Goodish news for Jackie Cat

On 16 Jun 2004 12:15:46 -0700,
(CajunPrincess) wrote:

..
I can't tell from your post whether your vet is saying she just needs
to gain some weight before she can get a dental or whether he is
saying she will always be at too high a risk for anesthesia because of
her age. If it's the latter, I would suggest getting a second opinion
from a vet that handles a lot of older cats. I just had a dental done
on my 12 YO cat, but he is a Cat Of Substance (:-)) without any
serious medical problems. They can put older cats under now for a
dental with much less risk than used to be the case using Isoflourene.


I'm not really clear on that either. I think perhaps we can get to a
point where it might be worth doing, but she is going to have to
improve much. I was thinking that I could take her to the specialty
vet if I really wanted to have this done, but for now I will just keep
an eye out and make sure that she is still gaining weight.


The vet says that she walks funny because she has very little muscle
mass, mostly because she is old and that sort of thing happens.

This characterization gives me a little pause because while nowadays a
12 YO cat is considered a senior cat, cats are living healthy lives
for a lot longer than they used to and AFAIK it's not usually until
they get to be something like 15+ before they start losing significant
amounts of muscle mass due to age as long as they are otherwise
healthy.


Yes, but she really wasn't a very healthy cat, to say the least, and
we don't know her actual age. It isn't surprising that she would be
short muscle mass when her total body weight was five pounds. I was
more concerned that she might have arthritis or some kind of bone
damage. She does walk funny, with the big end sort of swaying, and she
seems a bit unstable somehow.

Something else to keep an eye on.

On 16 Jun 2004 12:15:46 -0700,
(CajunPrincess) wrote:

..
I can't tell from your post whether your vet is saying she just needs
to gain some weight before she can get a dental or whether he is
saying she will always be at too high a risk for anesthesia because of
her age. If it's the latter, I would suggest getting a second opinion
from a vet that handles a lot of older cats. I just had a dental done
on my 12 YO cat, but he is a Cat Of Substance (:-)) without any
serious medical problems. They can put older cats under now for a
dental with much less risk than used to be the case using Isoflourene.


I'm not really clear on that either. I think perhaps we can get to a
point where it might be worth doing, but she is going to have to
improve much. I was thinking that I could take her to the specialty
vet if I really wanted to have this done, but for now I will just keep
an eye out and make sure that she is still gaining weight.


The vet says that she walks funny because she has very little muscle
mass, mostly because she is old and that sort of thing happens.

This characterization gives me a little pause because while nowadays a
12 YO cat is considered a senior cat, cats are living healthy lives
for a lot longer than they used to and AFAIK it's not usually until
they get to be something like 15+ before they start losing significant
amounts of muscle mass due to age as long as they are otherwise
healthy.


Yes, but she really wasn't a very healthy cat, to say the least, and
we don't know her actual age. It isn't surprising that she would be
short muscle mass when her total body weight was five pounds. I was
more concerned that she might have arthritis or some kind of bone
damage. She does walk funny, with the big end sort of swaying, and she
seems a bit unstable somehow.

Something else to keep an eye on.

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
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See my cats:
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"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

On 17 Jun 2004 01:23:12 GMT, itter (MacCandace)
wrote:

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)


Would a flea comb actually remove all the fleas? I thought that once
they got fleas you had to bomb the house and do the flea bath thing.

On 17 Jun 2004 01:23:12 GMT, itter (MacCandace)
wrote:

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)


Would a flea comb actually remove all the fleas? I thought that once
they got fleas you had to bomb the house and do the flea bath thing.

On 17 Jun 2004 01:23:12 GMT, itter (MacCandace)
wrote:

I don't think I can take the chance. If she can't take the Frontline
now, getting her a flea bath isn't even a possibility.

No, I said a flea comb, meaning an actual comb thing that takes fleas and eggs
out when you comb them with it.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)


Would a flea comb actually remove all the fleas? I thought that once
they got fleas you had to bomb the house and do the flea bath thing.

Would a flea comb actually remove all the fleas? I thought that once
they got fleas you had to bomb the house and do the flea bath thing.

I believe that it keeps it under control somewhat. You could give her a
regular bath--if she gets them--and then flea comb her. Regular soap kills
fleas, it just doesn't have a residual effect. Of course, giving a cat any
sort of bath can be quite un-fun. Hopefully, she just won't get them.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

Would a flea comb actually remove all the fleas? I thought that once
they got fleas you had to bomb the house and do the flea bath thing.

I believe that it keeps it under control somewhat. You could give her a
regular bath--if she gets them--and then flea comb her. Regular soap kills
fleas, it just doesn't have a residual effect. Of course, giving a cat any
sort of bath can be quite un-fun. Hopefully, she just won't get them.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)