Hi, I'm looking for some advice about dealing with a blind kitten. Short summary of the story- three weeks ago a woman brought a kitten she found sitting in the middle of the street to my clinic. The kitten was so weak he could not hold his head up, was badly malnourished, and had the most severe...

With no experience in pets, I started feeding a stray/homeless cat. Initially, I later learned, she was fed by a nighbor, but felt harrassed by his cat and children. So she would eat there but climb one floor up to my porch to relax. It is quieter, sunnier, higher up here. That's how we met. She...

Hello, I took my 9-year-old cat to the vet today because she's been biting at the base of her tail. She also has some red skin and scabs along her spine near the base of the tail. I assumed flea allergy - she has been going outside occasionally after three years indoors, so she is definitely...

In article , enlightened us with... Hi all, My best friend's youngest cat, a Birman aged 15 months, was diagnosed with FIP this morning (dry form). Get a second opinion. FIP looks like many other things and the only true way to...

I just trapped a kitten whose right eye doesn't track with her left. Is this a common condition? Will it clear up? Anybody want to see pictures of an adorable wee little gray and white kitten? Anybody want one? -- John Kimmel "It is bitter--bitter!

Once again there is another cat that may be lost or abandoned in the apartment complex where I live. The complex management said a resident reported about the cat recently and one of the complex office people said this cat has been going back to her old apartment. The cat is reported to be a...

OK, you're all assuming he runs in terror. All my previous cats took off for parts unknown as soon as I turned it on. Well, a few weeks ago my old Hoover croaked. Being tired of replacing vacuum cleaners every couple of years (I continually burn up the motors, for some reason), I decided to get a...

As some of you know, my long haired cat has some sort of allergy that causes her to lick parts of her hind legs and feet which causes sores. The vet thinks its a granuloma problem as she's tested negative for ringworm and doesn't appear to have fleas (she's mainly white haired). She's...

We had to put down my 19 1/2 year-old Siamese in February when 3 years of near-total renal failure finally did her in. This morning our other cat Loki had a major seizure and we decided to have him put down too. He too had renal failure for which we were giving him fluids every night, but he also...

"MadHatter" wrote in message ... Shaina sneezes and she sneezes too much for my liking. her eyes water also too much for my liking, though she is acting perfectly normal and healthy. i wonder if it's the dust in the...

"Phil P." wrote in message ... (...) The cats spent 40% of their time asleep, 22% resting, 13% hunting (although this varied), 20% grooming, 3% wondering, and 2% feeding. --- just about everything they do indoors. A strawman...

Hello cat lovers, I need your help!!!! I have a friend in Oshkosh Wisconsin that is in a desperate situation. She recently had to move her rescued animals from South Carolina to Oshkosh and in a horrible turn of events, they were seized by the local Humane Society. She has dedicated her life to...

Hello, My cat has gotten black stuff in his nose and a spot of black on the edge of his eye lid - has any one ever seen this and do you know why this is happening?. My husband picked it off his eye and it just returned. Any help you can offer would be great. Thank you, Lyn

Hi I'm new here, although I've been "lurking" and reading the posts for a few days. I have two male cats (brothers) Scooby and Sylvester who will make a year on May 1st. I have tried all types of different litter, the scoopable, non-scoop, scented, unscented. I guess I'm just curious as to what...

I don't think Scottie's esophageal stricture was caused by cancer. This is what I think happened and how I inadvertently had a hand in sealing my poor cat's fate. As you may recall, Scottie was hospitalized for a week with a fever of unknown origin, lethargy, and inappetance. He was on IV and...

I've been doing rescue work for 8-9 years now and I've fostered a lot of cats. I have sort of a reputation in my group for being able to socialize difficult cases. I've socialized shy cats, angry cats, hurt cats, frightened cats, and feral cats, but there is one category that eludes me: Otherwise...

I've noticed lately that my 8.5 yr old male cat has lost weight so I decided to have him checked out. Upon weighing him at the vets office, it was discovered that he had lost 3 lbs. since his last exam in late June of this year. He was 11 lbs. in June; he is now 8 lbs. I should also say that during...

Hi there - I posted a message a while back about my cat who had lost 3 pounds in 3 months, was not eating and borderline anemic. After about $600, a lot of prednison and antibiotics, it looks like he is stablizing. If anyone ever has this problem, please feel free to contact me about it. I am...

Four yellow kittens. The two fat, long haired ones can't consistently use a litter box. They go on the floor right next to it. They just can't figure it out. The other kittens are proud of their litter box skills. They look at the stupid ones with disbelief. They seem to be trying to tell the...

Jackie Cat has a WBC count of 51,000 and normal is up to 16,000. Can an infection cause such a high count, or is this likely leukemia? That is the only abnormal test. Physically, she has constant diarrhea and has since I got her about 3 months ago.