This past weekend I picked up a laser pointer with the idea of using it as a toy for my cats. It uses for very small batteries and is built into a pen. After playing with them for a bit I noticed that from time to time they would get their heads in the light beam. What I'm worried about is any...

Tonight I noticed something slightly amiss with my neutered male's rear. Nothing major, just more 'obvious' somehow. I checked and see there was some rawness to the side of the anus. I thought to myself "ok" maybe just some odd injury, etc. But when checking further, there's a largeish hard mass...

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I have been using Clean Shower after taking a shower - using the one labelled "for tile showers". I find that I get choked up from the mist and have trouble breathing for a couple of hours. I never noticed this with the regular product. Has any one else had this problem? A call to the company led...

Well Sasha is suffering from has chronic kidney failure. She is still at vets office for indefinitely. Her BUN (I think ) was 122 which Dr said was very high. He also said the masses he felt were poop and she was pretty backed up. Right now she is undergoing fluid therapy with and appetite...

I remember reading something here about cats who have thyroid problems meowing more than they usually do. Does anyone have any information on that? Jessie just had blood work done and one of the things the vet suspects is thyroid problems. She's 6.5 years old, losing weight (from 7.65 to 6.8...

Does anyone have any suggestions on helping my Chloe vomit her hairball out? I know it sounds gross but you all have been there I'm sure. Chloe has been spitting up the last few days and I'm sure it must be a hairball but it just doesn't want to come out. I getting ready to give her a little...

Well I went to see her yesterday and she is depressed. Her BUN was only down to 115 from 123. Dr. said she seem much more down and not as alert as day before. I know she is homesick. She is not good with environment change. She was a stray that found me 5 years ago. I brought her into my bedroom...

Her T3s look fine and there is no other indication of thyroid problems, her BUN and creatinin levels are perfect. The only abnormality was a low white blood cell count. This is ominous because it's the second time within a year that she's had a low white blood cell count (the last time was back...

My wife & I have a kitten that acts like it's about to fold up. Weak, very little appetite, lethargic, stunted growth when compared to her siblings. Barely walks. The vet really couldn't do much in the way of diagnosis without blood tests, etc. Heres the fun part- This kitten made a habit,...

big wino cats stinkin up the damn house

we picked her up from the pet "hotel" at the university animal hospital and she has been sneezing a little for about a week now. she stayed there for 12 days when we went on vacation. she has also become more cuddly, which is very much unlike her. she usually doesn't like to sit and be petted...

One of my cats Josephine threw up on the hall floor, and I was on the phone, so I did not clean it up right away. After a minute or two, she returned to the pile, and then kept sniffing it and then "scratching" at the floor around it, in all directions, then smelling it again. I think she was...

I don't know why I thought of this group when I read this. I'm not posting it to annoy anyone, just to inform. :-) However, I am using my real name. Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting...

Our 18 1/2 year old cat, Trixie, has been in kidney failure for the past 7 months. I administer lactated ringers twice a day. She is eating, drinking, grooming, but will not has not used the litter box in over a week. I had her urine expressed last week at the vet's. He said it could be arthritis...

My cat has a urination problem. He's been fixed since he was 6 months old and has never sprayed. Urination has been found in some puddles on the floor and other places, sometimes soaking his hindquarter. This is very unusual for him. I have taken him to the vet and he's gotten a urine test which...

Ok, here we go... the tortures will commence im already whipped! YES I LOVE LUCY but pumpkin is a trip i reached down to pet her and she clamped onto my arm...i picked her up

I have a couple of feral cats that come and go as they please. When we can get hold of them we take them to the vet and have them spayed and get them shots, etc. We feed them a mix of good quality can and dry cat food. We would like them to stay around since they keep the mice down. We live on...

So what is the bottom line on feeding kitties to prevent UTI events? From what I have read, canned moist food gives the cat more water than dry food with a bowl of water. Opinions?

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