Thankful Flowers and Jazpur is Healing

Beautiful Flowers next to my home

Hi Everyone!  Beautiful signs of spring... Flowers blooming.  Will show you some of my Mom's (cats call her Nana) in the next post.
Thankful for Jazpurr am healing... Here am a new photo: 

Also Thankful to be able to dance the following for Passover celebration tomorrow night... May or may not get someone to videotape it for me.  This video was taken at Annette Hedke's funeral, the wife of Kansas State Rep, Dennis Hedke.  (Apologies for the clicking in the video... and the woman who gets up in the middle.)



Well our new format needs some more tweaking... the info looks too repetitive. Will work on changing the layout and template this weekend to something less cluttered. Going to create pages for all those linkies on the side too! Also will create some pages that show all the kitties here at Katiez Katz. Due to space and city regulations - my fur kids are living in four different homes... Three of those homes are in danger of going back for taxes.

Please see the You Caring link at the top of the page...
if you would like to help without using Pay Pal, please write to the following address:  
Katiez Furry Mewz
% Katherine Kittel 
P. O. Box 771268
Wichita, KS 67277-1268

La Shanah Haba a b'Yerushalayim.
(Next Year in Jerusalem)
Katie Kat.

Selfie Sundays Leaping Deers and Jazpurr Boo Boo

Sunday Sunny Selfie with Doobie and Joey.

And now for some Catch up Mewz with Joey the Nike Cat.

Not Actual Deer.

JOEY: Well The Shockers lost to Notre Dame so they am out of the NCAA Tournament. Now we haz Roses background for Spring!

Leaping Lizards! Mom saw a Deer Wednesday Night!

Mom had gone to dance practice for Passover presentation - the congregation meets way on the north east side of town, actually just barely inside town. On the way home it was rather dark cause of rainclouds, a deer leaped cross the road. Mom couldn't believe her eyes, so she caught up with another driver and waved out the window. "Hey was that a deer? The passenger in the other car said Yes!!

Well happened too fast to gets a photo and the deer was about two cars ahead. In the dark it looked like a big dog. I never met a deer and don't know if I want to. But Mom said that was a nice ending to the day, since earlier she had to take Jazpurr to the vet. Mom show you why.

Jazpurr gotted a rash on his back from very bad fleas. Mom forgot macro button - rash am hard to see.

Mom thought fleas was goned. So Jazzy went to vets and got steroid meds and Revolution.

MOM: So far The rash is healing. The Vet gave him prednisolone tablets for the next 3 weeks. But Jazzy loves to eat and has gained 2 pounds since Dr. Johnson saw him last. He really needs a diet. Dr. Johnson said that canned foods can help kitties lose weight, but not too fast. I didn't know that canned food helped loose weight, but Dr. Johnson said that canned food is lower in carbs than dry, even Friskies. I bought some special diet Friskies Indoor formula and will see how that goes, since Jazzy and his brothers, Boo Boo and Jordi tend to get loose stools on canned food. Will give you another report on how Jazzy is doing later this week.

Happy Selfie Sunday.

See you Furry Soon,

Purrz, Katie Kat, Joey

Doobie and Jazpurr.

Marvelous Monday - Jazzpurr Am All Better

Hiya to all our Furry Friends and Pawrents,

I am all better! The Lady wanted to make sure afore we toled you.

The Mom Lady thinks your prayers were why I made an easy and quick recovery. Dem yucky pills helped but how come Ize feeling so wonderful so soon?  

Even Lil Bear tooks longer den me!  Nows that I'm feeling so much better, the Lady can helps me find my furever home.
 
Until then, if that Lady will just find the laser dot thingy so I can chase it and get some exercise!

Purrz,
Sir Jazpurr GentleCat.

Wonderful Wednesday - Jazpurr says Thank You

Hellos... I am still sniffling some.  I am sitting near the humidifier.  My appetite am back and I am eating healthy weight food frum Purina.  I am being a good boy and letting the lady give me yucky pills.
I hates them, but the Lady gives me tasty stuff afterwards.  

I hopes to feel like exercising and chasing the laser toy furry soon.  
Purrz, Jazzy.

Jazpurr is slowly feeling better

Jazzie is slowly feeling better....He is still sniffling. Yet he's staying out of the carrier more and even wanted scritches from Uncle Mike yesterday morning.  He starting objecting to taking his meds (good sign he has some energy again!)  

I'm going to let the Doctor know his progress today.  It really concerns me that Jazz isn't getting better very quickly.  The clavamox doesn't seem to help as well as the doxocycline did for Lil Bear.  Sometimes that means a change in antibiotics to completely get over a secondary infection.  I've been told by several vets that white cats sometimes have a rougher time healing.  Will keep you all posted.  

Thank you all so much for all the kind comments, purrz and prayerz.

Hope to have time to visit all of you, our dear furry friends and pawrents this weekend.

Purrz, paddy paws and loud meowz (from Lil Bear sitting in my lap),
The Mom, aka
Katie Kat.

Jazpurr getting weighed

Purrz 4 Jazpurr

Please keep Jazpurr in your purrz and Prayers as the Mew Year starts... He is having hard time getting over this cold.  Your purrz and prayers, plus antibiotics and the Chlorpheniramine are helping a lot. 

He still has the sniffles, but nothing like the awful scarey clogged up sound he was making Sunday and Monday. His nose is staying pink the past two days versus the scarey purple color he did have.  Although we can't isolate Jazpurr in the bathroom, since Oreo is taking refuge there, our big sweet white gentle boy spends most of his time resting in a comfy carrier with the gate off. 

We are running a vaporizer in the room he shares with Dad Tommy, his brothers and sister Miri.  Tommy has been sneezing so may need to give him a half Chlortab as well.  More updates Later.

Purrz and Prayerz,
Katie Kat.

JasPurr Gots a bad kitty cold

The vet checked Jaspurr's lungs and oxygen level in his blood. His lungs looked good and his oxygen count was still in the normal range.  So far he has a bad upper respiratory infection.  Jazzie is back home now and will be taking antibiotics and getting steam therapy.  Please keep Jaspurr in your purrs that we caught infection in time.  -The Mom, aka Katie Kat.


The Mom am working on the Secret Paw Posts, so please checks back fur dat. 

-Purrz frum Moms Helper,
Lil Bear.

Quick urgent post Jaspurr not breathing good

 The Mom was getting ready to post about How the car am working now and we loves our Chrissymouse prezzies.  Then she checked on Jazpurr  (aka Jaspurr) and he is not breathing well.  Some of the older kitties have been sneezing, but nothing serious until now.  The Mom and Uncle Mike are going to take him to the emergency vets... pleze keeps us in your purrs.

We will post abouts our Santa Pawz prezzies from Jobi, Fisher and Kitties at Ask Fisher and an updates on Jazpurr as soon as pawsible.

Mom We Want Some More!!

MOMMMMMM!!!!    WHerz our Nommiez??

 

WE Luvs dem!!!

Mom found deze yummiez bout two years ago at our local Dillon's (owned by Kroger - the CEO of Kroger is David Dillon!)  

Dis month da Pet Naturalz peeple emailed our Mom to let hur know bout free samples we kin gets!!  YAY!  And dey not even knoh we bin eating deze vitamins and calming stuffs since we waz kittenz!!!  How day find us??? we dont knoh.

Mom found out all by hurself dat we all loves deze  and da calming ones amz reel goods for da scaredy babiez...

Here am too of our furry shy scaredy babiez... Deyz my brutherz - Jordi am da white kitty wif da blue eye.  Boo Boo (aka Justin) am da purrtee black kitty.

Here am me, Sir Sammy Purrzalot (tabby) and three of my brutherz, Jazpurr the Gentle (white kitty wif gold eyes) Justin da Boo Bear, wif Toby da Floofy on da far right. 

Jordi da Brave and Miri Gentlepurr and Tommy da Daddy am not in dis photo.  Dey am in nuther places in or near da kitchen. 

We am all hanging out in da kitchen waiting fur our Treetz like real Salmon Fishy and our Pet Naturalz! Mom likes to give us all our vitamins... Save we always want more!!! But we havesta wait til anuther day.

Purrz n Stuffoms,

Sir Sammy Purrzalot.

To learn morh bouts Pet Naturals, dere website am https://www.petnaturals.com/
You can also find dem at Amazon.com. If you would like a free trial, please go to calmingforpets.com. (website no longer exists)

Da Three Jayz Gets Nooterd

Hiya effursome buddies!

3 uvs Mai brofurz am havin dere boy vets tyme tooday... and me am glad - dey play ruffs wif me. Now maybe dey gets calmer....

Ai iz gurl so no boy vets tyme fur me!!!

Miri looks at Mom.... Ai have gurl vets tyme???
oh.... Miri runs away.

Not Toodayz!!!

Plz purr fur mai brofurs dats dere nooterin goez okayz,

Lady Miri Gentlepurr

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...Clockwise from left to right:
Jazpurr (white) , Justin (black)
and Jordi (white, bicolor eyes)

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Sunnyday Photos and Updates

Easy Like Sunday Stuffoms....


Look... Weze Growed!
And still fits in one chair!

Miri in the back, Sammy in the middle and Toby in the front. Still got some Rexness going on... There are two main Rex mutations:
Wavy/Kinky underfur without guard hairs (Devon & Cornish - passive gene) and Curly guard hairs (Selkirk - dominant gene).

My babies seem to have some kind of incomplete dominant...

Can't see Toby's white bib and toe in this pic. Toby is getting more guard hairs in, but his fur is still curly and the guard hairs are wacky looking.

Miri and Sammy have an appointment on Monday. Sammy will get checked for FeLV. Sammy is sneezing and Miri is still hacking once in a while. I hate Miri to go on Clavamox again.

Miri just started having good bowel movements versus diarhea from the meds killing good and bad bacteria. I am giving her acidophilus and flax seed to help her gain back the good bacteria.


Two of my shy babies are getting a bit braver. Jazpurr of soft white fur (wavy tummy furs) and Justin of smoky fur. Thought Justin was a black kitty, but all of his furs are white tipped in black. Hardly any guard hairs on Justin, just kinky underfur tipped in black. Him is furry purrty, furry shy yet likes being held and him loves to be with Toby, gentler black sorta tuxie boy.

Jazpurr is also sneezing now. Gonna have to figure out how to quarantine some sniffle kids from the non-snifflers... or just give them all meds?!?

Below is Mr. Cranky Jordi of coarser fur and kinky whiskers. (Bi-color Rt yellow eye, Lft blue). Still responds to being picked up, tummy rubs and back skritches. Furst he has to hiss at you to let you know him not happiez unless you givez himz chicken. Den him happiez. Maybe him has itchy fur from bad fleez n and grumble tummy dat needs acidophilus... hmmm dats good idea.



Just purchased a new product from PetSmart. A topical between the shoulders that uses natural stuff that fleas hate, like mint and citrus! Can't wait to see how it works. Just couldn't see using something else on sniffle, sneezy furr babiez.

And made a new friend who can help me find homes!! And she also wants me to draw her 8 cats! She actually had one her cats at PetSmart! Sweet long haired white boy with the pinkest nose.

I am going to start giving them an herb blend on a regular basis that is good for their liver, which can get overworked with FeLV.

Just found this at Animal Wellness Magazine:
  "Although Lexus continues to test FeLV positive, she remaind symptom-free until February of last year, when she had a severe asthma attack which was quickly alleviated with a properly administered homeopathic remedy. After her attack, Lexus vet started her on a glyconutrient and has remained symptom-free ever since. She no longer has fevers, lethargy or poor appetite, has gained some much-needed weight, and happily rules her guardian's house."

Interesting.... I'll ask my vet about it.

Purrz,
Katie Kat.

Miri on Monday Improving!

Miri is improving from the antibiotics. Been three days on. She is still hacking, but the wheezing has lessened and the hacking cough sounds more upper respiratory versus in the lower parts of her lungs.

She definitely has a lot more energy! She has been romping with her brothers, but still goes back to her "safety zone" sometimes, which is a chair in the living room. She likes to hide beside the laundry basket and watch her brothers playing and "the world" from there. The photo shows Toby in the hamper and Miri on the outside playing.

The Clavamox is liquid form and she hates the taste.
Wanted to share my solution.

Try this with your babies by using their favorite treat.

• I wrap her in a towel and feed her a bit of chicken.
• Then give her the med in an eyedropper by poking the dropper in the side of her mouth.
• After she's swallowed most of it - some drips on her chin, I feed her some more chicken.
• She is tolerating the nasty stuff cause it is sandwiched between chicken bites!

Please Purr dat she keeps getting better. Hopefully next visit she can get her shots.
All the babies will need testing for leukemia... I'm just glad that Miri's immune system is working well right now.


Well every fur baby has fleas again and treatment was just two weeks ago. Our town is having problems with Frontline working to get rid of fleas this year. Seems like the fleas are getting tougher.

Will be calling Dr. Jones this morning to see what she recommends instead. Hopefully it isn't too expensive.
Six treatments of flea meds... $$$$.

The three J's, Justin, Jazpurr and Jordi, are calming down sooo slowly. Chicken seems to be the magic ingredient. They still hiss at the slightest new thing, but will lick food off my fingers and Jaspurr sleeps on his back with his tummy up now!

They also don't like sharing yummies. Jazpurr will growl at Jordi and put his paw on his head. "dis am mine!" Course then I get some off the plate and give it to Jordi anyway.

Thank you all for helping these babies. I am praying for a new Mommies for all, especially a loving patient place for the three J's, someone used to working with partial feral kitties.

More updates furry soon.
Purrz,
Katie Kat

Miri is a Sweet Baby

Hiya... It is now 2:22 am CST. Miri had a eucalyptus treatment this morning which helped. She started breathing easier. She doesn't seem to mind having a towel over her head and breathing in the vapors from a cereal bowl, as long as she is in my lap at the time.

She needed another treatment this evening, but her breathing didn't improve afterward.

Had to use the albuterol inhaler with the funnel I had made out of a water bottle. I sprayed the inhaler into the wide part of the "funnel" first and then placed the mouth of the bottle over her nose while she was wrapped up in a towel.

What a sweet baby! As long as she didn't hear the noise of the inhaler, she didn't mind breathing from the funnel.
After about six breathes, she was "done," and moved her head. (The vet had me count to ten with Sandy... but he was a big boy.) I held her with her upright in my arms and her breathing finally calmed. She slept in my arms for over an hour.


I just put her the bathroom with her curly haired brothers a few minutes ago. Toby and Sammy are such a silly handful. I am still amazed at their quick adaption to two-legged Mommies.



Gotta go check on her other brothers before I call it a night. They would rather huddle together in a hidey place like a carrier or a big box. They're still not sure what "Indoor World" is all about, but they do love chicken, which is helping their adjustment to two-legged Moms.

The white boys, Jordi (Blue eye, Yellow eye) and Jazpurr (the big baby) are calming down and getting used to being held, but Justin, the other black kitty is a furry little fighter. He is going to take longer to socialize. Good thing I'm used to strong willed kitties! Just wish Maggie their four-legged Mom had brought them to us the same time as the first three.

Love n Purrz,
Katie Kat

Last 3 Kittens and Miri has Asthma

Been a long week! Sorry so late in this update
Caught the last three kittens last Sunday night!!

Keeping these three bigger babies quarantined for now in an extra large dog crate. Sure are a handful to tame down for "Inside Land," but progressing surprising well. I wrap them in a towel and pet them and scratch their ears, making lovey talk. They are now just mild hissy babies, versus LET ME OUT OF HERE!!! lol...

Had to treat them for fleas and worms. Thanks to Jane in England... was able to give them worm meds and flea applications on Tuesday. Since Frontline costs 40.00 for three doses, I tried the generic "Tri-Force," for only 20.00. Works slowly. Still a lethargic flea on one of them yesterday!

Here is a photo of my big scaredy kittens:

Our Three J's... or 3 Cat-skateerz.

White kitty in the back is Jordi with one yellow eye and blue left eye. (or Geordi for Lt. LaForge on Star Trek). Probably partially deaf.

White kitty Jazpurr in front is the biggest baby.

Fiesty little black bear kitty is Justin (Justin Case he settles down! He is a furry little fighter!).

Yesterday, their tamer brothers and sister came to visit with supervision from outside the crate. The boys calmed down and recognized their littermates. Still a bit of mild hissing and large "personal space" going on. Jordi got bold and started playing with a rope hanging from the crate top, while the other two just laid down and closed their eyes to let smaller Sammy and Toby know they were "cool" with them hanging around.

v6666666666666tayyyyyy Sa78mmy i t8888888h is typing! - okay Sammy, off the keyboard now, gotta talk about your sister.

Sweet Miri has Asthma.



She is in my lap right now, wheezing. Mildly, thank God.

She was having some milder symptoms several times this past week, but they sounded like hacking from a fur ball. And since she has a sensitive tummy, just watched her closely. But she never threw anything up.

Then Thursday, she was hacking fairly bad and I put my ear to her chest and heard the trachea clicking, a sign that Sandy Red Tigger (1990-2006) made when he had trouble breathing. Still thought something was stuck in her throat, since she just ate something. Sandy never hacked when he had an asthma attack.

Then last night after vigorously playing with Toby, she had a full blown wheezing attack. Sandy took Albuterol Sulfate as an adult, the same as me. Normally you use a tube and a small mask to administer, but didn't have it. I took a risk and opened her mouth to spray some in. The sound scared her, but she breathed in some of the med and began breathing better, but not too much for her little body. I'm going to monitor this weekend and search for herbal remedies online. Hopefully won't have to use emergency vet.

Hopefully will be able to make an appointment with the Cat Hospital where Dr. Jones can run tests to check for allergies, a collapsing trachea or heart worms. I hope to God it isn't a symptom of heart worms. I'm going to ask ML if we can have an auction for her. She is only 4-5 months old and soo young to be having so much trouble breathing.

And all the boys should be tested for FLV and Leukemia and get their shots before neutering. As long as they all test negative, then I can use my free voucher to get them neutered at the the low cost clinic. Miri will need to be tested as well and may need monitoring when spayed. May not be able to use the free voucher for her, because the low-cost clinic doesn't have the equipment, plus have to wait and find out if this is asthma or something else.

From an article on feline asthma: http://cats.about.com/od/respiratorydisease/a/felineasthma.htm
A full-blown asthma attack may at first resemble a cat trying to cough up a hairball, or possibly choking on food. However, the body posture is somewhat different. With asthma, the cat's body will be hunched lower to the ground and his neck and head will be extended out and down in an effort to clear the airway of mucous. The "gagging" may also be accompanied by a typical coughing sound, and possibly sneezing. The cat may or may not expel foamy mucous... These serious attacks may not happen frequently, which makes it easy to write them off as just a hairball.

Actually, they can be life-threatening, and a cat in a full-blown attack should be taken to a veterinarian immediately. Even a cat showing one or two of the early symptoms should be examined. Once diagnosed, there are things you can do to help your cat during one of these attacks.

Other diseases share many of the same symptoms as feline asthma, including Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease, a serious disease in itself. Your veterinarian will use several diagnostic tests to eliminate those conditions.

Most common diagnostic tools are:

• Blood Tests. These are the quickest and easiest, and will detect infection, which often accompanies asthmatic bronchitis. They will detect macrophages, esoinophils, neutrophils, and mast cells, which are types of blood cells that help constitute the immune system. And blood work is also useful in eliminating other diseases with the same symptoms.
• Chest XRay. Also called a thoracic, xray, will disclose abnormalities, such as areas of chronic irritation, as caused by infection, a flattened diaphragm, or unusual fluid accumulation. Evidence of heart disease may also be seen. This would not necessarily eliminate asthma, as the two sometimes go hand-in-hand. Your veterinarian may want to send the xray to a specialist for consultation.
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage. This is an extremely useful procedure and in itself, perfectly safe. BAL, as it is called, is performed by inserting an endotracheal tube into the trachea under general anasthesia, then fluids present in the airways of the lungs are extracted through this tube for examination. Aside from asthma, the BAL may diagnose other conditions of the lungs. In a study done in Barcelona of 26 cats, two were found to have Toxoplasma gondii cysts, two showed evidence of carcinoma, and 18 were determined to be related to asthma or infectious bronchitis. The down side of BAL is that it requires a general anesthesia, counter-indicated in a cat with severe respiratory distress

Please keep Miri in your purrz and prayerz, especially this weekend. Will update if I have to take her to the emergency vet.

Katie Kat