Re: cat news

Hi Noreen.
        A friend of mine had a cat with that chin thing. His vet told him to
get rid of the plastic food and water bowls. I guess it was an
allergic/dermatitis reaction.

betsy
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] cat news


> Thanks, Betsy, for your input.  Pinkerton is set for surgery on  Friday.
She
> is on antibiotics again now.  Dr. said they would not  know what type (?)
of
> stone it is till then.  One type can be controlled by  diet regulation,
the
> other comes back......didn't say what to do about that  one.   I assume
> calcifications and stones are the same?  Xrays  show a couple spots on the
kidneys.
> Not sure why the urgency for surgery  then, if there is a chance they
could
> shrink on their own?  We didn' t put  her on any special diet after the
kidney
> infection the first time.   Hmmm......never had anything like this from
younger
> cats.  My first group  (Flaksey etc.) never had any ailments at all,
nothing,
> until they were quite old  (over 10)....this is a bit alarming from a cat
so
> young.
>
> Other problems I'm seeing with this group this time is cysts on the skin
> under the chin/neck that rupture.  First time I saw this, I almost
died....there
> was blood everywhere.  Vet didn't seemed alarmed, said it was  comon
benign
> cysts.   Never had that with the last group  either....this time it's
happened
> twice already.  This whole group is under  5 years of age.
>
> Noreen
>
>
> In a message dated 10/29/2008 8:15:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
> bkelson@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> My cat,  Cody, was passing both types of crystals and had blood in his
urine
> about  18 months ago. After two sets of antibiotics, the crystals cleared,
> but the  blood was still in the urine. The doc did an x-ray and one of his
> kidneys  is smaller than the other and had calcifications on it.
> She put him on dry  C/D for 6 months and then rechecked and those
> califications pretty much  disappeared. After another 6 months, we
rechecked
> and HE still had blood in  his urine and his pH was high again. So Cody
got a
> dose of antibotics to  kill a potential infection. Then, pH was again high
so
> we have added C/D  canned food to his regime. His pH is now normal and he
is
> still one happy  cat
>
>
>
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