When Erin isn't happy

[elk]

Here is a book that is highly recommended by people I trust. Seems the author has a website too..

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312358016?...6RWZC19Z194P2&

[Tuckervill]

I sure admire you folks who have the gumption to grind up whole organic chickens for your cats enjoyment!

I have indoor/outdoor cats who see the vet only once a year for their annual stuff. My two sons each have 3 cats a piece, all indoors, all huge and fat and who make regular trips to the vet for various ailments, usually involving regurgitation. I guess it's the occasional squirrel heads my cats score that keep them so healthy? lol. (I don't know why the only eat the heads, but that's all that's ever missing.)

Karen

[ibcycling]

I sure admire you folks who have the gumption to grind up whole organic chickens for your cats enjoyment!

I have indoor/outdoor cats who see the vet only once a year for their annual stuff. My two sons each have 3 cats a piece, all indoors, all huge and fat and who make regular trips to the vet for various ailments, usually involving regurgitation. I guess it's the occasional squirrel heads my cats score that keep them so healthy? lol. (I don't know why the only eat the heads, but that's all that's ever missing.)

Karen

While outdoor kitties face dangers that indoor kitties don't you're probably right on the food/health aspect. I'm sure they chow down on a mouse, bird, squirrel, ?? on occasion and are getting some nutrients that the packaged food is missing. Mine, however, just like to take a trip to the barn and sneak the junky kibble that the 2 barn kitties are fed. The barn kitties aren't mine but I may start buying them better quality food since I have 2 kitties that sneak down there when they want junk food. LOL!

Elk - I'm in the Tri-Cities area of WA so about 2.5 hours from Portland. Last Sat. I rode a loop from Hat Rock Park (Hermiston) to Pendleton and back. Very pretty ride! If there are any good rides coming up let me know.

Lora

[sundial]

I hope your kitty feels better. It's no fun when the furkids are sick.

[elk]

Elk - I'm in the Tri-Cities area of WA so about 2.5 hours from Portland. Last Sat. I rode a loop from Hat Rock Park (Hermiston) to Pendleton and back. Very pretty ride! If there are any good rides coming up let me know.

Lora

I've done dog shows up there... I'm still a baby rider....but working away...and there are tons of people from there on TE... someday in the not too distant future I hope!!

[bmccasland]

This thread has been busy while I was gone. Apparently while Erin was a guest, she got 100 cc Ringer's daily, wet food, and the dry kibble I provided. She's still on antibiotics, an antihistimine, and soon will be on L-lysine. The office forgot to give me the antibiotics when I picked up the kitties yesterday, so went by today to get them, and was told I need to continue the IV therapy every other day. Since I live alone, and she's getting more difficult to "stick" I asked to get a lesson (again) - Dr. M said to come in for the meds, and bring Erin. They gave her the IV, her evening dose of antibiotics, and while talking it finally sunk in to Dr. M how long Erin has had the sniffles. So now the theory is that Erin has a Herpes virus, and she'll be started on L-lysine tomorrow (when it comes in). I've researched chronic sinusitis in kitties on the net, so knew about the L-lysine therapy, but when I looked at Whole Foods, they were big pills - big pill, little cat, and I couldn't figure out how to give it to her. Apparently there is a liquid form, so that's what we're wait for. Will give it a try.

Nala the dog is bugging me for a walk....