• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Server side Maintenance is done. We still have an update to the forum software to run but that one will have to wait for a better time.

My Siamese cat, "Twist", in vet hospital.

Hi Navy Chief,

Mr. Twist is indeed a very handsome boy! My first cat was a Chocolate Point Siamese named Caesar...best cat ever! I'm glad to hear he's back home and doing better, and I hope he will come back out of his shell and be "normal" again (note normal in quotes, hahaha-->Siamese cats are so wonderfully weird!) Give him time....
Jim
 
im sure you do give him lovins..but when i got dori,she wanted to hide in the closet (she can slide the big mirrored doors open on her own)..my clothes hamper is still her winter home..lol...but id open the closet door and just talk to her in a calming voice..and i didnt touch her...just got her used to me talking to her..she then came out and sniffin around me...now shes allways lovin on me...lol
 
Daveroo said:
im sure you do give him lovins..but when i got dori,she wanted to hide in the closet (she can slide the big mirrored doors open on her own)..my clothes hamper is still her winter home..lol...but id open the closet door and just talk to her in a calming voice..and i didnt touch her...just got her used to me talking to her..she then came out and sniffin around me...now shes allways lovin on me...lol
Click to expand...

Thanks for the story, Dave. It gives me encouragement. I appreciate everyone's sentiments. I will report back tomorrow, after we get back from the vet appointment. NC
 
We got back from the vet. Twist's blood work results indicate his kidneys levels have improved a lot. The phosphorus value apparently takes longer to get results, so the vet will call later with that. But for now at least, we can suspend the IV saline injections, thankfully.

Twist has not gained weight in the past week, but he hasn't lost any either. In this case, just maintaining is good.

I am thankful to God Twist is doing better. I am happy to still have him with me.

Thank you all for your replies. NC
 
ColoKent said:
Viva Twist! Glad to hear he is doing better, Chief!!!! :applause:

Kent
Click to expand...

The hard part now will be to get him to drink enough water. I ordered a pet drinking bowl. Stainless steel, with removable attached electric pump with filter. Had a similar product years ago, but was plastic. Cats really are attracted to drinking from such bowls, so am hopeful it will help. If he doesn't drink enough water, I would have to resume those injections, and I really do not want to do that to him! NC
 
The fountain worked with Mugsy (our old cat), but you will have to clean the bowl/pump combo religiously, or the Twist might get an acne looking thing on his chin (happened to Mugsy).

But the fountain did dramatically increase how much water the cat drank.

Kent
 
ColoKent said:
The fountain worked with Mugsy (our old cat), but you will have to clean the bowl/pump combo religiously, or the Twist might get an acne looking thing on his chin (happened to Mugsy).

But the fountain did dramatically increase how much water the cat drank.

Kent
Click to expand...

I did some reading on how to make my own filters for replacements. I know from previous experience that the factory ones are ridiculously expensive.
 
Navy Chief said:
We got back from the vet. Twist's blood work results indicate his kidneys levels have improved a lot. The phosphorus value apparently takes longer to get results, so the vet will call later with that. But for now at least, we can suspend the IV saline injections, thankfully.

Twist has not gained weight in the past week, but he hasn't lost any either. In this case, just maintaining is good.

I am thankful to God Twist is doing better. I am happy to still have him with me.
Click to expand...



GOOD to hear Chief !!

Bill
 
Great news NC . It really sounds encouraging . We've lost two , the last one was 18 years old . Our oldest to date . I love cats and they are truely real family . I grew up with dogs so as an experiment my daughter brought a Black Lab pup over last year and all hell broke lose in the house so we canceled the idea of having a coexistence of the two . I know it's been done millions of times but I'm not skilled and knowledgeable to pull it off .( I might add not patient enough too :biggrin-new: )

Hope for the best for you and your family with Twist

Rich (still have 3 cats at home)
 
I've never mentioned the other three cats we have (that my wife had when we got married). There's Frank, who is blind in one eye, has luxating patellas, is diabetic, and has scoliosis of his spine. Then there's Bitte, a very small female who is quite timid, and lastly, Cedric. Cedric is the alpha cat. Until we (I) began giving him liquid anti-depressant every day, he would attack all the other cats, including Twist, several times daily. He still does, occasionally, but not near as often. Frank is 15, Bitte is around 13. Cedric and Twist are both 10. So we have quite a menagerie. Try to imagine what it was like, moving here from Fort Myers last July! Until this past February, we also had a rescued Doberman, named "Hyde". He was about 10 when he died in the vet office (had a heart attack right after a EKG). We were right there when it happened, but it was still quite a shock. The vet tech walked him into the examining room. He walked over to get petted, looked at me, then my wife, laid down and died. His poor heart gave out.

Oh, almost forgot. We also have a 20 yr old Cockatiel named, "Spike". He used to talk, but no more, for some unknown reason. He does, however, whistle a LOT, including part of the Andy Griffith TV show theme song.

Our pets are such a comfort, yet a huge heart break when they leave us. NC
 
Here's the rest of the gang, excluding Spike.

Cedric the Wonder Cat (bully)
attachment.php


Frank
attachment.php


And Bitte
attachment.php
 

Attachments

  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    74.8 KB · Views: 0
  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    37.8 KB · Views: 0
  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    43.5 KB · Views: 0
I don't suppose you have stopped to realize that you are outnumbered by black cats, have you? :cat:
If I were the cockatiel living among all those cats, I'd keep my mouth shut, too.:kilroy:

I'm not surprised that we all love our pets, but I am often surprised at how deeply attached we become.
Glad to hear Twist is on the mend.
 
Chief..im still "pullin" for twist...and i hope that new fountain will work...id really like to know about it..i want one for Dori.she just doesnt drink enoough...bothers me.

and the comment above about how hard people can take the loss of a pet,when my Halley passed i cried (im embarrassed to say that,hard to admit for me..any way i cried two days..was so hard to get up in the mornings and have her there.

when she died,i put her on my desk,which is where she laid when i was on the puter..she wanted to be near me,so i bellied up to my desk,,she leaned up against it,laying..she looked up at me and gave me a slight meow,so i started pettin her..still looking up at me,she made a "sighing" sound'.put her head down..and just stopped breathing...i didnt get excited or try to make her breathe again or anything....i just sat with her leaning against me..with my tears flowing...shoot now im sad...hope all of you have a great weekend.
 
I was pleasantly surprised when Twist jumped up on our bed this morning, and wanted under the covers. That was characteristic of him, prior to his getting sick; so I am hopeful this is a good sign:encouragement: NC
 
Twist

Chief, I am going to seem like an interloper, but I am now the owner of a Sheltie "Rob Roy MacGregore". We had a Female "Sandi MacTavish" who was hit by the local vet in his truck coming from a neighbor's p[lace. She died instantly, but is never far from our hearts. Before we started with Shelties, we raised Pure Bred Persian cats. 2 lived 19 years and were part of the family. I know exactly what you are going through and just wish you all the success and pleasure of your "Twist". Keep on truckin.

Gib
 
browngib said:
Chief, I am going to seem like an interloper, but I am now the owner of a Sheltie "Rob Roy MacGregore". We had a Female "Sandi MacTavish" who was hit by the local vet in his truck coming from a neighbor's p[lace. She died instantly, but is never far from our hearts. Before we started with Shelties, we raised Pure Bred Persian cats. 2 lived 19 years and were part of the family. I know exactly what you are going through and just wish you all the success and pleasure of your "Twist". Keep on truckin.

Gib
Click to expand...

Thanks for your comments, Gib. Every once in a while, someone posts about their pets on SOH. I have, many times, in the past. They are very much part of our lives. When one is injured, or worse yet, dies, the pain goes deep. When I had to say goodbye to my beloved Rottweiler, "Chief", everything was a blur for me for days afterwards. Here is a picture of Chief, and a cat I used to have, named Robert. My ex contacted me recently to let me know that Robert had passed away. So sad. NC
attachment.php
 

Attachments

  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    57.9 KB · Views: 0
Hope all will be good with your buddy and he will have many more years to enjoy with you. I've lost two cat friends this year ,(both 18 yrs. old,a Manx-"Boo" and a Russian Blue-"Jackie"),and still can't discuss it much with out tears. We sound the same in that they are our friends not just pets. God Bless
 
sixstrings5859 said:
Hope all will be good with your buddy and he will have many more years to enjoy with you. I've lost two cat friends this year ,(both 18 yrs. old,a Manx-"Boo" and a Russian Blue-"Jackie"),and still can't discuss it much with out tears. We sound the same in that they are our friends not just pets. God Bless
Click to expand...

You live in Lake Charles, eh? I had a young man that worked for me in the USN who was from there. Extremely sharp, and a hard worker. He was a Aviation Electronics Tech. Jobob Daigle. Tried to talk him into reenlisting, but he had bigger plans for himself. I think he works for some helicopter company near there. NC
 
Hey Chief ! I now live in Sulphur ,La. which is just across the lake. Love living here as the people are generally very friendly, the hunting and fishing is great and the food is unlike anywhere else.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top