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Rouge H, I've had Cavaliers now for over 36 years. Further testing is probably not necessary but it would be good if a boarded cardiologist could osculate the heart. Regular vets often don't hear low-grade murmurs. Even a doppler is not invasive but most likely not necessary at this point.

There are excellent meds for mitral valve disease which can be of huge benefit. My now 14 year old Shimmer (Chadwick Candlelight) went into congestive heart failure in late Oct and we almost lost her. She's now on a diuretic (Spironolactone) twice daily (1 pill cut in half), Enalapril twice daily, and the "miracle drug" for Cavaliers, Pimobenden, twice daily. She's doing amazingly well for 14!
 
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lulilu said:
Eagle, FedEx and others have the same problems. FedEx sent me a notice that they didn't even try to deliver a package the other day and maybe it will come Tuesday. I get more delay messages each week.
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Thanks lulilu for passing on that intell. I saw a H cuff I liked that is rare to find. Ordered it and got a bait and switch. Ugh. Now the problem is getting the seller to take back what he sent me. Between UPS erratic deliveries and street closures and possibly also demonstrations it's not clear whether the guy's dodging the delivery or the item's just not being delivered.
 
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India said:
Rouge H, I've had Cavaliers now for over 36 years. Further testing is probably not necessary but it would be good if a boarded cardiologist could osculate the heart. Regular vets often don't hear low-grade murmurs. Even a doppler is not invasive but most likely not necessary at this point.

There are excellent meds for mitral valve disease which can be of huge benefit. My now 14 year old Shimmer (Chadwick Candlelight) went into congestive heart failure in late Oct and we almost lost her. She's now on a diuretic (Spironolactone) twice daily (1 pill cut in half), Enalapril twice daily, and the "miracle drug" for Cavaliers, Pimobenden, twice daily. She's doing amazingly well for 14!
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Greetings, India! It's been awhile.
 
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Rouge H said:
I just saw that and it makes me proud ❤️
The facility that nursed her back to health is amazing and she is special....
Thank you for pointing out the article:hugs:
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@Rouge H, I started watching a video on koalas produced for Aussie schools. It was narrated in the person of an extremely handsome vet, with red hair. Anyhow, little kids asked questions and in response to one of them he said Anwen had been released and is doing well. What I also found interesting was that the video included a clip of a huge wrap-around billboard in Times Square showing a live animation of the bushfires from six months ago. The billboard was in thanks to American firefighters who joined Aussie counterparts in fighting the blazes.

Someone asked about climate change and the vet remarked that koalas cannot stand heat. I don't think climate trends in Australia can be turned around anywhere soon, it's no different than all these other struggling countries.
Koalas have been recently identified as functionally extinct -- maybe that means "extinct for all practical purposes" b/c the population will never bounce back. What is needed for the latter is a huge amount of forest not being divided and subdivided for housing developments or farms. Like what existed earlier in the 20th C. Koalas do wander around looking for a mate but if forests are separated it's hard to maintain genetic diversity. This make koalas prone to chlamydia and results in what's called "dirty bottom." Anwen had that, I'm sure she was treated for it as a matter of course.

I do wish I'd see or hear about evidence of water stations being built in Australia. I thought some of the fund drives, notably a Go Fund Me with tremendous public response, was supposed to build these. B/c if people see a thirsty koala (and these little guys do beg, bless their hearts) they tend to pour water from their bottles down the open mouth of the koala which somehow or other can eventually flood its lungs and kill it. Koalas have to lap water from a basin of some sort to slow their intake b/c they don't normally drink water (they rely on the water content of leaf). Who has basins in the outback? A good number of video clips show Aussies putting small containers of water near koalas, which is heartening -- looks like this is done primarily for neighborhood koalas, not those in the middle of the forest.
 
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India said:
Rouge H, I've had Cavaliers now for over 36 years. Further testing is probably not necessary but it would be good if a boarded cardiologist could osculate the heart. Regular vets often don't hear low-grade murmurs. Even a doppler is not invasive but most likely not necessary at this point.

There are excellent meds for mitral valve disease which can be of huge benefit. My now 14 year old Shimmer (Chadwick Candlelight) went into congestive heart failure in late Oct and we almost lost her. She's now on a diuretic (Spironolactone) twice daily (1 pill cut in half), Enalapril twice daily, and the "miracle drug" for Cavaliers, Pimobenden, twice daily. She's doing amazingly well for 14!
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Thank you s much for your input- I did take my girl to a Cardiologist and her heart murmur I ever so slight that it did not require medication. The DR did give me an app to download on my phone to monitor her and record. This years follow up was the same as the first visit and I am grateful. The Vets say she is in amazing shape for her age.

Hug your baby for me and keep in touch❤️
 
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Rouge H said:
Eagle- I vote you the Koala Ambassador....❤
I wish there was something we could do to truly make a difference....
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Rouge H, Thank you so much for the Koala Ambassador suggestion. I was really pleased by that. Certainly if I'm ever in a position to make that happen I will give a teddy bear along with some water to every koala who wants one!
 
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Rouge H said:
Eagle- I vote you the Koala Ambassador....❤
I wish there was something we could do to truly make a difference....
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Rouge H, I was tremendously pleased by your suggestion that I become a Koala Ambassador. I was at the dentist this am, and all the while he was fussing with my crown and the hygienist fussing with my teeth, I was thinking to myself, I could be a Koala Ambassador. That would be lovely. Thank you for your sweet suggestion. :flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers:
 
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This is the way Koalas should drink water, from a container, while they're relaxing in the treetops.

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The proper way for koalas to drink: lapping water at their own pace.




Koalas saved from a raging flash flood which you can see thru the car windows.
Sorry for picture duplication, I'm trying to figure out the system.
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