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The end of October 2009 13 1/2-year-old
SNOWFLAKE came to my attention. She belonged to an elderly woman who
passed away. Her husband surrendered Snowflake to a kill-shelter with
the comment, "Now I don't have to put up with her anymore!" The poor
unwanted kitty. It was bad enough for her to lose her mom, but now she
had lost her home also. A dedicated rescue worker delivered Snowflake
to me and within 3 hours I had Snow at the vet's office. She had sores
on her neck and head, which at first we thought were from a flea
allergy. A week after flea treatment the sores did not appear to be
healing and we returned to the vet to discover that Snow had
ringworm--one of the worst cases I have ever seen on an adult cat. I
began oral treatment immediately but the medicine tasted awful and
caused problems with Snow's throat. Next the vet prescribed a medicine
three times a day to coat the throat and esophagus. I did not have much
opportunity to bond with Snowflake before I became "The Medicine
Monster." Along with vitamins and an appetite increaser, Snowflake was
receiving medicine so many times a day that she began hiding from me,
and I had to crate her for the duration of the course of medicines. She
is currently off all medicines and we have begun to establish a better
relationship. Joe is doing what he can to help Snowflake (since he did
not administer any medicines) but I am afraid it will be a long road as
this beauty has been through so many bad times. The old gal deserves
more love than she is currently willing to accept.
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