AUTUMN – A1107672
Safe - 4-4-2017 Brooklyn
SAFE 4/4/17 **Adorable Kitten With Possible Cerebellar Hypoplasia — AUTUMN – at BACC!**
Brooklyn Center
AUTUMN – A1107672 – 5 MONTH OLD FEMALE BROWN TABBY, OS:
BASIC INFORMATION:
AUTUMN IS A DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR CAT THAT WAS FOUND AS A STRAY AND
KEPT UNTIL HER FINDER WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE FOR HER.
SOCIALIZATION:
AROUND STRANGERS AUTUMN IS FRIENDLY, OUTGOING AND PLAYS GENTLY WITH
ADULTS AND CHILDREN. AUTUMN HAS LIVED WITH ONE 12 YEAR OLD CHILD WHO
SHE WAS RELAXED AND AFFECTIONATE TOWARDS. AUTUMN LIVED WITH ONE LARGE
DOG WHO SHE WAS RELAXED AND AFFECTIONATE TOWARDS. AUTUMN HAS NEVER
BEEN AROUND ANY OTHER CATS SO IT IS UNKNOWN HOW SHE WILL REACT TOWARDS
THEM.
BEHAVIOR:
AUTUMN HAS NEVER BITTEN ANOTHER PERSON OR ANIMAL. AUTUMN WILL URINATE
IF SHE GETS VERY EXCITED BUT WILL ATTEMPT TO GET TO HER LITTER BOX
WHEN THAT HAPPENS. AUTUMN IS RELAXED WHEN RIDING IN A CAR. AUTUMN IS
NOT BOTHERED WHEN BEING GIVEN A BATH. AUTUMN’S PREVIOUS CARETAKER DID
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRIM HER NAILS OR BRUSH HER COAT. AUTUMN ENJOYS BEING
PICKED UP/HELD, BEING PLACED IN A CARRIER, OR BEING DISTURBED WHEN
SLEEPING OR RESTING.
FOR A NEW FAMILY TO KNOW:
AUTUMN IS DESCRIBED AS FRIENDLY, AFFECTIONATE, AND PLAYFUL WITH A
HIGH ACTIVITY LEVEL. WHEN AT HOME AUTUMN WILL FOLLOW AROUND HER CARE
TAKER AND LIKE TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM AS OTHER PEOPLE. AUTUMN LIKES TO
PLAY WITH BALLS, STRING, WAND TOYS, STUFFED TOYS AND LASER POINTERS.
AUTUMN WAS KEPT INDOORS AND WAS FED BOTH WET AND DRY FOOD TWICE A DAY.
AUTUMN IS MOSTLY HOUSE TRAINED AND USED AN UNCOVERED LITTER BOX WITH
PELLET LITTER. AUTUMN USED A HORIZONTAL SCRATCHING POST MADE OF SMOOTH
WOOD, CARDBOARD AND CARPET.
INTAKE BEHAVIOR:
AUTUMN WOULD FALL OVER IF SHE ATTEMPTED TO WALK BUT WAS VERY
ENERGETIC AND ENJOYED BEING PET BY STAFF. AUTUMN ALLOWED STAFF TO
COLLAR, SCAN FOR A MICROCHIP AND TAKE PICTURES WITH NO SIGNS OF
AGGRESSION.
MEDICAL:
DVM INTAKE EXAM FINDINGS
SCAN NEGATIVE
INTACT FEMALE
5MONTH OF AGE
HISTORY : OWNER SURRENDER
SUBJECTIVE GENERALIZED TREMORS
OBSERVED BEHAVIOR – BAR
EVIDENCE OF CRUELTY SEEN — NONE
EVIDENCE OF TRAUMA SEEN – NONE
OBJECTIVE
T = NOT TAKEN P = 150 BPM R =NOT TAKEN BCS 5/9
EENT: EYES CLEAR, EARS CLEAN, NO NASAL DISCHARGE NOTED
ORAL EXAM: NAF
PLN: NO ENLARGEMENTS NOTED
H/L: NSR, NMA, CRT < 2, LUNGS CLEAR, EUPNIC
ABD: NON PAINFUL, NO MASSES PALPATED
U/G: INTACT FEMALE
MSI: AMBULATORY X 4, SKIN FREE OF PARASITES, NO MASSES NOTED,
HEALTHY HAIR COAT
CNS: MENTATION APPROPRIATE – NO SIGNS OF NEUROLOGIC ABNORMALITIES
RECTAL: NOT PERFORMED
ASSESSMENT
POSSIBLE CEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA.
MEDICAL BEHAVIOR STATUS- BLUE
MEDICAL STATUS 3NC
ASILOMAR STATUS- TREATMANAG
FAST TRACK- NONE
PLAN
MICROCHIPPED, VACCINATED, PYRANTEL, ADVANTAGE GIVEN
WAIVED FOR SURGERY DUE TO TREMORS
FAIR PROGNOSIS
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