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They are all doing well. 3 more days of Albon adn they are done with that. No more discharge from the eyes. Eating well, playful. The oldest most untamed one will even purr when I hold him now, but still won't run up to me. Well, they've had several baths. The oldest one is 7 weeks old I...

I've had one other foster kitten two years back with coccidia. We found out through fecal exam. I'm surprised you say they don't usually show up in fecal exams. Their tummies (even the dying one) were all very distended even when they hadn't been fed. It doesn't surprise me at all that they have...

Fecal test results came back. Coccidia. So now I have dewormer medicine for them. (I work the boarding kennel at the vet clinic. While I was in working the kennel, vet stopped in to check a blocked cat. So I was able to get some meds! Thank goodness!) Would just coccidia make them that sick? Or...

If it is more serious than worms.. are we talking a vaccine preventable disease? Leukemia? distemper? I'm not sure they could even test for that, being that they are dehydrated and soo tiny.. I'm not sure they'd be able to get a blood sample. I'll be completely honest. I have NO money to be...

A friend's grandparents don't spay/neuter. All their cats always look soo sorry and sick. They have 2 litters right now. The mom cat to the younger litter disappeared. Hasn't been back. The two young girls were trying to bottle feed, but I suspect that spending time with their friends and what...

\\ Oh, I have no doubt in the world there was fear mongering. Of course there was fear. That isn't valid research, however. The government tries to put fear into people of every disease that a vaccine comes out for. I mean, come on, chicken pox? Now all of a sudden it is soooo dangerous? Seems...

Not true. Polio and most all other diseases were declining far before the vaccines were made, and in fact they began to rise again after the vaccine was introduced.

There is no state-wide law that requires mandatory rabies vaccination of cats - but counties are allowed to make up their own rules. Because rabies is not a concern in my county, nor any surrounding counties(nor their surrounding counties), my county has no mandatory rabies vaccine laws for cats.

There has not been positive rabies case in wildlife in my county, or in all the counties surrounding mine in the past few years - maybe even longer. If you go a 4 counties over, you'll find a few here and there of positive cases of rabies in bats, but not other wildlife. It is just not much of a...

Fortunately, there is no mandatory rabies vaccine laws here in OH. At least, not yet, and hopefully it stays that way. My cats are not at risk to get this disease, so I'm already decided that my cats will not get this vaccine. The risks outweigh the benefits. Truthfully, I should do more...

After much research regarding human vaccines, I've become very weary. I have done enough research and reading into the topic to be comfortable with the decision to not vaccinate my baby. If *people's* vaccines are not safe, who am I to believe that animal's vaccines are any safer? Right now...

I'm curious as to why ONLY my post was directly quoted with this after it. I never advocated not taking an animal to the vet - this is about PREVENTION. I simply use a homemade, inexpensive ear cleaner rather than purchasing expensive, very small bottles of basically the exact same ingredients...

A quick internet search of the Ohio Revised Code showed me that there was no law in Ohio that required it for cats. Rabies is NOT required by law for cats in Ohio. So next time she tries to play it off as though it is, let her know you know that it is not required by law and you are opting out...

I have cocker spaniels, a breed of dog known for chronic ear problems. I make my own ear cleaner that is safe to use on both dogs and cats (with no wounds in the ear and so long as the ear drum is intact). It is a mixture of alcohol, vinegar, boric acid, and betadine. It is relatively...

Unless requried by law, cats (and dogs) do not need to be vaccinated yearly (or even every three years) for Rabies. The Rabies vaccine produces a much longer immunity than just a few years, sometimes for life. It is not required by law in Ohio for a cat to have rabies vacc, so the indoor cats...

They did perform a short physical exam. The female we took to get spayed does NOT have ear mites. So it doesn't seem to be a problem spread amongst all 4 outdoor barn cats. I was also pleased to hear NO signs of fleas or lice, considering they all had lice last spring/summer and a whole litter...

They didn't seem to offer those services, at least not on any paperwork when we dropped them off. I can ask when I pick them up. He is the only one that seems to have the problem, and it was the female we sent to get spayed. I know that the ear mites are contagious and that they all likely...

I've read that natural oils can help. All I have is vegetable oil. I know it likely won't kill them like a product that the vet would use, but its been said to help control. "Help control" is better than nothing, and I'm going to give it a go, along with using witch hazel in the ear and on the...

The place we are renting at has outdoor barn cats. They don't get any basic care besides food at all. They are not my cats and I don't have the money to take care of all of them. I AM very much willing to do anything I can with home remedies. (I am actually transporting the one and only female...

Well, I already well suspected it was a myth and not a true problem; however it is an argument his family is using to try to force us to get rid of the kittens, so it was important to disprove it. Thanks to bad economy and our still being in college, we don't have our own place but are renting...