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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

2541.0. "A Saturday Happening" by WFOV12::GONCALVES () Mon Jun 05 1989 17:22

    
    
    	Hi fellow feliners:
    
    	Boy did I have the scare of my life this weekend.
    	Our female siamese got outside and we don't know
    	how long she was out. When we found her, she was
    	foaming from the mouth and she was panting heavily.
    	I had never seen her react this way.
    
    	Called the vet and while I had him on the phone,
    	we took her temp. and then put her into a cool bath
    	of water which she hated.  The vet seemed to think
    	that she ate something that was bitter while being
    	a little bit overheated. Saturday was a hot day.
    
    	Needless to say, I've never seen my husband spring
    	into action to take care of Selina.  She isn't his
    	favorite (or so I thought). After a lot of worrying
    	and a lot of time on the phone with the vet, we soon
    	settled down to watch her. The vet said to call him
    	back immediately if we notice her having any problems.
    	After drying her off completely, hubby and cat settled
    	down for a long afternoon's nap. It was an adorable	
    	picture, husband and cat side-by-side sound asleep.
    	
    	Boy what a          !
    	
    	What a way to spend a Saturday!

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2541.1	Poor baby(s!!)	CLUSTA::TAMIR	ACMS design while-u-wait	`Mon Jun 05 1989 21:14`	8
	Well, I guess Hubby showed his true colours!! These menfolk try to act more aloof than the cats do, but I'll bet there are lots of them who secretly get up in the middle of the night to make sure a sick kitty is OK... Poor little kitty; she must have been scared out of her fur!! Mary
2541.2		CRUISE::NDC		`Tue Jun 06 1989 07:47`	7
	Glad to hear she's alright! I'd have been pretty worried! re: menfold - Ya, Jack will go from telling me to get rid of Tymothee NOW to playing with him in the back yard. I guess he really likes cats, he just gets (understandably) upset when Tym beats up on Mao. N
2541.3		FSHQA2::RWAXMAN	A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend	`Tue Jun 06 1989 09:29`	7
	I agree. A URI infected all of our cats recently (except Chauncey) and Dana has been extra loving to all of them throughout it. He also helped me medicate and feed and was almost in tears listening to them cough and sneeze -- they really sounded awful! But we're pretty much back to normal now with all the cats either better or on the road to recovery. Boy, they sure can worry us!
2541.4	But they recover rapidly...	CPDW::MCDONOUGH	I'm a friend of THUNDER	`Tue Jun 06 1989 10:59`	9
	Re .0 From the sounds of the symptoms, it's extremely likely she had an encounter with a toad. I've had cats that have never seen a toad before saunter up to them with those curious ears and eyes, and proceed to take the critter in their mouth....OOOPS!! Darn!! Those things taste BITTER!!! Foam, foam, foam, spit, spit, YECHHHH!!! JM
2541.5	Men!	JUPITR::MARGOLIS		`Tue Jun 06 1989 14:52`	6
	Since Steve left the water tank lid open, and Tequila jumped in, he's been incredibly loving to her! A blessing in the deepest of disguises, I guess. Glad to hear everything's alright!