My mother looks after several stray cats in Turkey where she lives. One of them has a constant red discharge from one side of his mouth which looks like dried blood. His gums are also bright red. He's only about 6 months old. She took him to the local vet who said it was a vitamin deficiency and to...

Cat has reddened upper corner of eyelid and upper white part of eye. Squinting partially, minimal discharge, no obvious other damage to eye that I can see visually. Probably diagnosis from what I have read is conjunctivitis. Options for home treatment a Neomycin & Polymixin B sulfate zinc &...

There was one query last week, which I can't find. Eli is the 14 year old black cat who suddenly stopped eating. Vet cleaned teeth, did all manner of blood tests and X-rays. He's in good humor, affectionate, but just won't eat. S.O. gets him to lap up a little Boost, and sometimes lick some beef...

because we all act like cats you think were here, then you see us there etc

Last summer we brought our 9 year old cat in to the vet because she was having trouble climbing stairs and jumping up to her favorite spots. At the time of the exam, the vet said he thought he heard a very faint heart murmur. He thought it was insignificant, but since he was doing x-rays of her...

I seem to have adopted a stray cat who has been hanging around my house for some time. He is very thin and I have been feeding him outside but, as I have had a week off work, I have realised that he is also coming into the house via the cat flap and eating all my cats food. I don't really mind...

Freight Train Jones wrote: oh sorry bout that...(i accidently poasted into the genius forum) it was a mistake posting this here... so now I cross post it... -- I've been going outside and getting the tops of the new tender grass and putting it along side the cat food... Jupiter, my 5 month old,...

Or at least very, very near-sighted. At 16, I guess that's not all that unusual. She's been to the vet recently and is in great health otherwise, so this isn't the result of an illness, just age. She doesn't seem to be bothered by it, the only reason I noticed is that she doesn't look me in...

According to the vet, they hydrated him with liquids and gave him some medicine that is supposed to work over a two week period but I'm concerned since he refuses to eat anything at all, is losing weight and is very listless. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of trying to feed him with a syringe...

I have a 10 year old tortoiseshell cat who is very small. I also have 2 great big monster tom cats living 2 doors down from me. My cat is well loved and respected in our family however she cannot leave the house in fear for her life. These tom cats take it in turns to sit outside her cat flap and...

Meine kleinen Kätzchen spielen gern im Sonnenschein. Sie rollen auf dem Boden und dem Schnurren. Ich singe zu ihnen und sie lächeln an mir. Ich fühle so gut, wenn sie dies machen. Jedoch, wie oft sie soll, werden erlaubt, in der Sonne zu spielen. Vielleicht werden sie heiß werden oder haben...

My 6 month old kitten, Chablis, has gone through a REAL growth spurt in the last month or so. She was adopted from a shelter (&was scrawny & unhealthy when I got her). Is a tuxedo black & white, med hair, has curled fur extending from her ears (like a lynx) & has very long, slightly curved eyebrow...

Brandy Alexandre wrote: I just had to share that I just gave the first no-muss, no-fuss, no recriminating sub-q to Kami. She didn't complaining, she didn't wiggle, she didn't try to escape prematurely, and she didn't pout afterwards. I think she has finally connected the sub-q to...

hello. My 13 yr old 14lbs cat was diagnosed w/ diabetes early this week. The vet put him on 3 units of PZI insulin twice a day along with a DM diet. Today was my first day of shots. Giving the shots was easy and didn't seem to disrupt my cat either. My concern is that my cat appears to be...

Can you at least call the vet to consult? I've done that, of course. But without seeing the cat the vet doesn't want to give any advice. Vern

Hi all, Can anyone explain the peculiar effect certain noises have on my 2 moggies? In particular it happens with the ringtones on my mobile phone, and if I whistle a tune. My female cat immediately comes running, and goes a bit dopey - chirruping, rolling around and headbutting either me or the...

We have a Manx long hair cat, Fred. I noticed that he is losing hair in a spot on his back hip. I thought that it might be mange ,but there is no scaling. Does anybody have any idea what is going on?

I have a 12 month old cat, Gizmo, who has had an URI since I found her and her siblings at two months old. When I recently took her in for her 1 year checkup, the vet said that these cats have feline herpes and possibly calicivirus and that in this case, they were viral infections. The vet also...

Thank-you. That was most informative! -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time.

We just had hardwood floors installed throughout the upstairs of our home, and will do the same to the downstairs in a couple months. We previously had carpet. Seven cats live here. Yes, I understand cats are nocturnal and I've gone along with them jumping in and out of bed with us, etc. But now...