How Sidney’s Week Went

He was a good boy all week. On Tuesday he cut his leg.  We came home and there were spots of blood everywhere.  So I did the “front and center” check on all the cats and Duke included.  I did not see any cuts or bleeding on any of them.  I went and cleaned up all the blood spots on the floors.  I thought it was one of the other cats that might have had an abscess and it opened up.  It was not.

Then I went to my computer to do something and Sidney jumped up on my desk.  I still didn’t see anything until he got my attention and got up on the cabinet that my printer is on.  He never does that and so I knew that he needed a much better look-see to his legs and whatever.  I saw the blood on the cabinet and knew it must have been on one of his paws.  During the last few months since Sidney has come to live with us he has had a problem with me touching any part of him without playing or biting.  I was a bit hesitant, but surprising he let me take a better look.  Yep, he had cut himself.  The only thing that we could think of, and where the most blood was that he could have gotten cut, was on the half open door on the fireplace. 

All I could do was hold a paper towel on the cut and squeeze so that it would stop bleeding.  He was not going to let me put anything on it such as triple anti-biotic ointment.  I go through that a whole lot around here with all these animals that I take care of.  I was just hoping that it would at the very least get a scab over it quickly so that he would stop licking it.  It did and there was nothing else left for me to do.  He is fine today.    An unexpected behavior from this is now he loves me up and rubs my legs in the morning or as I walk through the house.  He is becoming a very nice and relaxed cat now.  I am glad that I could get him to become that way.  He really does enjoy it around here, even with the other cats.

I got one of those lazer lights that they love to play with.  Well if I even touch the thing he comes running.  LOL!  I got that in hopes of getting Charlie a bit more active.  He is to some extent but the greater thing about that is that he and Sidney seem to have a better relationship now too.  I find it strange though that the girls do not even acknowledge that this lazer light even exists.  It is only the boys that play with it and run around the house chasing the red ball of light.  I like to do that around bedtime.  It gets them exercise and they sleep better.  I sleep better too!

He is closer to becoming a lap kitty.  He gets up on the table between the couch and chair and just stands there.  We do not like him on the tables or the kitchen counters and so we push him off.  He is almost in our laps though and I take this as a very good sign. 

Oh, I got to tell you though, he sleeps on the bed now, with me or when I am not in there and with any other cats. 

That is all for this week on Sidney’s progress.  Come back next week for more.

© Debra K. Allen a.k.a Lady Guinevere

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What Is Feline AIDS

This was Bambi, my cat who got Feline AIDS from another cat back in 1991.  We had to put him to sleep in 1992.

Many people that I have talked with in many places did not have any idea that cats could get AIDS (Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome) or even that there was such a thing. For this reason I pulled this information from my article about the importance of Spaying/Neutering Your Cats and Other Animal Companions. Your cat can also be a carrier and not show signs of the disease. Auto Immune Deficiency means that the body attacks its own immune system.

Feline AIDS cannot be transferred from cat to human or vice versa. It is very similar to Human AIDS in that it is passed from human to human only this is passed from cat to cat.

Much like the Human AIDS, which is incurable, so it is with Feline AIDS. Once they get the virus they can never get rid of it. Ten years ago Vets would put the cat down who had shown the virus in a blood sample. I know I had a cat that was put down because he got it from a cat that was left on our doorstep. I learned the hard way when I brought a cat inside that someone had left in a towel on our doorstep. One of my cats was a very nurturing cat and unbeknownst to us he had licked her tears. None of the other cats that we had got the disease and we couldn't figure out why. He was the only one who nurtured anyone and never really bothered my other cat. We didn't know anything about Feline AIDS then.

Symptoms of Feline AIDS from the initial onset to the final stage of the disease are

Fever

Listlessness

Gum infections and the loss of teeth.

Lack of and sudden weight loss

Cats who get colds easily find it hard to heal.

The second stage of the illness Cats can stay at the 2nd stage for the rest of their lives if they are well cared for. At times the cat may not want to eat or lack the willpower to do so, but you can experiment with foods from Special Cat foods, to canned foods and even human and baby foods. The best ones that I have found that they will eat is raw hamburger but you can try fish and chicken as well. .

In the 3rd stage the immune system totally breaks down and the cat is very ill. The cat's organs start to fail rapidly. These signs are the same as Feline Leukemia and most will be put down if you haven't lost them first. My Little Black Cat, I think, had Feline AIDS but I think she was a carrier or the signs never really showed up until later in her life. She passed at age 19. She got colds easily and they would take a long time to go away and near the last year of her life she had problems keeping food down. It was hard finding something that she would eat and keep down. The Vet even gave her a special formula for senior cats, but she wouldn't even take a bite of that.

Since then I have found RAW Foods such as beef, chicken, turkey, venison and duck are great. Raw chicken wing or legs are the favorites of kittens and some Outdoor unneutered/spayed cats. My cats and dog love RAW hamburger or ground chuck. Chicken Livers is a very good source of vitamins and minerals, but only give it once a week because it zaps the Vitamin "A" from their bodies. You can also add carrots and apples to the mixture. They also suggested giving them Cottage Cheese, but I have never gotten any of my animals to eat that or Rice. I guess it depends on the cat.

Just like the Human AIDS, the care it takes becomes a labor of love and there is no cure as of yet.

© Debra K. Allen a.k.a Lady Guinevere

I researched and wrote this article. Please do not copy and paste any part of this article, picture included for your own use. I will find you and report you for stealing.  It is my right to change any information therein at any time and/or change the location of my article.