A cat forum. CatBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » CatBanter forum » Cat Newsgroups » Cat anecdotes
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Stress Induced Illness?? Long



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old September 21st 04, 02:06 AM
CatNipped
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Stress Induced Illness?? Long

OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three
dogs and one cat...

Well, thank all that's good, she left this afternoon. On my way home from
work I stopped at PetsMart and picked up 2 economy-sized bottles of Nature's
Miracle and a black light and some "Stink Out". We already have a steamer,
so I figured I'd just add a whole bottle of Nature's Miracle to the water in
the steamer and do all the carpets, upstairs and down, after going over the
carpet with the black light and spot treating the pee spots with
full-strength Nature's Miracle and the "Stink Out".

When I walked in the door to my bedroom I saw that one of my cats had had an
attack of diarrhea in a line leading up to the litter box - the poor baby
couldn't even make it to the box. [Oh well, I already had all the cleaning
stuff!] However, I don't know which of my girls is sick, so I'll have to
watch them closely before I know who to take to the vet.

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea could
be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything from
him.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

gripe

Never again!! That woman will not set foot in this house again unless my
husband lays down some rules to her. The first one will be that her d*gs
will be confined to one room (hopefully one without carpet) or outside in
our LARGE, FENCED IN YARD, and she will do her fair share to help with the
housework.

I'm really PO'd that she treated me like a hotel maid - I did groceries for
her food (which she did not chip in for), I cooked her food, I cleaned her
dishes (she would get up from the table and go sit down to watch TV without
so much as putting her plate in the sink), I washed her clothes (I think she
must have brought some dirty ones with her because I did 3 loads of hers
alone - folding, hanging, everything but ironing!!!), I fed her cat, I
scooped his box, I cleaned up after her dogs.... heck, even hotel maids
don't do all the stuff I did!!!!!

/gripe

Hugs,

CatNipped


  #2  
Old September 21st 04, 02:24 AM
Christina Websell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea
could

be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their
own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.


Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them
up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything
from
him.


I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

gripe


See how they are in five days.

Never again!! That woman will not set foot in this house again unless my
husband lays down some rules to her. The first one will be that her d*gs
will be confined to one room (hopefully one without carpet) or outside in
our LARGE, FENCED IN YARD, and she will do her fair share to help with the
housework.


Oh my.

I'm really PO'd that she treated me like a hotel maid - I did groceries
for
her food (which she did not chip in for), I cooked her food, I cleaned her
dishes (she would get up from the table and go sit down to watch TV
without
so much as putting her plate in the sink), I washed her clothes (I think
she
must have brought some dirty ones with her because I did 3 loads of hers
alone - folding, hanging, everything but ironing!!!), I fed her cat, I
scooped his box, I cleaned up after her dogs.... heck, even hotel maids
don't do all the stuff I did!!!!!

/gripe


That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed



  #3  
Old September 21st 04, 02:24 AM
Christina Websell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea
could

be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their
own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.


Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them
up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything
from
him.


I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

gripe


See how they are in five days.

Never again!! That woman will not set foot in this house again unless my
husband lays down some rules to her. The first one will be that her d*gs
will be confined to one room (hopefully one without carpet) or outside in
our LARGE, FENCED IN YARD, and she will do her fair share to help with the
housework.


Oh my.

I'm really PO'd that she treated me like a hotel maid - I did groceries
for
her food (which she did not chip in for), I cooked her food, I cleaned her
dishes (she would get up from the table and go sit down to watch TV
without
so much as putting her plate in the sink), I washed her clothes (I think
she
must have brought some dirty ones with her because I did 3 loads of hers
alone - folding, hanging, everything but ironing!!!), I fed her cat, I
scooped his box, I cleaned up after her dogs.... heck, even hotel maids
don't do all the stuff I did!!!!!

/gripe


That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed



  #4  
Old September 21st 04, 02:24 AM
Christina Websell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her three

The question I have is, do you think it's possible that the diarrhea
could

be stress induced - after all, they were attacked by three dogs in their
own
bedroom and all four were cooped up in that one room for 6 days.


Yes, I think it's possible. You needn't think about taking them toithe
vet's until everything has settled down in their home for a few days.

They weren't in contact in any way with the visitor cat, he was kept in an
upstairs bedroom and they didn't get near his food and water dishes or his
(my!!) litter box (I disinfected all the litter boxes before setting them
up
again for my girls) - so I don't think they could have caught anything
from
him.


I doubt that they've caught anything, they are just stressed.

Any advice other than get her, whoever it is, to the vet?

gripe


See how they are in five days.

Never again!! That woman will not set foot in this house again unless my
husband lays down some rules to her. The first one will be that her d*gs
will be confined to one room (hopefully one without carpet) or outside in
our LARGE, FENCED IN YARD, and she will do her fair share to help with the
housework.


Oh my.

I'm really PO'd that she treated me like a hotel maid - I did groceries
for
her food (which she did not chip in for), I cooked her food, I cleaned her
dishes (she would get up from the table and go sit down to watch TV
without
so much as putting her plate in the sink), I washed her clothes (I think
she
must have brought some dirty ones with her because I did 3 loads of hers
alone - folding, hanging, everything but ironing!!!), I fed her cat, I
scooped his box, I cleaned up after her dogs.... heck, even hotel maids
don't do all the stuff I did!!!!!

/gripe


That's mothers in law for you. I had one of my own..
No need to worry. She and her unhousetrained dogs are gone.
You did good. Very good even, you tolerated more than most people would.
Be proud of yourself.

Tweed



  #5  
Old September 21st 04, 02:44 AM
Yoj
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her

three
dogs and one cat...


Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


  #6  
Old September 21st 04, 02:44 AM
Yoj
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her

three
dogs and one cat...


Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


  #7  
Old September 21st 04, 02:44 AM
Yoj
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
OK, you all know about the problems I had with my MIL here with her

three
dogs and one cat...


Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


  #8  
Old September 21st 04, 03:05 AM
CatNipped
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"Yoj" wrote in message
. com...
Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.


Thanks! My stomach is kind of queasy, but only from the thought of having
to clean up all this d*g pee!!! ;

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


Yes, he apologized to me profusely and said he would clean the whole house
and yard tomorrow or when he gets home from work at 4:00AM (too late, I
couldn't leave the house like this another night - I wanted my babies to be
able to roam free again - but the thought was nice)!!!.

He didn't say so, but I think he was ashamed of his mother's behavior, which
is why I tried not to come down too hard on him, but I *did* say that if
this happens again (there's more hurricanes out there), that he would have
to lay down the rules to his mom - especially about the dogs. I don't think
it was right that they got the run of the house the whole time while my
girls was penalized - especially since they couldn't keep from soiling every
carpet in the house.

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat. She sat on the couch eating from a bag of microwaved popcorn
and held the bag out for the d*gs to help themselves - and then ate out of
the bag and offered the bag to me!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!

And you must realize, I'm used to my daughter and SIL's d*gs. They "heel",
"sit", "lay down", leave the room when told (they wouldn't *dream* of coming
near the table at dinner time), *never* have an accident inside the house,
*never* get on the furniture, *never* bark except when they hear strangers
near the house, *never* chase the cats (my cats don't have to be penned up
when they're here, they wouldn't think of trying to harm the cats). All of
this training was done with quiet discipline, never any spanking or raised
voices, and with as much love as when they discipline their children. So
MIL's d*gs where quite a shock to me.

Hugs,

CatNipped


  #9  
Old September 21st 04, 03:05 AM
CatNipped
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"Yoj" wrote in message
. com...
Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.


Thanks! My stomach is kind of queasy, but only from the thought of having
to clean up all this d*g pee!!! ;

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


Yes, he apologized to me profusely and said he would clean the whole house
and yard tomorrow or when he gets home from work at 4:00AM (too late, I
couldn't leave the house like this another night - I wanted my babies to be
able to roam free again - but the thought was nice)!!!.

He didn't say so, but I think he was ashamed of his mother's behavior, which
is why I tried not to come down too hard on him, but I *did* say that if
this happens again (there's more hurricanes out there), that he would have
to lay down the rules to his mom - especially about the dogs. I don't think
it was right that they got the run of the house the whole time while my
girls was penalized - especially since they couldn't keep from soiling every
carpet in the house.

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat. She sat on the couch eating from a bag of microwaved popcorn
and held the bag out for the d*gs to help themselves - and then ate out of
the bag and offered the bag to me!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!

And you must realize, I'm used to my daughter and SIL's d*gs. They "heel",
"sit", "lay down", leave the room when told (they wouldn't *dream* of coming
near the table at dinner time), *never* have an accident inside the house,
*never* get on the furniture, *never* bark except when they hear strangers
near the house, *never* chase the cats (my cats don't have to be penned up
when they're here, they wouldn't think of trying to harm the cats). All of
this training was done with quiet discipline, never any spanking or raised
voices, and with as much love as when they discipline their children. So
MIL's d*gs where quite a shock to me.

Hugs,

CatNipped


  #10  
Old September 21st 04, 03:05 AM
CatNipped
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

"Yoj" wrote in message
. com...
Yes, I think it's entirely possible that the problem was stress-induced,
in which case it should soon solve itself. People can have
stress-induced gastrointestinal problems; I see no reason why cats
can't. I just hope the moving out was in time so that *you* don't get
such an illness. You certainly put up with way more than you should
have had to.


Thanks! My stomach is kind of queasy, but only from the thought of having
to clean up all this d*g pee!!! ;

Your husband owes you, big time!

Joy


Yes, he apologized to me profusely and said he would clean the whole house
and yard tomorrow or when he gets home from work at 4:00AM (too late, I
couldn't leave the house like this another night - I wanted my babies to be
able to roam free again - but the thought was nice)!!!.

He didn't say so, but I think he was ashamed of his mother's behavior, which
is why I tried not to come down too hard on him, but I *did* say that if
this happens again (there's more hurricanes out there), that he would have
to lay down the rules to his mom - especially about the dogs. I don't think
it was right that they got the run of the house the whole time while my
girls was penalized - especially since they couldn't keep from soiling every
carpet in the house.

I've never seen animals so spoiled and indulged as these d*gs (and that's
saying a lot as spoiled as my crew is!!!). But she was just disgusting
about it. She sat at my kitchen table during dinner and tore off hunks of
broiled chicken or other meat from her plate to throw on the floor for the
d*gs to eat. She sat on the couch eating from a bag of microwaved popcorn
and held the bag out for the d*gs to help themselves - and then ate out of
the bag and offered the bag to me!!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!

And you must realize, I'm used to my daughter and SIL's d*gs. They "heel",
"sit", "lay down", leave the room when told (they wouldn't *dream* of coming
near the table at dinner time), *never* have an accident inside the house,
*never* get on the furniture, *never* bark except when they hear strangers
near the house, *never* chase the cats (my cats don't have to be penned up
when they're here, they wouldn't think of trying to harm the cats). All of
this training was done with quiet discipline, never any spanking or raised
voices, and with as much love as when they discipline their children. So
MIL's d*gs where quite a shock to me.

Hugs,

CatNipped


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
The Chronicles of Frank II (LONG AGAIN) Marina Cat anecdotes 65 September 21st 04 03:58 AM
Back from a long weekend (and a long post!) Ginger-lyn Summer Cat anecdotes 10 June 30th 04 09:29 PM
Thank You from BlueBird........(long..... sorry) BlueBird Cat anecdotes 2 December 27th 03 02:23 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:30 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 CatBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.