Hi, I stand corrected. Was watching one of those sort of horridly-fascinating shows last night on TV that is about hoarders, except this one is about pet hoarders. They visited a couple's house who had 24 cats. The vet who was talking to the couple and she went into the room where the catboxes were, and commented on the smell, and she had handheld meter that she set down on the floor. It measured ammonia in the air.
My sister had two cats when she had her twins that were inside cats and it was fine. I heard that out door cats sometimes have toxoplasmosis because they tend to eat dead birds and mice. If your cat is an out door cat then you can take it to the vet to make sure it doesn't have toxoplasmosis. . If it does then get someone to look after her till she is done the meds.
and will see what we can do. Yes it is sad. We also separated other cats. We are not cat hoarders, just to be clear. We are now just going to foster a mama cat and her kittens. She had them next door and then moved them to our yard. She seemed to be an indoor cat at one time (that will be another question separate). Anyway, we let them live in the basement. The kittens are starting to get used to coming around us a little. They are not older than 7 weeks probably.
when I woke up I saw the 3 cats were missing. When I asked my children where are the cats my 6 year old son put an overly innocent care and said 'I don't know' and he elbowed his 4 year old sister to say the same. She said 'I dont know' with this stifled giggle.
when I started to search for the cats, my daughter ran to the coat closet and stood there. She tried to prevent me from opening the closet door. I opened it.
So.... my husband's parents are hoarders and I've never been to their house but our daughter has. She's 3 years old. We have a little boy on the way and I just don't know if I want my kids going over there especially if I'm not allowed to.. Idk how bad the situation is and I know my husband is embarrassed. I've never talked to my in laws about it. They make me uncomfortable as is. I have been distant from them for the last couple months.
I opened the back door and found one, laying on the floor, dead and my four cats singing around it. I wrapped it up and disposed of it. Just 30 minutes later I heard them singing again and opened the door. The squirrel was back. I was annoyed because they had obviously retrieved the animal and brought it back to me. I wrapped it up and went to dispose of it. Guess what. The original one was still there. One of the cats brought a very large rat into my kitchen and put it down.
Now all the hair is falling out, both cats. The groomer used a new shampoo on the cats. The vet said he sees no sign of mites, ringworm, any illness -- the cats are eating, playing, grooming themselves, not scratching. But all their hair is coming out in huge lumps, right down to the skin. The hair is all dead, just waiting for us to comb it out.
The groomer says this is impossible. The shampoo manufacturer says this is impossible.
So am on diflucan. I want to try and keep the lyme at bay. I read that you used Cats claw to help with the lyme.
Did it help you? Did you herx from it? Janice
PS: You do an awesome job answering everyones questions here.
They said it was from my lung infection and anxiety, but ever since My anxiety and freak outs get so much worse. My cats still alive though, he's eating and is either sleeping or playful. I just hope I don't have rabies. Any help? Sometimes I feel like I'm acting funny, but I can't tell if that's because I'm looking for symptoms and having an anxiety attack.
Hi, I live in Cisco, Texas and this town is overrun with cats. I have talked with animal control regarding this over population and according to him he is not even allowed to capture them due to an ordinance protecting cats in this area. I have seen many sick animals all over this town and it is purely heart wrenching to see. I try to at least feed the ones around my house so they will at least not starve but never the less I still lose three or four cats a year.
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