turning a male cat into a female

zuzu22 DeleteThis @webtv.net wrote:

> I would never do this without first taking the time to try to resolve
> the cause. I hope you regain your sanity and focus on dealing with and
> curing the crystal issues rather than looking for a drastic quick fix.

She's already gone for the drastic quick fix of declawing, why not genital
mutilation as well?
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In <3226-3F4326F3-2.DeleteThis@storefull-2131.public.lawson.webtv.net>,
zuzu22.DeleteThis@webtv.net wrote:
| Barbara wrote:
|
|> when i talked to the vet this afternoon, she said Joey was a good
|> candidate for an operation which will relieve him of the crystals
|
| The operation will NOT relieve him of crystals. It will only make
| him less likely to block.

I just remembered that Barbara feeds her cats Purina Special Care and
Purina ONE. I don't suppose Barbara had the sense to ask the vet what
kind of crystals poor Joey has, but it sounds like oxalates. :-(
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Have you tried changing the cat's diet? Look around on the internet for
info on this crystal problem and you may get some ideas of things you can
add/delete from the cat's diet to help break these things up and stop them
from reoccurring.

Good luck
LeeAnne

"No One But Me" <JoeBlow RemoveThis @middleamerica.com> wrote in message
news:bhuav4$7ts$1@bubba.NMSU.Edu...
> Blankthis morning i took my cat, Joey (3 yrs old), to the vet for urinary
> crystals. this is the second time in 2 months. in order to get a catheter
in
> to drain his bladder which was completely full, they had to sedate him ...
> and even then it took 1 hour just to get the catheter in!
>
> when i talked to the vet this afternoon, she said Joey was a good
candidate
> for an operation which will relieve him of the crystals but which will
turn
> him into a girl. said he would never again have this problem if he had
that
> operation. i told her that i wanted to give him that operation and she
said
> she would make arrangements for it when Joey gets better & is no longer
> inflamed.
>
> has anyone ever heard of this?
>
> barbara
>
>
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"LeeAnne" <leeanne.DeleteThis@nowhereonearth.duh> wrote in message news:<vk9ihn5g6cbfec.DeleteThis@corp.supernews.com>...

>
> "No One But Me" <JoeBlow.DeleteThis@middleamerica.com> wrote in message
> news:bhuav4$7ts$1@bubba.NMSU.Edu...
> > Blankthis morning i took my cat, Joey (3 yrs old), to the vet for urinary
> > crystals. this is the second time in 2 months. in order to get a catheter
> in
> > to drain his bladder which was completely full, they had to sedate him ...
> > and even then it took 1 hour just to get the catheter in!
> >
> > when i talked to the vet this afternoon, she said Joey was a good
> candidate
> > for an operation which will relieve him of the crystals but which will
> turn
> > him into a girl. said he would never again have this problem if he had
> that
> > operation. i told her that i wanted to give him that operation and she
> said
> > she would make arrangements for it when Joey gets better & is no longer
> > inflamed.
> >
> > has anyone ever heard of this?
> >
> > barbara
> >
> >
> Have you tried changing the cat's diet? Look around on the internet for
> info on this crystal problem and you may get some ideas of things you can
> add/delete from the cat's diet to help break these things up and stop them
> from reoccurring.
>
> Good luck
> LeeAnne

Agreed...
Many moons ago, I had a tomcat that had a problem with crystals...
I know that Aryun already told me that watching the ash content in the
food was false, but that is what the first vet we took Pharoh to told
us to do... and it worked. He had one more incident of crystal
blockage a few years later when we slipped up on the diet thing, but
when we started watching it again, he never, ever got another crystal
blockage.

That vet told us to make sure that any canned food had an ash content
of less than 3%, and we used a dry food that was made for cats with
FUS. That was back when we were still feeding Hills CD.

Now that I'm overhauling my nutrition program again, time will tell...
:-)

Pharoh passed away in my arms about 8 years ago at age 15.
He never had to have any kind of surgery to control this problem!

Please, please try diet changes before doing this.
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The poster didn't "look" for a "drastic quick fix".
She was merely relaying what a vet told her.
Your comment about her sanity was totally uncalled for.
If anyone's can be questioned, it's yours for your
off-the-wall behavior.

zuzu22.TakeThisOut@webtv.net wrote in message news:<3226-3F4326F3-2.TakeThisOut@storefull-2131.public.lawson.webtv.net>...
I hope you regain your sanity and focus on dealing with and
> curing the crystal issues rather than looking for a drastic quick fix.
>
> Megan
>
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In <bb86e6b5.0308222328.3578a013.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>,
OrangeFluffyCat.RemoveThis@hotmail.com (k) proves once again that top posters
either can't read or don't understand what they're following up to:

| The poster didn't "look" for a "drastic quick fix".
| She was merely relaying what a vet told her.

What part of the OP's message, which was quoted in Megan's followup and
looked like this:

"i told her that i wanted to give him that operation and she said
she would make arrangements for it when Joey gets better & is no longer
inflamed."

did you fail to read and comprehend?

| Your comment about her sanity was totally uncalled for.

You must be new around here. The OP has an interesting usenet posting
history. Google for bpeale.RemoveThis@lib.nmsu.edu and you may understand.

--
"in order to have a home, food in your bowl, water to drink, regular
medical care, and an owner to take care of them & love them, prices
have to be paid. i don't think my cats hate the price (declawing)
they paid for a home." -- Barbara Peale's contractarian "defence"
of declawing in <bgorst$8j9$1@bubba.NMSU.Edu>
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