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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3678.0. "tresaderm" by DYO780::AXTELL (Dragon Lady) Thu Jun 07 1990 15:15

    While at the vet last week with a very sick and pregnant kitty,
    my vet asked a strange question.  He asked if I had been using
    Tresaderm for ear mites.  He implied that Tresaderm causes some
    real nasty problems for unborn kittens.
    
    Can anybody explain this?
    
    -maureen
    
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3678.1WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JOset home/cat_max=infinityThu Jun 07 1990 15:369
    Many drugs cause birth defects in kittens if used during pregnancy.
    I try not to give my pregnant queens any medications, and if we
    do have to, my vet checks to be sure that it is safe before prescribing
    it.  
    
    Just like humans, cats have to be ultra careful when they are
    expecting.
    
    Jo
3678.2DYO780::AXTELLDragon LadyThu Jun 07 1990 18:225
    I guess my question is more on the lines of why a reasonably
    innocuous substance (especially on applied externally) causes such
    worry.  In other words, what's in the stuff that's so nasty?
    
    
3678.3CIRCUS::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Thu Jun 07 1990 18:295
    Things applied externally can be absorbed into the skin
    and, I would guess, get into the blood stream.  Come to think of it, 
    I believe some heart medication and some hormone stuff is actually
    given by patches being stuck on the skin.
    
3678.4WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JOset home/cat_max=infinityThu Jun 07 1990 19:0812
    A lot of the kinds of deformities that can be caused would also
    depend on what stage of development the fetuses where in when the
    substance was used.
    
    When one of my cats was pregnant once, my husband gave her a bath
    in a flea shampoo that he didn't know was labelled as not being
    safe for pregnant or nursing cats.  The substance is absorbed into
    the skin and gets into the bloodstream that way.  The cat ended
    up reabsorbing the litter, which may or may not have been due to
    the bath.  We learned our lesson the hard way.
    
    Jo