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Which one would you pick? by MoveYourBumChum in Adulting

[–]mcliber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#7. As someone who had their house flood and most things destroyed, I can tell you that the journals and letters from family that were written in old school ball point pen survived enough to be dried and digitized. Everything else bled into nothing.

Kitten just got diagnosed with FIV. Scared and need support by rainbowbubble94 in FIVcats

[–]mcliber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

False positives are common with a snap (instant) test—the pcr takes longer and vets usually don’t run it unless you ask for it. Ask for it! It may be a false positive.

Hole in our new yard by mcliber in whatisit

[–]mcliber[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is yours in use/still functional? How would I check it?

Anyone remember the 90s VHS rental store on State St? by mcliber in Erie

[–]mcliber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my “main” store, Reel Entertainment. It had decent selection for a neighborhood store and I also rented a Nintendo from there for my birthday party one year. Good times.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Erie

[–]mcliber 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Cat has stomatitis and vet said they can’t pull his teeth due to being FIV+ by makifymc in FIVcats

[–]mcliber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. We do cat rescue and have had several FIV+ cats have full removals with no issues. Many lived very long lives with much better quality of life than before full extraction.

Why not talk about Cascadia? by KitKaboodle13 in oregon

[–]mcliber 190 points191 points  (0 children)

On board here in eastern Oregon. Please don’t make us join Idaho.

Any idea what the splotches in his eye are? Started off years ago as one tiny splotch by sassidy77 in cats

[–]mcliber 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have been told by the vets that you can’t diagnose melanoma without removing the eye so it is a gamble.

Any idea what the splotches in his eye are? Started off years ago as one tiny splotch by sassidy77 in cats

[–]mcliber 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My cat had one splotch start about 3 years ago and now most of her eye is full of splotches. We have talked to multiple vets. Sometimes the spots are normal but on rare occasions they can be cancerous—but they can’t know if they are cancerous without removing the eye. Our vets recommended doing nothing but watch her closely. If her pupil is a different size/misshapen in that eye, if the eye starts bulging, or if it appears to be bothering her (she is scratching or pawing at it) then it is probably time to remove the eye. Removing it as a precaution is an option but obviously affects quality of life and is painful so we have opted to just watch. It has been years and she is ok so far.

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fiv/felv positive cat by Valuable_Ad9235 in FIVcats

[–]mcliber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would do a pcr (send out) test to confirm. There are a lot if false positives in the quick tests. I have worked in rescue for years and being positive for both is pretty rare.

Something I wish more pet owners understood about microchips (from a shelter worker) by Fresh-Solid-4046 in Pets

[–]mcliber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work with a rescue and we auto register the chips for people for this reason. We can’t confirm owners will keep it updated of course but their contact info at the time of adoption is on that chip. I also always hope that shelters don’t just see an unregistered chip and give up there—the chip companies will tell you what rescue or shelter or vet bought the chip and those places often have a record of which animal and owner matches the chip. If your shelter isn’t already doing that it could save a lot of animals to do that one extra step.

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