Thank you, Jacquie, for sharing about your husband and Barney. No, I don't think you'd let Barney suffer one bit. Owen and I have had oodles of cats over the yrs. and many yrs. ago, the cats were getting sick and dying in no time. Finally, after some blood work on one the vet said it was Feline Leukemia so we started vaccinating them each year. We just order the 5 in 1 vaccines from Revival Animal Health and since I was an R.N. for yrs. I give them their shots as it would be prohibitive money wise to take them each and every one to the vet.
Now, all are spayed/neutered, thank goodness. People are cruel at times. What I'm talking about is that people used to drop cats off here, possibly knowing how much we liked cats. Well, we just weren't going to take any more. I mean at some point common sense has to kick in so after 3-4 had been dropped off, we took the others to the vet to be put down THEN we took out a two week ad in the local papers telling people exactly what we were doing. it's not pleasant to make that decision but there are lots of decisions in life which aren't nice. With each we took to the vet, it broke my heart--crying, wanting to isolate for a while, etc. So, knock on wood, it's been several yrs. since a cat has come up here.
It's great your vet worked with the pharmacist to, compound his meds? If the time comes when he has to be put to sleep, you'll know it in your heart. Deep down. But you've had to make that decision before.
I looked in Logees book I told you about the other day and I can't find Royal or Star jasmine. Are the ones you have the kind which live inside? They list Sambac, which is WONDErful: "rich, heavy scent". "Maid of Orleans" "Grand Duke of Tuscany" are examples of Sambac. Tea can be made from these but I don't think the others.
I'll see if I can find anything on-line about Star/Royal.
Lee.
