Comments on: The Tale of Blackie http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:43:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Peasant Heel http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350/comment-page-1#comment-2472 The Knitting Fiend » Blog Archive » Peasant Heel Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:34:13 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350#comment-2472 [...] I was going to start a sweater, but I’m really too sad to do that. A few may remember that I showed The General recovering from his wounds? In comments I mentioned that the other cat “Biggie” (whose official name is Blackie) was doing poorly, and in fact, very poorly. Friday, I took Biggie to the vet; bloodwork revealed the red blood cell count of a dead cat. The low red blood cell count could be caused by a protozoa chowing down on his blood cells which can be cured, or it could be Leukemia which can’t be. The vet is running tests; meanwhile, we’re hoping it’s the protozoa and I’ve been giving Biggie tetracycline. [...] [...] I was going to start a sweater, but I’m really too sad to do that. A few may remember that I showed The General recovering from his wounds? In comments I mentioned that the other cat “Biggie” (whose official name is Blackie) was doing poorly, and in fact, very poorly. Friday, I took Biggie to the vet; bloodwork revealed the red blood cell count of a dead cat. The low red blood cell count could be caused by a protozoa chowing down on his blood cells which can be cured, or it could be Leukemia which can’t be. The vet is running tests; meanwhile, we’re hoping it’s the protozoa and I’ve been giving Biggie tetracycline. [...]

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350/comment-page-1#comment-1201 lucia Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:21:23 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350#comment-1201 People can be horrid about dumping cats. My neighbor in Iowa had adopted roughly 10 cats. We lived in a semi rural area, and people would actually drive to the field and dump cats! She ended up adopting so many sweet beautiful cats. I haven't managed to collar Blackie yet. Our Orange puss just pulls his off, so we had him "chipped" and then just put cheap flea collars on him. We keep his rabies tag at home. Otherwise, he'd lose it in a month, and we'd keep having to ask the vet for new tags. Anyway, because Orange does this, I wanted to check out whether Blackie would keep his collar on with a flea collar first. But then, both he and Orange got some sort of flu. They are both sneezing, and sometimes throwing up. At first, I was afraid the symptoms were Blackie reacting to his collar or shots or some combination, so I took the collar off. I'll be putting it back on now. In the long run, we are going to have a chip embedded in Blackie; the vet can do it easily when he's neutered. People can be horrid about dumping cats. My neighbor in Iowa had adopted roughly 10 cats. We lived in a semi rural area, and people would actually drive to the field and dump cats! She ended up adopting so many sweet beautiful cats.

I haven’t managed to collar Blackie yet. Our Orange puss just pulls his off, so we had him “chipped” and then just put cheap flea collars on him. We keep his rabies tag at home. Otherwise, he’d lose it in a month, and we’d keep having to ask the vet for new tags.

Anyway, because Orange does this, I wanted to check out whether Blackie would keep his collar on with a flea collar first. But then, both he and Orange got some sort of flu. They are both sneezing, and sometimes throwing up. At first, I was afraid the symptoms were Blackie reacting to his collar or shots or some combination, so I took the collar off.

I’ll be putting it back on now. In the long run, we are going to have a chip embedded in Blackie; the vet can do it easily when he’s neutered.

]]> By: natasha fialkov http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350/comment-page-1#comment-1198 natasha fialkov Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:33:38 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/350#comment-1198 i have rescued many cats, and have decided i am a cat-slut. that is, i fall in love very easily with cats. in a second. anyway, it blows me away how people are able to abandon their pets, just move away, or never take them to the vet, or let them walk around covered in fleas. i buy flea drops in bulk and put it on all the neighborhood cats. apparently, it is too much for people to put a collar and tag around their necks even. it makes my stomach turn. i am so glad there are people like you that worry about someone other than themselves! i have rescued many cats, and have decided i am a cat-slut. that is, i fall in love very easily with cats. in a second. anyway, it blows me away how people are able to abandon their pets, just move away, or never take them to the vet, or let them walk around covered in fleas. i buy flea drops in bulk and put it on all the neighborhood cats. apparently, it is too much for people to put a collar and tag around their necks even. it makes my stomach turn. i am so glad there are people like you that worry about someone other than themselves!

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