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« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2008, 05:07:24 AM » |
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Okizaki is doing awesome! Eating dry, wet, baby food, everything and drinking water-back to herself thank god. My doctor only said the creatinine was high-all others were pretty normal I guess. Still waiting on urine culture. Starting to feed her wet food at night and trying to get my 17 yo to eat it too but she doesn't show any interest. All 5 cats LOVE Eagle Pack Duck & Oatmeal though so I may switch my dry Authority to that.
Thanks everyone for all the advice, info, etc. I will definitely keep reading this forum. What a great resource!
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« Reply #46 on: July 14, 2008, 06:03:08 AM » |
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I am very glad to hear that Okizaki is doing so well and is acting like herself! It's great that she is eating well. Hopefully she will not have any further problems, and can look forward to a long, happy life of comfort.
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« Reply #47 on: July 14, 2008, 11:53:02 AM » |
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THANK you for the update! So glad to hear that kitty is well now. Only the Creatinine was high? Creatinine is a waste product of muscle breakdown normally excreted via the kidneys. Nam - please get your vet to check kitty's heart too when you are able. Just as a precaution.
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« Reply #48 on: July 14, 2008, 01:00:48 PM » |
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So good to read that the kitty is better!  |
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« Reply #49 on: July 14, 2008, 01:05:10 PM » |
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nam,
So glad to her kitty is better. Thanks for sharing and keeping us posted. Hope you will continue to post here and on other topics.
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nam1026
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« Reply #50 on: July 15, 2008, 09:29:59 AM » |
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Hi Everyone-just heard from my vet on the urine culture-apparently this was all e coli-could have come from anywhere-my cats do go out in my fenced backyard, could be the litter box, etc.
Antibiotics for 4 weeks. Ummmm.
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« Reply #51 on: July 15, 2008, 09:32:59 AM » |
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nam, this is good news......easy to treat!  so glad this turned out this way! Now that things are settling down---where are pictures of Okizaki!!!!  |
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« Reply #52 on: July 15, 2008, 09:43:35 AM » |
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phew--I too am glad it is an easy one to treat! Good wishes to Okizaki and to you!
BTW it is an interesting name, but I don't speak Japanese or Korean--does the name have a special meaning?
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« Reply #53 on: July 15, 2008, 10:45:26 AM » |
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So can e coli be in pet food too? At least if its in the food, I would think the Agricultre dept you gave the food to for testing would be able to detect that so you would at least be able to rule out food....or in....depending on the results...
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« Reply #54 on: July 15, 2008, 02:06:17 PM » |
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This is good news, it's a treatable condition!
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« Reply #55 on: July 15, 2008, 07:54:49 PM » |
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Phewww! Glad to hear you have a diagnosis! Yes - do post pics of your kitty when you can!
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« Reply #56 on: July 16, 2008, 08:57:28 PM » |
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nam, I don't know if it would be applicable here, but my brother's dog had a urinary tract infection that was found to be e.coli and the vet said that the most likely source was the bacteria travelling up the urinary tract from feces on her back end. So, just in case, I would be sure that the cat is cleaning back there well, and, if not, you might have to do some cleaning there. My brother had to wipe the area with bacterial wipes every time the dog had a bowel movement.
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« Reply #57 on: July 17, 2008, 07:35:40 AM » |
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Here are some photos of Okizaki.
Here name is actually a strand of DNA or something-my ex was in pharmacy school when we got her, hence her name. She is the cutest little thing-only 7 lbs now.
She always seems pretty clean back there.
The food she ate were the pouches not the cans so could that still be potential?
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« Reply #58 on: July 17, 2008, 07:51:46 AM » |
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Oh Nam, she is a very unusual looking kitty, very cute! She certainly has her socks pulled up very high on those front legs, maybe she's a bit chilled.  As far as food goes, I am so skeptical on it all that nothing would surprise me anymore. It will be good to see what your Agriculture is able to determine. Is she doing better since she has been on the anti-biotics....eating well, etc? |
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« Reply #59 on: July 17, 2008, 09:38:22 AM » |
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What a cool-looking kitty! Snowshoe Siamese, all or part? Thanks for posting her picture!
E. coli of all forms are bacteria that are found in feces. In view of recent problems reported in a Petco warehouse, I can envision some possible scenarios for that getting in a pouch of food, or at least on its surface and then into the food when the pouch was opened. Or it could have been in the raw materials for the food and the food not sufficiently cooked. It may sound like a stretch, but, as Sandi says, nothing would surprise me any more.
How is she doing these days?
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