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Jun 22, 2011 12:18

Poll Fleas suck! They literally suck blood. That's how they eat.

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astrogeek01 June 22 2011, 17:34:14 UTC

oh no did the kitty die? :(

detonate_for_me June 22 2011, 17:43:10 UTC

He got worse overnight, but was still hanging on when I left nearly two hours ago. It doesn't look good, though.

detonate_for_me June 24 2011, 19:42:08 UTC

It pleases me to inform you that, as of 10am, this kitty was scheduled to go home at 11am. I wouldn't say he's "fine" now, but there was a huge improvement. He'll need to be confined to a small room for a while and kept stress-free (no baths, despite being filthy), but he's moving around and eating and just generally looking pretty darned happy.

It's amazing. He was hanging on by a thread two days ago, couldn't move, was barely breathing.

gwendally June 22 2011, 20:25:25 UTC

We don't hold much truck with vets. Nearly every example I can give you involves the animal dying anyway... AFTER running up bills that totally blow all potential budgets we ever hoped to make.

We do responsible pet owner preventative stuff all the time, though, including taking the dog to the vet once a year for a check-up and shots.

astrogeek01 June 22 2011, 20:57:02 UTC

Sounds like you have a selection effect in your data. If you're being a responsible pet owner, the only time you go to the vet beyond regular check-ups etc is when the pet is old or has encountered something dire. *Of course* those are going to be times when the vet has a hard time saving the animal's life.

detonate_for_me June 22 2011, 23:56:44 UTC

Do you do the recommended lab work ( ... )

gwendally June 23 2011, 02:06:16 UTC

I don't want to argue with you because it's your journal and I'm glad you're back and I don't want to cause any grief, but I'm having trouble seeing how you can be sure that a 15 year old cat has been "suffering for many years" when the man told you it had NOT been suffering... and when it WAS suffering he brought it to you. Wasn't the cat expected to be mortal? I mean, wasn't it going to die of SOMETHING? And even if the pills were cheap, it is HORRIBLE to try to dose a cat. The value proposition of a cat is pretty slim to begin with. Make it an expensive cat that bites you every day and, voila, you now have become slave to a psychopathic predator who hates you. What fun ( ... )

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