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eosinophilic granuloma complex, heat and me venting
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here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Are there any low-cost spay/neuter programs in your area? Here's a list of
some resources: http://www.savesamoa.org/html/spay_neuter.html#USCan You ask: Is going into heat that bad? Yes, it is. Your cat will be miserable, you will miserable listening to your cat yowl and carry on. She may escape and a) never come back or b) come back with a litter of kittens. It would be ideal if you could get the spaying and biopsy all taken care of at once, but if your parents are being so hard on you about this, and the mouth issue is not extremely time sensitive, I would get the spaying done ASAP. Also, talk to the vet's office and explain the situation with your parents, and find out if they will take a payment plan. Are you over 18? Maybe you could get a credit card with a low credit limit (like $500 or so) and just use it for the kitty's vet bill and pay it off. Congratulations on being a responsible pet owner. I guess you learned it on your own, and not from your parents. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Are there any low-cost spay/neuter programs in your area? Here's a list of
some resources: http://www.savesamoa.org/html/spay_neuter.html#USCan You ask: Is going into heat that bad? Yes, it is. Your cat will be miserable, you will miserable listening to your cat yowl and carry on. She may escape and a) never come back or b) come back with a litter of kittens. It would be ideal if you could get the spaying and biopsy all taken care of at once, but if your parents are being so hard on you about this, and the mouth issue is not extremely time sensitive, I would get the spaying done ASAP. Also, talk to the vet's office and explain the situation with your parents, and find out if they will take a payment plan. Are you over 18? Maybe you could get a credit card with a low credit limit (like $500 or so) and just use it for the kitty's vet bill and pay it off. Congratulations on being a responsible pet owner. I guess you learned it on your own, and not from your parents. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Are there any low-cost spay/neuter programs in your area? Here's a list of
some resources: http://www.savesamoa.org/html/spay_neuter.html#USCan You ask: Is going into heat that bad? Yes, it is. Your cat will be miserable, you will miserable listening to your cat yowl and carry on. She may escape and a) never come back or b) come back with a litter of kittens. It would be ideal if you could get the spaying and biopsy all taken care of at once, but if your parents are being so hard on you about this, and the mouth issue is not extremely time sensitive, I would get the spaying done ASAP. Also, talk to the vet's office and explain the situation with your parents, and find out if they will take a payment plan. Are you over 18? Maybe you could get a credit card with a low credit limit (like $500 or so) and just use it for the kitty's vet bill and pay it off. Congratulations on being a responsible pet owner. I guess you learned it on your own, and not from your parents. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com "Lauralai" wrote in message ... hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Here's more info, he
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body...granuloma.html My cat often gets the pink lower lip in about the 4th photo on that page. Diagnosed by the vet visually, pretty classic, looked just like the photo in his book. Soemtimes you will see sores on the backs of the legs. We were told it was probably an allergic reaction (possibly flea allergy), and was also associated with stress. We've successfully kept it under control (for 1 year) by supplementing his diet with 500mg of the amino acid L-Lysine daily. L-Lysine is used to prevent eruption or shorten appearance of oral herpes (cold sores). I'm not sure why it works. It's also interesting to note that Herpe outbreaks are more likely to occur when an individual is particularly stressed. Lauralai wrote: hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Here's more info, he
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body...granuloma.html My cat often gets the pink lower lip in about the 4th photo on that page. Diagnosed by the vet visually, pretty classic, looked just like the photo in his book. Soemtimes you will see sores on the backs of the legs. We were told it was probably an allergic reaction (possibly flea allergy), and was also associated with stress. We've successfully kept it under control (for 1 year) by supplementing his diet with 500mg of the amino acid L-Lysine daily. L-Lysine is used to prevent eruption or shorten appearance of oral herpes (cold sores). I'm not sure why it works. It's also interesting to note that Herpe outbreaks are more likely to occur when an individual is particularly stressed. Lauralai wrote: hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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Here's more info, he
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body...granuloma.html My cat often gets the pink lower lip in about the 4th photo on that page. Diagnosed by the vet visually, pretty classic, looked just like the photo in his book. Soemtimes you will see sores on the backs of the legs. We were told it was probably an allergic reaction (possibly flea allergy), and was also associated with stress. We've successfully kept it under control (for 1 year) by supplementing his diet with 500mg of the amino acid L-Lysine daily. L-Lysine is used to prevent eruption or shorten appearance of oral herpes (cold sores). I'm not sure why it works. It's also interesting to note that Herpe outbreaks are more likely to occur when an individual is particularly stressed. Lauralai wrote: hi here's the back ground. in july i got a kitten from a house with at least 30 other cats. she was fairly thin when we got her but she put on weight and was healthy. then i took her to get fixed and was informed that she had an infection in her mouth and they put her on clavamox 2 times daily for 10 days and tested for viral infections which came back negative. on saturday i brought her back to the vet for a check up and the vet said she had really bad gingiviti so i asked what could be done for that and they ran blood tests on the kedneys, liver. well today i phoned the vet and they said she had some complex thing, i'm not sure the name but the white blood cell count was high and that something else was high it think it started with an eth or something like that, i may be wrong anyway what they think she has is normally seen in cat's skin not there mouth's. they said when they spay here they would want to do a biopsy on her mouth, i think send a sample to a patholigist and then grow the bacteria or do a swab or something i wasn't really sure since i was starting to cry. i know this is fairly vague but i was wondering if anyone could tell me what it might be called, i'd call the vet again but i'm crying to much since my parent think i should put her down since it's going to cost another 400 to fix her and then treatment. i refuse to put her down though since i have a job, and sure i will only be able to do a bit at a time i can still treat her. i had to put a cat down 3 years ago because i couldn't afford treatment and i will NOT do that again. she's the best cat ever and i wouldn't even had known she was sick if it weren't for the blood tests. also i was wondering if it is really that bad if she goes into one heat? i mean she is probably ready to go at anytime now but i don't get paid for another 2 weeks and that's when i can afford to have all the other stuff done. so if anyone can give info that would be great, if not then i'll phone the vet tomorrow and research, research, research. i posted on the vet fourm and someone suggested it may be eosinophilic granuloma complex and i think that's what she has. So i was wondering if anyone had a cat with it and if so what tests did you run to see if they acctually had it if any. i would like to do the tests but my parents don't want me to spend 1000 on tests, hey they don't want me to spend 400 on tests. they acctually had the nerve to phone the vet tonight to see what exactly she has and what the prognosis is and all of that, even though i have stated that i am not putting her down. and they have stated that they don't want me spending much money on her if she's sick, my mom didn't even really want me to do the blood work. i mean she's acting normal and she's so young, you wouldn't even know anything was wrong with a her. in fact the vet didn't really suggest blood tests until i asked if there was something that we could do to make sure she was ok for the spay. |
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"Lauralai" wrote in message ...
hi here's the back ground Get the cat spayed ASAP. Eosinophilic granuloma complex is easily treatable. The vet will only have to look at the lesions to diagnose them. It usually occurrs during an allergic reaction - to fleas, to plastics (such as water bowls), to cleaning supplies or insecticides, or food, so finding out what may be triggering it is key to controlling it. It is a life-long condition. It is treated with prednisone, usually. Good luck, -L. |
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"Lauralai" wrote in message ...
hi here's the back ground Get the cat spayed ASAP. Eosinophilic granuloma complex is easily treatable. The vet will only have to look at the lesions to diagnose them. It usually occurrs during an allergic reaction - to fleas, to plastics (such as water bowls), to cleaning supplies or insecticides, or food, so finding out what may be triggering it is key to controlling it. It is a life-long condition. It is treated with prednisone, usually. Good luck, -L. |
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"Lauralai" wrote in message ...
hi here's the back ground Get the cat spayed ASAP. Eosinophilic granuloma complex is easily treatable. The vet will only have to look at the lesions to diagnose them. It usually occurrs during an allergic reaction - to fleas, to plastics (such as water bowls), to cleaning supplies or insecticides, or food, so finding out what may be triggering it is key to controlling it. It is a life-long condition. It is treated with prednisone, usually. Good luck, -L. |
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