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Not always what it seems

Hi all, I've not been on for sometime, but just wanted to share this .....Not a question, not even really an answer, but maybe food for thought when some of our Kitties suddenly become ill, & the vets don't really know & are quick to medicate.

My Parents have 2 Cats, Handsome Bengal Boy- Danny, & pretty but always skittish& not always friendly red Abysinian -Sassy

Now Sassy has always been fine with my Dad, but since about a year old, never really that friendly with my Mum, very quick to hiss & spit & run away with anyone else, ....she generally moves out bar food when we visit........despite been a chunky little Kitten, she grew into quite a wiry looking Cat.............shes now 13/14 & in the last year or so deteriorated rapidly, very jumpy, nervy, thin & generally a bit wild & very "bity & scratchy" with Danny,  but he was big enough to see her off, so not too much of a problem, just sad......my Dad been the only one who could handle her.

Eventually trip to the vets as she was now a bag of bones........first off vet said Luekemia, then vitamin shots & steriods, eventually decide on thyroid, & put her on medication for that.....some improvement, some weight gain, but still not really back to her old self & Mum thinks the drugs are doping her.........

Mum & Dad are scared to take her back to the Vets, they don't really trust them, took a lot of money off them for no real results & no real answers & also fear that Sassy will just be put down, & they want to spoil her for as long as possible whilst she still seems not to be in pain,.................in the middle of all this due to my Mums deteriorating health, they move............no new vet, & stop the medication, ...Mum wants to see if any change without it, as she doesn't feel its right...........

within a week in the new house Sassy is like a different Cat, I have my Mum telling me this on the phone, but saw it for myself last week...........not just how she looks...now a very beautiful robust looking little lady, & has completely lost that drawn almost siamese look about her....but her personality is back to the friendly Girl she was a youngster.....as soon as we arrived, she rolled on her back to let my Daughter tickle her tummy, & jumps straight on my lap for a cuddle ;)..............unheard of in years

Where they used to live was in a town, & Sassy used to wander, Mum & Dad both now wonder if she wasn't picking up something toxic perhaps from a nearby Car repair place, oil on her fur washing it off & ingesting it, or something similar..........they'll probably never know for sure, but they now live in a more rural area & seeing this very happy, extremely healthy looking little Cat rolling on their front lawn last week is testament that the Vet was wrong, & she didn't need medication at all...............

I suppose after my own experience with my own Cat & seizures after pinching my Rosemary Oil, & now this, I just thought it worth sharing, by way of saying how important it is to look around at what our Cats might be getting there noses into, that might be doing them harm, & causing personality changes & the likes

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874521 tn?1424116797
thank you both for sharing your stories.....we love stories with happy endings here!!...
and isn't that so typical of us looking for medical reasons when sometimes its something sooo simple, like a lampshade, the liitter or the chemicals we use in our homes.
Oh thats cute!...is lampshade-itis now written in the manuals?? lol

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I was very happy to read the end of your story and learn that Sassy recovered from her mystery illness. Your story has a good point and it was considerate of you to share it.

This reminded me of one of the many, many adventures we had with our very beloved Annie-Cat (who passed away earlier this year from CRF and old age).  

When Annie was about a year old, all of a sudden the tips of her ears went bald. Alarmed, I took her to the vet who prescribed all sorts of concoctions for this mysterious skin disorder, one medicine after another. All to no avail. Annie seemed to be thriving otherwise, but the tops of her ears remained bald and red and irritated.  Tests showed nothing --  no mites, no fleas, no infections, no fungus, nothing.  The vet prescribed a new ointment that was thick and gooey.  The next morning I went to turn on the bedside lamp ... the bottom of the shade was all gooed up ... Hmmm .... I changed the lampshade on that one lamp.  Annie's bald ear disease -- now finally diagnosed as Lampshade-itis -- was cured, hurray, and it never came back. That particular lampshade had a very rough rim and Annie had apparently been spending considerable time scratching her ears on it.  So now when I hear about a kitty missing hair on her ears or head, I ask about the possibility of  Lampshade-itis.  
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Thanks for sharing, rockin.  You're right, very important to supervise kitties surroundings.  Our first cat Abby came home one day covered in transmission fluid.  Sure wasn't from us and I knocked on every single door on my block as well as the street behind us, but no one fessed up to having a pan of oil in their yard.  A difficult dilemma with an outdoor cat who roams.  

Great to hear your parents cat is back to her old self.  Always nice to hear a happy ending!
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