I need PT PRAYERS for BRODIE!!! *FINALLY MONDAY*

[lisalee]

I'm sorry to hear this about Brodie. Poor little guy. I will certainly keep him in my thoughts and prayers that he feels better soon.

[Laura's Babies]

Poor Brodie, I will be so glad when this is just a bad memory for him... Yes, they do get so lonesome with nobody around. I can't WAIT until the little sweetie can come HOME!

[christa]

Thanks guys. His newly found "attitude" has made us chuckle a bit also! Even when he and Josie play fight all over the house and Josie sounds like a little devil, hissing & growling, he never makes a sound to her. I just wonder if this will change things? Did he find his inner meanness??? Josie may be surprised when he comes home with such an attitude!!!

[Craftlady]

I'm glad to read that Brodie is doing so well with his recovery. I might get some of those bath wipe things at pet store.
We use the Fresh Step litter here. The only time I notice any significant kind of dust is when I pour it into another container. Starting using FS when we got Eleanor in June 2004 never had any problems breathing wise with the kids. It makes me sneeze sometimes when I'm scooping to wildly and stir things up.

My thoughts on the "Crystals are silica which is a known carcinogen and causes cancer." Why would a company make litter that causes cancers?????? I would think we would have the biggest STINK no pun intended about this particular litter. All sorts of recalls of product. Havent heard of anything being done like this in the USA. We hear about food recalls for animals when there is a problem. Worlds Best Cat Litter is a company who promotes their "natural litter" of course they will dig up and twist information to make other companies litter look bad and make we consumers go out and buy their all natural stuff.

I would not worry about Fresh Step or any others like it until it's ordered of the store shelves.

[christa]

Well for one thing, I don't think that any company intends for their client's cats to EAT the litter, LOL. Therein lies the problem. But you also have to consider that every litter website or disclaimer says something about, if your cat eats litter, see your vet . . . means there's something wrong. Silly cats.

We're not 100 percent sure that Brodie's eating the crystals was the problem. Just probably didn't help matters. He WAS vomiting before we started using the crystals. I posted in January about buying the crystals and I know he was vomiting way before that, even enough that I went out and spent 120 bucks on a Bissell SpotBot!

I don't think there's anything wrong with the Fresh Step either. We've always used it and never had any problems. And yes, I did get some of those good bath wipes at the store the other day. I'm ready to give him a good scrub down!!! And if that's not enough, I'm thinking about looking up the directions for the BUTT BATH!!! Oh joy!

[Craftlady]

Good luck on the bath
Have hockey gloves and helmet ready LOL

[smokey the elder]

I've never heard of silica gel being carcinogenic. Asbestos, a FORM of the same mineral, is; mainly because of the shape of the crystals. The silica may be irritating; it's the same stuff as sand, after all.

I hope Brody gets through all this OK!

[christa]

I've never heard of silica gel being carcinogenic. Asbestos, a FORM of the same mineral, is; mainly because of the shape of the crystals. The silica may be irritating; it's the same stuff as sand, after all.

Well I hadn't either. Otherwise I wouldn't have used it. Regardless of whether it's true or not, I'd rather not take the risk.

[jazzcat]

Christa, I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Brodie turns into an absolute angel baby when he comes home. That is how Ripley was years ago when he had to stay at the vet (wild) but then he would be the biggest baby as soon as he was in the house. He was clingy and sweet and just wanted to be around someone - which was a big deal since he used to hate to be pet much or even around us much back then.

Hope they can get to the bottom of what is making him sick soon.