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    Icarus has cross the bridge today.

    Our beloved cat Icarus was sent over the bridge today to a place pain free and happy.  My husband and I adopted Icarus when he was a just a kitten, a couple weeks old.  He chose us.  My husband might come on here and post so I will leave the story of how we found Icarus and how he found us to...
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    11 year old cat with kidney disease...

    I am wondering how bad it is. He is 7.5 lbs, very weak. Is picking at wet food, but that is it. Blood tests end of march: Bun 94 Creitin 4.8 Blood tests last week: Bun 204 Creitin 8.9 Phosperous 19.8 Not sure what this all means. He was just diagnosed end if March. Thanks.
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    So if I had given this to my cat it would have killed him?

    I took my cat Icarus to the vet today because he has been limping. The doctor prescribed pain meds, Metacam. The nurse get's his chart and meds and come over to check me out (15 minutes later) and gives me a small bottle of medicine and a 3ML dropper (like what babies use for tylenol). She tells...
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    R.I.P Chip, we love you!

    Chip, one of our beloved cats had to be euthanized May 30th. In November our cat Icarus was stolen while we were on vacation, we searched all over for him, posted fliers, checked the shelters, called the police to report it, tracked down the mother of the person we believe to have stolen him...
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    Am I watching him die?

    Please read this I just posted: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=167806 Is Chip dying? I don't know what to do...I love this little guy so much and I am not sure if he is dying, will get better, or what!!!
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    I just off the phone with Chip's vet...

    He said the Staph infection he has came back with 3 different organisms. 2 are senstative to Amaoxiciln which is what he has been on since Saturday and 1 to Betroyl(sp) so I will pick that up tomorrow. I talked about his lack or appetite and lethargy and overall health. He agreed when he...
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    Eye watery w/ pink discharge.

    My cat Chip has been having a multitude of health problems. We just found out he has a Staph infection, might have FIP. On Thursdays he started having watery discharge from one eye, when the discharge pools on this face it's kind of pink in color. Anyone have any info or suggestions?
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    Staphylococcus, need nfo?

    Our new vet called and said Chip's mucus culture came back with: Staphylococcus. There is not much info on the web about it. Obviously it is a staph infection, a Super Bug. And I did read that it can, on rare occassions, be passed to humans. So we are to start him on Amoxicilian tomorrow. I...
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    Tests? Do they seem legitimate?

    Some of you may remember back in December we adopted Chip and Scottie. Chip has been sick since we got him and I guess most of his life. We had been taking him to Benfield where they were loading him up with pills: Prednisone, antibiotics, antiviral, to include 225MG human antiviral. For...
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    Nursing a cat back to health??? Please???

    Hi all, Sorry for the long post in advance You may have seen my thread that our cat Icarus who was stolen over three months ago was found by this nice lady 20 miles from our home and brought to the animal shelter on Monday. When we picked him up we saw that his leg was hurt so we took him to...
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    How much does leg amputation cost?

    Hi, I posted on here about our cat Icarus. I am wondering about vet costs. The first place we took him to yesterday said the cost to fix his fractured leg woul cost $3500. We ended up taking him to a different place today that we had called yesterday and the cost is between $1800 and $2500...
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    3 1/2 months and Icarus is home!!

    So on Nov 4th our cat was stolen. Yes, we know he was stolen and we know this because this guy that lived in our complex mentioned to my H a few weeks prior to getting evicted that if our cat came up missing he would know where he was. Sure enough the same day the jerk moved out, Icarus was...
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    I am getting very disappointed with vet hospital

    We adopted two cats two weeks before x-mas. We knew on was sick, Chip. Since then we have brought him to our vet about six times. The one before the last they increased his anti-biodics to two human pills - half pills of both medicines for 7 days then every other day util gone. My H said...
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    Chip's Saga Continued:

    Some of you may remember we adopted two shelter cats a week before x-mas. Chip we knew was sick from the begining with a runny nose, which the shelter director said was chronic. Since being with us his tempermant has improved until recenetly. Until about two weeks ago he was on antibiodics...
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    Funny Website with Cute Cat Photos!

    I am not sure if anyone has posted this website before. It's so great. I check t every day!! The picture's are mainly of cats andthe website narrates them. Very funny. http://icanhascheezburger.com/
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    Looking to Adopt, but the cat is sick.

    Hi, this is my first post on your site. My husband and I are looking to adopt a cat and I found one that I really love this weekend. His name is Chip, he is available from a shelter locally. He is seven months and very sweet, quit the cuddler. The only problem is that he is sick. When I...
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