I have a 15 yr old, Valentino, with irritable bowel disease, hyperthyroidism, pancreatitis and urinary bacteria. He's almost done with the prescription for the urinary thing. I'm calling the vet today. I have to struggle soooo much with him! Boy, he sure is strong! I don't feel that it's good for him for me to have to physically struggle. It's so upsetting for him.
I hate that Valentino has so much going on. I did have one with hyperthyroidism and I had the radioactive iodine therapy (I-131) done for him but that was his only issue. I have had some with irritable bowel disease and I am seeing and hearing too many having this. What are you calling the vet in regards to? Do you mean in regards to the urinary thing or in regards to the struggle to treat him? I have scars all over my hands, arms, legs and and and hahaha Cats!! They hurt! I always tell them -- Your love hurts!! ahahahaa
My X boyfriend has Jax living with him. My 3 boys bully Haley. A week before she got diagnosed, I let Mark let Jax live with him. They have a ridiculously cute relationship. Things are going well. Mark and I talk almost every day. We have an understanding that Jax is still my cat. I don't give my babies away. I miss him but it's best for Haley. My house is much more peaceful. Jax and Buddy don't have a mean bone in their bodies but as sweet Valentino have vicious fights. Jax and Buddy just annoy her.
I am sorry anyone had to go stay somewhere else but if it is best and the kitty is happy, then we do what we must do. I do have a few bully situations hahaha I have them all separated to live in different areas, so to keep peace, but fortunately it is still where I am their caretaker. I dont know what I would do if it came to any had to go to another caretaker over such a thing, so that is not an option here. I am able to work it out ok for them.
I have to go through a checklist in my head to make sure I've done everything for both Haley and Valentino. Valentino is on 2 prescriptions, beside the urinary one.
I have a giant letter calendar on my wall and each month I write who has to have what. I used to could keep a mental checklist but I have had to deal with so many different issues, I got to where I have to write it all down. I also have to keep record on all animals because of my 501c3 requirements, so I have each of them with their own file in a cabinet and that is best because it does help me.
Buddy had his gums actually cut, had the teeth removed and then sewn back up. Your kitties teeth were extracted? Maybe it depends on how bad it is.
I honestly do not know how it was done, whether extracted or cut and sewn or what. I just say extracted hahaha Mouzer had a mild case and the love of my life had an extremely severe case and the one that is wilder, I have not yet figured out if his is severe or if the vet did not get all fine roots and this must be done or the problem will remain.
I had Mouzer's and the love of my life kitty's done by the specialist because the regular veterinarians around here are not educated to know that every fine root must be gotten out when it comes to feline stomatitis. The regular veterinarians around here dont even believe that this is what is to be done for feline stomatitis. So, I had to take the kitties to the specialist, who knows why this needs to be done and exactly how it needs to be done.
This wilder one, I was not told it was feline stomatitis until the last tooth had been taken out. He had bad teeth, I saw them and they were black, and over a three year span, I had him in to get the bad teeth extracted. So, he has no teeth but is still having some flare up issues, which the vet has let me know is feline stomatitis. If it keeps up, and it most likely will, I will have to call the specialist and ask if he handles wilder cats that he will have to knock out before he can even look at them lolol What needs to be done is an xray by the machines the specialist has. The regular vets doesnt have them.
This xray thing the specialist uses is to see if any roots were left behind by the regular vet. I could hope that is what was done and then have to pay the specialist to go in and get out those roots, because there is a chance he would not need to be medicated for life if this is the case. But we are talking thousands of dollars and I am in a debt that must be paid before I can do this.
It cost $2800 for Mouzer and another for my love kitty to be tended to. I have been told it will cost not much less to do what this other needs. The regular vets have no idea of what their ignorance and stupidity costs people, nor do they care.
I am an expert on feline stomatitis now and I just stand with a deadpan face any time the veterinarian starts talking about it - because they truly are ignorant and insistent to remain ignorant about it. Now, it is turning out I have the same deadpan face when they start talking about feline diabetes hahaaha because again, they are truly ignorant and insistent to remain ignorant about it.
I'm dragging myself around, too. I have arthritis in my shoulders, hips and knees. I'm 61 and I look like I'm 90. Plus I have several pounds to lose. I was also in a car accident in Sept 2019 and I'm still dealing with back pain. I can't do anything for more than 10 - 15 minutes, then I have to rest for a few.
LOL This aging thing stinks heehee but I guess better aged than dead haha I have injuries from a car accident too, and that affects my arms, and I have a birth defect that affects my shoulders and that has me with bursitis lol I cannot believe I am old enough to even speak of such things as bursitis, arthritis, plantar fasciitis and on and on. I laugh about it a lot.
I have always ran anemic and have always been one to not take anything for anything, so I get dizzy a lot. I have been going for the Ibuprofen of late though ahahaaha I just cannot make myself take a daily ritual of vitamins for the anemia. My mom has always bought them for me because she knows how I go around dizzy, but the bottles she gets just sits there until it expires heehee
I have had some of my issues as lifelong but most since I got into my 50's. I am 59 now. My sister is, I tell her she is decrepit, she was born with so many issues and they have gotten so horrible over the years, and she has other issues that came into being throughout her life. She is six years younger than I am. I feel so bad for her. I cannot even name all of her issues and it hurts me to see the pain she lives through.
My sister lives with our 81 year old mother on family property that has been handed down. The other half of the kitties I care for are located and set up nicely on the back of the property and they have their own fenced in big porch with a roof and that goes to a travel trailer with air conditioning and a kitty door, so they can go in and out as they choose, and they have a bed and shelving and all nice for kitties. I have to go there every day and I have always given them three nights I spend over with them each week, which they had to forfeit to Mouzer the past couple of months. This thing with Mouzer has not been fair to any animal in my care. But hopefully, Mouzer will continue doing well and all can go back as it should be for them all.
I don't blame you for not wanting to take the chance with depo-medrol. Even though it's rare, I don't think it's worth it either. I keep hearing that vets don't have extensive training with diabetes. That's why I trust people on here more. My vet wanted me to bring Haley in to be tested and I said no cuz the stress is only going to effect her number so what's the point? Yeah, taking care of one diabetic kitty is a lot for me. But, I love her so I'll do anything for her. I understand your passion for them and push yourself to do it for them. It's nice that you take time to spend with the kitties. Sure, with Mouzer being sick, you need to take special care of him and it takes some time away. You're doing the best you can which is already awesome. I pray for Mouzer, Haley and all the kitties with diabetes. What a nightmare!
I have gotten to where I trust regular veterinarians very little and I hate that they have made it that way and they will never own up to it. After my vet just prescribed liquid Clavamox to Mouzer, after I stressed no steroids and no sugary medications, I have lost a lot of confidence I had in him and he is the best I have found out of many I have tried. I dont want him to touch my diabetic kitty again now. He keeps pressing to give Mouzer steroids and does not seem to get it that I refuse, period, no, no, no. Not only for the sake of Mouzer, but look what this does to us as caretakers!
I now wish I knew everything about everything to do with animals, so I did not need a vet. And I will protect the animals with all of my might, and these vet techs irritate me more than the vet because they put on as if because they are a vet tech, they know as much as the vet, which the vet does not even know as much as they think they know lolol A world of people with massive egos, insistent to remain ignorant. And they make this all to be a nightmare, they sure do not help the matter any.
I just want to run this by you. Although I'm starting to step back from this, I'm a Pampered Chef Consultant and I've been doing animal rescue fundraisers, exclusively. I totally do it for the animals, not the little bit I make on it. My commission is direct deposited and I even forget that they pay me because I don't care about it. I retired last Oct from being in banking for 42 yrs. Being a banker, I purposely saved wisely for retirement. Thank God I don't have to worry about money. I can't be stupid about finances but I'm ok. That's why I don't care about the small commissions. I've just started some thing else but if I can help you with a fundraiser, I'd be happy to. No pressure. The only reason why I'm doing something different is because the fundraisers are done online on Facebook. I struggle with setting them up on Facebook when two other parts take me two minutes each. I'm just frustrated with Facebook. But, I can do one, if you like.
I do so appreciate your kind heart, really I do. But I took us off of facebook because a troll caused a lot of trouble, pain and heartache. I wont have anything to do with facebook in regards to these animals. I did run fundraisers for six years, until the troll did what they did. For the sake of these animals, they will never be mentioned on facebook ever again. There are several other rescues who have taken themselves off of facebook for the same exact reasons. There are too many ugly people out there only out to cause troubles for the animals and I have to protect these with my life.
The new thing I started is being a petPro with pawTree. I'm only mentioning that because you mentioned "holistic" in your message. pawTree is all about holistic food and supplements for all kinds of health issues. What they're most well known for is the supplements. If you want to take a peak, my website is
www.pawtree.com/holistichealth. I hope to find a way to help animal rescues with this, too, because that's where my passion is. Again, no pressure, I just want to help animals.
I will check out your website later in the day, and thank you for sharing it with me. It is early and I want to be able to take my time. I am sure there are rescues who wont mind being on facebook, there are many on facebook anyhow. I am sure you know that. They just have not had to endure being attacked by trolls and I hope they never have to deal with such a thing. It is a very bizarre thing to have to deal with.
Well, it's after 2am. I have to tend to Valentino before I go to bed. His coat looks like heck. I'm gonna try to spruce him up.
Thanks for being there! Hugs!
Your speaking of 2am heehee and I am still doing the 2am wake up body clock over Mouzer. I had to set Mouzer's shot times to 2a/2p because of the following six hours of having to be right here for testing and I had to have that done, so to be able to do all I have to do throughout the day. By the time the six hours got done with for the am cycle, I was so exhausted and had to drag myself around to do the rest of the day, only to start up with Mouzer again at 2pm and for the next darn six hours ... which both cycles turned out to be more than six hours each when he did his lime thing hahaha
And when people tell me, everyone else is doing the same thing I am doing when it come to diabetic kitties, hahaha oh no they are not
My work did not end with Mouzer hahaha Mouzer was just the start and end of the day to total me out ahahahaaha Most people have no earthly idea of what I have done in order to do this for Mouzer. I can only laugh at their ignorance in saying such a thing to me
If only it were just Mouzer and even Mouzer and a few more animals, I would have been fine, but this here is a whole other ordeal hahaha
I hope ya get Valentino all spruced up and handsome hahaaha And I do hope you are getting some rest and that Haley comes on into remission. Feline diabetes is a very exhausting thing, all the way around. When I speak of the overload of work for me with Mouzer, it is due to having so many others to care for. I do still realize that with just a few kitties and having a diabetic to work with is very exhausting, I just do not allow people to make less of what it is I do and people do that and it causes me to spit nails hahaha
I have given up my entire life, all of mine and my husband's money, all of my mind, all of my love and physical abilities for the sake of the animals. I have nothing for me, period. It is ALL for them. I have told my husband, when I die, you be sure to let everyone know what you have witnessed of me and how I gave the animals my everything. That is all I want to be known for and I will not allow anyone to take that away from me or diminish it in any way, shape or form
And I said I would try not to make any more long comments hahaha But you actually spoke back to me with a lovely long comment that caused me to pick it apart and respond, which has turned out to be yet another long comment!
Thank you for that! I love it when people talk to me!! You are special indeed!!
That is at the top of my list of wishes for every one.
