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Cat Rescue & Rehoming => Cat/s Needing Homes => Sorted/ Unknown outcomes => Topic started by: JackSpratt on May 19, 2011, 12:54:32 PM
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Blue is a white 3 year old female who needs a new home as the owners husband has kidney failure and will be on dialysis by the end of the year; Blue moults a lot and her owners are concerned that this will cause issue with the gentlemans health issue.
Blue was found abandoned just over 2 years ago with 2 very small kittens. Homes were found for the kittens but a home could not be fond for Blue, so she stayed where she was. Blue is very loving, and has been spayed. Blue would benefit from a home that would control her food intake a little as she tends to get carried away with her food. Oddly, this girl has two names....one of which is Blue and the other is Lady.
*Note: IS there a risk involved with kidney dialysis and cats that moult a lot? I'm interested to know the answer to this.*
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shes really beautifull :Luv2: poor girl :(
I dont know about any link between the fur and the diyalsis? -maybe its health officials sticking their oar in perhaps?
I beleve they are acting out of what they have been told as they obviously love the cat .
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I know of no link and think this is scaremongering on the medical teams part, your kidneys have little to do with your lungs which is the only instance moulting would be an issue I would have thought!
Curiously though, we had to "get rid" of our cats when I was very young (about 4 or 5 I think, maybe younger) when my mum was ill with kidney disease (don't think she ever had to go on dialysis though), again under instruction form the doctor. Maybe it's the same doctor................
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:Luv2: bless here, she's gorgeous!
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Apparently a home check was done to ensure safety for home dialysis and due to the extent of Blues shedding they were advised to keep her outside!
Clearly that's not OK, so they're rehoming her.
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I guess you can't blame them then , they did at least try :-[
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From googling it seems OK to have cats as long as they are kept out of the dialysis area. Main prob appears to be cats playing with or chewing tubing and risk of infection. Also the illness can make you feel very poorly and some days you may not feel up to the cleaning regime. Such a terrible shame as I'm certain that a cat on your lap would help make the time go more quickly ......
This was a particularly uplifting story............
http://www.homedialysis.org/article/patient_story/lisa
ETA I wonder if Blue just appears to shed more than other cats due to her colour. She doesn't look particularly long haired.
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I'm told she sheds a LOT.
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have to say I didn't give hair a second thought until we got a white cat
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I agree with Rosella Moggie. My mam suffered kidney failure for 5yrs and at one point home dialysis was discussed also about the care she would need, pets etc. My mam's cat went to the bridge & she spoke about havin another, but due to problems & the amount of time she was at/in hospital she decided against it, as dialysis was helpin her but there was no possible cure for how ill she was :'( :'( (mam lived on her own)
On talking to doctors & nurses about home dialysis, a clean room is needed but my mam was going to do it thru the night. My mam always felt ill after dialysis, but it can also depend on how long you were plugged (if you know what i mean) and how often.
But never heard that pets were an issue in the same house, as long as there is a seperate room for dialysis x
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She looks lovely,i do wonder about the length of that collar though.
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Bumping.
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And unbelievably - again.
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Poor girl....still looking.
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About the shedding - I've been pleased with the results I'm getting from the Furminator this season.
It takes loads out of Pursley's short but very thick/wooly coat so much so that she barely "moults" at all these days. I just groom her thoroughly with a flea comb once a week and furminate her when the undercoat feels like it's thickening up, and the shed fur goes straight in the bin. The mikki matt breaker was a godsend for her back-end at the start of the summer, but once the old coat was out, this regime has kept her new fur in tip top condition.
This combined with a HEPA filter vacuum cleaner meant that even my allergic sister-in-law stayed sucessfully in my house for three nights this spring without resorting to ridiculous levels of anti-histamine (I have seven cats, and am at bursting point in my tiny two-bed house).
Could Lady Blue's current owners try a new grooming regime and see if it reduces her fur loss to an acceptable level? Maybe even get a professional groomer to have a look at her? How about a rubber grooming mitt? What about a change of diet? Get a cleaner in once a week to help with the house. Restrict Blue to a couple of rooms.
There must be some things they can try rather than just giving up...seems such a shame when they love her so much :(
(Gosh, got quite passionate there - sorry :shy: )
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To be honest, I don't think it will make much difference....a "trained medical" told them to keep Blue outside and I think they're the sort of people that would panic at that. I can understand it but it's so unfair to Blue. :(
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out of curiosity is Blue and indoor or indoor and outdoor cat?
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She's allowed out, but I don't think she goes far from what her owners have said. She's not especially interested in "adventuring" I don't think.
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Poor girl....still looking. :(
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And again.
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Poor Blue! And again.
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Potential home found...on a little estate with a couple who are nurses. One works full time and the other three days a week. They have two young children who have been taught the all important "gentle" rule with animals. Keep 'em crossed folks, am in the process of organising a home check using an independent rescue in the Notts area. :)
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Home fell through. :( Genuine reason but still very sad for Blue.
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Bumping.
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And again!
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Bumping Blue.
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Homed through RACR.
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Wow, brilliant news - well done all concerned. :hug:
Good luck, Lady Blue :Luv:
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Ahh! that's great news. Thanks for the update JS will move this now :)