Recent Content by kiaira

Hissy, I haven't been a member that long; however, I am also a bit shocked and I'm still going to miss your informative and caring posts on the board. Good luck with your projects (present and future) and I truly wish only the best for you.

Psy, I agree with catdvm...policies are different at each clinic. I don't believe either way is necessarily right (or wrong)...it's just different and depends on what individual clinics feel comfortable doing. Anyway, most of our animals are brought in the morning of their surgery. However...

Yeah it's great having them all, but I'm running out of space. lol I actually started taping season one half way through (I have the full season on DVD) for my dad and I loved the show so much, I just started collecting them. When they released The Australian Outback and All-Stars DVDs, I...

Oh so many animal movies make me cry...whether they are sad tears or tears of joy. Two Brothers, Turner and Hooch, White Fang, Homeward Bound, March of the Penguins, Baby, The three lives of Thomasina...I could go on. lol Other than animal movies... Definately Braveheart!! I bawl like a baby...

I will definately be watching this Thursday. I have every episode on tape except one (VCR didn't work ) thus far....yes, I'm a just little bit of a Survivor junkie! LOL

I'm so sorry! My thoughts and prayers go out to Cathi's family and friends.

If it's only been a day since their surgeries + last bms and everything else is normal, I wouldn't worry too much at this point. They were fasted and probably don't have a lot of food in their stomachs. However, if anything else arises OR if they still haven't had a bm by tomorrow morning, I...

You're welcome! I tried taking the collar off of Sienna to give her a break when I was there; however, she just wouldn't leave her incision alone. So, she had to wear it 24/7 except during feeding times where I sat with her and prevented her from licking the area between bites of food. Don't...

Most cats that are spayed or neutered don't need to wear e-collars after surgery. However, there are a few who lick excessively (Sienna was one of those) and it's essential they wear one. She didn't start to lick a lot until about 2 days after her surgery and I had to get one from work right...

I'm glad to hear everything went well!

We tell owners of cats who need e-collars to keep them on until they come back for their recheck appointment which is usually 10-14 days after surgery.

Good luck to you and the furbabies!

Lionessrampant and Jcat, thank you for your replies! We have tired putting various pieces of meat in her wet food to try and coax her...but she generally doesn't like "people food" (not even fish), so needless to say, that didn't work. However, I am definitely going to give the freeze dried...

Jcat, When we first got Kiaira, she was eating both wet and dry. Upon discussing it with a vet years ago, we were told dry was better for them. So Kiaira was switched to dry only and when we got Tori she was put on a dry diet as well. Once I started working at my current clinic a couple...

Sienna gets both wet and dry, although she prefers eating dry more unfortunately. We tried adding wet food into Tori's diet; however, she just refuses to eat it. We thought we were making progress when we got her to pick at one brand of food from our clinic...but her minimal interest only...