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Kitty Farmcat is doing well
"kilikini" wrote in message . com... CatNipped wrote: "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "CatNipped" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... OMG!!! I missed your posting about this (I have been only spotty about reading lately because I hadn't been using my computer at home any more). I did not post about it, I thought it would be boring for you all. Gads, girl, that sounds dreadful! Are you OK now? Be *very* careful about your neck. I learned the hard way that injuries to the neck can show up weeks or months after a fall. If you feel the least bit of pain in your neck, or start getting tingling in your fingers, be sure to get yourself the to surgery as soon as you can. Mega healing purrs on their way to you!!! All fingers and the thumb in my left hand are numb. Doc says "it will come right eventually" not sure what the timescale is, but 6 months now and I would have hoped to see an improvement by now. Tweed Oh man! Do go back to the doctor, Tweed! If it is bone pressing on a nerve in your neck, they can fix that. But if that nerve gets too damaged they *can't* fix that. Please don't let that go on too long! Fluffy Tails, CatNipped I'm in agreement with CatNipped. How have you manged this long like this, Tweed? kili Easily. If it involves another operation, I just can't do it. Not because I am afraid of the op, but there is no-one to look after my cats/poultry that I can ask again while I am recovering. I need a far more important operation than that, the incisional hernia repair from my ovarian ca op didn't work last time so I have it back again and it's a real PITA It's not a problem at all for those of us who have partners who have not died, or adult children who can help us. For me, dead partner, no children, brothers always too busy. Friends I would be too embarrassed to ask to help again. |
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Have read Pam's questions and your responses. It is so good to hear that you
are all in one piece with nothing broken at this time and that both of your feline friends and your feathered pal are doing well. May this continue for a long and pleasant time. Charleen and the tribe "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "Christine K" wrote in message ... Christina Websell kirjoitti: "Mishi" wrote in message ... ! PS: can you tell me where you found the rehydration fluid recipe - I would like to try it with her. Thanks! Two tablespoons of sugar, one quarter teaspoon salt, one quarter teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking powder) in a litre of boiled water. I cannot tell you where I found it - I put it in my book of useful things some years ago, I knew I would need it one day. Tweed Here are a few links I found with similar recipes, some don't use the soda at all, only sugar and salt in the water. And then there are other recipes too... http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16760 http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and...?msg_id=001dzV http://www.survival-center.com/med-faq/med-9.htm http://www.simplyprepared.com/rehydration%20drinks.htm Interesting, thanks. I expect there are many recipes as good, or better than the one I posted, but I happened to have that one written down. It made an amazing difference to KFC. From being at death's door and being threatened with RB in a few days time by TED before I gave it to her, she is as fine as she ever could be with her advanced CRF. She has put on a lot of weight - she was very frail before that and now she isn't. The extra calories the sugar provided might have helped with that. I was worried about whether she would drink it of her own accord so I provided a bowl of plain water at the side of it, but she chose the rehydration fluid in preference. The poor girl had been turning herself inside out with diarrhoea that would not clear up so I kept her on it for about 3 weeks. As it possibly helps with replacing essential stuff she excretes by drinking too much with her CRF I intend to offer her some about once a fortnight. It can't harm her in the long term, as to be honest, she doesn't *have* a long term so I'm not worried it might rot her teeth ;-) No-one, not even the vets, can tell you how to keep what seems like a 200 year old cat alive. I played it by ear and it's working. She is bright and still her feisty old self. Having said that, I do have a lot of experience with very elderly animals over the years and might not have risked it if I hadn't. Although TED did say to me last time we were there "you are an elderly animal specialist, aren't you?" I do think he would be surprised if he saw KFC today. He would not believe it. Tweed |
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"Sherry" wrote in message ... . Wish I had a magic answer for the greasy fur & mats; I bet once she does get groomed, she'll feel even better. They seem to know when they look pretty. :-) I have managed to tease out a lot of the mats, very gradually. I get a slash every time. - so it is *very* gradual.. I do one every time I pick her up or when she jumps onto my knee. It p*sses her off, royally. Best time is when she is eating. I can even get one from under her tummy then. |
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Kitty Farmcat is doing well
"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ... "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com wrote in message news "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I've not updated about KFC for a while now. She's doing really well atm. ... Her fur got horribly matted because she does not groom herself now, ... Cats get vitamin D from self-grooming. P'r'aps she should be getting some booster shots, or at leat try getting her to lick some margarine! They do? Now that's an interesting fact I did not know. Where did you find out about that? It's in many of my cat books, and if you search on-line you should find something authoritative. It seems the sebum (grease) secreted onto fur by the cat reacts with sunlight to produce Vitamin D, which is then ingested through grooming. -- MatSav |
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MatSav matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com wrote:
It's in many of my cat books, and if you search on-line you should find something authoritative. It seems the sebum (grease) secreted onto fur by the cat reacts with sunlight to produce Vitamin D, which is then ingested through grooming. I'm assuming that it's the UV rays from the sunlight that trigger the vitamin D production, is that right? If so, then indoor kitties would need to be in front of an open window, since UV rays don't penetrate glass. (A screen would be OK, though.) I guess if that's not workable, you could always give her fish from time to time, or fish oil. (But then again, KFC probably won't eat fish, since it's not chicken. ) -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "kilikini" wrote in message . com... CatNipped wrote: "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "CatNipped" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... OMG!!! I missed your posting about this (I have been only spotty about reading lately because I hadn't been using my computer at home any more). I did not post about it, I thought it would be boring for you all. Gads, girl, that sounds dreadful! Are you OK now? Be *very* careful about your neck. I learned the hard way that injuries to the neck can show up weeks or months after a fall. If you feel the least bit of pain in your neck, or start getting tingling in your fingers, be sure to get yourself the to surgery as soon as you can. Mega healing purrs on their way to you!!! All fingers and the thumb in my left hand are numb. Doc says "it will come right eventually" not sure what the timescale is, but 6 months now and I would have hoped to see an improvement by now. Tweed Oh man! Do go back to the doctor, Tweed! If it is bone pressing on a nerve in your neck, they can fix that. But if that nerve gets too damaged they *can't* fix that. Please don't let that go on too long! Fluffy Tails, CatNipped I'm in agreement with CatNipped. How have you manged this long like this, Tweed? kili Easily. If it involves another operation, I just can't do it. Not because I am afraid of the op, but there is no-one to look after my cats/poultry that I can ask again while I am recovering. From what I've read, the "foraminotomy" can be done on an outpatient basis (I have Ben to help, but I can't take the time off work a major surgery would involve). They do it arthoscopically - I haven't found out what the recovery time is, but I see the surgeon on the 18th and I'll let you know what he says. Of course, that's assuming you have the same type of injury as I. I need a far more important operation than that, the incisional hernia repair from my ovarian ca op didn't work last time so I have it back again and it's a real PITA It's not a problem at all for those of us who have partners who have not died, or adult children who can help us. For me, dead partner, no children, brothers always too busy. Friends I would be too embarrassed to ask to help again. *DANG*! I'm *SO* sorry you're having to deal with this again. I'm *SURE* your friends wouldn't mind helping out again - it's not like you did this on purpose just to get help with the animals! I know I would gladly help out if I could, so you should mention it to them. It has to be really hard to do your chores with that type of problem! Purrs and purrs and purrs and purrs and purrs coming for *all* your health issues to be resolved. Hugs, CatNipped |
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Kitty Farmcat is doing well
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message m... Wonderful to hear. Stinky is doing well, but I wish he would get fat! He won't, I'm afraid. It's inevitable that dogs with CRF (and I see no reason why it's not the same for cats) lose weight as they excrete too much protein in their urine, even if they are eating well. Try not to worry about it if he gets thin. It's what happens. I admire you for doing subq with him - it would not be an option for me, as previously discussed, not only because it doesn't seem to be allowed here but also there is no way in the world that KFC would let me do it. Lots of purrs for the Stinkyman - I have a soft spot for him, you know. Particular purrs are coming from Boyfriend (very quiet ones, he can't purr very loudly for some reason - not like KFC, half his size, who could purr for England and can be heard upstairs from downstairs) because Stinky is his Uncle. Tweed |
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