Comments for Go Fetch Gifts http://gofetchgifts.com Unique gifts for dog & cat lovers not found in stores. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on New Adventures with Old Cat: Charlie has Asthma (Video!) by Amanda http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/new-adventures-with-old-cat-charlie-has-asthma-video/#comment-5966 Amanda Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:24:44 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=385#comment-5966 Thank you for time, I will take him to the vet Thank you for time, I will take him to the vet

]]> Comment on New Adventures with Old Cat: Charlie has Asthma (Video!) by admin http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/new-adventures-with-old-cat-charlie-has-asthma-video/#comment-5780 admin Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:49:03 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=385#comment-5780 I understand Amanda :-( It's just that it COULD be other things, and if you have to wait for the flovent to arrive, the vet could start you on a steroid pill to take care of the coughing while you wait. An xray can confirm asthma. Good luck!!! I understand Amanda :-( It’s just that it COULD be other things, and if you have to wait for the flovent to arrive, the vet could start you on a steroid pill to take care of the coughing while you wait. An xray can confirm asthma. Good luck!!!

]]> Comment on New Adventures with Old Cat: Charlie has Asthma (Video!) by Amanda http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/new-adventures-with-old-cat-charlie-has-asthma-video/#comment-5741 Amanda Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:42:09 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=385#comment-5741 Hi have read all the posts with much interest. We have just acquired a cat who has been living outside for several years & now the neighbours old cat & dog have sadly gone he has been living in the garden. After feeding him for a few days he used to stare in through the window. Couldn't take the sad look for long and he has now moved in & totally taken over the house! He has a very bad cough. Coughs at least 4 times a day, mainly at night. No sign of fur balls, just a wheezy dry cough that upsets us more than him. Checked out YouTube and it does seem he has asthma. Do you think I should go ahead with the Flovent? It's just money is very tight & just a visit to the vets would pay for a Flovent? Would it be bad to not go to the vets for a proper diagnosis? Hi have read all the posts with much interest. We have just acquired a cat who has been living outside for several years & now the neighbours old cat & dog have sadly gone he has been living in the garden. After feeding him for a few days he used to stare in through the window. Couldn’t take the sad look for long and he has now moved in & totally taken over the house! He has a very bad cough. Coughs at least 4 times a day, mainly at night. No sign of fur balls, just a wheezy dry cough that upsets us more than him. Checked out YouTube and it does seem he has asthma. Do you think I should go ahead with the Flovent? It’s just money is very tight & just a visit to the vets would pay for a Flovent? Would it be bad to not go to the vets for a proper diagnosis?

]]> Comment on How I Cured My Cat’s Diarrhea (and Saved His Life) by Janis http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/how-i-cured-my-cats-diarrhea-and-saved-his-life/#comment-5636 Janis Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:11:53 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=179#comment-5636 Hi Lee, Did you only give your cat the raw food? CoCo's diarrhea is back. She seems to have good weeks and bad weeks. This week is a bad week. Hi Lee,
Did you only give your cat the raw food? CoCo’s diarrhea is back. She seems to have good weeks and bad weeks. This week is a bad week.

]]> Comment on Feeding Whole Prey to My Kitten by Tamara http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/feeding-whole-prey-to-my-kitten/#comment-5570 Tamara Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:46:11 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=428#comment-5570 Good for you, I'm going to feed raw prey to my cats as well. I'm a breeder, and it shocks me how other breeders say they know everything about healthy cat food, but they'd never even feed their cats raw prey. They say that premium cat food is the best, I guess those pet food companies totally brained washed some people's brains. Well, since i have a lot of cats, i eat very healthy, and i want them to eat healthy as well, plus vets are expensive so you need to feed the cats as healthy as possible, or all your money will go for vets' bills who also always recommend some kind of packaged food, of course they our animals to be sick so they could make money of us and pet food companies. Keep it up what you're doing and i'm going to join your club of raw prey feeders to cats! Good for you, I’m going to feed raw prey to my cats as well. I’m a breeder, and it shocks me how other breeders say they know everything about healthy cat food, but they’d never even feed their cats raw prey. They say that premium cat food is the best, I guess those pet food companies totally brained washed some people’s brains. Well, since i have a lot of cats, i eat very healthy, and i want them to eat healthy as well, plus vets are expensive so you need to feed the cats as healthy as possible, or all your money will go for vets’ bills who also always recommend some kind of packaged food, of course they our animals to be sick so they could make money of us and pet food companies. Keep it up what you’re doing and i’m going to join your club of raw prey feeders to cats!

]]> Comment on New Adventures with Old Cat: Charlie has Asthma (Video!) by admin http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/new-adventures-with-old-cat-charlie-has-asthma-video/#comment-5443 admin Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:23:49 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=385#comment-5443 That's great Johanna, that you are getting everything on track. Just goes to show that while we do need vets, they just don't always know everything. How many times have you had to look up an answer to something you once knew by heart in a book or something? Happens to us all the time, yet we never see vets do it. They don't always have all the answers, and some of them get very insulted if they feel you are trying to "do their job" for them. When I suspect something, I think my vet usually welcomes it because he knows I will OK extra testing above the norm....so he makes more money! Anyway, not sure if you meant your comment for me (I'm the blog owner, and my name is Leigh), but thank you for sharing your story!!! Good luck to Puppy! That’s great Johanna, that you are getting everything on track. Just goes to show that while we do need vets, they just don’t always know everything. How many times have you had to look up an answer to something you once knew by heart in a book or something? Happens to us all the time, yet we never see vets do it. They don’t always have all the answers, and some of them get very insulted if they feel you are trying to “do their job” for them. When I suspect something, I think my vet usually welcomes it because he knows I will OK extra testing above the norm….so he makes more money!

Anyway, not sure if you meant your comment for me (I’m the blog owner, and my name is Leigh), but thank you for sharing your story!!! Good luck to Puppy!

]]> Comment on New Adventures with Old Cat: Charlie has Asthma (Video!) by Johanna http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/new-adventures-with-old-cat-charlie-has-asthma-video/#comment-5442 Johanna Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:25:19 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=385#comment-5442 Hi Beth. I just want to say thank you for all the advice. Like you, it took us years to realize our cat Puppy was asthmatic. Always ascribed it to "difficulty coughing up furballs." And we too found that our vet does not seem to know a lot about asthmatic cats. Worse, Puppy went into a panic attack when he went in for the appointment to investigate his very brief and infrequent spells of labored breathing, and the vet jus assumed he was ALWAYS in such a distressed state. I have had a very difficult time convincing our vet to please trust what we tell him about Puppy's daily behavior, to please understand that we LIVE with this cat, not him, so we know what's "normal" and what isn't. He also does not want to hear anything about our online research, research which has proven invaluable to us, from the first I heard "it could be asthma" -- and then found so many online videos of cats having asthma attacks. A "Eureka" moment, but we felt terrible that for years we thought it was merely furballs and were not treating Puppy as we should have. Our vet knew of this "furball" issue, yet never once suggested it could be asthma. Now we understand the difference, and that is thanks to sites like yours, not thanks to our vet. We now have to start Puppy on Flovent. And find another vet. Some vets just really do not understand cats, and that no cat acts normally when visiting the vet. I came to your site just to double check the prescribed dosage, and discovered so much more information. Thank you, I'm sure I'll be back! Hi Beth. I just want to say thank you for all the advice. Like you, it took us years to realize our cat Puppy was asthmatic. Always ascribed it to “difficulty coughing up furballs.” And we too found that our vet does not seem to know a lot about asthmatic cats. Worse, Puppy went into a panic attack when he went in for the appointment to investigate his very brief and infrequent spells of labored breathing, and the vet jus assumed he was ALWAYS in such a distressed state. I have had a very difficult time convincing our vet to please trust what we tell him about Puppy’s daily behavior, to please understand that we LIVE with this cat, not him, so we know what’s “normal” and what isn’t. He also does not want to hear anything about our online research, research which has proven invaluable to us, from the first I heard “it could be asthma” — and then found so many online videos of cats having asthma attacks. A “Eureka” moment, but we felt terrible that for years we thought it was merely furballs and were not treating Puppy as we should have. Our vet knew of this “furball” issue, yet never once suggested it could be asthma. Now we understand the difference, and that is thanks to sites like yours, not thanks to our vet. We now have to start Puppy on Flovent. And find another vet. Some vets just really do not understand cats, and that no cat acts normally when visiting the vet. I came to your site just to double check the prescribed dosage, and discovered so much more information. Thank you, I’m sure I’ll be back!

]]> Comment on How I Cured My Cat’s Diarrhea (and Saved His Life) by admin http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/how-i-cured-my-cats-diarrhea-and-saved-his-life/#comment-5440 admin Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:05:32 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=179#comment-5440 Oh my gosh Janis, I could cry. Your story sounds so much like Oscar's. Many cats are put on steroids for IBD, which can help but is also pretty scary. I sure hope CoCo keeps eating the raw food. She is so young!!! Good luck to you guys, she is so lucky to have you!! Oh my gosh Janis, I could cry. Your story sounds so much like Oscar’s. Many cats are put on steroids for IBD, which can help but is also pretty scary. I sure hope CoCo keeps eating the raw food. She is so young!!! Good luck to you guys, she is so lucky to have you!!

]]> Comment on How I Cured My Cat’s Diarrhea (and Saved His Life) by admin http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/how-i-cured-my-cats-diarrhea-and-saved-his-life/#comment-5439 admin Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:01:41 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=179#comment-5439 Shauna, according to the website, Nature's Variety is sold in Canadian stores. http://www.naturesvariety.com/locator Good luck! Shauna, according to the website, Nature’s Variety is sold in Canadian stores. http://www.naturesvariety.com/locator Good luck!

]]> Comment on How I Cured My Cat’s Diarrhea (and Saved His Life) by Janis http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/pet-health/how-i-cured-my-cats-diarrhea-and-saved-his-life/#comment-5438 Janis Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:27:50 +0000 http://gofetchgifts.com/blog/?p=179#comment-5438 Hi Leigh. I had the worst scare with my 4 year old cat, CoCo this week. I adopted her from a shelter when she was a kitten and has developed chronic diarrhea over the last year and began vomiting more frequently. She is incredibly finicky and I couldn't seem to find a food that she could keep down. I took her to the vet over the summer and they ran tests and did x-rays and $500 later, they couldn't find anything wrong with her. I continued to play with her diet and she was ok eating canned cat food, but still wasn't 100%. This week her diarrhea became more severe and I found blood mixed in. She was also vomiting whatever she ate. She had been losing weight and couple w/ the other symptoms, I felt another vet visit was in order. The vet ran the same tests and did the same x-rays, told me that "things don't look good for her" and found nothing. She suggested we do an ultrasound and do other test for cancer, but I told her I would have to think about that. After crying over the potential death of my cat and being a complete wreck, I began researching her symptoms and came across your website and read how your cat suffered from the same thing as CoCo and thought she might have IBS/IBD- something the vet did not even think of. I would always give her raw or boiled chicken if she would have a flare up so I rant to get Nature's Variety raw chicken. I am happy to say that after two days, CoCo hasn't vomited and her poop was solid! I will continue to monitor her, but I truly believe a raw food diet is best for her. She is happy and playful and I have you to thank for it. Thanks for saving her! Hi Leigh. I had the worst scare with my 4 year old cat, CoCo this week. I adopted her from a shelter when she was a kitten and has developed chronic diarrhea over the last year and began vomiting more frequently. She is incredibly finicky and I couldn’t seem to find a food that she could keep down.

I took her to the vet over the summer and they ran tests and did x-rays and $500 later, they couldn’t find anything wrong with her. I continued to play with her diet and she was ok eating canned cat food, but still wasn’t 100%.

This week her diarrhea became more severe and I found blood mixed in. She was also vomiting whatever she ate. She had been losing weight and couple w/ the other symptoms, I felt another vet visit was in order.

The vet ran the same tests and did the same x-rays, told me that “things don’t look good for her” and found nothing. She suggested we do an ultrasound and do other test for cancer, but I told her I would have to think about that.

After crying over the potential death of my cat and being a complete wreck, I began researching her symptoms and came across your website and read how your cat suffered from the same thing as CoCo and thought she might have IBS/IBD- something the vet did not even think of.

I would always give her raw or boiled chicken if she would have a flare up so I rant to get Nature’s Variety raw chicken. I am happy to say that after two days, CoCo hasn’t vomited and her poop was solid!

I will continue to monitor her, but I truly believe a raw food diet is best for her.

She is happy and playful and I have you to thank for it.

Thanks for saving her!

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