NalaCleo

Sorry Off topic, but you have a kitty that looks so much like a cat I rescued and rehomed last year "Sasha" and also looks similar to "Misty" whom I rescued last week Sasha:

Ooohhh that is perfect !!! :D Isnt he handsome my old boy

Freckles i could kiss you Thank you so much it is beautiful, going to put it on my website. :D How gorgeous does it look !!

Done :D P.S I emailed a bigger version to u too Thanks

U are tooo good !! That looks so natural ! I really must practise that coz alot of my dogs and cats all have red eye in the photos as I usually take them at night. :D

o.k I have a favour to ask.... Would anyone pls be able to help me with this pic. I want to enlarge and frame it but I want to make some adjustments 1st... :D of which i am unable to do as yet... I was wondering if someone would pls able to make my cat Oscar's eyes more blue and noticeble and also make the background black and white... Is this possible ?? Thanks

Freckles, So you did that in paintshop ? So is there a function in there that takes away the red eye ? What if it is not "red" ...what if it is blue like in this pic (before u changed it) ? I found the "red eye reduction" in microsoft picture "something" but I cant find it in paint shop.. :rolleyes: Also as I am new to all this and have never done anything like this before but really want to start learning as I love taking photos, how do I get "Photoshop" on my computer ? sorry if this had already been asked :p

Yes thanks even just an email address and maybe I can just email her and ask her for any tips and advice also.

When the specialist came to speak to us after the tests he said basically if she were human she would be in surgery right now having a heart transplant

Thank you to all for your sincere well wishes

The 1st signs were really her just becoming less and less energetic. Then she started to cough up flem now and then (which was the fluid from her liver getting in her lungs due to the heart not pumping the blood properly), and then to her not being able to run at all. Her heart was beating out of her chest and she was strugling to breathe. Then her stomach swelled up due to the excess fluid. What the vets found most disturbing was how sudden it came on. She was given a thorough health chack last year at her vaccination and heartworm injection and her heart was beating just fine then. When I took her to them when all this happened her heart was beating over time and the 1st xray showed it to be nearly double the size. The muscle that out lines the heart has become so thin and loose that it causes the heart then to expand and become floppy. This then creates the valves to stretch and they are not able to close so only half the blood gets pumped out forward and the rest washes back into the liver and stomach. This excess blood on her stomach lining is what then caused the stomach ulcer. I would just suggest to always get the vet to check her heart beat whenever possible. On a funny note, now that she has started eating properly again the dreaded flatulence has come back again gotta love those silent but deadlies !!

Thanks for the info regarding Daniella. I will contact you if needed. She did not come from a Breeder (which we regret immensley as she has had health problems her whole life (not that we would change her for the world) and I guess some of them come from not being from health tested parents) but yes I would have contatced them if she had. Yes we are praying we get as long a time as possible with her

Yes thank you, I am treating her every day as if its her last I dont even want to think about that day, the vet said with heart conditions we will just probabbly find her one morning or afternoon already gone Yes I thought that about the anesthetic, I wouldnt even let them sedate her for the ultra-sound ! hehehe Although she was so drained at the time she didnt need it anyway.

My beloved Boxer Nala turned 5 on the 6th December. 2 weeks later she went off her food and started being very lethargic, was always short of breath and struggled on our nightly walks. One night she only made it a few houses up and just stopped and would go no further, my Husband had to carry her home. I made a vet appointment for the morning and was greeted by her that morning with a stomach about to pop it was so bloatd looking. Well after blood tests and a sample from her stomach which was deemed to be fuill of a liquid substance it was thought there was something wrong with her heart. We did an x-ray the next day and it showed her heart to be nearly double the size it was meant to be. We have since taken her to a specialist where she had an ultra-sound done and an ECG. It was then confirmed she had dilated cardiomyopathy and the vet gave her approx 6 months ;) The ultra-sound also showed a stomach ulcer which is why she was not eating properly. In one month she had lost 6 kilos ;) The good thing is since starting her on the medication for the ulcer she has nearly regained her full eating habits so should hopefully start putting on some much needed weight. She is now on 7 tablets a day 2 x Vetmedin for her heart 2 x Frudix and 1 x Fortekor for her fluid in the stomach 1 x Losec for her stomach ulcer 1 x vitamin B The specialist also suggested I go to the health store and get Taurine 500mg and L-carnitine 1000mg Food wise I have been recomended Science Diet H/D but am yet to buy it and as she already has food allergies it has been hard trying to find a good diet for her to stick to. We have been told we have to reduce her salt intake to less than 0.3% which also restricts the foods we can give her. It is such devastibng news as she is our baby and I cry just thinking about losing her too soon. She is the reason I started Boxer rescue and because of her I have rescued and rehomed neary 30 Boxers in the last 2 years. We are not allowed to exercise her at all and must try to keep her quiet as much as possible. This is so heart breaking as she was such a playful bouncy lively girl... I so miss her cheekyness If anyone else has or is dealing with a dog with cardiomyopathy I would appreciate any other advice or recomendations on anything else to help my now named "million dollar baby" Nala:

I have the three fawn boys from the Greyhound litter and besides having worms which have now been flushed out they are all o.k so far.

My Boxer is not only fussy but also has a sensitive stomach and it wasn't til she was about 2 1/2 years old that I finally got her to a healthy weight and nice firm stools. The only biscuits i have found for her that I am happy with are Eukanuba Maintenance and what she is currently on which is Science Diet Sensitive Stomach which she will eat alone as is :rolleyes: BUT it looks like I will be emailing RC in Sydney tomorrow to try this particular one !!!!!!!!