Topic: Mango Bear is back at home now. (Read 20556 times)

Bazsmum · « **Reply #137 on:** November 01, 2009, 16:59:10 PM »

OMG!!!! Mojo hun I am so shocked for you all!

RIP Sweet Mango....xxx

Mojo · « **Reply #136 on:** November 01, 2009, 16:57:47 PM »

she's gone

Bear took a turn for the worse on Saturday and was rushed to the Vets Now clinic to be put on a drip. Throughout the night she seemed to be perking up, and even licked some food. The Vets gave her some more pain killing drugs as her heart rate and temp were still high but she was not strong enough and passed away at 7.45 this morning

Me and my OH are absolutely gutted.We went to the clinic and picked out a casket for he. We chose one called "Mango Wood Urn" as it is apt.

Poor Chutney is confused and is wandering the house mewing a lot. My beautiful Bear.

bonnielass · « **Reply #135 on:** November 01, 2009, 10:19:10 AM »

Sending lots of positive healing vibes for this gorgous little girl

Hope shes soon back home

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #134 on:** November 01, 2009, 09:26:41 AM »

Fingers crossed she perks up soon

Millys Mum · « **Reply #133 on:** October 31, 2009, 19:56:15 PM »

Fingers crossed shes back to normal soon

Janeyk · « **Reply #132 on:** October 31, 2009, 19:49:31 PM »

She's beautiful, the poor little love, lots of get well wishes heading her way

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ems · « **Reply #131 on:** October 31, 2009, 17:22:21 PM »

Poor Mango

Sending lots of get well wishes

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #130 on:** October 31, 2009, 17:05:09 PM »

little Bear

Sending healing vibes her way

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #129 on:** October 31, 2009, 16:58:59 PM »

sending lots of love to her,,,she is so gorgeous..get well soon

Bazsmum · « **Reply #128 on:** October 31, 2009, 16:41:06 PM »

Aw bless her! Sending positive healing vibes to the gorgeous girl so she manages to eat something and get home to her mum tonight!

Amazing colour markings she has!

Mojo · « **Reply #127 on:** October 31, 2009, 16:34:19 PM »

Bear had her operation Thursday. She was SERIOUSLY zonked when we got her back in the evening, and only perked up a little of the next day. By the following morning she had only slightly moved position so she is currently at a Vets Now clinic on a drip

She will come home tonight if she eats something.

The op did show swollen lymph nodes and her bloods show a low white cell count so she is fighting something. Once we get her stable I think we are possibly looking at an Inflammatory Bowel problem. This could mean steroids or diet changes, I don't know yet.

Thank goodness for Insurance and credit cards!

Please send some vibes for my Bear, she looked so ill

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #126 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:57:08 AM »

good luck for tomorrow and hope things aren't too bad today

Millys Mum · « **Reply #125 on:** October 27, 2009, 19:42:54 PM »

Good luck

shame there wasnt more scope with your vet for following food intolerance before surgery

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #124 on:** October 27, 2009, 08:02:18 AM »

Good luck for Thurs.

Janeyk · « **Reply #123 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:41:23 AM »

Best of luck for Thursday

Bazsmum · « **Reply #122 on:** October 27, 2009, 00:18:08 AM »

Sending positive vibes for her visit on Thursday~~~~Best of luck!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #121 on:** October 26, 2009, 22:37:01 PM »

I would too and before any invasive treatment and it takes a few days to work.

Lots of love to Mango

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #120 on:** October 26, 2009, 22:19:49 PM »

for Thursday Bear

Sorry to harp on about LactoB but defo worth a try, especially if she's been on anti-biotics as it's like a yakult powder for cats

Mojo · « **Reply #119 on:** October 26, 2009, 20:44:02 PM »

well, the vet recommended leaving her for a bit to see if she got used to the food and her tummy settled down.

I have been keeping a diary and though she is now pooping every day, its not a good consistency and she still "Panics". I bought some Zylkene and she has been on that for a week now, still no change. I called the vet and he did sound disappointed, but we are going down the route of Inflammatory Bowel syndrome or something similar now. She is going in on Thursday so they can take some biopsies

Please my Bear luck; I just want my happy nutty Bear back, not a scared pooping machine

Bazsmum · « **Reply #118 on:** October 13, 2009, 10:33:45 AM »

Glad to hear the results are negative, very worrying though as you say about the rescue...I wonder how many peeps think they have a poss cat from there when they hav'nt!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #117 on:** October 13, 2009, 08:03:45 AM »

Glad that both are negative - I would defo let the rescue know. Fingers crossed it is just adjusting to the food, www.felinecrf.org has suggestions for diarrhea in CRF cats

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #116 on:** October 12, 2009, 18:56:01 PM »

I would go with the lacto B it cant do Mango any harm and may resolve the problem. Your vet is making it sound like a medicine, which its not. It just helps the good bacteria to breed again.

I am so pleased that both are negative

Janeyk · « **Reply #115 on:** October 12, 2009, 16:51:44 PM »

I wonder whether it is some food she isn't tolerating and that can take a while to resolve but may be worth keeping an eye on diet.

Mojo · « **Reply #114 on:** October 12, 2009, 16:29:57 PM »

Just that at the mo it's very mild, and it's good we caught it early. Mango is very good at taking tablets :-)

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #113 on:** October 12, 2009, 16:24:47 PM »

Good news indeed

Now you just need to get to the bottom of Mango's bottom problems

Did the vet say anything about her kidney results?

Mojo · « **Reply #112 on:** October 12, 2009, 16:20:54 PM »

Quote from: Millys Mum on October 12, 2009, 16:01:44 PM

Are they both externally negative? Thats great Are you up to contacting the rescue they came from?

Lacto b is rather harmless, its like us drinking yakult or eating natural yog
Have you tried a bland diet of chicken or white fish? Its easy for the vet to say lets leave her for a few weeks, its not his home being pooed on

I was thinking of contacting the rescue; I dread to think how many other False positive kitties the resue has had PTS

Millys Mum · « **Reply #111 on:** October 12, 2009, 16:01:44 PM »

Are they both externally negative? Thats great

Are you up to contacting the rescue they came from?

Lacto b is rather harmless, its like us drinking yakult or eating natural yog

Have you tried a bland diet of chicken or white fish? Its easy for the vet to say lets leave her for a few weeks, its not his home being pooed on

Mojo · « **Reply #110 on:** October 12, 2009, 15:32:40 PM »

They are both negative.

Still don't know whats causing Bear's tummy upset though.

Vet suggests to see how she gets on with the food for a couple of weeks. (Obviously if it gets worse, take her back) I did suggest the LactoB, he said it might be best not to bombard her with deifferent things and just see if it will settle.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #109 on:** October 12, 2009, 15:19:25 PM »

I wouldnt split them up either

Janeyk · « **Reply #108 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:34:45 AM »

Sorry to hear Mango is still not good, I can sympathise with house like a litter tray problem it's not nice

hopefully you will get some answers soon to help him xx

clarenmax · « **Reply #107 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:28:46 AM »

Quote from: Mojo on October 12, 2009, 09:02:32 AM

My suspicions are that Chutney is Negative, and Mango is positive. I don't know why I think that, but if its is true then I don't think I would split them up. Surely if Mango was going to pass it to Chutney it would have happened by now? (with biting etc)

The way I look at it, how many peeps with outdoor cats get them tested every year - the answer - none at all. I'm sure there's lots of households out there mixing FIV and non FIV every day, if your own cats don't fight, then its not an issue

The status quo with your babes has been such for a long time, there would be no need to split them up, even if one of then does turn out to be negative

Mojo · « **Reply #106 on:** October 12, 2009, 09:02:32 AM »

No results back yet; as we had fun getting Mango to the vets on the day (see some previous posts) I think the bloods didn't get sent straight away or the post is taking a long time.

My suspicions are that Chutney is Negative, and Mango is positive. I don't know why I think that, but if its is true then I don't think I would split them up. Surely if Mango was going to pass it to Chutney it would have happened by now? (with biting etc)

I am going to look on T'internet for some lactoB. I supppose it won't do any harm. Mango had another bad episode last night, it went everywhere and I am sorry to say that I did get a bit angry/upset that my house seems to be turning into a giant litter tray.

I wish they could find out what is wrong with her so I can have my happy slightly nutty Bear back.

Will keep you posted whan I get the results and what the vets suggests next.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #105 on:** October 11, 2009, 23:11:48 PM »

I travel over 40 miles there and back to a vet cos there is no decent one near to me and yes its a business and bringing in the money from insurance claims is part of it.

they can have loads of clients with good insurance who pay them direct or a mixture of peeps who have no money, are not insured and it becames torture for all every time they have a sick animal....I think the former makes good business sense and may even help those who are not so well off.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #104 on:** October 11, 2009, 19:05:34 PM »

I also pay for mine to be completed, when you consider how much time a nurse will spend filling out forms and printing things it all adds up, one morning i was there and by 9.30 they had a dozen forms left to be done! Think we have to remember vets are a business not a charity

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #103 on:** October 11, 2009, 10:36:00 AM »

Gill, it isn't that simple - they are the closest vets to the house, i can be there in 3 minutes in the car, 8 by foot, which is better for everyone. I did change to one a 20 min journey away and they didn't charge, but they didn't rush to do them either, it took weeks for Pebbles form to be completed and sent off, so I would rather pay £3.85 (unless it has gone up, haven't put one in for over a year)

Bazsmum · « **Reply #102 on:** October 11, 2009, 01:50:45 AM »

Quote from: Millys Mum on October 10, 2009, 19:20:59 PM

Mojo, have the results come back yet?

Hope they have and can put your mind at rest!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #101 on:** October 11, 2009, 00:20:44 AM »

I know yours charge for completing Desley and I would not use a vet who charged.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #100 on:** October 10, 2009, 19:20:59 PM »

My vets dont normally send the form, it comes back to me, solves the problem of missing forms and irate customers! However as my claims keep on going through they sent the last one on for me, i dont get irate you see

I dont blame vets for not taking direct payments tho, if the company refuses to pay they then have to spend more time and money chasing up the customer.

Mojo, have the results come back yet?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #99 on:** October 10, 2009, 14:35:25 PM »

i thought the vets had to send it off, mine do - and I have had claims done by 4 different vets. Mine do charge for completing it though
Gill - all insurance companies allow direct payment to the vet, but it is up to each individual practice. The reason they probably say it only for PetPlan is PetPlan use reps to go to vets and do courses for vet nurses too, as well as the commission schemes.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #98 on:** October 09, 2009, 18:45:08 PM »

I am with Axa and the vets can take payment if they want, I have never had a vet in 15 yrs who didnt send the form in.

Sounds like your vet is being very difficult and just doesnt want to do insurance unless its Pet Plan. Most of the onfo on the form comes from the vet and its freepost to send so they are being very naughty and causing you to wait longer to get your money back......greedy comes to mind!

My two current vets both take the money direct from AXA.

Mixing up the condiments am I

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