http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/Veterinary advice, Cat Conundrums, and other fanciful stuff.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/375092He's not officially insulin resistant but only because I haven't bumped him up to 15 units twice a day. Right now, he gets 13 units twice daily and the Veterinary Assoc. says he's insulin resistant when he's up to 1 unit per pound. He weighs 15 lbs. The 13 units still isn't controlling his...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/367500Yesterday, at the clinic, my hands were shredded by a 20+ lb, aggressive cat. Unfortunately for me, the owner didn't tell me the cat was mean until after I already had it out on the table. He was fine for a bit, then, when I went to weigh him, he went nuts! Apparently, he didn't want anyone to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/338915When we first discovered Banichi was diabetic, we tried changing his food to a special formula from Purina Veterinary Diets called DM. It was my hope that we could control his diabetes with food. Unfortunately, that didn't work and I started giving him 3 units of insulin twice daily. Still, it...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/336373Colds in cats are just like colds in humans. The cold is caused by a virus so unless there is secondary infection, treating with antibiotics is not going to help. The virus must run it's course on it's own. You can give some antiviral herbs such as elderberry (in liquid form only) but be careful...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/336009I was hoping to avoid giving him insulin shots. Even though he's lost some weight eating his special diabetic food in the last three weeks and his blood sugar levels are down a bit, Doc still thinks he should be on insulin. His first lab results showed his glucose at 380. This time it was down to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/335663but I can already tell you they are going to be worse. I've had him on DM for about three weeks and he's lost a pound. On December 28 he weighed 18 lbs and, yesterday, he weighed 17 lbs. Unfortunately, Jerry found he'd been urinating all over the foyer area and I knew it was Banichi because the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/334120Doc was planning on sedating Shadow yet again to remove more dead skin and re-suture the burned area on his side. On Saturday, January 7th, his feeding tube became dislodged and we had to pray he would begin eating on his own (or re-insert the tube). Thank goodness (and thank Cyproheptadine) he...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/331586Doc said we may have to even do some skin grafting. Eek! In my 12+ years at the clinic, I've not seen burns before so this is all new to me. She started cutting away some of the old burned skin that is dying yesterday. Little by little, we'll get rid of the skin as it dies. Right now, we're not...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/331016A couple of weeks ago a local house burned. It was a total loss. The owners are clients of our clinic and were lucky enough to recover all of their cats alive. One of their cats, who had been previously diagnosed with Feline Leukemia, lived in the garage where the fire started. The others lived...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/cats/330118I've decided to offer advertising on my See It In the Stars daily horoscope blog! Your 50 word ad which includes a link to either your blog (to increase clicks) or your website (to increase business), can be seen for as low as $5.00 per day or $25 per week! Ads will be placed at the very top for...