Totally indoor (although he got out for a bit the other day. First time
since she took him in).  He apparently should have had a booster shot
in May of 05. Why no one mentioned this on any of his visits since that
time (and there have been several) is a mystery.

Apparently it is animal control that sets this quarantine there. It
also apparently fluctuates with who is at the moment in control at A.C.
some have allowed in home quarantines. However, Tycho has spiked a
fever today so he wouldn't have come home right now. I really really
hope this does not indicate another problem. :(

I just hope Tycho makes it through this. I'm so afraid now that it will
come back lymphoma :(   Although, it seems like that would be more
likely if he hadn't had a history of trouble. He's had to have enemas
occasionally for some time now. He also vomits quite a bit for some
time now. I guess it's just a wait and see thing.

I guess not. From time of bite. Stupid though as he has been there for
4 days already :(

Well, he bit her pretty hard. Ten puncture wounds. So, he bit down
hard. poor boy though. It wasn't his fault. I just wish that places
would have *separate* wings for cats and dogs. It only makes sense. You
know when you are building a vet place so why don't they just design it
in? (I know more do now, but still, it isn't like this should be a NEW
idea).

She is upset because she can't visit tomorrow. She went twice today. I
only hope they really follow through and get him a bigger kennel. I
mostly hope that he gets better. He is not yet eating on his own,
though he drank some water on his own today. Mostly, I just hope he
gets better and doesn't have cancer and NOTHING else happens.

Uh, my two cents in defense of the vet tech.....

Yes most bites can be avoided, but there's also the small few where
there literally is NO warning and the cat just suddenly lashes out
and  next thing you know, you get dinged by teeth.

That happened with my coworker, who was doing his job right by
restraining the cat.  We were going nice and quiet and slow when
suddenly the cat flipped out and before the tech could let go he got
bit.

With cats you never know and sometimes even if you do everything
right, it ends up being bad luck that you get hit with teeth.

Just my two cents as a vet tech

Kristi

If we had a ten day quarantine for every time Nox and Tyche bit
someone, the vet would have had to put up with 10 days of Tyche doing
her damdest to bite everyone who fed/watered/cleaned her (and Nox
would be in quarantine for the rest of her life).  The one time she
landed a good one on our vet, he was quite happy to send her home for
the year until her next checkup.

Rabies shots are not given to indoor cats in this province unless it
is believed that they will come in contact with bats, coons, or other
attic-dwelling creatures.  Since even mice are never found in our
complex, we have not given them rabies shots.

(Tyche was so bad when we kenneled her at the vets that she was in a
cage under a sheet and not let out, to avoid her attacking people and/
or harming herself in the attempt to get out.  Everyone is now
kenneled in a non-veterinary facility, because it seems the vet-smell
really scares Kumani and when Kumani gets scared, her sister gets
hyper aggressive.  Tyche still knows lots of inventive names to call
the kennel staff, but she doesn't go out of her way to attack them
when they are in her kennel.)

I hope Tycho gets out of quarantine soon.  Poor guy.

--Fil

Indoor only.