Re: Re:Viruses and other maladies

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelley Robbins" <kelannrob@yahoo.com>
To: <tamson-house@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 11:44 AM
Subject: Re:Viruses and other maladies


> --- Rick wrote:
>> I'm going to take a wild guess and say that someone has a
>> virus.
>
> I was wondering where that rash came fr-
>
> Oh. *Computer* virus. Right. ;-)
>
> On a very slightly related note (based on the whole health malady
> subject):
>
> This past Friday I returned home to discover that the cat that my husband
> thought was dying for the past month actually is just really, really
> constipated. I can feel an elongated, hard mass in the area of the colon,
> and when he (the cat, not the husband) tries to go, he just squats and
> strains and howls. It's breaking my heart to see him hurting.
>
> He's gobbled up a couple big globs of Laxatone (or some similar product
> involving very sticky, very stinky goo that stained my shirt brown) but
> still no action. I'm taking him in to the vet tomorrow if they will see
> him on short notice, but are there any suggestions for ways I can make him
> more comfortable immediately? From all the stuff I looked up online, I
> need to find a way to soften the mass so he can pass it comfortably. But
> how do I do that without having to wrestle him while trying to administer
> a kitty enema and consequently losing a liter of blood (and the wrestling
> match).
>
> - Kel, desperate mother to Little Kitty Sh*tbrick

If you have a 10ml syringe, put half warm water in it & half a teaspoon of
psyllium husks.

(Available from chemists - or its actually in metamucil) - -

If he's against the whole "medicinal" thing - pick him up by the back of his
neck - all feet off ground - spray the syringe down his throat - give him a
BIG PAT & keep an eye on his movements for the next 12 hours or so.

Good luck - but if you can do the 'psyllium' thing - you should have no more
worries.

Manda