Stop suffering. Make our community No Kill with funding for vet care. | Pepsi Refresh Everything

Stop suffering. Make our community No Kill with funding for vet care. | Pepsi Refresh Everything

This is a great group that helps lots of local pets and owners alike, please take a few minutes and vote for them so they can win money to keep doing the good things that they do.

How to handle feline aortic thromboembolism - Veterinary Medicine

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a heartbreaking disease for any cat owner. In the mid 90's I had two cats with this disease. I was disappointed that there were no viable treatments available that had any evidence of working, and after reading this article, I see very little progress has been made in addressing the treatment, but there are a few new things here that are worth a second glance.

My Squiggle died at age 3. He has a wonderful black and white male with many extra toes. He loved to play fetch. Tree died at age 6, he was a beautiful grey and white male who loved my son to the moon and back. They both threw clots and it was extremely painful for them and us. I hope someday there is a viable treatment that helps these cats live a lot longer.

How to handle feline aortic thromboembolism - Veterinary Medicine

Your Kids, PETA's Pawns

Your Kids, PETA's Pawns

Veterinary coalition to target drop in client visits - DVM

With that said, Payne acknowledges the U.S. economy is going through a major transition. And with it comes changes to the way small and large businesses need to operate. For years, the profession has pushed to raise fees, but Payne contends, it is contributing to this trend of fewer client visits. "If you graph it out, the number of visits is declining with an increase in pricing. That tells us that we are not convincing pet owners of the value proposition," Payne says.


This IS an issue, most of us are struggling to make ends meet, a recession IS NOT the time to raise fees and add fancy services.






Veterinary coalition to target drop in client visits - DVM

Feline stomatitis

Many of us who live with FIP exposed cats, know these cats frequently also suffer from stomatitis. I have 4 cats that suffer from it and I have tried antibiotic treatments in two week intervals every few months on all of them. While it does give some relief, they quickly revert back to terribly painful mouths.
One treatment suggstion has been the usage of zyrtec. I am currently pursuing this treatment and have no firm results yet to report, except that pilling a cat with the painful mouth condition is difficult and stressful and I think that somewhat will counter any benefit of treatment. (antibiotics go into their food)

Recently the opportunity presented itself for one of the cats to get all but her top canines removed while undergoing a spay. She'd already lost most of the teeth (by age 3) and the last few were removed with little effort. A month later, I can report that although her gums are still irritated, the irritation is at least 75% reduced. SO in her case, it was an excellent solution.

One vet, has a very invasive procedure that certainly if finances permit and suffering sufficient I think should be discussed, however I think the expense would be high and would require a dental challenge for the average vet and I would personally recommend a veterinary dental specialist.
The procedure is discussed Here

While none of us want our pets to suffer in any way, this condition is challenging on many levels and there are no easy answers to it.

a talk show idea

It's rare that I have a post that I want to share on two of blogs...but I think this guy has some excellent points that deserve reading by both those who follow my "current events" blog as well as my cat friends.

YouTube - Woman throws cat into wheelie bin

YouTube - Woman throws cat into wheelie bin


this is just a horrible event. This woman was arrested by police, but talk about cruel