Harbie

Sweet Harbie is a friendly affectionate girl, however very set in her ways! She is not a fan of being carried around or restrained and will let you know! For this reason, we are after a home with no little children. We also ask that she is the only pet in the household.
This gorgeous girl is absolutely stunning and will make someone very happy.'

Harbie was noted to have a moderate degree of dental disease, with mild to moderate plaque staining on her teeth. Unfortunately this is common finding in many cats, with 80% of most cats developing some degree of dental disease by the age of 3! She also had some resorptive lesions where her own immune system has been reabsorbing her teeth. Harbie underwent a dental clean under general anaesthetic as well as removal of diseased teeth, so her remaining teeth are now back to being clean and pearly white. We recommend feeding Harbie a good quality dry food that will benefit her teeth such as Hill's t/d, as well as plenty of dental chews such as feline greenies.

Harbie was also noted to have arthritis in her knees this is the result of her having luxating patellas. 

Luxating patellas is when the knee caps clunking out of her knee as she bends and stretches her back legs.  You may notice that she may skip one or both of her back legs while running, which is likely to self resolve. The repetitive motion of her knee cap clunking in and out is likely to cause friction which can result in arthritis later in life, at which time she may need medications or anti arthritis treatments to keep her comfortable. At this point in time she does not require any medications other than cartrophen injections which have been started for her in shelter. She will likely need these injections every month for the rest of her life. Through our clinic an injection costs approximately $20.

Please feel free to give the shelter a call for any further details.