I have no affiliation with Care Credit at all, but in case some of you haven't heard of it, I thought I'd post the info here. I've used it several times when Hobbes had procedures that I couldn't afford to pay for all at once. I opened a Care Credit card which enabled me to charge various...

Dear fellow cat-lovers, I was wondering if anyone could advise, or if you've been in a similar situation. I'm out of my mind with worry. Our little 7 month old male kitten, Socrates, a tortie-and-white Domestic Shorthair, was operated on yesterday. The Veterinary surgeon removed a very long piece...

I have an 18 year old cat whose fur is badly matted. I have not been able to successfully groom her. Is it dangerous to have her sedated at this age to have her professionally shaved/clipped? Do you have any suggestions for dealing with this problem? http://www.pets-planet.info/index.htm

For any who have read past posts, great. If not, please know that a bajillion tests have been done and so many things tried, we're exhausted. Carey had an ultrasound today (what's another $355 on top of all the other inconclusive tests we've had?!?! ;-D). She has an apparent mass where her left...

As of last Friday, Carey has been on an increased amount of Cosequin and the addition of Cyproheptadine and have stopped the Prozac. I have a call into the vet about the Prozac though. Urination - nothing except in the box! YEA! Aggression towards other animals - daily and no trigger...

I should knock wood, but things are going really well. The upped Cosequin combined with the Cyproheptadine, and re-intro of Prozac, seems to be a winning combo. Carey is not yowling, not attacking the other pets, not peeing outside the box, and she's being her sweet and playful (or sleepy) self...

I was on the Caribbean Princess last week,the ship was beautiful but the service was very lacking. There was one person on the phone at the front desk at1:10 AM when I had to call because my Bathtub was gurgling and backing up. The girl Ramoes,was very Rude and ,when I called the 911 she said she...

How much do you have to pay to keep from feeding your cat animal digest (ughh!)? I am helping the neighborhood cats out right now...and there are a lot of them...and I refuse to feed them animal manure as seem to be in all the dry food I have come across! Anyone know of any clean dry cat foods...

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...

Continuing about the stray/homeless cat I feed. I live in Midwest and we will have temperatures down to 20's and wind chills into single digits. I don't know what she did last winter. Actually I don't know if she would even need my help this winter. But I want to have some help for her on my porch...

Still continuing about the stray/homeless cat I feed... I don't know if she has been spayed, gotten any shots ever, what her general health condition is, etc. It would give me great peace of mind if there are any charitable vets or clinics in greater Chicago area, who could examine her and...

As my indoor cat Willi approaches his 10th birthday in April am wondering if there are something I need to think about regarding his health. I generally take him in once a year for his vet visit and shots. Am debating if I should now move this to every 6 months. Any thoughts? I have read in...

My other cat had a huge abscess drained yesterday. I'm going to have to give him liquid antibiotics 2x per day and clean the tube area with peroxide 2x per day. I know this cat and none of this will be simple with him (he was a former street cat ;). What are some good tips for giving liquid...

I am 8 months pregnant and recently my dog started acting very strange. At first she started sleeping in the bed, right beside me, on my pillows like a person would. And now in the past few days she has started whining all the time if I don't constantly sit with her. Yesterday she started walking...

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Is there any difference between the symptoms of phantom pregnancy and real pregnancy? ...click here to find out http://www.pets-planet.info/articals_9.htm

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