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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

31.0. "Cats and The Big C" by ROYAL::RAVAN () Tue Aug 07 1984 17:08

I hope this doesn't turn out to be too grim, but Chiun has had three skin
tumors removed in the last couple of years, and they turned out to be
mildly malignant. So - the vet has prescribed prednisone (sp?), the side
effects of which are supposed to be an increase in appetite and thirst,
with, one trusts, a corresponding increase in weight. (All I need is for
13-pound Chiun to gain weight.) 

Anybody out there have any experience with cancer in cats? With prednisone
or whatever it is?

-b

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
31.1		PRORAT::PICCICUTO	`Mon Aug 13 1984 16:56`	14
	Predisone seems to be popular in treating cats with different ailments. My cat, Smokey, has asthma (sp?). Once a month he goes into the vet's for his shot. He has not gained any excess weight, as for an increase in thirst, I don't see any difference in that either. He has been getting these shots for almost 2 years now. The only thing I have to watch for are urinary problems. My vet told me that after a while the predisone can make their tolerance took different infections a little weaker than normal. He has only had this problem once, and luckily I caught it in time. He is also spaded which makes this problem worse. Good luck! Cindy
31.2		GRAFIX::EPPES	`Mon Aug 13 1984 19:23`	5
	Male cats are not "spaded." Neither are female cats, for that matter. Female cats are SPAYED. Male cats are, euphemistically, "neutered." Or, more explicitly, castrated. -- Nina
31.3		ROYAL::RAVAN	`Mon Aug 13 1984 22:07`	16
	As someone pointed out, "fixed" is in interesting but inaccurate euphemism for the procedure disabling a cat's reproductive system; "broken" is closer to the truth. Of course, Chiun's been "broken" in more ways than one, poor fellow. (Lest this all start sounding like "Emergency Room" for cats, please note that Chiun does not seem to realize the danger he is in. Neither the steel plate in his back nor the pills I am forcing down his throat seem to bother him much, and he's very playful, cuddly, and as content as he's ever been; may he remain so for many years to come.) I will keep a lookout for urinary problems; my vet didn't mention that specifically, just that the prednisone might cause him to drink more, and therefore to urinate more. -b
31.4		NEDVAX::FITZGERALD	`Wed Sep 19 1984 17:08`	0
31.5		PARROT::BLOTCKY	`Sat Oct 06 1984 06:24`	7
	My sister's cat, Tadaka, had a large number skin tumors, which several vets removed, and then treated with various cremes, ointments, ect. with little success. Finally, a vet started the cat on "birth control pills" (he is a nutered male) and the tumors went away and haven;t bothered the cat since. This was over a year ago. Steve