Over the coming month I would really like to help this foster and her dog out. The whole story is at this link, but suffice it to say, the little pit bull was dumped on the foster when her owner left the state without her, and she just lost a litter and almost her life. The vet bills are too much for the foster - they could barely handle caring for her in the first place.
If you have a dollar, five dollars, ten dollars, anything at all to spare, please consider it. Suka needs an adopter, but right now, she just needs to heal.
Suka's Chip-In.
Showing posts with label Potd/For Adoption. Show all posts
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Radiation Therapy for Hypothyroidism
Gah, that last post was so catty (punny...) that I couldn't just leave it at that. Yeah, it bugged me, but I'd rather post something a little more interesting to balance it out. For the record, I feel it's incredibly important to hear all sides of an argument, especially if they tick you off, because people who disagree with you still have says. It's most important when you feel strongly about something, because you may be less inclined to notice when they actually have points.
It just sucks and makes your blood boil a little bit.
ANYhoo...
The cat I posted for today's Texan Shelter Pet-of-the-Day has hyperthyroidism. Until today, I didn't even know what that was. I mean, I knew about the thyroid gland, but had no idea what hyperthyroidism in cats meant. It sounds scary, like having a diabetic cat, where you have to give them two shots a day at very specific times. Only in the case of hyperthyroidism, unless you can afford surgery, it's giving them multiple pills a day.
Have you ever given a cat a pill? Goes something like this:
That sounds horrible to me. I mean sure, you could probably hide them in food, but some cats (ahem...mine) will just eat around the pill and leave it for you, untouched or perhaps licked clean of food, sitting right in the middle of the food bowl. It's like they just know.
Well, someone linked to an extremely interesting site in the comments on that cat. It explains what hyperthyroidism is and pitches a radiation therapy treatment they claim completely cures the problem 98-99% of the time - no blood tests, no pills, just a single treatment.
They don't say anywhere on the site what that treatment costs, but if it's that amazing I am sure it'll catch on, leading to competition and better prices. I imagine it would be difficult to save up for a more expensive procedure while also buying your cat multiple pills per day. I also imagine they are exaggerating the hassle of handling a cat with the condition in order to sell their treatment, of course, and one person mentioned they have a cat affected by hyperthyroidism and don't find it to be terribly inconvenient.
Needless to say, this is extremely interesting to me and I'll almost certainly be doing a lot more reading on it over the next few days! In between studying for my week 8 exams, socializing the kittens, and training/fostering Lanie, of course.
Oh my goodness, that dog pulls like none other. That is NOT a puppy that can go in an apartment, she needs a yard.
She has also taken to ONLY using the restroom in our bath tub, rather than behaving like the house-trained little girl I was told she was. Oh well, better than the carpet!!
-Mouse
It just sucks and makes your blood boil a little bit.
ANYhoo...
The cat I posted for today's Texan Shelter Pet-of-the-Day has hyperthyroidism. Until today, I didn't even know what that was. I mean, I knew about the thyroid gland, but had no idea what hyperthyroidism in cats meant. It sounds scary, like having a diabetic cat, where you have to give them two shots a day at very specific times. Only in the case of hyperthyroidism, unless you can afford surgery, it's giving them multiple pills a day.
Have you ever given a cat a pill? Goes something like this:
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| From Married to the Sea |
That sounds horrible to me. I mean sure, you could probably hide them in food, but some cats (ahem...mine) will just eat around the pill and leave it for you, untouched or perhaps licked clean of food, sitting right in the middle of the food bowl. It's like they just know.
Well, someone linked to an extremely interesting site in the comments on that cat. It explains what hyperthyroidism is and pitches a radiation therapy treatment they claim completely cures the problem 98-99% of the time - no blood tests, no pills, just a single treatment.
They don't say anywhere on the site what that treatment costs, but if it's that amazing I am sure it'll catch on, leading to competition and better prices. I imagine it would be difficult to save up for a more expensive procedure while also buying your cat multiple pills per day. I also imagine they are exaggerating the hassle of handling a cat with the condition in order to sell their treatment, of course, and one person mentioned they have a cat affected by hyperthyroidism and don't find it to be terribly inconvenient.
Needless to say, this is extremely interesting to me and I'll almost certainly be doing a lot more reading on it over the next few days! In between studying for my week 8 exams, socializing the kittens, and training/fostering Lanie, of course.
Oh my goodness, that dog pulls like none other. That is NOT a puppy that can go in an apartment, she needs a yard.
She has also taken to ONLY using the restroom in our bath tub, rather than behaving like the house-trained little girl I was told she was. Oh well, better than the carpet!!
-Mouse
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Whoops!
Okay, so you know that little voice in the back of your head that says "NO! You have enough animals, you can't take care of another one, not even for a little while. You are maxed out. *slaps hand* STOP IT."
Then you know how there's a little voice just in front of that one that waves its arms around and screams how for two or three weeks out of your life you could keep at least one dog from being put down?
You know that dog I posted this morning, the 7 month old female lab?
She's coming home with me Sunday, if all goes well. No, not permanently, but just until we can find her a good home. What can I say? The adoption is free, and she was scheduled to be euthanized yesterday. She still needs a home if anyone is interested - I'll put up more pics when we have her home safely.
It's a really, really dumb idea. The only reason it's even feasible is that we already have a baby gate up to keep our cat (who has rhino) breathing+ distance away from the quarantined fostered momma cat and her three kittens - one of whom had severe pneumonia for the first few weeks of his life. (Yes, we have many more precautions in place - rhino can kill kittens! But if you must know, the hoarding situation they came from was infested with it, so no high hopes on keeping them disease-free here)
The baby gate also serves to keep our pibble out of our bedroom, because she just had leg surgery to fix an old gunshot wound. Very expensive surgery that we could only afford because our local shelter helped us out tremendously. After months of saving. She's crate confined for now anyways so she can heal up, so there won't be any surprise doggy interactions to worry about at least. Seriously, though, our apartment is carefully segmented and we're pretty much maxed out. To be fair, before the foster kitten got so sick, everything was organized beautifully and the critters really fit. But the kitten DID get sick. And now things don't fit just right, and we have our hands full. I didn't expect to have to give the entire mouse room to the kitties. It was a surprise.
But Lanie is 7 months old AND a popular breed, and there is no reason to put down puppies or young, healthy, adoptable dogs. If technically we *can,* it's beyond my ability to step back and say "go ahead, kill her." I'm a sucker like that. Really, you can blame my fiance, who told me to first. I just ran with it. All I can say is, we'll be in trouble if we don't find her a home in the next few weeks. I'm not exactly whatcha'd call "rich." :)
Ah well, it may be the first time we've done this with a shelter, but it's certainly not the first time we've helped out a dog this way. I'll keep ya updated!
-Mouse
Update: Yeah...I'm glad I took her, honestly. You know what the adoption form was?
Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
Driver's License #:
(photo of DL)
That was it. Yipes! They got no clue where these doggies are going. At least we'll have her Sunday, and will be able to follow up with her rabies vaccination, HW test/meds, and a spay. Then we get to pick the home she goes to, and you can bet we'll be asking for a little more info than what they asked for! There will be no out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire crap for Lanie, oh no. We've had a tragedy like that before and I will never, ever, EVER do it again. Story for another time.
Oh wow. I just adopted another dog. I need a beer.
...Time to dog-proof the master bedroom.
Then you know how there's a little voice just in front of that one that waves its arms around and screams how for two or three weeks out of your life you could keep at least one dog from being put down?
You know that dog I posted this morning, the 7 month old female lab?
She's coming home with me Sunday, if all goes well. No, not permanently, but just until we can find her a good home. What can I say? The adoption is free, and she was scheduled to be euthanized yesterday. She still needs a home if anyone is interested - I'll put up more pics when we have her home safely.
It's a really, really dumb idea. The only reason it's even feasible is that we already have a baby gate up to keep our cat (who has rhino) breathing+ distance away from the quarantined fostered momma cat and her three kittens - one of whom had severe pneumonia for the first few weeks of his life. (Yes, we have many more precautions in place - rhino can kill kittens! But if you must know, the hoarding situation they came from was infested with it, so no high hopes on keeping them disease-free here)
The baby gate also serves to keep our pibble out of our bedroom, because she just had leg surgery to fix an old gunshot wound. Very expensive surgery that we could only afford because our local shelter helped us out tremendously. After months of saving. She's crate confined for now anyways so she can heal up, so there won't be any surprise doggy interactions to worry about at least. Seriously, though, our apartment is carefully segmented and we're pretty much maxed out. To be fair, before the foster kitten got so sick, everything was organized beautifully and the critters really fit. But the kitten DID get sick. And now things don't fit just right, and we have our hands full. I didn't expect to have to give the entire mouse room to the kitties. It was a surprise.
But Lanie is 7 months old AND a popular breed, and there is no reason to put down puppies or young, healthy, adoptable dogs. If technically we *can,* it's beyond my ability to step back and say "go ahead, kill her." I'm a sucker like that. Really, you can blame my fiance, who told me to first. I just ran with it. All I can say is, we'll be in trouble if we don't find her a home in the next few weeks. I'm not exactly whatcha'd call "rich." :)
Ah well, it may be the first time we've done this with a shelter, but it's certainly not the first time we've helped out a dog this way. I'll keep ya updated!
-Mouse
Update: Yeah...I'm glad I took her, honestly. You know what the adoption form was?
Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
Driver's License #:
(photo of DL)
That was it. Yipes! They got no clue where these doggies are going. At least we'll have her Sunday, and will be able to follow up with her rabies vaccination, HW test/meds, and a spay. Then we get to pick the home she goes to, and you can bet we'll be asking for a little more info than what they asked for! There will be no out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire crap for Lanie, oh no. We've had a tragedy like that before and I will never, ever, EVER do it again. Story for another time.
Oh wow. I just adopted another dog. I need a beer.
...Time to dog-proof the master bedroom.
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