Getting back on track

I'm getting back on track!

I've had two counselings that could have been cut and dried but I followed my gut and gave some off the wall counseling - like "have your friend do this when you are away" and "check eyesight this way" and stuff!

Yahoo!!!!

I'm back!

Been too long!

Life is Busy!

I've been so busy!

I flew to California in April to help my sister as my Mom passed from this world. Mom passed in early May, and I came home a few days later.

When I got back, life hit like a ton of bricks! So much to do and so little time! I inherited another computer, some painting supplies and books. I had to make room for it all.

The cats have been very attached to me since I returned, too. They needed me, and I was gone a very long time! They have been clingy, loving and very vocal.

My newsletter readers got this news too, and I'm keeping a lot private that I don't want on the 'web.

I started my linking campaign on Flea Fighters, too. I don't have quite 30 pages yet, but the traffic is growing quickly. I put up another page and I think I'm about done. Not a lot of pages, but a lot of information! I still have some housekeeping to do, and I keep finding more MSDS sheets. I can continue to present the information in different ways, I guess.

Any articles I print that I find would pretty much say the same thing as what I have already. Any "novel" ideas, though - I'm all over 'em! ;>)

I had some trouble keeping up with my email counseling while I was in California. I didn't have internet for several days and when I did, my mind wasn't on cat whispering. I've caught up, but I'm still not being as consistent as I was before. That will improve as my mind clears. And I hope that my advice has not been flippant or shallow during this time.

Well, if I've missed anything, I'm sure you folks will let me know....

EPA Information US & AU

I got into an email exchange with a fellow who found a similarly named outfit selling "generic" flea meds on eBay. Wow!

I did some research and decided not to change the site name. Instead, I took the tack of exploring EPA approval and registration. I found an article which I partially reprinted (with a link to the source article) and got some government lists of approved chemicals and regulations about the process. I made a conscious choice to only promote or discuss products that are branded or registered.

I got hold of these two government documents - for Australia and the US - and I make them available to you.

Pesticides are dangerous! Don't mess around with "generic" stuff. You don't know what strength they are, how old they are, or if there are any additives or by-products that adversely affect the behavior of the chemicals. Drugs and pesticides have expiration dates for a reason!

Massive Upload Happened!

I did a massive upload of more flea meds! Man! I had NO IDEA there were so many!

I added as many of the "natural" products as I could ferret out, too. So EVERYTHING is there!

There were so many, that I moved them to their own page. No rhyme or reason - mostly just "as loaded" in the list - not alphabetized yet. That will happen - will have to happen - soon!

Go ahead and download whatever documents you want to read about. There is one website, the rest are all pdf documents.

I guess I should offer the reader too???

Yikes! And I got my first exchange link from a lady with a site. She sells flea meds, but she isn't that much competition. I have a lot more information, but she's a good source for EPA approved meds for now.

Cat Urine Odor eBook

I've pulled the book to update it. All the links went bad due to product replacements and site updates over 3 years. So, the book is temporarily unavailable.

I request that you email me at the address in your eZine subscription confirmation email, and I will send you an advance copy when I've finished the updates, and before it goes back up on the website.

I'm toying with the idea of adding some extras to the book - insights into cat behaviors and ways to control aggression - what do you think?

MSDS Sheets up on For-the-Love-of-CAts

I put up the MSDS sheets in pdf format on For the Love of Cats. I noticed that some folks are looking for them, and since they are integral to the site information, I put them up for my readers.

I still have to do the "natural Flea control" page, but the chemicals are all up there. Those were the ones folks were looking for.

Princess' Ear Update

Well, Princess' ear is still bad. The swelling goes up and down, but she's not going after it all the time and the infection seems to be on the mend. The heat is gone from it. I'm watching it closely, upsetting Princess every time I look at it.

I got her records from the vet she saw and the front desk girl had to get her digs in by making snide remarks and notations in the file. I'm glad to be done with them. I can be insulted a lot closer to home.

I ordered some supplies so that I can treat the underlying problem, but they haven't come yet. The charge hasn't hit my card, and I ordered over a week ago! I'm becoming concerned. I may have to get some more glass droppers and take the risk of further injury to the cats, while the plastic ones I ordered are backordered or something.

Well, I'll keep you posted on it.

Princess' Ear

Princess' ear has another hematoma. She had surgery just a few months ago. It cost quite a bit, and I questioned at the time because part of the ear was left pristine. Well, it ballooned up last night.

I'm really not sure anymore. I go to the vet, see a tech in the exam room - I never even see the vet anymore! Are there vets running the business? Are there vets doing the surgery? I wonder. All you ever see around here is the techs.

And the price/cost has more than doubled! Must be from paying all the help. But if this is the quality of work, I'll have to find a new vet. I'm supposed to be going to the best in the area, but she hired some new vets - or brought them into the practice however she did it - and the quality went way down while the price went way up. Not a good bargain in my mind.

And quality - well, if you have to bring the cat back for the same thing when you questioned it at the time - well that says it all, don't you think?

So, Fountain City Animal Hospital in Halls, TN is no longer the place to go. Find someplace else.






Reaction to person who commented - there is no excuse for rudeness, discourtesy or uncivil conduct. If you go to a professional office, you expect to see a professional. Vets routinely charge more and more for the same thing they did a while back - while some of that is just inflation, some sounds to me like they are gouging the clients. A courtesy face-to-face is always expected at their office. Any staff member who has access to charts should not necessarily be allowed to make comments in them. When I got Princess' records, AFTER the notes from surgery, at the bottom of the page, the office girl made her comments. Shouldn't those kind of comments be made BEFORE surgery???? No, because I had trouble with the $$ amount of the billing, she made snide remarks in the chart. The amount of the bill cost twice my rent. That's too much.

New Stuff!

I've pulled the site this post referred to. The information has been moved to For the Love of Cats dot com.

Cats (& Dogs) and Fleas

I've pull the site this post referred to. All the information can now be found on For-the-love-of-cats.com