[Felvtalk] Buzz anemia update

[Marylyn]

On Jul 30, 2008, at 11:28 PM, Marylyn wrote:

> It has been 10 years since I fixed it for Mai Mai.  I got beef  
> liver, lightly cooked it the grinded it up.  I froze it in muffin  
> pans so I fixed quite a bit at a time.  I am vegetarian so I tried  
> to do a week or so supply.  They are saying that liquids are better  
> for absorption than pills if you can find some pet tinic.  That is  
> what we tried on Dixie.  If you can't get it easily, www.amazon.com  
> has it very reasonably.  Mai Mai was a wonderful dog so she ate a  
> lot more than a little cat.  She was also very terminal so she  
> pretty well got what she wanted.
>
> One of the holistic vets here recommended raw beef or buffalo/bison,  
> preferably organic.  Apparently the bison are raised with fewer drugs.
>
> Just a thought....you might grind some liver raw for him.  Literally  
> to a soup.  It couldn't do harm that I can see.  I fed Dixie Primal  
> Raw and believe in a raw diet.  If he eats it fine if not then try  
> to cook some.
>
> Remember that the antibiotics may make him tired but do not  
> attribute it all to that.  Keep a very close watch on his gums.
>
> Good luck.
> On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:07 PM, Sue & Frank Koren wrote:
>
>> Marylyn
>> I was so sorry to hear about your Dixie.  When I first started on  
>> this list I remember you saying how special she was to you. It must  
>> have been so awful to lose her!  Every time we lose one of our  
>> friends it’s like they take a piece of us with them.  I just lost  
>> my Tucker on May 31 and it still hurts so much.
>>
>> How did you fix the liver? Was it chicken liver or beef liver?  I  
>> have Pet-Tabs vitamins that I have been mixing in with tuna and  
>> feeding him for the last couple of days.  They say there is 5.0 mg  
>> of iron in each tablet.
>>
>> For the last couple of days it has seemed like Buzz has been just  
>> too tired to purr.  On the deck tonight I was giving him a Reiki  
>> treatment and he started purring and kept it up for a while.  He  
>> was rubbing his head against my hands like he was really enjoying  
>> it.   I am going to take that as a good sign.
>> Sue
>>
>>
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