Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Good Lord I hope it is a good year. I have a cat rescue that I run (something I did to help me with grief management) and I had distemper hit in November - 10 cats got it and we lost 6. That's over with now, thank goodness. I know have oodles of rescued cats, my own personal cats, my dog (a schnauzer/terrier mix), my daughter's dog (cairn/scottie mix), a parrot, a cockatiel, a guinea pig and a canary. Now if you get me talking aboutg my own cats, Echo in particular, then we will be here for months. Adelle*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whew. I always get so worried when things happen to our pets. I don't know what I would do without and DD. Glad to hear it's not anything worse!!! I can feel it.... this is going to be a GOOD year for all of us! We deserve it! Angel I had to take Angel to the vet this morning. She was off her feed for about three days or so--which is very unlike her. Denny was saying her breath was bad, but I couldn't notice anything other than the usual. BUT when I was grooming her for Christmas I decided to clean her mouth with a washcloth and toothpaste and noticed her gums were red, her teeth were getting black and her tongue was black. I was so afraid that I would have a toothless dog gumming mush. I should say that her teeth have always been very white and tartar free and her tongue should be pink. Anyway, the vet says that Angel must have gotten into the oak leaves and the tannin stained her mouth and other than some tartar on her teeth and very slight gingivitis she's fine. She has a slight yeast infection in her right ear, too. At any rate I now have an enzyme toothpaste to do her teeth with--most of the dark came off right away, so I'm thinking that was from the leaves too. The ear gets drops a couple of times a day. She didn't have a temp or any enlarged lymph nodes. And she's been eating normally for the last couple of days. Her weight is down 10 pounds since June, which is good. I've had her on healthy weight management food and strictly measured amounts. She now weighs 101 and is looking good. It would be better if I could get her down to 95, but we do what we can, LOL. After all, her Mommy's a fat white girl too, LOL. Anyway, sighing a big sigh of relief--no toothless dog--YAY! KathyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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