Julian needs more medicine

[redbird]

Dr. Luckow called this morning, with the results of the Bartinella test. On a scale of zero (no infection) to four, Julian tested at 4+.

We'll have to get him medicine, and give it to him once a day for three weeks. And we're advised not to let him scratch us, because Bartinella is the thing that causes cat-scratch fever. Given this tiger-cub kitten, that's probably impossible unless I wear long pants and long sleeves at all times. Right. In a New York summer.

I am more and more annoyed at KittyKind: not just because he's got this and the worms, but because they assured us he was healthy and wouldn't need to see a vet for a year.

And I am very glad we got our pretty Julian away from them, before they could give him to someone who would have listened to their advice and let him be sick for a year.

Comments

[catelynn.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine recently had the same experience with them. She found out in time and gave the cat back. But it killed her to give it back.
And she found out the same way. She took it to a vet to get checked anyway. (over the last year her 2 previous cats had died of old age and this was the vet who had helped her).
Why did she give it back. She has full blown lupus and it was a danger to her. Her health is fragile as is and her immune system is all screwed up. And she told this to the people at the adoption place.
She was furous and had to scrub her house down and wait til she could get another cat.
Because of this she would not adopt from a shelter and has now found a cat from a breeder.