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| 824.1 | | USCTR1::MERRITT_S | Kitty City | Fri Nov 04 1994 10:27 | 19 |
| I have experienced this one time with Ziggy who is my positive
Feluk kitty. When this happened...Ziggy had a very bad kidney
infection and the vet had said the mouth sores was a symptom of
that. His mouth was so sore...he stopped cleaning himself and
stopped eating completely. Ziggy also has a kidney disease.
They treated him with strong antibiotics, fluids, and rinsed his
mouth out a few times a day with Saline Solution. Withing 4
days...Ziggys sores went away...and he started eating again and
we haven't had that problem since April!!!
How old is Beauty??? If she is an older kitty....it is possible
that she might have the beginning signs of kidney disease. Or...it
also could be a virus...or possibly even teeth problems.
Good luck..Hugs to Beauty and please keep us posted.
Sandy
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| 824.2 | on the trail of the problem | SALEM::BURGER | NORM | Fri Nov 04 1994 10:40 | 10 |
| Thanks for your reply Sandy. Beauty is about one and a half years old.
Fortunately she still is doing a little grooming - she used to spend a
lot of time on that when she was better, and she still is eating and
drinking a little. After reading about the Calicivirus I find myself
worried about the possibility that our other two cats might catch it.
The book said that there is a vaccine against it. I will read about
the symptoms of kidney disease tonight. I realize that it is sometimes
very difficult to figure out just exactly what is wrong with a cat (or
human, or...) and even if you are able to get the diagnosis correct the
treatment is a whole other question.
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| 824.3 | vitamin B&C might belp | HELIX::SKALTSIS | Deb | Fri Nov 04 1994 11:26 | 7 |
| when Eirene had a sore mouth due to the kidney disease, I seem to
recall the vet gave her both amoxie and a shot of vitamins B&C; the
vitamins fixed up the sore mouth problem very quickly (hours). I recall
a sign of the sore mouth was that Eirene ws getting in my face
meowing, and was following me around to try to get in my face to meow.
Deb
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| 824.4 | Liver disease can be a root cause, too | UHUH::TALCOTT | | Fri Nov 04 1994 16:39 | 2 |
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| 824.5 | fibreglas insulation the culprit? | SALEM::BURGER | NORM | Mon Nov 07 1994 11:38 | 8 |
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Beauty still seems to be struggling with the problem in her mouth. Every
once in while she does what can best be described as smacking her
lips for a short period of time. I'm wondering now about some
fibreglas insulation in our garage which the cats have gotten into
several times in the past. Does anyone know what kinds of ill effects
cats exhibit after exposure to that pink insulation? They seem to be
strangely attracted to it.
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| 824.6 | Maybe because it's soft and puffy? | NETRIX::michaud | Jeff Michaud, UC1 | Mon Nov 07 1994 12:01 | 8 |
| > Does anyone know what kinds of ill effects
> cats exhibit after exposure to that pink insulation? They seem to be
> strangely attracted to it.
Funny you should say that. One of my boys likes to sleep on
top of some I had laying around. One time he even slid himself
between two pieces! Never noticed any ill effect but that doesn't
mean other kitties won't.
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| 824.7 | eating slivers? | DELNI::PROVENCHER | | Mon Nov 07 1994 17:14 | 5 |
| Wouldn't think being near that stuff would be too good. When humans
are near it, they say don't get it on your skin or breath it or
get it in your eyes, it is little slivers of glass! We taped
all ours in the basement so the guys wouldn't try to pry it off and
be exposed to the pink side. I wouldn't let them play near it....
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| 824.8 | Most likely Calici.... | DELNI::FALLON | | Tue Nov 08 1994 13:18 | 15 |
| Calicivirus will produce sores in the mouth in most cases. It can
only be treated for secodary infections with antibiotics.
Unfortunately it needs to run it's course. This can take several weeks
sometimes. You may also notice some cracks on the paw pads and an
appearance of lameness.
The most you can do is keep the cat hydrated, warm and with good food.
Science Diet's AD is a very soft food with a lot of nourishment, but
not intended as a main diet. It can help with the convalescence tho.
It is definately running around and appears to be a stronger strain
than usual. You do get over it but in the very rare case, can lose a
life. I would not worry about this as the cat is still around!! You'd
know by now if that was the case. Good luck and hang in there!
Karen
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