Re: Re: Our Border Collie, Bobbi

[Guest guest]

,

Super to hear about your cat! We have several patients living into their

18-20yr. with diabeties and other major diseases. I think a lot of this is

because our profession is learning and teaching the medical side of things

about the commonality and understanding of diseases. All species then

benefit.:-)

Kat

[ ] Re: Our Border Collie, " Bobbi "

> Ruth,

>

> I am so sorry to hear about your pup. I am an animal

> lover...currently have two dogs and a cat.

>

> Anyway, I wanted to tell you about my cat, Sam. When he was ten

> years old he started drinking lots of water and was starving all the

> time. He lost lots of weight (from big fat 20 pounder down to 9

> pounds!) Well, he was found then to be diabetic. We started him on

> insulin shots daily and guess what, he is now 15 years old and doing

> great! He acts like a young cat, and people are shocked when I tell

> them how old he is. So, there is hope...and I wish the best for

> Bobbi.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kat..... I had a cat (no pun intended) that lived to be 22 or 23 and

finally had to be put down. She was a great pal. My mom cried for days.

love jerry

[Guest guest]

Jerry,

What a special cat! Our average across the US for indoor cats is 13-16. In

our practice, they average 15 yrs.

Thank you for sharing, and I empathize with your mom...I was a wreck for

days after the loss of each of mine. Lucky my boss is great and gave me

time off.

Regards,

Kat

Re: [ ] Re: Our Border Collie, " Bobbi "

> Kat..... I had a cat (no pun intended) that lived to be 22 or 23 and

> finally had to be put down. She was a great pal. My mom cried for days.

>

> love jerry

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jerry,

What a special cat! Our average across the US for indoor cats is 13-16. In

our practice, they average 15 yrs.

Thank you for sharing, and I empathize with your mom...I was a wreck for

days after the loss of each of mine. Lucky my boss is great and gave me

time off.

Regards,

Kat

Re: [ ] Re: Our Border Collie, " Bobbi "

> Kat..... I had a cat (no pun intended) that lived to be 22 or 23 and

> finally had to be put down. She was a great pal. My mom cried for days.

>

> love jerry

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

There was a period in my life when we had 23 cats. My girls remembered

each of their names....I just called most of them by a descriptive

statement sometimes with expletives. It is a long story...

[Guest guest]

I have several clients with 20-30 cats, you are not alone. One even places

pictures of each cat in our charts so we can tell them apart.:-)

Kat

Re: [ ] Re: Our Border Collie, " Bobbi "

> There was a period in my life when we had 23 cats. My girls remembered

> each of their names....I just called most of them by a descriptive

> statement sometimes with expletives. It is a long story...

>

>

>