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Conference misery::feline

Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
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Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

104.0. "Black Angora Cat - Adopted Me" by NITMOI::OTOOLE () Thu Dec 26 1991 10:44

    Hi,
    
    Last Saturday a beautiful cat adopted us.  I think it might have
    followed my 2 cats home, I have a spayed female grey and white (smokey)
    and a tiger (fluffy).  I have checked all over the neighborhood,
    knocked on peoples door and noone said that they lost a cat, I also
    checked with the neighborhood children and they said that they have
    seen this particular cat eating out of trash etc.  SO what do I do, I
    take in another cat.  The questions I have are "where did this cat come
    from" "what shots has this cat had, how old is this cat??
    
    I am planning on taking this cat to the vets.  I also called the dog
    catcher in our area and no one has a missing black angora cat.
    
    I am open to all suggestions.
    
    Cindy
    
    
    
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104.1Congrats on your addition...DELNI::JMCDONOUGHThu Dec 26 1991 11:4414
      Looks like you've been "adopted"....
    
      Whenever this happens to me...like the 2 times in the last few years
    that it has, we do what you did...call the animal control officer and
    report it...in 10 days if nobody claims a stray animal, it's legally
    yours. We usually go even a bit further and leave signs around the
    local stores...
      Then we take said kitty to the Vet and have a checkup...and ALL of
    the shots. Even if the cat has had a rabies/distemper/etc. shot, a
    second one won't harm them, and it's a good insurance policy...
    
      Only 12 more animals to go and you'll be up to my herd size!!
    
      John McD
104.2Disease free....MODEL::CROSSFri Dec 27 1991 08:305
    And try to keep your cats separate from this one as much as possible
    until the vet gives him/her a clean bill of health (ie. no worms,
    mites, fleas, and especially -- leukemia or aids).
    
    Nan
104.3Tape wormsVMSMKT::THOMPSONKate Comiskey ThompsonFri Dec 27 1991 08:3717
    Hi -
    
    I've just been through this with a little wanderer who adopted us. 
    
    One thing I learned through this file is that tape worms don't
    necessarily show up when you have a fecal test done, because they
    only appear at certain times during their cycle. If you notice
    things that look like little grains of rice stuck to the fur
    around her bum, that's a sign of tapeworms. 
    
    They didn't show up in our stray's fecal test, but I notice them
    about two weeks later. 
    
    GOod luck
    
    kate
    
104.4mine sez that tooMCIS2::HUSSIANPizza on earth, cool yule!Mon Dec 30 1991 09:576
    My vet said the same thing. The cat is always cleaning, so the
    rice-like eggs (isn't that what they are, eggs?) don't stick
    around too long. He said that it's the owners who usually detect
    tape worm, and not the vet.
    
    Bonnie
104.5More on tape worm detection.MR4DEC::COLAIANNIMon Dec 30 1991 10:0710
    Hi,
    
     Just another suggestion on detecting tape worm. I discovered the
    little hard rice like thiungs in my cat's favorite sleeping spot. I put
    several of these in a baggie with alcohol, and brought the segments to
    the vet with me. He didn't have to try to get a stool sample this way.
    He just weighed the cat, and gave him his dose of medicine. That was
    it, until the next bout. ;-)
    
    Y