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"kitkat" wrote: The vet sent Jasper home with us last night because he was SO agitated there that they couldn't do much for him. His being blind and deaf must only complicate the natural hate for the vet's office that an animal feels. Pam! Somehow this is the first time I realized that Jasper is blind and deaf. Was he that way when you adopted him? I think you said you have had him since last August? |
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Mary wrote:
"kitkat" wrote: The vet sent Jasper home with us last night because he was SO agitated there that they couldn't do much for him. His being blind and deaf must only complicate the natural hate for the vet's office that an animal feels. Pam! Somehow this is the first time I realized that Jasper is blind and deaf. Was he that way when you adopted him? I think you said you have had him since last August? Yes, he has been that way since we got him and yes we have had him since August. I wouldn't say that we adopted him so much as we inherited him. The story goes that his mommy died. This old lady was the human mom of a friend of the family. So, when Virginia died and my husband and I went to the wake, her daughter immediately approached us, knowing we are cat people (and also knowing we didn't want another cat...but that's another story). Of course, because I am 100% wuss, we agreed to go over to Virginia's apartment to see Jasper and Max. Jasper and Max didn't get along well, so the pair was not a bonded one. This was a good thing because there is no way I would have wanted to take both of them. I was already very concerned how Luna would take it. So, anyhow, to make a short story LONG... :-)...I took one look at Jasper, who was sitting on Virginia's bed, which was hospital style bed and my heart broke. He looked SO sad and like he was just PRAYING that his mommy would return. I didn't pay much attention to Max and immediately Tim and I decided we would take Jasper home with us and if it didn't work out in our home, we would find him a home. What we noticed was that he really couldnt see...or hear!!!! He seems to be able to see light and shadow out of one eye, but the other eye is pretty far gone. As for his hearing, he seems to be able to hear vibrations...high pitched noises and thuds. Funny how he manages to hear me banging his food dish on the counter. ;-) So yes, our little old guy is both blind and deaf. What kills me is that Virginia wanted her cats PUT DOWN upon her death. Nice, huh? I have read other stories like that here on rpch&b, but it just BAFFLES me. Fortunately her daughter wanted the cats to live and thus we got Jasper. Max went to the vet clinic and was rehomed through them. Pam |
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How wonderful you adopted him!
I pray he will be ok. "kitkat" wrote in message m... Mary wrote: "kitkat" wrote: The vet sent Jasper home with us last night because he was SO agitated there that they couldn't do much for him. His being blind and deaf must only complicate the natural hate for the vet's office that an animal feels. Pam! Somehow this is the first time I realized that Jasper is blind and deaf. Was he that way when you adopted him? I think you said you have had him since last August? Yes, he has been that way since we got him and yes we have had him since August. I wouldn't say that we adopted him so much as we inherited him. The story goes that his mommy died. This old lady was the human mom of a friend of the family. So, when Virginia died and my husband and I went to the wake, her daughter immediately approached us, knowing we are cat people (and also knowing we didn't want another cat...but that's another story). Of course, because I am 100% wuss, we agreed to go over to Virginia's apartment to see Jasper and Max. Jasper and Max didn't get along well, so the pair was not a bonded one. This was a good thing because there is no way I would have wanted to take both of them. I was already very concerned how Luna would take it. So, anyhow, to make a short story LONG... :-)...I took one look at Jasper, who was sitting on Virginia's bed, which was hospital style bed and my heart broke. He looked SO sad and like he was just PRAYING that his mommy would return. I didn't pay much attention to Max and immediately Tim and I decided we would take Jasper home with us and if it didn't work out in our home, we would find him a home. What we noticed was that he really couldnt see...or hear!!!! He seems to be able to see light and shadow out of one eye, but the other eye is pretty far gone. As for his hearing, he seems to be able to hear vibrations...high pitched noises and thuds. Funny how he manages to hear me banging his food dish on the counter. ;-) So yes, our little old guy is both blind and deaf. What kills me is that Virginia wanted her cats PUT DOWN upon her death. Nice, huh? I have read other stories like that here on rpch&b, but it just BAFFLES me. Fortunately her daughter wanted the cats to live and thus we got Jasper. Max went to the vet clinic and was rehomed through them. Pam |
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"kitkat" wrote in message m... Mary wrote: "kitkat" wrote: Pam! Somehow this is the first time I realized that Jasper is blind and deaf. Was he that way when you adopted him? I think you said you have had him since last August? Yes, he has been that way since we got him and yes we have had him since August. I wouldn't say that we adopted him so much as we inherited him. The story goes that his mommy died. This old lady was the human mom of a friend of the family. [...] So, anyhow, to make a short story LONG... :-)...I took one look at Jasper, who was sitting on Virginia's bed, which was hospital style bed and my heart broke. He looked SO sad and like he was just PRAYING that his mommy would return. This brought tears to my eyes. I can just see this. I didn't pay much attention to Max and immediately Tim and I decided we would take Jasper home with us and if it didn't work out in our home, we would find him a home. What we noticed was that he really couldnt see...or hear!!!! He seems to be able to see light and shadow out of one eye, but the other eye is pretty far gone. As for his hearing, he seems to be able to hear vibrations...high pitched noises and thuds. Funny how he manages to hear me banging his food dish on the counter. ;-) So yes, our little old guy is both blind and deaf. He was not that old. I wonder why his medical records don't show this. Unless I missed it, the records you mentioned yesterday were pretty much clean. (I am wondering if the lady fed him tuna or something toward the end as she became more unable to care for herself or him and maybe that is how he lost his sight--you know, it has no taurine and so forth.) Jasper is a striking (beautiful, and goofy looking in a very endearing way!) boy. What kills me is that Virginia wanted her cats PUT DOWN upon her death. Nice, huh? I have read other stories like that here on rpch&b, but it just BAFFLES me. So If you had not taken him he would have been killed. I'm so glad it was you that that kindhearted daughter found. I do understand why people who adore their cats sometimes want them put down when they die because my mother wanted that. She said it was because no body would love her cat the way she did. We did not do it--even though she was right, her cat hated everyone but her, and was just obnoxious. My sister took the cat, because the cat hated her slightly less than she hated me! Fortunately her daughter wanted the cats to live and thus we got Jasper. Max went to the vet clinic and was rehomed through them. Great story. Can you post the link to the photos again, I want to see Jasper again and I didn't save it. P.S. the reason I mentioned giving him water with a turkey baster is because it holds more water than an eyedropper. Less refills. |
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ElvisRocks wrote:
How wonderful you adopted him! I pray he will be ok. Thank you. We are all praying for eachothers cats! I'm thinking of Elvis, too! I do think it was meant to be that we have Jasper. Last spring, we tried adopting from the shelter and suffice it to say, it did not work out. This poor guy, Lex, was brought back to the shelter multiple times (us included ) because he would spray EVERYWHERE. He had been tested for UTIs and all kinds of other health issues. It seemed to boil down to this: Lex was first brought to the shelter as a stray that was declawed but NOT fixed. (Who would put a cat thru a declaw and not have him fixed??!!!) (And THEN leave him out on the streets??!!) Anyway, he was a wonderful, sweet cat, but within a week, he had destroyed 2 couches and had peed everywhere. He had the most foul smelling pee possibly in the world! No joke! On top of that, he spent most of his time stalking my other cat, Luna. Suffice it to say it was a very stressful week and I realized that we had bitten of WAY more than we could chew. The day we brought him back to the shelter, I cried the whole day and night. I felt like such a failure...and hey, in some ways maybe I was. We should have done the introductions differently and perhaps done other things differently as well. But I couldnt change what had happened. All I knew was that I had no furniture, a terribly unhappy Luna, a husband who was ready to let him out on the street (!!) (this was because when Lex was not stalking Luna or spraying the house up and down, he sat in the window and moaned as if all else he wanted to do was be outside) I accepted defeat and brought him back to the Red Door shelter where I knew he could live forever if he had to. Terrible thought, but I felt pretty helpless in general. I was really heartbroken and depressed after the failure with Lex. When Linda's mom, Virginia was nearing her dying day, she asked Tim and I about taking Max or Jasper and my initial response was NO WAY. Been there done that. Luna wants to be the queen all by herself. However, when Virginia died, we saw Jasper and the rest was history. I think that his being blind and deaf makes it so that he can co-exist with Luna. After all, even if he tries to go after her...it doesn't take but a few minutes for him to just stand there with that puzzled look on his face like..."uh...which way did she go?!" In other words, I think Jasper might be the only cat Luna CAN co-exist with and frankly, I am not so sure how many people would have been jumping at the opportunity to adopt a blind, deaf 14-yr old cat...even IF he is a purebred siamese. I feel REALLY good about having Jasper. I don't know how long he's got left, but I'll be by his side for the rest of it, trying to make it happy and healthy as possible. This is the first time I have shared the story of Lex and the ensuing failure here. I was really ashamed and afraid because I really thought it would work out and I didn't want anyone to shame me for bringing him back to the shelter. But I know that the place I brought him back to is a good one. It is a no-kill shelter and they are wonderful people. Here is Lex. He is SO handsome. http://images5.fotki.com/v63/photos/...4/Lex02-vi.jpg The people at the shelter and the vets they work with really seemed to feel that Lex being neutered at over 1 year of age really damaged him mentally in terms of the spraying behavior. And I'm certain the declaw didn't help either. Thanks for listening...again. Pam |
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Mary wrote:
He was not that old. I wonder why his medical records don't show this. Unless I missed it, the records you mentioned yesterday were pretty much clean. (I am wondering if the lady fed him tuna or something toward the end as she became more unable to care for herself or him and maybe that is how he lost his sight--you know, it has no taurine and so forth.) Jasper is a striking (beautiful, and goofy looking in a very endearing way!) boy. This is exactly what Tim and I were discussing over the past day. The problem is that Jasper got NO vet care that we know of from 1998 to this past August. And that time period was the time that Virginia was the sickest. She was definitely feeding him people food. Apparently she had "meals on wheels" delivered to her which Jasper was quite fond of. And also she fed him stuff like chicken from KFC and hamburger meat. It is a wonder that he isn't obese! But yes, probably not much in the taurine department. She had caretakers that came and went, but who knows how consistent these cats were even fed. When we first got him here, he was a little chow hound!!! What kills me is that Virginia wanted her cats PUT DOWN upon her death. Nice, huh? I have read other stories like that here on rpch&b, but it just BAFFLES me. So If you had not taken him he would have been killed. I'm so glad it was you that that kindhearted daughter found. I do understand why people who adore their cats sometimes want them put down when they die because my mother wanted that. She said it was because no body would love her cat the way she did. We did not do it--even though she was right, her cat hated everyone but her, and was just obnoxious. My sister took the cat, because the cat hated her slightly less than she hated me! Fortunately, Jasper is a total love bug. I don't think he cares WHO pets him as long as SOMEONE does. If we hadn't taken him, Linda would have had to search for another taker. I don't know what his fate would have been, but I do not regret AT ALL the decision we made to take him and go from there. Great story. Can you post the link to the photos again, I want to see Jasper again and I didn't save it. You bet. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/m...jasper_dudley/ P.S. the reason I mentioned giving him water with a turkey baster is because it holds more water than an eyedropper. Less refills. Well, we just gave him his first prednisolone pill. About 12 hours sooner than the vet had instructed, but I want to get this boy feeling better...ASAP! We'll give the turkey baster trick a try, too! I just did some reading on the hepatic lipidosis and clearly...this is something we want to AVOID at all costs! I can not imagine the poor guy having to have a feeding tube, not to mention you have to feed them 4-5 times a day and both Tim and I have full time jobs. Oy! Pam |
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"kitkat" wrote : I think that his being blind and deaf makes it so that he can co-exist with Luna. After all, even if he tries to go after her...it doesn't take but a few minutes for him to just stand there with that puzzled look on his face like..."uh...which way did she go?!" LOL! Thanks for one of the best laughs of the evening! In other words, I think Jasper might be the only cat Luna CAN co-exist with and frankly, I am not so sure how many people would have been jumping at the opportunity to adopt a blind, deaf 14-yr old cat...even IF he is a purebred siamese. I feel REALLY good about having Jasper. I don't know how long he's got left, but I'll be by his side for the rest of it, trying to make it happy and healthy as possible. This is the first time I have shared the story of Lex and the ensuing failure here. I was really ashamed and afraid because I really thought it would work out and I didn't want anyone to shame me for bringing him back to the shelter. But I know that the place I brought him back to is a good one. It is a no-kill shelter and they are wonderful people. I'm sure I would have felt just as terrible as you did. But you tried. Here is Lex. He is SO handsome. http://images5.fotki.com/v63/photos/...4/Lex02-vi.jpg Oh my God! He looks like Indiana Jones would if he were a tom cat!! The people at the shelter and the vets they work with really seemed to feel that Lex being neutered at over 1 year of age really damaged him mentally in terms of the spraying behavior. And I'm certain the declaw didn't help either. What an unbelievable thing to do to a cat. And people wonder why I stay mad enough to bite the heads off of bats. :-) (Kidding! I love bats, and no bats were harmed in the creation of this post. As a matter of fact, please go look at my favorite bat site, below. Notice esp. the photo where the eetsy leetle bat is hanging on the person's hand (#5) and also the head shot (#7). Extreme cuteness warning here.) http://www.pbase.com/medoras/north_a..._bats_juvenile |
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Mary wrote:
"kitkat" wrote : I think that his being blind and deaf makes it so that he can co-exist with Luna. After all, even if he tries to go after her...it doesn't take but a few minutes for him to just stand there with that puzzled look on his face like..."uh...which way did she go?!" LOL! Thanks for one of the best laughs of the evening! Heh. Imagine the hours of entertainment here at home! When this happens and Jasper continues his search for Luna, we try to tell him "Hot...Hot...COLD...COLDER...FREEZING..." etc. He cant hear us anyway so he doesnt know we are teasing him. What an unbelievable thing to do to a cat. Yeah. I still think about Lex quite a bit. (BTW, Lex was short for Lexus, which is what the woman who brought him back before we did was driving when she dropped him off) After we brought him back, I would go to visit. But then last May, Tim and I got engaged, I got a new job and everything got crazy busy. For some reason, I havent been able to bring myself back in quite some time to see him. I did run into one of the shelter workers over the summer and she informed me that he was doing okay and that they might have a line on a secured barn home for him...or something to that effect. The lack of claws makes it real hard for him to be an outdoor only cat on some nice person's farm. I have learned an AWFUL lot about declawing in the past year. Sigh. Cats. Boy do I love 'em. Pam |
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"kitkat" wrote Great story. Can you post the link to the photos again, I want to see Jasper again and I didn't save it. You bet. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/m...jasper_dudley/ By the way, just looked at your photos of pretty Jasper and also 2003's vacation. Neat that the two photos you posted of Paris are Morrison's grave and Notre Dame. When I went to Pere Lachaise I wanted to see Oscar Wilde's grave. Keep the faith and hope you and Jasper both feel better in the morning. |
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Mary wrote:
"kitkat" wrote Great story. Can you post the link to the photos again, I want to see Jasper again and I didn't save it. You bet. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/m...jasper_dudley/ By the way, just looked at your photos of pretty Jasper and also 2003's vacation. Neat that the two photos you posted of Paris are Morrison's grave and Notre Dame. When I went to Pere Lachaise I wanted to see Oscar Wilde's grave. I think there are a few more pix of Paris than just Jim's grave and Notre Dame. When I went to Paris in 1993, I hated it, but when I went in 2003...I just LOVED it! Keep the faith and hope you and Jasper both feel better in the morning. Amen to that. I hope that the kitty gods are listening! I just took some tylenol sinus nighttime...hopefully I'll be sleeping soon! Again, thanks for keeping me company "virtually". This group is a great place. pam |
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