Bad Neighbors & Morganna Update

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ...


I did follow the link after I saw this exchange of information. The message
was very short, nonaccusatory, and did not discuss Mikey except to offer
information about Valium. Here is Megan's message (in its entirety):

I'm not sure why your vet feels 1/8 of the dose of Valium would be
effective. There are also concerns as in some cats valium can cause
*irreversible* liver failure. With so many other medications available I
would never consider using valium as a first try. Prozac is probably
your best bet as a first try as it has a relatively high safety margin
and has had no known side effects reported in cats. If it does not work,
however, it is a medication that the cat needs to be weaned off slowly
over a few weeks time. HTH.


Maybe you didn't see my earlier response? The tone of the post you
quoted had struck me as meaning "How could you do that to your cat?"
and I explained the circumstances, including why we specifically did
not want to use Prozac (probably to groans from all the regular
readers, who'd heard it all before), hoping that my perception was
wrong and seeking more information, or suggestions, or something.
After all, she doesn't have to be Miss Congeniality to know what she's
talking about. But there was nothing more, just the single "You're
wrong" post. The lack of any follow up after I asked for input is
probably what made me remember as it being a snipe rather than a
genuine effort to help. I'm afraid that is still my perception,
though naturally you don't have to agree with me.

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Krista

"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ...


I did follow the link after I saw this exchange of information. The message
was very short, nonaccusatory, and did not discuss Mikey except to offer
information about Valium. Here is Megan's message (in its entirety):

I'm not sure why your vet feels 1/8 of the dose of Valium would be
effective. There are also concerns as in some cats valium can cause
*irreversible* liver failure. With so many other medications available I
would never consider using valium as a first try. Prozac is probably
your best bet as a first try as it has a relatively high safety margin
and has had no known side effects reported in cats. If it does not work,
however, it is a medication that the cat needs to be weaned off slowly
over a few weeks time. HTH.


Maybe you didn't see my earlier response? The tone of the post you
quoted had struck me as meaning "How could you do that to your cat?"
and I explained the circumstances, including why we specifically did
not want to use Prozac (probably to groans from all the regular
readers, who'd heard it all before), hoping that my perception was
wrong and seeking more information, or suggestions, or something.
After all, she doesn't have to be Miss Congeniality to know what she's
talking about. But there was nothing more, just the single "You're
wrong" post. The lack of any follow up after I asked for input is
probably what made me remember as it being a snipe rather than a
genuine effort to help. I'm afraid that is still my perception,
though naturally you don't have to agree with me.

------
Krista

Hmmm. Meagan didn't exactly slam me, but she wrote a very
accusatory-sounding post about my putting my RB Mikey on valium before
his hyper-t was diagnosed and we were still trying to find out what
was bothering my boy.

WHATTTTTTTT???????????? You were doing everything you could for Mike! I
spend a certain amount of time ignoring things on usenet and not getting
baited. This one really gets my goat.

Maybe you could post that you were considering declawing one of your
kitties after slipping him a valium-laced lizard? That might do it.
:-P

LOL!

Susan M
Otis and Chester

Hmmm. Meagan didn't exactly slam me, but she wrote a very
accusatory-sounding post about my putting my RB Mikey on valium before
his hyper-t was diagnosed and we were still trying to find out what
was bothering my boy.

WHATTTTTTTT???????????? You were doing everything you could for Mike! I
spend a certain amount of time ignoring things on usenet and not getting
baited. This one really gets my goat.

Maybe you could post that you were considering declawing one of your
kitties after slipping him a valium-laced lizard? That might do it.
:-P

LOL!

Susan M
Otis and Chester

wrote in message
...
Yowie wrote:

I'm an INFP.

I can adopt the E and T positions if I either get a head of steam
or get my thinking cap on, but I just don't have a drop of S or J
blood in me.

LOL.

Either I'm not as good at typing people as I thought I was, or else it's
harder than it seems to try to guess people's types over the Internet.
But I would have *definitely* said you were a T, no question about it!
Which is not to say that you're not a feeling person (a common mistake
people make when learning about Myers-Briggs, ie, that T's are heartless
and F's are stupid - NOT TRUE). But you seem like such a logical person,
and you seem to come from a place of "but this just makes the most
*sense*" about things.

I do tend to waver quite badly on the T and F scales, which probably
explains why I have a hard time making decisions and can often see both
sides of the argument. Still, when the "gut feel" and the brain agree, I can
be confident that I got it right. its when they *don't* agree is when I get
horribly horribly stuck.

Also, while I'm being introspective, I'm the sort of perosn who wants both
sides to see the merit in each other's arguments, and both work together to
come to a mutually suitable conclusion. Thats probably the F part. Offering
what perhaps seems to be "common sense" is the T part, hoping that both
sides will be able to *feel* comfortable with it. This is a very strong
trait of mind, and I really get uncomfortable with people who I care about
bickering and sniping. Drives me nuts. My parents are proffesionals at it,
naturally.

I think they call this trait the Peacemaker or something. Don't ask me about
the Israeli/Palestinian problem, or the Irish situation, though, because my
solution is very much like Solomon's. :-)

Yowie

wrote in message
...
Yowie wrote:

I'm an INFP.

I can adopt the E and T positions if I either get a head of steam
or get my thinking cap on, but I just don't have a drop of S or J
blood in me.

LOL.

Either I'm not as good at typing people as I thought I was, or else it's
harder than it seems to try to guess people's types over the Internet.
But I would have *definitely* said you were a T, no question about it!
Which is not to say that you're not a feeling person (a common mistake
people make when learning about Myers-Briggs, ie, that T's are heartless
and F's are stupid - NOT TRUE). But you seem like such a logical person,
and you seem to come from a place of "but this just makes the most
*sense*" about things.

I do tend to waver quite badly on the T and F scales, which probably
explains why I have a hard time making decisions and can often see both
sides of the argument. Still, when the "gut feel" and the brain agree, I can
be confident that I got it right. its when they *don't* agree is when I get
horribly horribly stuck.

Also, while I'm being introspective, I'm the sort of perosn who wants both
sides to see the merit in each other's arguments, and both work together to
come to a mutually suitable conclusion. Thats probably the F part. Offering
what perhaps seems to be "common sense" is the T part, hoping that both
sides will be able to *feel* comfortable with it. This is a very strong
trait of mind, and I really get uncomfortable with people who I care about
bickering and sniping. Drives me nuts. My parents are proffesionals at it,
naturally.

I think they call this trait the Peacemaker or something. Don't ask me about
the Israeli/Palestinian problem, or the Irish situation, though, because my
solution is very much like Solomon's. :-)

Yowie

"Yowie" wrote in message
...

I do tend to waver quite badly on the T and F scales, which probably
explains why I have a hard time making decisions and can often see both
sides of the argument. Still, when the "gut feel" and the brain agree, I
can
be confident that I got it right. its when they *don't* agree is when I
get
horribly horribly stuck.

Also, while I'm being introspective, I'm the sort of perosn who wants both
sides to see the merit in each other's arguments, and both work together
to
come to a mutually suitable conclusion. Thats probably the F part.
Offering
what perhaps seems to be "common sense" is the T part, hoping that both
sides will be able to *feel* comfortable with it. This is a very strong
trait of mind, and I really get uncomfortable with people who I care about
bickering and sniping. Drives me nuts. My parents are proffesionals at it,
naturally.

I think they call this trait the Peacemaker or something. Don't ask me
about
the Israeli/Palestinian problem, or the Irish situation, though, because
my
solution is very much like Solomon's. :-)

Yowie

I'm just the opposite. ENTP's love to argue just for the sake of the
argument - often switching sides in mid-stream or playing devil's advocate.
This drives my DH nuts, but I love being able to look at all aspects of a
situation and be able (and willing) to argue for any point of view. In
fact, I usually decide which side of an argument to take by just taking the
opposite side from whoever starts. *However* I only like it when it is a
"debate" and not a heated argument.

Hugs,

CatNipped

"Yowie" wrote in message
...

I do tend to waver quite badly on the T and F scales, which probably
explains why I have a hard time making decisions and can often see both
sides of the argument. Still, when the "gut feel" and the brain agree, I
can
be confident that I got it right. its when they *don't* agree is when I
get
horribly horribly stuck.

Also, while I'm being introspective, I'm the sort of perosn who wants both
sides to see the merit in each other's arguments, and both work together
to
come to a mutually suitable conclusion. Thats probably the F part.
Offering
what perhaps seems to be "common sense" is the T part, hoping that both
sides will be able to *feel* comfortable with it. This is a very strong
trait of mind, and I really get uncomfortable with people who I care about
bickering and sniping. Drives me nuts. My parents are proffesionals at it,
naturally.

I think they call this trait the Peacemaker or something. Don't ask me
about
the Israeli/Palestinian problem, or the Irish situation, though, because
my
solution is very much like Solomon's. :-)

Yowie

I'm just the opposite. ENTP's love to argue just for the sake of the
argument - often switching sides in mid-stream or playing devil's advocate.
This drives my DH nuts, but I love being able to look at all aspects of a
situation and be able (and willing) to argue for any point of view. In
fact, I usually decide which side of an argument to take by just taking the
opposite side from whoever starts. *However* I only like it when it is a
"debate" and not a heated argument.

Hugs,

CatNipped

badwilson wrote:


I think 4.4% seems rather small. Pam, you are the exact opposite of
me!
I'm an administrator (yikes!!!) at 8.7% of the population.

Does that mean that we'd work well together, or be at each other's
throats? For an introverted type, I'm very opinionated and quite
willing to dominate a conversation. But then, I've taught myself to do
that.

Pam S. the introverted extrovert (aka psycho)

badwilson wrote:


I think 4.4% seems rather small. Pam, you are the exact opposite of
me!
I'm an administrator (yikes!!!) at 8.7% of the population.

Does that mean that we'd work well together, or be at each other's
throats? For an introverted type, I'm very opinionated and quite
willing to dominate a conversation. But then, I've taught myself to do
that.

Pam S. the introverted extrovert (aka psycho)