Introducing: Ben Purr

[QueenScoopalot]

Rose, So glad you all were there to find that sweet boy! Toxoplasmosis is easy to clear up with medication anyway. What do you mean by "his claws were cut"? Is he declawed, or just short nails? Noserubs to him from the gang here! Jan

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to hear that he has something that's treatable. Thanks again for being there for him and taking care of him.

[rosethecopycat]

Hi claws are trimmed.

Flat on the ends.

[rg_girlca]

Thank you for taking care of precious Ben Purr. What a sad story with a happy ending. I hope and pray that he continues to stay well and healthy.

[davidpizzica]

ROSE, i CAN"T STAND to see animal mistreated especially an adorable siamese. He looks a lot like my RB siamese Thai, and I'm glad that his illness is treatable. I am very fond of siamese, having had Thai for 22 yrs. Is he a blue point? Thai was.

[kimlovescats]

Rose, THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing this baby into a loving home, JUST IN TIME!!!! Thank GOD, he can be saved!!!

Please give Ben Purr some gentle hugs from me, and PLEASE keep us updated on his progress!

[Barbara]

I didn't come to this story earlier and I am glad to hear, he only has a treatable illness

Poor boy- I am so glad you rescued him. He's adorable.

Jan- I am sorry about poor Ashley.

Kittikay: your meezers look so healthy and fun.

Ben Purr will be as cute as they are

[sasvermont]

I lived in Colorado years ago. While I was there, my Siamese cat jumped out a window and was gone for weeks. She was found on the sidewalk by a passerby and then taken to the local vet. She had a collar on with my Pennsylvania phone number on it. After a day at the vet, they called my parents etc. etc. She must have stayed hidden from everyone, including me, when she was lost. She was really sick when she finally came out of hiding....and nearly didn't make it. She lived to be 21 by the way. Her name was Sabrina...she was my very first cat. I loved her so and was totally dedicated to her. I put up signs and just never gave up hope in finding her. She was a survivor for sure.

I wonder - have you called the local shelter to see if anyone has lost a Siamese. And yes, I can also see that people put cats and dogs out to fend for themselves, when their lives don't coincide with having a cat or dog.

Someone will love him.

[rosethecopycat]

We don't exactly know where Bennie came from. For sure, not locally.

He was picked up on the side of a road, and the rescuer said she looked around and knocked on doors. Don't think she put up signs, she wasn't from that area either.
She drove him 140 miles to where she lives. Then somebody contacted SRC about a missing Blue Point in THAT area, but it couldn't have been Bennie, he just got there a few days before.

Then I got him.

Bennie didn't gain any weight last week, some mild diarrhea. Anyway, they put him on Albon for possible Coccidia and in anticipation of this antibiotic for his Toxoplasmosis, which can cause severe diarrhea.

I gotta try and keep his weight up through these weeks of meds. He doesn't want to eat after the medicine.

He is hating the taste of the liquid med Clindamycin.

Does anybody know if a Vet can flavor the liquid med? I thought I remembered meds getting a tuna flavor to be more palatable.

[emily_the_spoiled]

You vet should be able to flavour the medicine to make it a little more palatable for Ben. Or you could always as Phred for his claim juice

[Steffi N]

Dear Ben Purr, I have neglected to tell you how happy I am that you were rescued and how much I hope you will get back to good health and full beauty soon.

[QueenScoopalot]

Clindamycin comes in capsules as well as the foul tasting liquid. I'd ask the vet about them instead of giving Ben that nasty stuff. My vet had me taste it once after one of my kitties got dentistry, and it is a taste that lingers, and won't go away fast. Blechh!

[rosethecopycat]

GOT THE CAPSULES!!!!

I'm going to get POOR doing this (rescue doesn't pay for your preferences, they send you what they have-liquid)

But I'm cat RICH!

[QueenScoopalot]

I know it all too well Rose! Most of the kitties I rescue off the streets are cared for by me at first until I finagle them into shelters! I just got in an emaciated orange boy via leslie flenner who is a hard call. I'm sure he'll survive for now, but I don't know what's wrong. Sweet neutered orange boy...age who knows? I've had kittens with awful teeth, so how can a vet actually tell by teeth? I can tell if they're over six months, but born to a feral who's been reproducing for years, it's anyones guess IMO! Jan

[Lillycat]

dear, dear bennie.....such a happy ending story...if only it was so for all our kitties. hugs and kisses to you!!!