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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