The nice people at Chewy.com asked if we would like to review the Feline Greenies this month. Since it is Pet Dental Health month, we though that was a grand idea.
Some of you may remember back in January 2013, Tim had his teeth cleaned, then was diagnosed with stomatitis and had most of his teeth extracted. (this is a great article from over on Catster.com)
Anyhow, if you have been around here much, you know that there are very few things we won't eat.
Though Ivy didn't seem to be a big fan this time around. Tim wasn't either, but since he doesn't have many teeth left, mom wasn't too worried. MOL
But, speaking of Tim, when he was at the v-e-t the last time, she noticed that the teeth he has left (his fangs basically) were also getting inflamed.
In honor of Pet Dental Health Month, Tim may end up being toothless.
Mom knows she should be brushing teeth around here, but honestly, she has this weird thing about keeping her fingers attached to her hand. Far be it from us to deny her the right to feed us more treats for a good cause.
Did you see the post from Miss Chrystal about transporting kitties to California???? Can you or someone you know and trust help out??? These kitties are being offered a wonderful loving home - and getting them there opens up space in the cat house. Word is now they may be able to get from Illinois to Oklahoma City..... what about from there???
Hershey Bear
Frosting
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It has been cold and overcast and generally yucky here for a while. Yesterday we had some sun - and one spot coming in the window. Three guesses who was the first to find it?
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Some of you may remember Maxine. She is (unfortunately) still at Petco waiting for her forever home. Part of it is that whenever someone comes up to the cage, she hides under the shelf. sigh....
Anyhow, last week our friend Miss Beckie asked if we would be willing to take a kitten who is snotty and then can go up to the Petco store.
Meet Maxwell - yep, Maxine's sister:
She is sweet, but just about as jumpy as her sister. ergh....
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Well, the time has come. Emma will be heading up to Petco this weekend. Mom has her monthly adoption event on Sunday but wants to get Emma up there maybe even this afternoon.
Last fall mom discovered that Bourbon and Moonshine had grown some double fangs. She was playing with Emma last night and discovered Emma has double upper fangs right now too. Normally our foster kittens leave early so we don't have them up to this age (Emma is about 5 months old). But apparently it is pretty common for the adult fangs to come in before the baby fangs fall out. No pictures - Emma won't cooperate. But she is chewing on EVERYTHING!!! Mom's toes, the laptop, the tv remote, toys, Mo's tail.....
The mobile v-e-t came to visit today. Tim hasn't been acting right for a few days - yowling, won't let mom look in his mouth, hissing at the kittens.....
Mom held him tight, the tech held the light and Dr T tried to look in. He yowled at everyone but didn't put up much of a fight, which is good.
Dr T couldn't see a whole lot without making him really uncomfortable but she noticed a really red spot that doesn't look good on his right back side of his teeth - back where he had a molar pulled a month ago.
Dr. T gave mom some pain meds and anty-biotics for him (course mom now has to get him to take pills)......we hope he will be feeling better soon. Mom is feeding him with the kittens so he is getting canned food for the moment.
Mom has asked and the CB is going to try to set up an auction to diffuse some of the cost for the medical care the gemstone kittens incurred along with their spay/neuters. Mom knew when the kittens came from Miss Chrystal in Illinois that she was responsible for them. She feels that way about all her fosters. But she never anticipated that they would get so sick - no one can....it happens more often than not - especially in rescue. No animal is allowed to suffer here.....so she got them to the vet.
(THANK YOU Ann for the graphic.....mom is all choked up from the offers to help)
Now, Bourbon and Moonshine are most likely going to need dentals as well as their adult top canines grew in - but their baby teeth didn't fall out. So they have 4 top canine fangs....and inflamed gums....and dragon breath (stand back - it really is lethal). The rescue, like many others, is struggling. They took in a kitten that had to have her tail amputated due to abuse. And then October 31st they took in 2 black kittens that had been set on fire (yes, you did read that right). And they took the alcohol kittens and the gemstones kittens (that Miss Chrystal originally saved) as a favor to us.
So, if you have something you would like to donate, please see above for information. Mom says she hates asking for help, but she is going to have to bend her pride a little. It was hard for her to admit she needs help. But last night she was laying in bed.....Cory seems to be sliding backwards, Maestro has developed a strange limp, and Junior and Spud got into it - twice around 12:30am. We hate to tell people this, but mom was laying in bed and almost cried. It is hard to care so much and feel overwhelmed. So, THANKS
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Tuesday was interesting. We didn't get breakfast in a timely manner. The kitts and Cleo did, but not the rest of us. Then it happened.......
Tim was uncerimoniously grabbed and shoved in the PTU. He put up a good fight, but mom overpowered him. He started singing the warrior song and Tommy came over to check on him.
And then we got distracted by breakfast. (sorry Tim)
Mom hauled him off in the car and he was gone ALL DAY!!!
He came back moaning and groaning about a weird v-e-t and a hospital and dogs and funny smells. And he wasn't walking too straight either.
Mom said he needed his teeths cleaned. He did very well but did have to have a couple of molars in the back removed. He was ALL ABOUT the canned food when he got home - mom had to stand guard as the rest of us wanted it too!!! By morning he was pretty much back to normal. He is on an aunty-biotic for a few days....and put up a fight with mom that first night (mom has the wound to prove it....and his toenails were just trimmed too!).
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