Topic: "Foster" boy Lazarus - OFFICIALLY ADOPTED! (Read 39374 times)

Janeyk · « **Reply #190 on:** January 20, 2011, 23:02:06 PM »

So glad Lazarus is staying with you Mark, how could you resist though he's just adorable

TESS · « **Reply #189 on:** January 20, 2011, 22:59:16 PM »

Congratulations on adopting Lazarus, he is

Can i just ask where you got your peridale granules and RC intense hairball dry food?
My cat has just spent a day at the Vets being cleared out so i am really keen to try something else and i am really concerned at the harm the cisapride and lactulose are doing to her!

Dawn F · « **Reply #188 on:** January 20, 2011, 17:53:34 PM »

wonderful news!!

clarenmax · « **Reply #187 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:53:13 AM »

Fingers toes and paws crossed here too!!!!

He sounds a real babe Mark, I'm so pleased he's with you

Wibblechick · « **Reply #186 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:33:56 AM »

That sounds promising - all fingers and paws crossed

Mark · « **Reply #185 on:** January 20, 2011, 08:07:36 AM »

I tried a careful intro to Kylie last night. I have been exchanging scents from the start and it was at the point where Kylie and Alice had stopped sniffing my hand. Kylie was lying on the dining room floor and I showed Lazarus to her. She was curious but stayed lying down. I held him closer and she swore and growled but nothing major. As I hoped, Lazarus wasn't bothered. He didn't growl or hiss back at her - he really is a laid-back boy

- that is a really good sign - I think one of the reasons Kylie never got on with Willow is because she used to make all the wrong noises and poses.

tab · « **Reply #184 on:** January 19, 2011, 20:51:46 PM »

I didnt think he would ever go anywhere else but he has definately found his home with you all.
love
Tab

Mark · « **Reply #183 on:** January 19, 2011, 18:24:04 PM »

Thanks everyone. He is really filling out already

Sharon said it is no surprise as he was barely eating before he had his last clearout. W will have to monitor his deposits carefully. This morning there was only a smallish one and I was getting ready to give him lactulose if nothing more by the morning - luckily he came up with the goods this afternoon

He really is a lovely cat

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #182 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:41:10 PM »

Now there's a surprise - I dont think that was ever in any doubt!

Congrats on your official new cat!

jezebel · « **Reply #181 on:** January 19, 2011, 09:48:15 AM »

From the photos and from how you've described his behaviour, he KNEW he wasn't going anywhere else right from the start, didn't he!

Congrats to you all!

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #180 on:** January 19, 2011, 00:32:27 AM »

What a surprise!

Lazarus - most definitely landed on all four paws there

I think he knew he had found his forever home on day one - never mind you knowing!

pappilon · « **Reply #179 on:** January 18, 2011, 23:52:48 PM »

Congratulations Mark and OH

:Luv:x

maryas · « **Reply #178 on:** January 18, 2011, 23:51:19 PM »

FAILED FOSTERER

Happy adoption day Lazarus - you are gonna have a great life with Mark and Dennis.

Mary

Steff - Petsearch Bedford HQ · « **Reply #177 on:** January 18, 2011, 23:11:51 PM »

I think I called it first

Congratulations...I'm really happy for all of you

Mark · « **Reply #176 on:** January 18, 2011, 22:48:41 PM »

Quote from: Rosella moggy on January 18, 2011, 22:19:22 PM

Apologies for jumping the gun Mark coz of course it wasn't the obvious outcome at all

It was never on the cards really was it?

Thanks everyone. He is so good but not being my best friend tonight after pilling followed by eye drops

I'm sure he will forgive me by the time I go up to say goodnight. He has had company most of the day. I spent the afternoon with him reading and napping and OH came up around 5pm for a few hours.

clarenmax · « **Reply #175 on:** January 18, 2011, 22:38:42 PM »

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #174 on:** January 18, 2011, 22:19:22 PM »

Have just seen this lovely update. Oh this is so very odd

About the time you posted the failed fostering news, was about the time I was updating me mate on how Lazarus had found his forever home and how he is spitting image of our Groucho but a few years older

Apologies for jumping the gun Mark coz of course it wasn't the obvious outcome at all

ChrisB · « **Reply #173 on:** January 18, 2011, 21:59:48 PM »

Great news

sheryl · « **Reply #172 on:** January 18, 2011, 21:10:52 PM »

Brilliant news - you are 3 lucky boys to have found each other

madamcat (Edd) · « **Reply #171 on:** January 18, 2011, 19:19:04 PM »

Wondered how long it would be until official - delighted for both of you and Lazarus

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #170 on:** January 18, 2011, 19:17:10 PM »

So pleased and we should have guessed this would happen

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #169 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:59:30 PM »

Quote from: Mark on January 18, 2011, 16:57:24 PM

But please note, when I asked for help putting eye drops in, I got "I'm not good with that kind of thing - it upsets me"

Of course

Jasmine · « **Reply #168 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:55:47 PM »

He's a very lucky boy!

lau200 · « **Reply #167 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:42:19 PM »

aww great news

Wibblechick · « **Reply #166 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:38:37 PM »

YAY!!! I reckon if Chloe wasnt up at Rainbow Bridge, she'd be making a great big Celebration Cake right now

Im so pleased Lazarus has a forever home

Feline Costumier · « **Reply #165 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:32:18 PM »

Fabulous news! Lucky Laz

I have to say, one of the things I'm a bit squeamish about is eye boogers, don't know why but I can't just pick it off. Weird because puss and all sorts doesn't really bother me!

Pudding · « **Reply #164 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:30:55 PM »

No Comment.

cazzer · « **Reply #163 on:** January 18, 2011, 17:15:27 PM »

congratulations Lazurus is a lucky boy!

Mark · « **Reply #162 on:** January 18, 2011, 16:57:24 PM »

Thanks Ruth & Liz,

Dennis said ages ago that we should take on a cat with health problems as that is what Clapton would have wanted

But please note, when I asked for help putting eye drops in, I got "I'm not good with that kind of thing - it upsets me"

Liz · « **Reply #161 on:** January 18, 2011, 16:45:38 PM »

Congratulations to you and Dennis on the adoption of your new son hope the girls will appreciate him as much as his Daddies

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #160 on:** January 18, 2011, 16:43:15 PM »

Well done. Well pleased for you.

Mark · « **Reply #159 on:** January 18, 2011, 16:40:37 PM »

We have to complete any paperwork, but Caroline emailed me saying that Sharon had told her we want to adopt and that she is pleased

Not as much as we are

Well we are failed fosterers twice over now - although to be fair, we wanted to keep him from day one

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #158 on:** January 17, 2011, 18:28:42 PM »

Poor boy and I hate it when they cry all the way and in my case thats an hour in one direction !

Mark · « **Reply #157 on:** January 17, 2011, 12:18:51 PM »

Just got back from vets after 2nd jabs (forgot to take the card that Caroline dropped round on Saturday

)

Vet is happy with colon atm as long as he is pooing every day - he checked and there is no blockage. He said if Laz misses a day, to give him 3ml of lactulose. He said the Megacolon is a bigger concern than the hyper-t.

He wants to see him a bit more stable before even considering surgery. He said the hyper-t isn't very bad and they usually only suggest surgery if the gland is very large.

I also asked about runny eye and he also has conjunctivitis, so has to have eyes dropped twice a day - poor boy

I think he has forgiven me after crying all the way to and from the vets

Angela (Pudding) came in the vets while I was waiting with a newbie - a pretty tabby called princess. The carriers were next to each other on our laps and neither cat got upset

Mark · « **Reply #156 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:50:04 PM »

I looks a bit on the small side though?

I wanted to get one for outside for Willow last year but it was around the time she went downhill quickly

- I ended up getting a refund.

I just bought a wide shelf and some clamps in B&Q

maryas · « **Reply #155 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:45:27 PM »

No Gillian, NO - they would all be fighting over it and you can't be having cat fights now can you?

Must admit, I thought the same

Mary

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #154 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:41:46 PM »

Quote from: Mark on January 13, 2011, 22:05:37 PM

I am due to do a zooplus order so will check and get free delivery.
There is also this one http://www.robstestdomain.co.uk/orthopedic-kitty-sill-window-perch-p-203.html

Ooh, I LIKE that one, it actually looks attractive as well as functional, wish I hadnt seen that now!

Mark · « **Reply #153 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:25:02 PM »

Lazarus has peridale granules in his wet food with plenty of water added which he tolerates really well. I have also started giving him RC Intense Hairball food which had psyllium added. The vet is trying to avoid harsh laxatives unless necessary. Ideally I would like to just give him the RC dry and his wet food but Megacolon is quite serious so have to be careful. I have cut down a bit on the peridale as I think he might actually be getting too much fibre.

maryas · « **Reply #152 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:12:47 PM »

That's great - hope it works for her. I had to mix it well into the food for Bonnie.

Good luck.

Mary

Wibblechick · « **Reply #151 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:10:25 PM »

Quote from: maryas on January 14, 2011, 20:04:54 PM

Chris when I first got Bonnie from RSPCA and had to keep taking her back fro regular injections I commented to the vet one time that Bonnie's poo was really hard and she told me to put some Evening Primrose Oil on her food - I was told to just buythe cheap ones from the £1 shop and cut the capsule and drip it on her food. After 1 a day fro about 5 or 6 days it wasn't hard anymore. Maybe it could work for Celyn? Not sure about Lazarus Mark but you could ask your vet on Monday.

Mary

Ooh brilliant idea - I can do that no problem at all as I always have some capusles here

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