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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2006Where to get a loud bell?
Hi: We've got a dangerous indoor cat She's already managed to put my mom in hospital with at least 5 broken ribs and a hemopneumothorax. In the time my mom was in hospital, she either picked up a wicked bacteria called c.difficile or it was expressed because of all the antibiotics she was taking. My mom's in her late 80's. -- Off topic ----- By the way, if you've got an elderly parent and they break ribs or hips or whatever, make sure to read up on pain control. Elderly patients die in large numbers because they don't receive sufficient pain control. Here's how it goes --- accident --- lots of pain --- little pain control but much less pain if you don't move around or breath properly --- result is pneumonia or other damage to lung function. Alternative, give sufficient pain medications so they can move around and breath properly. You may have to fight the doctors on this one. We did and had a hard time even though one of hers sons is a doctor. The first doctor's idea of pain control was Tylenol #3. --End Off Topic----- What happened? The cat, in an attempt to coerce more food, rubbed against the back of my mom's leg, whereupon my Mom fell backwards and hit her side against the edge of the bathtub. At the same time, she fell on the cat. The cat wasn't injured. However, I learned a lesson that day. A relatively scaredy cat type cat can become incredibly aggressive. I needed a broom to push her away as she, for some strange reason, stood her ground. My Mom's out of hospital and much better. But the cat is still trying to coerce food by sneaking up and rubbing on my Mom's legs or walking behind her. The cat already has a collar with an ID tag on it. I'd like to add a bell. But all the bells I've seen are just small rattles. They may be enough for a bird, but not for an elderly person with some hearing loss. Any suggestions? Thanks ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com > -- Off topic ----- > By the way, if you've got an elderly parent and they break ribs or [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > is a doctor. The first doctor's idea of pain control was Tylenol #3. > --End Off Topic----- I completely agree. I don't know why doctors are so hesitant to prescribe proper pain medication. Perhaps because they're nervous about the FDA, I don't know. > What happened? The cat, in an attempt to coerce more food, rubbed > against the back of my mom's leg, whereupon my Mom fell backwards and > hit her side against the edge of the bathtub. So sorry to hear about your mom. > My Mom's out of hospital and much better. But the cat is still trying > to coerce food by sneaking up and rubbing on my Mom's legs or walking > behind her. Does the cat do this when your mom is in the kitchen? If so, is there any way to keep the cat out of the kitchen when your mom is in there? > > -- Off topic ----- > > By the way, if you've got an elderly parent and they break ribs or [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > prescribe proper pain medication. Perhaps because they're nervous > about the FDA, I don't know. The paliative care in this country is disgusting. Believe it or not, it's more based in Protestant ethic than fear of the FDA. >Hi: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >is a doctor. The first doctor's idea of pain control was Tylenol #3. >--End Off Topic----- That's no fun. You need to set Mom up with a roll of $50 bills and send her out to a few of those walk-in clinics. It works for me & Rush Limbaugh. >What happened? The cat, in an attempt to coerce more food, rubbed >against the back of my mom's leg, whereupon my Mom fell backwards and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Any suggestions? I think you need to work with Mom so she learns to use a walker around the house and keep an eye out for the cat. Anything loud enough will be an annoyance to the cat and might potentiate its antisocial tendencies. Charlie It sounds like your Mother is getting very unsteady on her feet.. If a cat rubbing on the back of her legs is enough to startle her and make her fall backwards, she definitely is having balance problems. You also do not break all those bones from a simple fall unless you has serious osteoporosis. So you need to get with your Mom's doctors and make sure all these issues are addressed. (My mother went through similar experiences the last 10 years of her life.) But - the immediate problem is how to keep kitty out from under your mom's feet. First of all, your cat's not at fault - its just the situation. You may need to confine the cat to one room, unless you are home to keep an eye on things. Worst case, you may need to give the cat away. Seriously, with balance problems it takes very little to make a person fall. A slight unevenness in the floor, a chair moved, etc can all cause a fall. Ask your doctor if he thinks it would be safer for you Mom to use a walker indoor too. -- maryjane >>Hi: >> [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > Charlie John Samstron <jsamstron@gmail.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > My Mom's out of hospital and much better. But the cat is still > trying to coerce food by sneaking up and rubbing on my Mom's legs > or walking behind her. The cat is just an evil prankster. Nothing to do with food. ;)  SignatureBrandy Alexandre -- Everything tastes better with cat hair in it. =^.^= > Hi: > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > ------------- > Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com You need to teach your mother to simply act like the cat's not even there when it tangles itself up between her feet. The cat will learn in short order who 'falls' for it and who doesn't. This has worked quite well in our household. Our little boy NEVER, ever EVER tries to get tangled up between MY feet anymore. Because he knows that I just keep right on walking! The wife, being the tender hearted soul that she is, is constantly bring me horror stories about how the boy almost killed here, tripped her up, "is trying to kill me", etc., etc. That's the ticket, believe me. You're much bigger than little pussy, there... It sees you like a towering behemoth! You're big... He's little. And he knows it! Do you...? It does take presence of mind, though. You can't just step directly on the kat. You'd really hurt him. Just keep those old legs and feet a-moving. It's like watching a limp noodle getting tangled up in a blender on low speed! LOL...!! It really works, too, or my name actually is...... IBen Getiner ! http://www.2dvalley.com/gallery/albums/RavnHearts-Gallery/Gollum.sized.jpg > Hi: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > is a doctor. The first doctor's idea of pain control was Tylenol #3. > --End Off Topic----- [Still off topic] I agree. My mother had several spinal surgeries over a period of many years and suffered a slipped disc when she was 85. I eventually had to place her in a nursing home when she became almost completely bed-ridden, and I could not properly care for her myself. She was in constant, *excruciating* pain. Her doctor would only prescribe the mildest of pain killers -- he seemed to be afraid that she would become "addicted" or that pain medication "would make her drowsy." I kept saying that she needed to be made comfortable, and I thought being "drowsy" was much preferable to constant, unrelenting pain. I made arrangements for an orthopetic specialist to see her, and X-Rays showed that her entire spine was crooked and out of alignment. At the same time, she was not in any condition to have surgery (which I already knew). The real life-saver for her was when a nurse recommended a pain management specialist. He was horrified when he saw that she was in such pain in the waiting room that she was literally crying out, and he prescribed a patch that basically released a small amount of medication on a continuing basis. He was able to prescribe the patch at a fairly low dosage, and the pain disappeared within just a couple of days. Ironically, she also did not suffer the drowsines that her doctor had worried about. Without all that pain, she became alert and cheerful. MaryL >> Hi: >> [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > >MaryL Thanks for the replies. I'll talk to my Mom them to see if she can encourage the cat to stay away from her feet. As to pain control, if the attending doctors aren't getting that under control, get a pain specialist. Pain can kill and certainly can slow down recovery. ------------- Get FREE newsgroup access from http://www.cheap56k.com
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