ENDANGERED--incont. cat, NJ

[critters]

At last, he's been given the break he has needed for some time. It will be interesting to hear how he adapts to his new home, and what Critters' vet has to say about him.

Well...he's been twice, Mon and Tues. He has mites, fleas, UTI, crystals, and his foot's infected. He had to be cathed, and he REALLY showed himself. We came home with weeks of antibiotics, weeks of pred, and assorted other pills, potions, and a sack of Ringers. Luckily I got the Clavamox into him before he hid. He was 11+ pounds and needs to lose a little weight; it's better for his back & foot to not have to tow so much.

We were early, so we went to PetSmart. He LOVED it there, especially watching the little birds and the fish; Ari's friend Erika made the fish "dance" for him. The chins, gerbils, etc had the right idea--sleep the day away!! When we left it was unexpectedly pouring, and he didn't appreciate getting wet!

Tues. we saw a different vet, and she took him off everything but Clavamox after expressing him; he pee was still nasty & bloody. She felt like he was helping her pee him, so she said to leave him alone, except for the Clavamox, until Thurs to see if he'd pee on his own. Very, very happily, we got pee, and a fistful of tapeworms, yesterday. Never a dull moment with him!!

So...now he's been wormed too.

Oh, and he does NOT, obviously, leak pee all the time. Frankly, that was a surprise.

[Catty1]

I bet he got scared or stressed, and peed outside his box in his new home. OR he had a really bad infection and the new people didn't bother with a vet.



Well, the best happy ending has happened - he's with YOU, and had many PTrs helping him. He's better off away from those - er- people.

I hope the original HS knows about this health update...and that those people are on an adopter's CAUTION list, if there is such a thing.

He is SOOO cute!

[critters]

Oh, no question--the UTI was terrible, and his pee was stinking, nasty, bloody, disgusting stuff. Tomorrow he gets to come out & run amok again.

Yeah, the CA people know about all his diagnoses.