Re: cat news

I think Noreen is describing something more serious (under the chin/neck that rupture - blood everywhere) than you are, Betsy. My cats have had experiences with the kitty acne you describe and my vet said the same thing. I use only porcelain or stoneware for their food, no plastic. 

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Kelson" <bkelson@ix.netcom.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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
----- Original Message -----
From: <TeichFauna@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
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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