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Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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"NightMist" wrote in message ... Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. (clip-----) NightMist Sure hope you find the can food that you can hide her pill in. It's hard when you dear pet is sick! Barbara in wet, hot SC |
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On 03/07/2012 22:45, NightMist wrote:
Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist Hugs to the poorly kitty. I'm not sure the cat food will have had anything to do with her health... Our two are 14 and have had nothing but commercial stuff and Aldi's cheap as chips stuff that they much prefer, and they still bounce round like the Energizer Bunny for half the day. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Neither of mine will touch tinned catfood - both have 'biscuits' but
both will sell their souls for Tuna meant for humans! I always keep a tin of 'Tuna in spring water' (so I don't have to rinse off the oil or salted water) in their food cupboard so I am prepared if they have to have medicine/pills. They gobble it up beautifully! (Even the vet couldn't make Mia swallow a pill!) Hope all goes well for Thorncat. Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk http://picasaweb.google.com/SallySeaside On 03/07/2012 22:45, NightMist wrote: Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist |
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"NightMist" wrote in message ... Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist Hi Nightmist, My Peanut is 14 and has chronic kidney disease (CKD). The vet found it about 6 months ago after a blood test prior to dental work that required anesthesia. We went through the same thing with the special kidney diet canned food. She wouldn't touch it. We tried everything... mixing it with salmon oil, tuna fish water, sprinkling it with parmesan cheese, etc. It got to the point where I seriously thought she was going to die from starvation rather than kidney failure. I did a bunch of research online and found out that cats are obligate carnivores getting the nutrients and calories they need from eating meat. The kidney prescription diets, while low in phosphorus, aren't really good for them because they're full of grains which cats can't use and low on the meat they require. My husband and I decided we'd rather have her enjoy what life she had left rather than spend it crying for food and sleeping to get away from the hunger pains. So we switched her to Wellness brand Turkey Recipe. It's a grain free, high quality protein canned cat food that had one of the lowest phosphorus level of all the regular foods I looked at. The vet gave us a prescription for aluminum hydroxide powder that binds phosphorus. It gets mixed into her food twice a day and she doesn't mind it at all. She's finally gaining weight back and her blood work is looking much better with some of the values actually within normal ranges. She'll always have CKD and at some point the binder won't help anymore but for now she's her old self again! Here are the sites I found very helpful... http://www.felinecrf.org/index.htm http://www.felinecrf.org/canned_food...od_data_tables http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=58227 http://www.pets.ca/forum/showthread....rus+ca t+food http://binkyspage.tripod.com/CanFoodNew.html .. As for the alien frequency generator, I bet your vet uses Feliway. lol http://www.feliway.com/us My vet just started using it to make kitties feel more secure and safer when they visit. I hope this helps and your Thorncat is feeling better soon! `` Jeri |
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Had a friend whose kitty (Siamese mongrel) tolerated pills in a
spoonful of peanut butter. But she had to explain it to him every time. Hope your Thorncat improves. Roberta in D On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:45:07 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote: Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist |
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Wonderful!
.. In message , Roberta writes Had a friend whose kitty (Siamese mongrel) tolerated pills in a spoonful of peanut butter. But she had to explain it to him every time. Hope your Thorncat improves. Roberta in D -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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Speaking in total ignorance but one of the things my friends who are
inclined to have kidney stones must avoid is peanut butter. Our Sweet Pea loved chopped apple. Really. So. We'd slip his pill into the spoons of apple. It went right on down. Yes. We really did chop apple every evening and feed him with a spoon. He also had a spoon of buttermilk. Loved that precious kitty. Polly "Pat S" wrote in message ... Wonderful! . In message , Roberta writes Had a friend whose kitty (Siamese mongrel) tolerated pills in a spoonful of peanut butter. But she had to explain it to him every time. Hope your Thorncat improves. Roberta in D -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:45:07 -0500, NightMist wrote
(in article ): Had all the kitties to the vet. Thorncat flunked her tests. She has a "largish mass in the vaginal area". Her kidney function was poor, and after a couple of weeks of a new diet, an antibiotic, and a couple hundred ml of subQ fluids it was actually worse. We are continuing the diet, she has had more fluids, If she is not better day after tomorrow, we will have to have her in for fluids once or twice a week for a while to try and get some improvement (free since we already bought the 1000ml bag). Also if there is no improvement this time, they are going to biopsy the mass to see what it is. A cancer could be responsible for the kidney problems, or they could have come about just because she is a 10 year old cat who has eaten major company commercial cat food her whole life. If her kidney function has improved enough, they will operate to take the mass out. If it hasn't improved they dare not operate for fear that she will be unable to metabolize the anesthetic. OK, her new prescription diet is Science Diet KD. She eats the kibble just fine, but neither she nor any other cat in the house recognized the canned food as food. _None_ of the 4 would touch it. We were supposed to be giving her the antibiotic in the canned food, but even without the medicine she would have nothing to do with that particular food! We had to hit the net and research cat food to find one that was close to the same analysis and give her the pills in that. Pilling Thorncat? Ha! Do not laugh make me! I value my limbs thank you very much. Curiously the people at the vet's office just love Thorncat. They say she is a real sweetie, biddable, good tempered, tolerant of strange people and animals. ?!!? This is the same cat who nearly gave a guy an anklectomy because he stepped too close when walking past her? The same cat that nearly flayed my arms off when I had to whisk her away because she thought my parents yappy Italian greyhound looked like a tasty treat? The same cat that Jiji got into a fight with because she thought noisy babies should be shredded and Jiji is an ardent "Save the Kittens! No matter what species" kind of tomcat? Is there some alien frequency generator that turns her into a Stepford cat when she is at the vet's office? NightMist Thorncat's temperament sounds a lot like Katie Mae. People who don't know her love her. We think she's very irascible. Two of the three cat's here will eat canned food though. They think it's the best treat ever. Maureen |
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Well Thorncat's BUN levels came back much improved.
She goes to the vet Monday morning for surgery. On the one hand the majority of masses found in cats are cancerous, on the other hand this a really weird place for a spayed cat to have such a mass. Fingers crossed that it is something simple and stupid. NightMist -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower? |
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