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In , "Lotte"
wrote: | About a year ago, through a series of bizarre events, a young male | kitten came to live with us [...] then, through ANOTHER series of | bizarre events, a young female came to live with us [...] Heh. All of my cats were "unplanned" too: the first adopted me, and the others came as (indirect) consequences of my work with ferals. | [...] I have decided I will always have three (indoor, as opposed | to the ferals I look after outdoors) cats. It's the perfect number. I don't think there is a perfect number. When I had one cat (Scruffy), getting another seemed like the right thing to do. But the second cat (Sally) was not a companion - she was a "forced socialization" case, a feral without a colony. Eventually I adopted her out to the person who had originally wanted to take her. The next one wasn't a cat, but a kitten (Phoenix). If we had done our work properly and caught his mother early enough, he would never have happened, but as usual things didn't go according to plan. We all but killed him as a baby, and then left him too long in the streets. We "owed" him. I took him, even though a kitten was probably the worst choice for Scruffy who was by then confirmed to have CRF. It worked well though, loner cat and loner kitten. But then, it was clear that I needed another cat closer to Phoenix in age. I had two potentials lined up, except, Lucas' case reached a crisis. The person who had taken on his socialization gave up after two months and decided to send him to a feral cat sanctuary. I took him on the day he was to be shipped off. Three became five when I got involved in stabilizing a colony at a local church and found myself fostering (and socializing) two feral kittens. I found a home for them (whew!) but then, a few months later, Marie came to live with me - her guardian's circumstances changed drastically, and the only job he could find was abroad. So now I have four, and Phoenix finally has someone his own age in the house. One thing they all have in common, though, is that each one of them had walked into a trap set by me. (You trap 'em, you keep 'em??) | Perhaps you could adopt a pair that would provide entertainement for | your old girl, That's a good idea, I think. |
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Controlling the thyroid will usually bring the blood
pressure down, but if the high BP is related to kidney disease (also common) there is a medication called Norvasc that will control it. Megan They give norvasc to cats, no joke? That's a very common med for humans with high blood pressure/cardiac problems also. Sherry |
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Controlling the thyroid will usually bring the blood
pressure down, but if the high BP is related to kidney disease (also common) there is a medication called Norvasc that will control it. Megan They give norvasc to cats, no joke? That's a very common med for humans with high blood pressure/cardiac problems also. Sherry |
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Sherry wrote:
They give norvasc to cats, no joke? That's a very common med for humans with high blood pressure/cardiac problems also. I believe there are one or two other drugs that have been used to treat high BP in cats, but the research I've done and vet opinions I've heard point to Norvasc as being by far the most effective and the drug of choice for cats. I've known several cats that have been put on this drug and it worked beautifully. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Sherry wrote:
They give norvasc to cats, no joke? That's a very common med for humans with high blood pressure/cardiac problems also. I believe there are one or two other drugs that have been used to treat high BP in cats, but the research I've done and vet opinions I've heard point to Norvasc as being by far the most effective and the drug of choice for cats. I've known several cats that have been put on this drug and it worked beautifully. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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Subject: "Widowed" cat will not stop crying
From: (Mimi) Date: 3/31/04 12:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time Message-id: Hi, Until 2 months ago, I had 2 wonderful older cats. The 15 year old male was finally put down when his cancer was too much for both of us. My 17 year old spayed female cat, who has been left behind, now howls deep gutteral meows on and off all day and night. I thought after a few months it would improve, but it has not. I go to find her and she will be sitting on the edge of the counter howling with all of her might. I will pick her up and cuddle or take her back to bed, and she will purr and be fine, but within an hour, she will be at it again. I know she has been traumatized by losing her friend, but I just don't know what else to do to console her. Does anyone have any suggestions? Love and treats just doesn't seem to be working and I have no interest in bringing another cat into the house as a replacement. It is obvious she is miserable, and I hate to see my sweetheart in so much pain. Thanks in advance to all responders - I am at a loss. The smart thing to do would be to get a new dog. One of those aggressive little T****-zues or something like that. This would take your cat's mind off her immediate grief and give her something new to think about No, really ... that's just about the saddest thing I ever heard of. I don't know what to say in these situations that would help... IBen G. |
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