tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178937.post114531951917676814..comments2023-07-02T06:01:31.725-05:00Comments on Random Fiber Ramblings: SPRING BREAK!!!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11559900183007084594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178937.post-1145384649754768932006-04-18T13:24:00.000-05:002006-04-18T13:24:00.000-05:00oh, poor rambo! but, i'll say this -- my tiger ha...oh, poor rambo! but, i'll say this -- my tiger had the same thing happen to him in '96. not exactly the same: we discovered the problem not because he was peeing pink, but because he was *not* peeing at all. it was really freakish -- one day he was fine, and the next day he was wandering all over the apartment, squatting every ten minutes or so like he was trying to pee, but actually doing nothing. i called the emergency 24-hour vet and they were like, "oh my god, get him in NOW." it turned out that the crystals in his urethra were so bad he was completely blocked, and his bladder could actually have ruptured. they kept him overnight and i switched him to low-magnesium food and have kept him on it ever since, and he's been fine for ten years now. (holy cow, my poor kitty's getting old.) i used to feed him a friskies low magnesium stuff, which was not in the grocery store but was still pretty much grocery store-priced food -- i could only afford college-student prices at the time! -- but i switched to a science diet version a few years later (trying to get him to lose weight). anyways, if they have it where you are, the friskies stuff kept tiger healthy just fine. it's just important to read the labels and make sure it's low magnesium.<BR/><BR/>i hope rambo's feeling better now! poor little guy. man, you guys have not had a good year on the veterinary front.sabrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141842738977552483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178937.post-1145375625319950422006-04-18T10:53:00.000-05:002006-04-18T10:53:00.000-05:00I do not think your approach to feeding the pets i...I do not think your approach to feeding the pets is rediculous. I take a very practical view of the matter, we have pets because we love them and we hope that both the pet and the owner is happy with the arrangement. However, we cannot sacrifice more than we can afford and when pet costs get out of hand it may be for the good of the pet to make other arrangements for the care of the pet. Hang in there though, sick pets can bring a lot of stress to a family. So can spring brak for that matter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com