Lots going on :) You guys did good and moved Snicker up tothe next level!! The next vote is Tuesday March 31Remember you only have that 24 hour period to vote.Here is the link again CLICK HERE TO VOTE
World’s Best Cat Mom Shirt Fund raiser
Show your pride at being the World’s Best Cat Mom!Would make a great present for yourself or for upcomingMother’s Day. Comes in 5 colors (white, blue, pink, yellow, green) International shipping is available.100% of the next profits will go to our spay/neuter program. We have helped over 300 cats so far withlots of appointments made now that the weather haswarmed up. The last day is 4/17 to order.Here is the link: http://booster.com/bcrmd
Cat Update
It was a very sad weekend. We said goodbyeto Jake. He was losing weight even thoughwe had a feeding tube in and he was beingfed high calorie vitamin packed food. Hewas vomiting, he was nauseous. It was time.I promise the cats that we will love them andcare for them the best we can and then whenthe time comes, we will love them enough tosay goodbye. I held him in my arms, sobbingas he left this earth. You aren’t supposed to have favorites, but he was one of mine.He was such a sweet special boy and will beso very missed by us and the other cats.You may read his story and see more pictureson his page http://blindcats.org/jake.htm
Wendy
Holly
Holly also has kidney disease. Her blood work from 6 months agoand last week do not show that it has gotten worse. She is still eatingand doing reasonably well. She does not need fluids yet. She ishaving a much needed dental Wednesday, she has a broken tooth. (have no clue how she did that) KIDNEY DISEASE IN CATSToday’s article is about kidney disease in cats. This condition isthe leading cause of death in domestic cats and is very commonin older cats. We need to understand how the kidneys work. The kidneys aremade up of thousands of little funnel shaped tubes callednephrons. Their job is to filter and reabsorb fluids.A young healthy cat has so many nephrons available that theyare held in reserve. As they get older or in case of kidneydamage some nephrons stop working and then the reservenephrons start working. When there are no more reservenephrons, the signs of chronic kidney disease will appear.When 2/3 of the nephrons are lost, the kidneys will no longerbe able to conserve water and they will pass more dilutedurine. By the time the creatinine levels are elevated on a cat’s bloodwork, 75% of nephrons in both kidneys are gone.There are so many causes, many we can not control and oftenthe exact cause can not be identified. FIV and FELV, Diabetes, Hypertension are on the list. This is why I beg you to insist thatyour vets check your cats for hypertension. Make sure you get full blood work on your cats. For many, kidney disease is the outcome from the under lying disease. Some symptoms can look like other things, Increased thirstand urination, leaking urine, vomiting, diarrhea, lack ofappetite, weight loss, anemia, overall body weakness.Nutrition is important. I can’t over come the damage done to the catsby the foods they were fed before they came to me but I cancontrol what they eat once they get here. There is lots of argumentsand disagreements about pet food. We feed grain free, no bi-productsno dyes. We feed both wet and dry. We have some that will not touch wet. We do encourage them to eat wet to give themmore liquid, cats often do not drink enough water.After doing some more serious reading and research that is going to change. Start reading this articlewww.catinfo.org/?link-urinarytracthealthif you have a cat that only eats dry (we have2 or 3 of them and we have problems with them gettingcrystals because of it, read this one http://catinfo.org/docs/TipsForTransitioning1-14-11.pdfWe are going to start trying to transition our cats to all wet food. I know there will be those of you that will sayyour cats ate nothing but dry and lived to 20 and that is ok :)We all have to do what we feel is right for us and our families :) Some fun random pictures of the cats
Wendy I fully expected to be taking to the vet to say goodbyeto today and she has surprised me. She is FELV+ and also has kidney disease. She has been on daily fluids for many months. I gave her an appetite stimulate, and she surprised me and started eating and put back on a few ounces. She still does not have the look or behavior of someone in a hurry to leave us. She has become so much more affectionate. (She has always been friendly but even more so now)
Thank you Kate & Sherry for coming to visit this weekendand helping us clean! The cats loved playing with you!Sherry fell in love with Marge and decided to Sponsor her!Thanks Sherry!!
I hope you enjoy the video :) Click Play to see itfor our visually impaired readers, I describe it below
There are 6 cats sitting on the top 2 levels of a largeclimber. There is a bird that has gotten inside underthe roof area of the patio. As the bird flies back andforth all the cats heads are turning in unison. They maybe blind but they sure know where that bird is :)
Carrot
Carrot had his surgery and is doing well. He will gethis stitches out next week.
Did you know you can start your ownfund raiser to help the cats? Donateyour birthday, anniversary for any other reasonyou would like to help the cats :)
We Hope you will join our Birthday Cluband start a fund raiser for the cats withyour birthday! Alana’s birthday is Apr 4th. She is askingyou donate to the cats spay/neuter programCLICK HERE
If you like to shop at Amazon, please usehttp://smile.amazon.com and pick Blind Cat RescueTheir foundation will make a donation to us eachtime you do :)
Bear - FIV+
Manxi - blind with hypertension
A visitor giving treats to a mob :)
Do you like to walk/jog? Download the resqwalkapp, pick BCR and they will donate tous forevery mile you walk :) apple and droidshttp://resqwalk.com
Lots going on :) You guys did good and moved Snicker up tothe next level!! The next vote is Tuesday March 31Remember you only have that 24 hour period to vote.Here is the link again CLICK HERE TO VOTE
Cat Update
It was a very sad weekend. We said goodbyeto Jake. He was losing weight even thoughwe had a feeding tube in and he was beingfed high calorie vitamin packed food. Hewas vomiting, he was nauseous. It was time.I promise the cats that we will love them andcare for them the best we can and then whenthe time comes, we will love them enough tosay goodbye. I held him in my arms, sobbingas he left this earth. You aren’t supposed to have favorites, but he was one of mine.He was such a sweet special boy and will beso very missed by us and the other cats.You may read his story and see more pictureson his page http://blindcats.org/jake.htm
Wendy
Wendy I fully expected to be taking to the vet to say goodbyeto today and she has surprised me. She is FELV+ and also has kidney disease. She has been on daily fluids for many months. I gave her an appetite stimulate, and she surprised me and started eating and put back on a few ounces. She still does not have the look or behavior of someone in a hurry to leave us. She has become so much more affectionate. (She has always been friendly but even more so now)
Holly
Holly also has kidney disease. Her blood work from 6 months agoand last week do not show that it has gotten worse. She is still eatingand doing reasonably well. She does not need fluids yet. She ishaving a much needed dental Wednesday, she has a broken tooth. (Ihave no clue how she did that)
Carrot
Carrot had his surgery and is doing well. He will gethis stitches out next week.
World’s Best Cat Mom Shirt Fund raiser
Show your pride at being the World’s Best Cat Mom!Would make a great present for yourself or for upcomingMother’s Day. Comes in 5 colors (white, blue, pink, yellow, green) International shipping is available.100% of the next profits will go to our spay/neuter program. We have helped over 300 cats so far withlots of appointments made now that the weather haswarmed up. The last day is 4/17 to order.Here is the link: http://booster.com/bcrmd
Can Blind Cats “See” a bird?
I hope you enjoy the video :) Click Play to see it
Today’s article Feline Kidney DiseaseToday’s article is about kidney disease in cats. This condition isthe leading cause of death in domestic cats and is very commonin older cats. We need to understand how the kidneys work. The kidneys aremade up of thousands of little funnel shaped tubes callednephrons. Their job is to filter and reabsorb fluids.A young healthy cat has so many nephrons available that theyare held in reserve. As they get older or in case of kidneydamage some nephrons stop working and then the reservenephrons start working. When there are no more reservenephrons, the signs of chronic kidney disease will appear.When 2/3 of the nephrons are lost, the kidneys will no longerbe able to conserve water and they will pass more dilutedurine. By the time the creatinine levels are elevated on a cat’s bloodwork, 75% of nephrons in both kidneys are gone.There are so many causes, many we can not control and oftenthe exact cause can not be identified. FIV and FELV, Diabetes, Hypertension are on the list. This is why I beg you to insist thatyour vets check your cats for hypertension. Make sure you get full blood work on your cats. For many, kidney disease is the outcome from the under lying disease. Some symptoms can look like other things, Increased thirstand urination, leaking urine, vomiting, diarrhea, lack ofappetite, weight loss, anemia, overall body weakness.Nutrition is important. I can’t over come the damage done to the catsby the foods they were fed before they came to me but I cancontrol what they eat once they get here. There is lots of argumentsand disagreements about pet food. We feed grain free, no bi-productsno dyes. We feed both wet and dry. We have some that will not touch wet. We do encourage them to eat wet to give themmore liquid, cats often do not drink enough water.After doing some more serious reading and research that is going to change. Start reading this articlewww.catinfo.org/?link-urinarytracthealthif you have a cat that only eats dry (we have2 or 3 of them and we have problems with them gettingcrystals because of it, read this one http://catinfo.org/docs/TipsForTransitioning1-14-11.pdfWe are going to start trying to transition our cats to all wet food. I know there will be those of you that will sayyour cats ate nothing but dry and lived to 20 and that is ok :)We all have to do what we feel is right for us and our families :)
We Hope you will join our Birthday Cluband start a fund raiser for the cats withyour birthday! Alana’s birthday is Apr 4th. She is askingyou donate to the cats spay/neuter programCLICK HERE
If you like to shop at Amazon, please usehttp://smile.amazon.com and pick Blind Cat RescueTheir foundation will make a donation to us eachtime you do :)
Do you like to walk/jog? Download the resqwalkapp, pick BCR and they will donate tous forevery mile you walk :) apple and droidshttp://resqwalk.com