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Home» Posts tagged "emergencies"

Did I Kill My Cat By Mistake?

March 3, 2013 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health | 10 Comments
Cat with a sneer

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Two weeks ago I was playing with my cat, Blacky, when he scratched me badly and I slapped him on the head. He was OK afterwards — he didn’t run away or anything. I gave him food and played with him, and all seemed well. A week later, he [...]

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Some Sad News And A Request for Help

April 7, 2012 | by JaneA Kelley | cat health, Paws and Effect news | 24 Comments
Dahlia in a sun puddle

You all know Dahlia, the sweet baby-girl of the Paws and Effect Gang. Well, a week and a half ago, she had a wheezing and coughing fit that I videoed and shared with my vet, Doctor Jim. After giving her an exam, he diagnosed the problem as asthma and gave her a steroid shot — [...]

View Article cancer, dahlia, emergencies, grief and loss

My cats are going lame and then dying. What’s happening?

January 2, 2011 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health | 1 Comment

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I live in the bush in South Africa and we take in a lot of abandoned cats. This year, I have had a few cats suddenly going lame in a paw overnight or even becoming totally paralyzed, then dying within 24 hours with renal failure-like symtoms if we dont [...]

View Article emergencies, poisoning, signs of illness

How could my vet have missed widespread cancer?

August 8, 2010 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health | 4 Comments

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My beloved 8-year-old cat, Spinx, had closed pyometra in April of of this year. We didn’t know that; we had taken her in for a lump we found near her nipple. The vet said the lump might be breast cancer, but the pyometra was more serious. He said do [...]

View Article cancer, emergencies, pyometra, spay/neuter, veterinarian

How to create an evacuation plan that includes your cats

February 14, 2010 | by The Paws and Effect Gang | cat health, cats and people, traveling with cats | 5 Comments

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I recently had to evacuate my apartment temporarily, with my two cats, as a result of a fire in the building next door. It occurred to me later that even though I got the cats out OK and I have an idea of how you’re supposed to prepare for [...]

View Article disaster preparedness, emergencies, evacuation kit
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