Purrs for my friends kitty

She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home
this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in
and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She
immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and
discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets
probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they
actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or
not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are
both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush
their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out
from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds
like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but
purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just
for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out
and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was
good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to
absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible
cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that
she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic
political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from
anyone reading the boards this late.

thanks all

Karen

Karen wrote:
Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading
the boards this late.

Well, it's early morning here, and Miranda woke me up at 4.30 as usual,
so we are awake and ready to send emergency purrs for Cloe and
especially Foster. Hope he escaped with his kidneys unharmed.

--
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On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:37:31 -0500, Karen wrote:

She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home
this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in
and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She
immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and
discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets
probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they
actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or
not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are
both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush
their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out
from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds
like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but
purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just
for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out
and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was
good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to
absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible
cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that
she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic
political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from
anyone reading the boards this late.

thanks all

Karen


We shall gladly hold a late night purring session for both kitties. May
they have a bright Easter morning. MLB

Karen wrote:

She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home
this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in
and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food.

Oh, no! Purrs coming from here, loud and clear. Poor boy! I sure hope
he pulls through OK. And that their girl kitty didn't consume any of
the lily plant.

Please keep us updated!

Joyce

On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:37:31 -0500, Karen wrote:

She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home
this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in
and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She
immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and
discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets
probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they
actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or
not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are
both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush
their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out
from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read, it sounds
like they have the best possible scenario for this bad situation but
purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably getting this just
for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have gotten it all out
and not have developed any kidney trouble from this. I did think it was
good he had food in his stomach too, as I would expect that had to
absorb some of any sap. Husband feels guilty, she feels like a horrible
cat mommy for not knowing (and this is on top of quitting her job that
she thought was going to be her dream job and turned into the "Academic
political job from hell" on Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from
anyone reading the boards this late.

thanks all

Karen

Hi Karen,

This is the second time today (Sunday) that I have read about cats
getting poisoned by lilies. A local woman had to take all three of her
cats to the vet to be treated. They believe that the cats will be ok.
The people who sell the lilies should have warning tags attached to
the pots, or around the top of the plant (how many people look at the
pot when they are buying a plant!) It may save lives.

Patti

Karen wrote:
She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home
this afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in
and meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She
immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and
discovered how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets
probably within an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they
actually took both cats because not knowing if the girl had eaten it
or not - and she probably hasn't because she did not vomit). So they
are both at the vet and got the charcoal treatment and are on IVs to
flush their kidney's. They will take a blood test around 1 a m 12
hours out from the first possible ingestion. From everything I read,
it sounds like they have the best possible scenario for this bad
situation but purrs for Foster and Chloe (though Chloe is probably
getting this just for precautions sake so especially Foster) to have
gotten it all out and not have developed any kidney trouble from
this. I did think it was good he had food in his stomach too, as I
would expect that had to absorb some of any sap. Husband feels
guilty, she feels like a horrible cat mommy for not knowing (and this
is on top of quitting her job that she thought was going to be her
dream job and turned into the "Academic political job from hell" on
Wednesday). Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading the boards
this late.

thanks all

Karen

Mega purrs on the way. There should be a warning where lillies are sold
_all_ varieties are dangerous for cats. :-(
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Purrs on the way.
Ann

--
read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/
see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos
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She did not know about Easter Lilys and her husband brought one home this
afternoon at around 1pm. Around 2 her male cat, Foster, came in and
meowed, and threw up. They could see two leaves in the food. She
immediately wondered about the new plant and looked it up and discovered
how toxic they are. She had the cat to the emergency vets probably within
an hour and a half of his having eaten it (they actually took both cats
because not knowing if the girl had eaten it or not - and she probably
hasn't because she did not vomit). So they are both at the vet and got the
charcoal treatment and are on IVs to flush their kidney's. They will take
a blood test around 1 a m 12 hours out from the first possible ingestion.
From everything I read, it sounds like they have the best possible
scenario for this bad situation but purrs for Foster and Chloe (though
Chloe is probably getting this just for precautions sake so especially
Foster) to have gotten it all out and not have developed any kidney
trouble from this. I did think it was good he had food in his stomach too,
as I would expect that had to absorb some of any sap. Husband feels
guilty, she feels like a horrible cat mommy for not knowing (and this is
on top of quitting her job that she thought was going to be her dream job
and turned into the "Academic political job from hell" on Wednesday).
Purrs would be appreciated from anyone reading the boards this late.

thanks all

Karen

Many purrs.

We had a lily when we had Nox because Nox would not want to eat a
dirty, dirty plant even if it was within her reach, which it wasn't.

We don't dare risk it now though--Smokey's shown a surprising ability
to get up on places like the fridge and he chews on my ferns, too. So
now it's just not worth it--I couldn't enjoy the lily because I'd be
too busy worrying about the kitties.

--Fil

"Enfilade" wrote in message
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Many purrs.

We had a lily when we had Nox because Nox would not want to eat a
dirty, dirty plant even if it was within her reach, which it wasn't.

We don't dare risk it now though--Smokey's shown a surprising ability
to get up on places like the fridge and he chews on my ferns, too. So
now it's just not worth it--I couldn't enjoy the lily because I'd be
too busy worrying about the kitties.

--Fil


Same here. Since I got Rusty, I have given up on poinsettia and Easter Lily.
I used to get them for Christmas and Easter. Not anymore.

Winnie

Healing purrs for Foster, precautionary purrs for Chloe,
stress-relieving purrs for your friend, and de-guilting purrs for her
husband. He didn't know, and now he does. Feeling guilty will just
tear him apart without helping Foster get better.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

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