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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

3885.0. "Fallon Animal Clinic" by DEMON::MURPHY () Thu Aug 09 1990 14:15

Just wanted to put in a note about how wonderful the Fallon Animal 
Clinic in Lunenberg, MA is.

This past Sunday evening (around 6PM), my brother's neutered male cat 
showed severe medical problems; seemed disoriented and terribly 
uncomfortable; not interested in eating (unlike "Rastus").  My brother 
called his vet (Fallon Animal Clinic) and Dr. Fallon's assistant told 
him to bring Rastus right over to the office.

After thoroughly examining him, it was discovered Rastus had a blocked 
urinary tract.  Dr. Fallon and his assistant worked on Rastus together 
and inserted a catheter.  My brother was told Rastus would not have 
survived the night if not taken care of when he was.  He'll also have to 
put him on a strict prescription food diet from the vet to hopefully 
prevent a recurrence of the problem. 

Rastus is still at the Fallon Animal Clinic being monitored and still 
with the catheter in him.  He'll be there through the weekend as both my 
brother and the vet want to be sure he's okay to come home.

Not only are they (Fallon Animal Clinic) wonderful for emergencies but 
they also have "visiting hours" for their convalescing patients.  
Mon.-Sat. they have visiting hours between 5 and 7PM for people to visit 
their sick pets.  Dr. Fallon encourages this as it helps the sick pets 
to get better sooner.

Pat, Holly, Buffy, Thai, D.P., Midnight, Jamie (& Cookie)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3885.1	Fallon Animal Clinic	ICS::GERRY	Home is where the Cat is	`Thu Aug 09 1990 17:10`	13
	Hi Pat, I have used the Fallon Animal Clinic for years....since I was a little kid to be exact. My parents used to bring our animals there when I was growing up. Dr. Robert Fallon is just wonderful, as is his son Dr. Michael Fallon. Both Michael, and Dr. William Norelli are recent Tufts graduates, so I also feel like they're up on all the latest and greatest. Thanks cin
3885.2		CSCOA5::MCFARLAND_D	bo knows windows 3.0...?	`Fri Aug 10 1990 22:53`	4
	so glad to hear you got him in there in time! diane, stanley & stella
3885.3	An update on Rastus	DEMON::MURPHY		`Mon Aug 13 1990 15:11`	23
	As of Friday evening, Rastus was having more blockage problems and Dr. Fallon had to insert another catheter. My brother will be checking with Dr. Fallon this evening to see how things are going. If things aren't improving, they may have to operate. Poor Rastus, he's such a sweetie too. One other thing I forgot to mention was that Rastus was only adopted by my brother last year and was around 5 years old and still a whole male until my brother had him neutered. I'm saying this because I know in past notes it had been mentioned that cats that are neutered before fully developing sexually could develop blockage problems. In Rastus' case should we assume it developed from his diet? (Free access to dry food and half a can of 9-Lives at night.) Pat <<< Note 3885.2 by CSCOA5::MCFARLAND_D "bo knows windows 3.0...?" >>> so glad to hear you got him in there in time! diane, stanley & stella
3885.4		WILLEE::MERRITT		`Mon Aug 13 1990 16:12`	6
	Hopefully Rastus is feeling alot better today and won't need an operations. Our prayers are with the whole family. Sandy (Tamba, Poco, and Barkley)
3885.5		CRUISE::NDC	Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313	`Tue Aug 14 1990 12:10`	14
	I hope Rastus is feeling better too. re: Diet - dry foods especially that are high in ash content are felt to directly contribute to urinary blockages. I'm sure a pre- disposition to the problem is involved also. Without knowing exactly what Rastus was being fed its hard to say if diet had alot to do with it. BTW - even canned foods - especially the fish flavors - can be quit high in ash. I won't be surprized if the vet suggests a strict diet of Hills CD for Rastus. Besides being very low in ash, CD also contains a urine acidifier which will have a strong effect on preventing further problems. Nancy DC