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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

4171.0. "So, how was YOUR week?? " by TPMARY::TAMIR (ACMS design while-u-wait) Tue Nov 13 1990 10:53

Well, last week started off like any other week...5 cats inside, 4 cats outside.
Biff was recovering from his surgery and was just getting over the flu.  So,
Thursday morning, I noticed that one of my feral baby's had a bad respiratory
infection.  Since I've gotten him to the point where he could be held, I
decided to snag him and drag him kicking and screaming to the vet.  This is
the 'player to be named later' you may have read about.  Meet Mikey....

Mikey is a baby brother to Robin and Biff, from the same very fertile parents.
While at the vet, we found fleas, ear mites, roundworms, a respiratory
infection, two ingrown claws (he's double pawed, just like MomCat and Robin),
and a few miscellaneous other maladies.  So, we came home with flea powder
and spray, numerous ear mite medications, Clavamox for him and for Honey,
vitamins, worming stuff, and orders to keep him away from the rest of the
kitties for one month.  Mike spent the night crying his eyes out and when I
went in to comfort him, Biff managed to get in, too.  I thought, as I crawled
back into bed at 2 in the morning, that he had settled down quickly.  In the
morning, I discovered Mike and Biff sleeping together on the sofa in Mike's
room.  Swell.....so that's how Friday started.  And Honey is non-to-pleased
to be taking Clavamox...

When I got home Friday afternoon, I went upstairs to see what was happening.
Honey took one look at me and started foaming at the mouth and was hissing
and spitting.  He bit my hand when I tried to pet him.  I've never been so
scared.  I called the vet right away and she said to rush him in and that
hopefully it wasn't distemper.  He did OK waiting for the vet, but as soon
as we tried to examine him, he started foaming and spitting again.  He went
absolutely nuts.  He would allow no one to touch his face, mouth, or ears.
The vet asked if it were possible that he got into some sewing needles or
pins.  My heart sank as I remembered leaving a couple pins stuck into the
ironing board that morning, along with a needle and thread.  I started crying
calling myself the worse mother on the planet, knowing that it was very likely
that my #1 baby had gotten into the needles.  My ever-patient vet had to
sedate Honey to x-ray him to see if he had swallowed the pins and where they
might be.  Two hours later, she called and said there were no pins, no sores,
no nothing.  Could this possibly be a behavioral problem??  Well, if you want
the answer to that one, go near Honey with an eyedropper and watch the reaction.
$175.00 later, I've got a cat with an attitude....and a nice, juicy sneeze...

Saturday started out promising.  I left the house to do errands.  Mikey was
left in his room to spend the day.  When I got back Saturday night, there
was Mikey in the kitchen with Chauncey nibbling a little SD Light.  Biff
had sprung Mikey from prison and now all of my cats have been exposed to
fleas, ear mites, worms, and a respiratory infection.

Welcome, little Mikey...you sure brightened up a dull week.....

Mary

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4171.1		WILLEE::MERRITT		`Tue Nov 13 1990 12:08`	10
	Your week sounded like most people experience within a years time frame. Well thank god that week is over....and hopefully this one will be better. Mikey sounds like a little handful..and I hope all your other babies are okay....even the one with the attitude problem. Can you imagine! Sandy
4171.2		JUPITR::KAGNO	I'm51%Pussycat,49%Bitch-Don'tPush it!	`Tue Nov 13 1990 12:27`	14
	Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time of it Mary. I remember when all 5 (when we had 5) of my guys caught a URI and it was rounds of cefatabs for everyone! I thought they would never get better. It is tougher when they are younger and more suseptible. Good for you for helping little Mikey, who surely would have perished in the cold weather we've been having. You deserve 5 gold stars!! I'm sure they all won't be severely affected... some only get mild cases while others get full-blown symptoms. At least you've caught it early and can begin meds for everything before they really become a problem. Hang in there!!
4171.3	unreal! Welcome home, Mikey!	CUPMK::TRACHMAN	EmacX Exotics * 264-8298	`Tue Nov 13 1990 13:08`	6
	mary, mary, mary. What can I say, except I send about 20,000 tons of empathy your way! Some days, I dunno, you could take and wap 'em aside of the tail! and then there are the good days! Hang in there tookie, I've got twenty cents on ya! E.T.
4171.4	Poor Grandma Mary	AIMHI::MCCURDY		`Tue Nov 13 1990 13:37`	6
	Mary, I can just see all of this now.. I also suspect you were getting the "Himalayan Death Stare" as well.. Give the kids a hug for me.. and tell Mikey welcome.. and kiss, hug, kiss, hug Kate
4171.5		TENAYA::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Tue Nov 13 1990 21:09`	3
	our babies...what would we do without them.... :-)
4171.6		CRUISE::NDC	Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313	`Wed Nov 14 1990 08:24`	4
	A cat with an attitude!?? I thought they ALL had attitudes! Hang in there Mary. You're doing a great job.
4171.7		SANDY::FRASER	Monsters remonstrated...	`Wed Nov 14 1990 09:17`	9
	Good gosh, Mary! And I thought I had problems at home :^} It looks like your sense of humor will carry you through this - some- thing one definitely must have to be a cat lover anyway. I woke up during the night and found that my pillow had been commandeered right out from under me. I growled assertively and two cats agreed to share it with me :^} Sandy
4171.8		TPMARY::TAMIR	ACMS design while-u-wait	`Wed Nov 14 1990 15:30`	10
	Mikey has an eating disorder. Seems dry food must be dug out of the bowl, leaving not one morsel behind, then it must be batted all over the room before it can be eaten. Thank God he doesn't do it to his canned food. Of course, Biff thinks this is great fun and joins in. Lordy, what's a Mom to do... Honey seems to have gotten over the foaming-at-the-mouth stage. He feels very smug that his won this battle. The score is now Honey 6453676323, Mom 1. Mary
4171.9	Ah, Gramma Mary - AGAIN!! Will you ever learn!!	CUPMK::TRACHMAN	EmacX Exotics * 264-8298	`Wed Nov 14 1990 16:58`	5
	Hmm. Mikey must have been talking with Lil. She uses her paw, takes a piece out drops it on the floor. When she is done, there is a pile of food on the floor, but I never know how much made it to her mouth. ugh - piglet! Gee, I didn't know that was an eating disorder.
4171.10		TENAYA::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Wed Nov 14 1990 17:44`	4
	Pussycat used to own my pillow. If I was very lucky I got access to about 1 square inch on a corner. Then my Mom bought him (or maybe me...) a pillow all my own for Christmas.
4171.11		CRUISE::NDC	Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313	`Thu Nov 15 1990 08:25`	5
	Well, two of my folds have developed a Drinking disorder! Seems we don't drink the water in the dish, we scoop and splash it around! Funny thing is I never saw them doing this until AFTER my conversation with Nancie Belser where she asked me if my folds play in the water! How could they know?!
4171.12		JJLIET::JUDY	Waiting for the big boom	`Thu Nov 15 1990 09:22`	3
	ESP Nancy, ESP!! =)
4171.13		FRAGLE::PELUSO	PAINTS; color your corral	`Thu Nov 15 1990 12:02`	3
	nancy- didn't you notice the red `hot line' phone in their room.....
4171.14	You WON a battle??????? How???	TOMLIN::ROMBERG	how long 'til the next holiday?	`Thu Nov 15 1990 13:23`	8
	> The score is now Honey 6453676323, Mom 1. He must have felt sorry for you to have let you win a battle! Becky had a similar 'problem'. She could not bear to lower her face to the bowl. All food had to be lifted to her face using one of her 'catcher's mitts'. Needless to say, she used to drop a lot.
4171.15		JJLIET::JUDY	Waiting for the big boom	`Thu Nov 15 1990 15:04`	7
	Chloe takes a piece out of the bowl with her paw, gets said paw about 2" from her face and then "tosses" it into her mouth. It's the funniest thing! She doesn't miss too often though.