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Serin
Platinum Member
 United Kingdom
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 Posted - 29 Nov 2003 : 07:10:01 AM
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Yes thats right only it was surgically removed from my 1 year old Siamese puss cat Merlin .............
Merlin stopped eating his food last monday , thought he was just being fussy ( he is very up himself !! ) starting being sick but not badly , by Thursday last week dropped lots of weight still not eating so took him to the vets !! who found he had a low temp and was dehydrated so gave him a couple of injections and put him on a drip then sent him home again ............took bloods but nothing .
Was ok for the first day then this monday started again , at this point he looks like a resue case , very weak and thin and unkempt where he hasnt washed ! rang that vet , took him back in as i thought he should have an xray .... showed Vet my hair scrunchie as these are Merlins favorite thing to hunt and kill !! ( doesnt get out much ) Vet said he doubted it ........ so wasnt going to xray , so put Merlin back in his box and marched off to the next Vets down the road !
The new vet said he felt a lump and gave him an xray ..... said alot of swelling and gas , enough to warrant a explority op , so the following down thats what they did !!warned me it could be cancer or even a sign of Chrons disease !
And found a hair scrunchie ( they are only little ones )It had cut into his intestines in 8 places and cut his stomach and poo was leaking into his system ..... had to remove 8 cms of intestine !! The vet is surprised he lived for nearly 10 days with this going on !
Picked Merlin up last night , he was meant to stay in hospital for 10 days but he was getting in a state in a cage ......I am soooooo happy to have him home , he is still critical for 72 hours so i am scared he is going to die still but know how lucky he is .
The bill however is £1,200 ish as got bits to add !! is he insured !! NOP !! do i wish he was YEP !! is he worth that money ..... most definately !! Hair bands / srunchies are banned from my place !!
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georgiauk
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Nov 2003 : 08:26:07 AM
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I'm pleased you've got him back in one piece. I've seen this op done once or twice!!! and it's takes a very long time trying to find which bits are where and to get them out, he's a very lucky puss.
My own kitty is a fiend for pot pourie?! We're having to hide the stuff until he's a little more mature!!!
I'm sure your boy will be fine just keep hiding those scrunchies!
  
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Valentine Arabians
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Nov 2003 : 08:30:14 AM
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Serin,
So pleased that you have Merlin home and shall keep everything crossed that he makes it - mind you, after lasting 10days with the scrunchie doing untold damage to his innards, he sounds like a very strong little fellow. Yes, I agree with you - ban scrunchis/hair bands - don't forget the string off the roast joint, as they tend to like that, as well!
Grew up with Siamese kitties and they are, as you say, 'very up themselves', but ooooh what characters!
Give him a very gentle cuddle from me.
Liz |
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pat ww
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Nov 2003 : 08:32:17 AM
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I am still amazed that my golden retriever lived to be the 6 year old she is now after her diet. Until she was about 2 she ate everything, literally. She would get into the car port, and orange plastic indicators, wiring looms, the arm off the old sofa, carpet, trees, all disappeared without a trace. She was a big lollopy happy dog, with company and went to the beach every day, so was not bored!
Perhaps I should have ignored vets initial advice NOT to give a puppy bones, at least then I would have known what she was eating. |
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Serin
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Nov 2003 : 08:48:44 AM
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| Merlin is looking very bright today , so hopefully now over the critical bit ....... he is back beating up my Dalmatian pup !! keep telling him to rest but .......... |
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honey
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N. Ireland
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 11:04:21 AM
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Vets think they know best all the time, but they forget who lives with them everyday and knows when something is wrong. My little lab, is nearly five, and about a month ago had two operations within two weeks. When she was 1 1/2 she was spade, but she was still showing signs of heat every 6 months after (though no blood). We insisted she wasn't done right, the practice that spade her told us we were talking nonsense . About year later, dog started to get be in real pain round her hips, expecailly the left. would take her ten mins to jump into the car, as she was expecting it to hurt. Went to another vet, who agreed that it sounds as though they missed a bit, and though she had hip displacia, told us to take her back when she came back into heat and insist they open her up. They did and found some tissue with five large cysts. Any longer and it would of turned cancerous. The cysts were eggs that she had produced with her last 5 seasons. (also xrayed hips, and found nothing abnormal). Two weeks later she was back in as a hugh lump had appeared, which I was able to make dissappear. It was hernia, from a gap in her internal stitches, so she was back in, they also found she had a masive allergic reation to the stitches, so had to cut alot of tissue out, which they sent home. Now she is a different dog, no pain at all, and so much more happier and active, and her tail is wagging again which had stopped for about 2 months, though their was something wrong with her tail,as it was always drooped. It was a good job we never paid for it, or we would of had a right bill. If the vets had of listened to us in the first place she would of had to suffer for 2 1/2 years. All they have to do is recheck her thyroid gland which they done wrong too, and had her perscribed on 300mg a day.
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Eden Arabians
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 3:36:46 PM
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Hi Serin
I know just what you mean about your cheeky siamese, I have two girls, Ling and Kiia and they keep me on my toes the whole time.
They are a crack team at thieving, one plays lookout while the other bags the "booty". One Sunday morning I went downstairs to find the frozen chicken I had taken out of the freezer the night before in their bed !!!! The wrapper was still on but the pair of them had chewed a leg each. Needless to say we ended up with measly sausages for our Sunday lunch instead of a tasty roast.
They hunt down and 'kill' my make-up brushes, they steal shoes off the baby (while she's wearing them!) and they chew anything made of plastic.
However I wouldn't be without them as they are so loving. If I haven't spoken to them for a while they will jump up on my chair and one will play 'nit nurse' with my hair and the other taps me on the cheek so I will talk to them. When they have kittens I cry when each one leaves for a new home (soppy I know !!!).
I suppose they are a lot like our Arabs in their beauty and intelligence and like Arabs you either love them or hate them. I know which side I am on.  
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Michelle
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 3:54:27 PM
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I want one! They sound like fun! I have my little catty watty woo, she is about 14 weeks old old and she is gorgeous, so much personality - but she keeps getting under the covers and scratching my boyf where it hurts!
She rubs her face on my face to wake me up - so cute.
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Wyllow
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 5:35:30 PM
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So pleased your Merlin is on the road to recovery ~ oh the things they eat, those cats!
I don't have a Siamese, although I think them very special, but I do have a British Shorthair Red Spotted Tabby who rejoices in the name of Albert Gingerbits.
He is very vocal ~ although not as insistant as most Siamese! He's quite a character and a HUGE cat who revels in the opportunity to try anything new in the way of food...fortunately though, not scrunchies...he's decimated the local wildlife population in the last couple of months after having a fractured fang removed...and I can sympathise here, it cost nearly four hundred pounds! Since his expensive bit of dentistry he's sampled all manner of birdy, mousy, ratty and other miscellaneous furry snacks...and eats everything but the green wobbly bit ! YUK!! Still, I suppose its roughage...
There is a long story as to why 'Bertie 'Bits isn't insured...and I'm afraid it amounts to the fact that he was another animal I rescued who had chronic health problems before I even got him. I've mentioned it before, but when I collected him, my husband and I counted 52 adult cats (not to mention kittens too fast to count) in the kitchen alone...and there were more in the living room, dining room, on the stairs and outside...the breeder had over 100 cats removed by the RSPCA a couple of months later...my comments to vets were among many of the complaints that effectively put an end to the indiscriminate breeding.
Cats are marvellous animals and, I think, have much in common with horses, always having their own independence and befriending you on their own terms.
Wishing Merlin a continued good recovery!
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Wendy Allan
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 5:46:01 PM
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So glad that Merlin is on the road to recovery. I hope your nerves and bank balance recover quickly too.
I also adore cats. I love the fact that if you cause offence, they will eventually find the most fitting way to repay you. Mine chose to p**s on my coat moments before I left for work when we got a puppy some years back. She is 16 1/2 now and probably doesn't have many years left, but when she finally goes to the great hunting ground in the sky, I will be replacing her with a Siamese as they seem to have even more cussed personality. |
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Serin
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Posted - 01 Dec 2003 : 7:46:53 PM
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| That made me laugh as popped on my fleece to do the gee gee's and blinking cats have p****d on it ......... smelt wonderful !! NOT !! |
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georgiauk
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 Dec 2003 : 9:10:03 PM
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I can remember the tale of an old client , a lady vicar who had Siamese. She was in a real stir as her "babies' would pee on her dishes but only after she had washed them !!! Simple solution, don't wash up!!!
Closer to home, caught my kitty running away with my butty's today. When I'd retrieved them they had been thoroughly crimped! He'd stolen the crusts, he knows they're the best bit!
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Serin
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 9:02:03 PM
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got to feed Merlin "salmon pate" ( proper cat food ) when i retrieve his head from his butt he can eat it !!I feel very excited now he is eating and going to the loo properly .
Georgia my OH wont go with that method of washing up ! i did try though |
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