (liver, kidney, etc) normal as well. So maybe
it's
FIP, maybe its not. FIP is fatal - no cure, no treatment, nothing.
So if
she does have FIP in her system the vet says she will go downhill in
days or
weeks.

So now I am to force feed her three times a day, and monitor her temp
twice
a day. Ok, one temp today was normal. I have force fed her twice,
she's
kept it down so far. I have her stuck in a crate by herself, it's
easy
keeping her in but hard keeping others out!

My others may or may not have FIP, who knows. Can't tell for sure.
Younger
ones are more likely to have it (age 18 months and under).
Transmitted thru
feces. I could have them tested, but all taht would show is they were
exposed, not that the virus mutated itself into FIP. Mama Z is maybe
2,
we're not sure as she's a stray. I have
four kittens that fall under the 18 month age.

I'm worried as hell. Going to try to start VitC therapy on them in
hopes it
will help. I've got two fosters here, going to keep them, they've
been
exposed already. After this I'm going to hold off on a while until I
know
if we've got it for sure or not. I'll re-evaluate foster situation in
6
months. Right now I gotta see if Mama Z will make it or not. She
looks
fine, in fact was doing normal cat grooming. She's lazy, so never ran
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a
"bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to
lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts,
but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I
have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies
come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just
muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!
--
JoJo
http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/Index.htm

Purrs for you and all your babies, especially Mama Zoo, since she seems
to need them the most right now.

--
Joy


"JoJo" wrote in message
...
This time it's one of my own that needs purrs, not a foster. Mama
Zoo, one
of my original fosters that is now a forever, started getting sick
Monday.
Coughing and vomitting. I didn't think anything of it at first,
thought
maybe trying to get up hairball so gave her some laxatone. Tuesday
symptoms
continue so off to the vet we go. Temp was normal, no tender belly,
no real
signs of being sick, he's thinking hairball as well. Continue
w/laxatone,
if stops eating then call.

Of course this is my life, so nothing is ever as simple as a hairball.
I
never really see the cat eat, but she's gotten a little porky in the
past 5
months, so obviously she's eating. I'm not sure if she's eating or
not, so
I gave her three pounce treats. They came up within a few minutes
along
w/stomach bile. Hmmm...something's up here. Won't even take the
laxatone.

Thursday we make yet another vet visit as I am positive she is not
eating,
plus she was hiding under dad's bed. She does not normally do that.
Vet
does bloodwork, again another exam - no abnormalities, no fever, looks
and
appears healthy. Suspect FIP.

She called me today w/results as they were. Ran two different
titers -
1:400 and 1:1600, both showed positive. All that means is she has
been
exposed to the corona virus, FIP is a mutation of a corona virus. No
way to
really test for FIP. Sometimes shows high globulin count, her's was
4.8,
normal is 2.3-5.3, so she's high end. White blood cell count normal,
all
other body functions (liver, kidney, etc) normal as well. So maybe
it's
FIP, maybe its not. FIP is fatal - no cure, no treatment, nothing.
So if
she does have FIP in her system the vet says she will go downhill in
days or
weeks.

So now I am to force feed her three times a day, and monitor her temp
twice
a day. Ok, one temp today was normal. I have force fed her twice,
she's
kept it down so far. I have her stuck in a crate by herself, it's
easy
keeping her in but hard keeping others out!

My others may or may not have FIP, who knows. Can't tell for sure.
Younger
ones are more likely to have it (age 18 months and under).
Transmitted thru
feces. I could have them tested, but all taht would show is they were
exposed, not that the virus mutated itself into FIP. Mama Z is maybe
2,
we're not sure as she's a stray. I have
four kittens that fall under the 18 month age.

I'm worried as hell. Going to try to start VitC therapy on them in
hopes it
will help. I've got two fosters here, going to keep them, they've
been
exposed already. After this I'm going to hold off on a while until I
know
if we've got it for sure or not. I'll re-evaluate foster situation in
6
months. Right now I gotta see if Mama Z will make it or not. She
looks
fine, in fact was doing normal cat grooming. She's lazy, so never ran
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a
"bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to
lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts,
but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I
have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies
come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just
muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!
--
JoJo
http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/Index.htm

Purrs for you and all your babies, especially Mama Zoo, since she seems
to need them the most right now.

--
Joy


"JoJo" wrote in message
...
This time it's one of my own that needs purrs, not a foster. Mama
Zoo, one
of my original fosters that is now a forever, started getting sick
Monday.
Coughing and vomitting. I didn't think anything of it at first,
thought
maybe trying to get up hairball so gave her some laxatone. Tuesday
symptoms
continue so off to the vet we go. Temp was normal, no tender belly,
no real
signs of being sick, he's thinking hairball as well. Continue
w/laxatone,
if stops eating then call.

Of course this is my life, so nothing is ever as simple as a hairball.
I
never really see the cat eat, but she's gotten a little porky in the
past 5
months, so obviously she's eating. I'm not sure if she's eating or
not, so
I gave her three pounce treats. They came up within a few minutes
along
w/stomach bile. Hmmm...something's up here. Won't even take the
laxatone.

Thursday we make yet another vet visit as I am positive she is not
eating,
plus she was hiding under dad's bed. She does not normally do that.
Vet
does bloodwork, again another exam - no abnormalities, no fever, looks
and
appears healthy. Suspect FIP.

She called me today w/results as they were. Ran two different
titers -
1:400 and 1:1600, both showed positive. All that means is she has
been
exposed to the corona virus, FIP is a mutation of a corona virus. No
way to
really test for FIP. Sometimes shows high globulin count, her's was
4.8,
normal is 2.3-5.3, so she's high end. White blood cell count normal,
all
other body functions (liver, kidney, etc) normal as well. So maybe
it's
FIP, maybe its not. FIP is fatal - no cure, no treatment, nothing.
So if
she does have FIP in her system the vet says she will go downhill in
days or
weeks.

So now I am to force feed her three times a day, and monitor her temp
twice
a day. Ok, one temp today was normal. I have force fed her twice,
she's
kept it down so far. I have her stuck in a crate by herself, it's
easy
keeping her in but hard keeping others out!

My others may or may not have FIP, who knows. Can't tell for sure.
Younger
ones are more likely to have it (age 18 months and under).
Transmitted thru
feces. I could have them tested, but all taht would show is they were
exposed, not that the virus mutated itself into FIP. Mama Z is maybe
2,
we're not sure as she's a stray. I have
four kittens that fall under the 18 month age.

I'm worried as hell. Going to try to start VitC therapy on them in
hopes it
will help. I've got two fosters here, going to keep them, they've
been
exposed already. After this I'm going to hold off on a while until I
know
if we've got it for sure or not. I'll re-evaluate foster situation in
6
months. Right now I gotta see if Mama Z will make it or not. She
looks
fine, in fact was doing normal cat grooming. She's lazy, so never ran
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a
"bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to
lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts,
but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I
have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies
come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just
muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!
--
JoJo
http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/Index.htm

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:41:10 -0400, "JoJo" wrote:

SNIP
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a "bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts, but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!



Many, many purrs on the way for Mama Zoo, the foster babies, and for you
of course, who bear the greatest burden.

I do pray that Mama Zoo only has a minor bug, and soon will be well
again. And I hope you fell better soon as well; you must be miserable.

The great magic I had in my youth can no longer keep me healthy, but
perhaps some spells will work for you and yours.

Many years ago I had 'business' cards printed up with my (real) name, a
fancy engraved symbol, and the line "Specializing in the Impossible. By
Appointment Only.'

You have an appointment.

My stock of herbs and roots and magic powders is sadly depleted, but
I'll do what I can.

Gandalf, retired now, from Middle Earth.

~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:41:10 -0400, "JoJo" wrote:

SNIP
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a "bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts, but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!



Many, many purrs on the way for Mama Zoo, the foster babies, and for you
of course, who bear the greatest burden.

I do pray that Mama Zoo only has a minor bug, and soon will be well
again. And I hope you fell better soon as well; you must be miserable.

The great magic I had in my youth can no longer keep me healthy, but
perhaps some spells will work for you and yours.

Many years ago I had 'business' cards printed up with my (real) name, a
fancy engraved symbol, and the line "Specializing in the Impossible. By
Appointment Only.'

You have an appointment.

My stock of herbs and roots and magic powders is sadly depleted, but
I'll do what I can.

Gandalf, retired now, from Middle Earth.

~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:41:10 -0400, "JoJo" wrote:

SNIP
around much. I'm hoping she'll start eating and that it's just a "bug".

So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts, but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I have a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!



Many, many purrs on the way for Mama Zoo, the foster babies, and for you
of course, who bear the greatest burden.

I do pray that Mama Zoo only has a minor bug, and soon will be well
again. And I hope you fell better soon as well; you must be miserable.

The great magic I had in my youth can no longer keep me healthy, but
perhaps some spells will work for you and yours.

Many years ago I had 'business' cards printed up with my (real) name, a
fancy engraved symbol, and the line "Specializing in the Impossible. By
Appointment Only.'

You have an appointment.

My stock of herbs and roots and magic powders is sadly depleted, but
I'll do what I can.

Gandalf, retired now, from Middle Earth.

~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Life without cats would be only marginally worth living."
-TC, and the unmercifully, relentlessly, sweet calico kitty, Kenzie.

How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
- Robert Heinlein

Purrs and best wishes for your babies and you, JoJo,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"JoJo" wrote in message
...
snip So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to
lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts, but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I have
a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just
muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!
--
JoJo
http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/Index.htm

Purrs and best wishes for your babies and you, JoJo,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"JoJo" wrote in message
...
snip So could you please send some purrs my way. I'm afraid I'm going to
lose my
babies to this awful disease. (I'm trying to think positive thoughts, but
lean towards negative to prepare for the worst....my way of coping).

First Ty, then Z. Foster Sam. No more please God.

Thanks for the purrs, I'll keep you updated as things move along, I'm
praying for the good.

And did I mention I need physical therapy on my neck/shoulders PLUS I have
a
UTI?!?! Ummm....can I PLEASE catch a break sometime here? Babies come
first - the UTI will clear up, the neck/shoulder ongoing issue, just
muscle
spasms/tightness - stress (huh?).

Please focus purrs on my babies, they need them more than me!
--
JoJo
http://home.comcast.net/~zookeepr/Index.htm