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Welcome Perry!!

6/18/2020

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Car was in the shop, and fellow cat lady drove me out to feed my colonies...she drew my attention to....Perry, now named. He was thin and his hip bones protruded. I'd been seeing him since I started feeding there, about six months back, after the previous feeder died.  he looked okay, was eating...but we both noticed something about his mouth on looking closer.
The following night, June 15, I was actually able to scruff him and get him into a carrier. Brought him home and put him in a big elevated cage in my bedroom.   Covered him so he'd feel safe (er) and left food, water, and litter. Then I was able to see that yes, there was something wrong with his mouth, or jaw, or chin.  He was drooling, and the chin looked swollen. But he ate! "As long as they eat..."
Spoke with Dr. Chris and she recommended a couple of homeopathic remedies. She's a vet, but has come to use homeopathy almost exclusively. He was better the next morning...not so much drool, and some question as to the swelling. Maybe just a big chin.  
Next step, June 17, yesterday, he saw Dr. Reed.  She was not having the humans enter the clinic, and there was no one to help hold Perry.  Fortunately he's the kind of "feral" who withdraws rather than lashing out.  The good doctor did a pretty good exam, heart & lungs fine, got some acupuncture needles into him (and out of him) and saw that he had a wound under his chin but no other injuries. The wound might have been a burst abcess or something else.  He'd live. No pus. He got a shot of long-lasting antibiotic, and home we went! Dr. Reed had left him in his small carrier and took the top half off to do the exam and treatments. (I'd put it into his cage, and since it was smaller than the cage, he went into it to feel safer) I took the top off again when he got home, and covered him with a towel.  He was dehydrated, and I carried him into the bathroom, closed the door, and got fluids into him, under the skin, with a shot of B-12 in the line. He let me!! He's so sweet!!


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I don't often post the sad stories, but this one may be useful or comforting to someone.  First off, Perry turned out to be a female!
I worked with our homeopath, who recommended remedies for her.  She was as I said, quite dehydrated, and stayed so despite being given fluids every day. She also remained lethargic. So I brought her in for x-rays ("rads" now, for radiographs), and blood work. The blood work showed a lot of values "off", but again nothing to indicate imminent demise. Negative for feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency viruses. The vet said that she did look terminal, but he had no idea why.  The other vet looked at all the reports and pictures after she died, yesterday, and she was also mystified.  
The reason I'm posting this is to illustrate that there are always mysteries. A nurse friend with long-time intensive care experience reminds us of this: Many who are thought to be dying recover, and many who are thought to be viable, die. 
​Perry was loved, warm, and safe in her last days.

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Junior's Big Adventure (S)!

6/3/2020

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As you can see, our man Junior Mance is starting to stretch out...but after his first big adventure, is still a bit edgy...
I don't post the unhappy stories, unless they have a happy ending.  Who needs it? So when I figured that Junior had indeed gone out through the cat door and was who knows where, only told a couple of trusted friends. We had relaxed security, thinking that noooo, he couldn't use the Cat Door...though we really knew better. Let our guard down. Others were bummed having the cat door in-only...Mistakes were made, as they say.
I had been watching to see if he re-appeared at his former colony. It has happened. It's just a half-mile from out house. But hadn't seen him there.
So...Imagine my joy, when!!
I was coming home from feeding my colonies, a week after he'd left, and saw a small black cat on the sidewalk on McBryde, a busy street, just below Arlington, another busy street.  It was almost dark; five more minutes and I couldn't have seen him.  Wheeled around at the corner of A and B streets, and parked  where I'd seen him.  Got out of the car. No Junior. Called.....and then there he was, at my feet. WHAT WERE THE ODDS??  The timing, the fact that he was out, not hidden, the fact that he came when I called...and that he let me pick him up (on the second try) and get him into a carrier. Million to one, that's what.  Never happens.  So he's home now...we're still in a happy daze. Little rascal!
But wait there's more.  Last night I was relaxing, round about midnight, and saw Da, Jules, from the new family,  go to the screen door onto the deck and vanish.  I felt the screen and it seemed to be intact. Did not compute.  Discovered a break at the other end of it. Had not seen Junior in a while; had let him out of the cage after his first night home. 
Felt like a real jerk. got the flashlight; he could still be nearby.
Screens do not provide adequate security.  I had a terrified cat bust through a glass window once. Screens can be easily gotten through by a determined or frightened cat.. 
Went out onto the deck, and saw him on the roof of the big cage below! Just sitting there.  YES! Now to get him without spooking him...
Got some canned food and mackerel and went down. There is a tall cat tree just under where he was, and I  hoped he'd jump down onto it. The roof of the tree was slanted though, and the food wouldn't sit on it...so into the garage for the ladder.  When I came back, he was in the tree house where I'd left the food.  Yes!
I then put the food on a lower level of the tree, and he came after it.  I had brought a carrier, tho the distance from the tree to the front door was only a few feet.  A cat who does not want to be held is not easy to hold.  
Got him into the carrier, thence into the house. The gods have been smiling. We are grateful.  
Junior Mance is still edgy, but starting to relax more minute to minute. 
No more drama for a while I hope.  Not sure when I'l start letting him go in and out of doors. My rule is that I need to be able to pick him up if he's out and I need to get him in. I could probably do that now, but....want to get to know him better before he gets total freedom. He's still not sure of things here.

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    ​The founder of Bee Holistic, Cynthia Burke, has been caring for cats most of her life, volunteering with such groups as the wonderful Animal Balance, and Fix Our Ferals, now Animal Fix Clinic. In 2009 her own non-profit was formed..

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