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Bemisu has found the below link to provide you with information concerning health and diet issues that may affect your sphynx. You can find useful information that will provide you with ammunition as you search for the perfect food to feed your new baby.
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Bemisu Sphynx and HCM
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of a group of cardiomyopathies (heart diseases) that can affect any cat, and has been shown to affect some specific breeds, including the Sphynx breed.
With HCM, the muscular walls of the heart thicken, making the chambers of the heart smaller. This, in turn, causes diminished blood flow, circulatory problems, and clotting disorders. While HCM cannot be cured, it can be treated with cardiac medications. Diligent treatment and excellent veterinary care can allow a cat with HCM to live many happy years with the adoptive family. Early detection is absolutely critical to the success of treatment.
Here at Bemisu, we strive to educate our kitten adopters about the risks of HCM, in an effort to raise awareness and allow for early detection and treatment in affected cats. In years past, when the Sphynx breed was fairly new, cardiac problems were dealt with as they arose, but Bemisu has taken this approach a step further. We have done extensive research on the latest new and promising treatments for cardiac disease in our cats, as well as keeping abreast of the latest tools available for detection of this affliction.
ALL adult cats in the Bemisu breeding program are screened yearly for cardiac disease via echocardiogram, which is the best tool we have available to us for early detection. Any cat found to exhibit the beginning stages of cardiac disease is immediately spayed or neutered, and started on medical management protocols. Although research has not conclusively proven that there is a genetic link involved with the development of HCM, we do not wish to take a chance, and choose to alter and treat any affected cats.
We strongly advise all prospective and adoptive kitten owners to develop a close, working relationship with their veterinarian, and to request that their veterinarian pay close attention to the possible development of cardiac murmurs, or other indicators of early cardiac disease, at every annual exam and every office visit. Any questionable findings upon exam warrant further diagnostics ie. chest radiographs or echocardiogram.
A search on Google under “feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy” will yield much more detailed information on this disease, and any prospective kitten owner with any questions is more than welcome to email Jenny at sphynxprincess@yahoo.com for more information.
The breeders at Bemisu Sphynx wish to let their prospective kitten owners know that we are aware of this disease and are doing everything possible to utilize the best preventative and treatment protocols available to the veterinary community.
Please give me a bath at least once a week. I may not particularly care for it, or I may actually LIKE it, but I will get "greasy" and leave dirty places on your furniture if you don’t bath me. Call my breeder if you need help in bathing me. I’m used to J&J Baby Shampoo!
Please clean my ears at least once a week. You can use Q-tips (though I will eat them if you let me – not too deep in my ears please!) and cotton balls, or you can get ear-cleaning pads (I like these best) from Dr.’s Foster & Smith pet catalog (800/826-7206 – ask for EarClens pads $7.99 www.drsfostersmith.com ). Remember that if you do not clean my ears I might get an ear infection or have ugly, dirty ears.
Please clean my eyes daily. Since I don’t have eyelashes I can get little particles in them that may hurt me.
Please DON’T LET ME GO OUTSIDE!!! I may want to, but there are many "bad" things outside that can hurt me or make me very sick.
Please DO NOT USE FLEA & TICK TOPICAL MONTHLY MEDICINES on me (Revolution, Advantage, Frontline, etc.) This can KILL ME DEAD.
Please clip my nails at least once a week. Do this in bright light so you can see where my nail ends and my nail beds begin (don’t clip the part with the blood vessel). This will help keep me from scratching up things you don’t want me to scratch.
Would you please get me something that it IS ok for me to scratch on? An old rug or old chair that you don’t mind me scratching up is good. Look at garage sales in your area for a cheap chair or ottoman. I also like wooden poles with rope wrapped around them! As tall as you can get, like Jack in the Beanstalk! You may want to pin upholstery plastic on the corners of your nice furniture until I am trained on my scratching post. It is clear and will protect your furniture. You can get it at any fabric store. We learned to use a scratching post at the place where I was born.
Please DON'T HIT ME if I’m bad… I do not understand what "hitting" means, it only hurts and it will make me afraid of you - use a spray bottle filled with water to "squirt" me and clap your hands loudly saying "NO" when I do something wrong! This will teach me that what I did was a "no, no".
Please give me someplace warm I can sleep. When I’m not "snuggling" with you or you are gone I will need a little place of my own that is warm to sleep – the pet stores have nice little "covered cat beds" that I will really like (of course I will prefer being with you when you are home).
Please leave food and fresh water out for me all day. I like Natural Choice Adult Complete Maintenance (in white bag with green accents). I eat a lot since I don’t have any hair and need more energy to keep me warm. You can give me canned cat food (I like Evolve) on special occasions, but I understand that this is a treat and not my main diet.
Please empty my litter box DAILY!!!!! I do not like a dirty litter box and may find someplace else to go if it is not cleaned on a regular basis. I am used to the clumping litter (World’s Best Cat Litter at www.worldsbestcatlitter.com because that is what we used where I was born.
Please supervise me when I am playing with "un-cat" toys. Strings and other "people" objects can get caught in my throat and hurt me very badly or even KILL me!
Please realize that I am a kitten and EVERYTHING looks like a toy to me and will be investigated. You will need to teach me what I can do and what I can’t do.
Please make sure I have all my necessary shots and vaccinations and parasite cures. Don’t let me around outside cats AT ALL! They may be sick and then make me sick too. Remember that fleas and ticks carry bad diseases as well!
Please give me lots and lots of love as that is what I need most! I will love you unconditionally if you let me. The more you love me the more I will love you.
Please call my breeder if you have any questions about me or anything I am doing. He/She loves me as much as you do and only wants the best for me!
All Adults - Yearly - Subcutaneous (under skin) 3 way modified live if non-show cat's. 4 way modified live (with Chlamydia) if taking your baby to the shows. Do not give the 4-way modified live vaccine before 9 weeks of age.
Kittens - Slowly begin weaning from Queen at approximately 35 days (5 weeks). Start out by letting the babies eat some Turkey meated babyfood from your finger. At 6 weeks of age give the 3 way modified live subcutaneously, then again at 9 and one last shot at 12 weeks. At the 12-week vaccination give the 4 way modified live vaccine if you are thinking of showing. Never give the 4 way modified live prior to 9 weeks! (changes)
Through trial and error, we have found this schedule to work well in the Bemisu breeding program. Every breeder will differ on their schedule and vaccines. Some prefer to use the killed virus and some may or may not use the intranasal vaccines that are on the market now. Consult your Veterinarian on his/her protocol.
1) Marshmallow to increase and enrich the milk in nursing
queens. Good for large litters and fat kittens!
2) Cat with cancer? Shark cartilage
3) Pulsatialla D6 - Brings Queens in to heat and Prevents Toms
from spraying
4) For Chlamydia - Azithromycin once a day for 5 days
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A |
D |
J |
P (con'd) |
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Alfalfa |
Daffodil |
Jack in the Pulpit |
Pokeweed |
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Almonds (pits of) |
Daphne |
Java Beans |
Poppy |
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Alocasia |
Datura |
Jessamine |
Pot Mum |
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Amaryllis |
Deadly Nightshade |
Jimson Weed |
Potato |
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Apple Seed |
Death Camas |
Jonquil |
Precatory Bean |
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Apricots (pits of) |
Delphinium |
Jungle Trumpets |
Privet, Common |
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Arrowhead Vine |
Dicentrea |
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Arrow Grass |
Dieffenngachia |
L |
R |
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Asparagus Fern |
Dumb Cane |
Lantana |
Red Princess |
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Avocado |
Larkspur |
Rhondedendron |
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Azalea |
E |
Laurel |
Rhubarb |
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Easter Lily |
Lily |
Ripple Ivy |
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B |
Eggplant |
Lily Spider |
Rosary Pea |
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Bane Berry |
Elderberry |
Lily of the Valley |
Rubber Plant |
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Bayonet |
Elephant Ear |
Locoweed |
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Beargrass |
Emerald Duke |
Lupine |
S |
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Beech |
English Ivy |
Saddle Leaf |
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Belladonna |
Euonymous |
M |
Scotch Broom |
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Bird of Paradise |
Evergreen |
Marble Queen |
Skunk Cabbage |
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Bittersweet |
Majesty |
Snowdrops |
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Black-eyed Susan |
F |
Marigold |
Snow on the Mountain |
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Black Locust |
Ferns |
Marijuana |
Spider Mum |
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Bleeding Heart |
Flax |
Mescal Bean |
Split Leaf |
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Bloodroot |
Four O'Clock |
Mistletoe |
Spraneri Fern |
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Bluebonnet |
Foxglove |
Mock Orange |
Staggerweed |
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Boston Ivy |
Monkshood |
Star of Bethlehem |
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Boxwood |
G |
Moonseed |
Sweetpea |
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Buckeyes |
Glocal Ivy |
Morning Glory |
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Burning Bush |
Golden Chain |
Mountain Laurel |
T |
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Buttercup |
Golden Glow |
Mushrooms |
Tansy Mustard |
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Gopher Purge |
Tobacco |
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C |
N |
Tomato |
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Cactus |
H |
Narcissus |
Tulip |
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Candelabra |
Hellebore |
Needlepoint Ivy |
Tung Tree |
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Caladium |
Heart Ivy |
Neththyis |
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Castor Bean |
Heart Leaf |
Nightshade |
U |
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Cherry (pits of) |
Hemlock, Poison |
Nutmeg |
Umbrella Plant |
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Cherry (Most types) |
Hemlock, Water |
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Chinaberry |
Henbane |
O |
V |
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Christmas Rose |
Holly |
Oleander |
Virginia Creeper |
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Chrysanthemum |
Honeysuckle |
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Clematis |
Horsebeans |
P |
W |
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Coriaria |
Horsebrush |
Parlor Ivy |
Water Hemlock |
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Cornflower |
Horse Chestnuts |
Pathos |
Weeping Fig |
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Corydalis |
Hyacinth |
Peach (pits of) |
Wild Call |
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Creeping Charlie |
Hydrangea |
Peony |
Wisteria |
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Crocus, Autumn |
Periwinkle |
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Crown of Thorns |
I |
Philodendron |
Y |
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Cyclamen |
Indian Tobacco |
Pimpernel |
Yews |
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Iris |
Poinsettia |
-American |
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Iris Ivy |
Poison Hemlock |
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Ivy |
Poison Ivy |
-Japanese |
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-Western |
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The plants listed here are
poisonous to cats and should be avoided or kept out of reach if
there are cats in the home. Should your cat eat any part of any of
the plants listed, rush the cat to your veterinarian as soon as
possible. If you have questions call your local poison control
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