Dilemma..A Value Conflict, If You Will

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

Grizzly, your post is lacking "body language" for Jacques!

Nicely done, Bill.

Blkboxster, I have that picture hanging in my office.

[Frodo]

Not sure if you're actually concerned about the cat on the car or if you were just foolin' around with this thread, but, if the former: Cats hate stepping on stuff that sticks to their feet. Get some double-stick tape and put several strips of it across the width of the top. (I'm reasonably certain it would pull off easily even after a few days and wouldn't cause any damage.) We tell people that have problems with their cats hanging out on their kitchen counter-tops when they're not around to give this a try. It does seem to work. (And, as rick3000 suggested, if kitty decides to use the top as a scratch post, it could get ugly fast.)

How's the Pekingese rescue/transport mission progressing?

[edevlin]

If you were in the neighborhood, my precision PCP (pre-charged pneumatic) .22 cal airguns come with a built in silencer and 18X vairable scope groups nicely under a half inch at that distance....

We have a cat and the neighbors in our area have lots of cats, and they love the top of my boxster. I try to hid the car in the garage when I can and keep hair-removing rolls handy. It really sucks to see the muddy paw prints going across the hood and windshield to end up with a bunch of fur on the roof. I guess it is one of the costs of lowering the suspension, ha,

Ed

[nola911]

Originally Posted by edevlin

If you were in the neighborhood, my precision PCP (pre-charged pneumatic) .22 cal airguns come with a built in silencer and 18X vairable scope groups nicely under a half inch at that distance....

We have a cat and the neighbors in our area have lots of cats, and they love the top of my boxster. I try to hid the car in the garage when I can and keep hair-removing rolls handy. It really sucks to see the muddy paw prints going across the hood and windshield to end up with a bunch of fur on the roof. I guess it is one of the costs of lowering the suspension, ha,

Ed

No way, those things make it to the hood of my tundra with a leveling kit on the front, your resistance is futile.

Here is a link to my cat deterrent

http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CatStop-Ultrasonic-Outdoor-Deterrent/dp/B0001A9TE2

[NickCats]

Thanks, Griz, I just spit water all over my laptop

Great post ! Either you're feeling better, or the pain medication is finally starting to kick in

Nick

[Grizzly]

Sorry about the laptop, Nick! Yeah, I'm feeling a little better; bored but better.

At least the guys are having fun with the thread. I was only kidding. You know me and animals...the cat can have the car if he likes it that much.

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Frodo

How's the Pekingese rescue/transport mission progressing?

She's is being treated for heartworm and ear mites. She needs a health certificate for interstate transport, so the ear mites have to be taken care of first. Thankfully, her last heartworm test came back light. Did I say that right? We think we're going to use a pet relocation service to transport her by truck. I can't begin to make her arrangements before she's healthy, though.

I got this picture of her from the rescue the other day. She looks so much better. The pictures from when she was seized? Well, take a look. Poor baby. Seven years in a wire cage.

[Franco]

Hi, Grizzly pulled the trigger, here's the evidence, faked the year to cover his @ss.

[djomlas]

grizz, you post count will go trough the roof

btw, great pic, hang that up in ur office

[Tool Pants]

Cats like high places since they feel safe. If that place is warm then so much the better.

You are not going to run out of a house and spray a cat with water. Unless the cat is dead or really slow or you can suprise it.

When I bought the box in 1999 I had 2 cats. At least one of them liked my top as a resting place.

It has been said that cats don't like stepping on strange things, like tin foil and tape. I could see the paw prints on the front trunk lid. I waxed the heck out of the trunk lid and the cat still got on the top.

I was not going to cover the front of my car in tin foil.

I put masking tape upside down all over the lid one evening. I expected to find a cat rolled up in tape in the morning.

Next morning I found paw prints on the exposed tape. The cat still got up there.

As for the BB gun....

[RandallNeighbour]

Grizzly, my wife and I are up late tonight and we just laughed our butts off reading this thread.

It reminded me of a book I read at a buddy's house that I think you need to buy:

http://www.amazon.com/101-Uses-Dead-Simon-Bond/dp/0517545160

Be sure to check out the sample pages from the "look inside" feature on amazon.com

[Frodo]

Quote:

"She's is being treated for heartworm and ear mites."

Posted by Grizzly.

Not surprising she's got heartworms with her background (abused, no medical care, probably never on heartworm preventative) and especially being from Texas. (I worked at a shelter for 5 years in Kansas City and diagnosed probably 150-175 cases during that time period. And Texas is much worse!)

If she's already been treated it's pretty important she be kept fairly stress free for awhile. (It takes quite awhile for the worms to die, break down and be eliminated by the immune system. Not like gastrointestinal worms that die and just get pooped out the next day!) This is even more true with an older dog. Occasionally dogs will go downhill and die following treatment. (It's fairly rare in my experience---I treated most of the ones I mentioned seeing in KC; I lost 2 or 3. Has she been showing symptoms (cough, exercise intolerance, etc.)? If so, it might be better to see if someone out there could foster her for a few weeks, until the critical post-treatment period is over.

I post this rather than via a PM as kind of a public service announcement: If you have a dog, keep him/her on heartworm preventative!

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Quote:
If she's already been treated it's pretty important she be kept fairly stress free for awhile. (It takes quite awhile for the worms to die, break down and be eliminated by the immune system. Not like gastrointestinal worms that die and just get pooped out the next day!) This is even more true with an older dog. Occasionally dogs will go downhill and die following treatment. (It's fairly rare in my experience---I treated most of the ones I mentioned seeing in KC; I lost 2 or 3. Has she been showing symptoms (cough, exercise intolerance, etc.)? If so, it might be better to see if someone out there could foster her for a few weeks, until the critical post-treatment period is over.

Frodo,

She is in foster care now. She's been placed with a woman in Houston. When she was seized, her heartworm tests came back medium. They say that she is so happy to be out of the cage, she is "busy" checking out her new world. As such they the vet was afraid to treat her for heartworm, because he has lost a few active dogs in the past. Instead, he decided to treat her with Heartgard. Her last test came back light. The vet says that if she is continued on the Heartgard, she should be clear in 6-7 months without the risk of killing her. Sound right to you?

Also, what is the risk, if any, of my other dogs contracting heartworm from her. I know it's transmitted by mosquitos. Any other way? Of course, my dogs are on the preventive.

[pierre shags]

I had a green Jag once; muddy cat prints looked great on it.

[Brucelee]

Leave the cat alone, shoot the neighbor.

[Frodo]

Quote:

"...the vet was afraid to treat her for heartworm, because he has lost a few active dogs in the past. Instead, he decided to treat her with Heartgard. Her last test came back light. The vet says that if she is continued on the Heartgard, she should be clear in 6-7 months without the risk of killing her. Sound right to you?"

Posted by Grizzly.

Probably not a bad approach in this case. Though I've not seen the results of any studies on this, it has become a somewhat common approach to treating 'high risk' cases. Ivermectin, the active ingredient in HeartGard, doesn't kill the adult heartworms outright, but that is actually a good thing in older and/or symptomatic dogs. (It's the sudden worm death caused by adulticide therapy that, while usually safe, can potentially cause problems in such cases.) Don't know about the 6-7 month figure (like I said, haven't seen any studies on the matter), but it hardly matters. Just keep her on the preventative and you'll (1) prevent her from acquiring a new generation of heartworms, and (presumably) (2) slowly kill off the ones she's now got. Though some people stop heartworm preventative during the winter months, this is a dog I'd probably keep on it year-round.

Quote:

"Also, what is the risk, if any, of my other dogs contracting heartworm from her. I know it's transmitted by mosquitos. Any other way? Of course, my dogs are on the preventive."

Posted by Grizzly.

No other (known) means of transmission other than through the mosquito. In fact, I've been told by a parasitologist that you could draw blood from a HW positive dog (containing the microfilaria, the HW 'babies' if you will), inject it into another dog (even one not on HW preventative) and it still will not develop HW disease. The larve undergo some transition within the mosquito without which they don't develop into adults. Isn't parasitology fascinating??

The chances of your dogs getting HW from this dog, with them on HW preventative?: essentially zero.

You're a good man, doin' this Grizz. Rescued dogs, while sometimes requiring some patience while they get socialized and warm up to their new surroundings and new family, almost always make GREAT pets.