I have 3 foster kittens with URI. The HUmane Society is almost broke. They gave me a lysine sopplement called Viralis to give to them once a day. Can anyone think of anything else i can do for them? There is no $ for vets. Is there a diet or room temperature that would help? As a stopgap measure...

I've had my cat for almost 2 months now. She's about 9 months old and has been congested since I got her. She's extremely congested and wheezes, but other than that, she's fine! She runs around, eats, drinks, uses the litter box - all normally. She's been to the vet a few times and is currently...

4 kitty updates and a bonus: 1. Abbey, my 4 yr. old girl kitty diagnosed with chylothorax in May. She's doing great! Her fur has all grown back from having her sides shaved to drain her chest, she runs, jumps, plays, does all her old tricks. You would never know she had a problem unless you...

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The funniest thing is.. I can find myself looking over the girls' baby pix again & again. My advice to ANYone is Do take pictures of you cats, especially when they are kittens! My sister has ONE 'baby' picture of her now rather old and sickly cat. I'd bet she would rather have more... So...

Well, we haven't been paying as much attention to Elvis, the bigger, boy cat (I told the kids to just let him be and see what happens) and he is coming around, wants attention, and even purred. He still does not like to be held, so we just pet him when he comes around. The girl cat, Daisy May,...

TWEAKER I saw a commercial once on TV -- digitally edited safari footage that showed a tiny cat stalking and hunting a big game animal. It was an ad for some kind of cat food I think, with a tag line to the effect that the heart of a big cat beats in the chest of every armchair kitty. It reminds...

For the newcomers, I adopted a little gray tabby named Gracie, then about a year old, from a shelter here in Raleigh in 2001. She had respiratory distress, and when tested for heartworms, happily came up negative, but a chest xray showed asthma. A little while later she had bumps on the backs of...

Many thanks for all the advice. Big Boy had the IFA test today so we're keeping our fingers crossed on the slim chance this will be negative. As it stands now, I do not have home for him & if test is +, I will have no choice but to euthanize. I would explore any alternatives anyone...

UPDATE: PETA Killed Over 97 Percent of the Animals in their Care in 2006 2,981. That’s how many dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, and other "companion animals" died needlessly at the hands of PETA employees in 2006. According to the group's own records, PETA employees killed more than 97 percent of...

First the good news: Ana has been doing very well since coming home from the emergency vet. She's playful, energetic, eats, drinks, and eliminates fine. Now the bad news: They ran the bile acids test and her levels were very high. The shelter vet believes she probably does have PSS. She ended up...

Nope, he's still kicking... or should I say scratching and biting and going ape bouncing off of walls? *shrugs* Anyway, he is now almost TWICE his original size. His frame appears HUGE to me now for some reason and he is weighs obviously more. You can tell when he lands on you that his...

My sister finally came to the rescue. She's been mourning her own cat who passed away last year, and was reluctant at first. This afternoon, though, she'll be taking delivery of a relieved kitty. Thanks for all your ideas! BLink -------------------------- "The worst thing about censorship is "

A while ago I posted about a tiny, severly malnourished 8 week old kitten I had found wandering my neighborhood and had taken in. Foster, I said. Adopt him out to a wonderful home, I said. Get the basics of training on him, get him habituated to his harness and leash and send him on his way, I...

Hello All, I posted a month ago our Insane tortie. We have had Feliway for about two and a half weeks now, and we are seeing improvement. Frankie the Insane has become mellower. She seems to crave more attention compared to her predominantly aloof self. Moreover, even though some of the...

Finally, after four visits, they got a urine sample from Buddha today. The vet said her urine looks good and does not indicate any kidney problems in and of itself. (He checked it for "specific gravity?") He wrote us a prescription for Tapazole in 10 mg tablets, half of one every 12 hours. He said...

My b/f went to the opthamalagist (sp?) today to check on Benny's cloudy eye. We had noticed it had definately got cloudier in the last few days. After a number of tests, dilating the pupils, etc we learned that he has a cataract in his left eye, most likely a genetic flaw that has been there since...

Kittens update: We had to take the brood to the vet due to one having a gooey eye. We found out the one is showing signs of URI and so the vet put them all on Amoxi drops. We have moved them and blocked off the area where she was keeping them and also bought one of the Snuggle Safes that Karen was...

I took my cat for an ultrasound this morning and unfortunately, it didn't come back with good results that I was SO optimistically looking forward to receiving. Apparently, he has lumps and/or masses spreading throughout his abdomen. On the mezzentary (sp?)? The doctor said he either has FIP...

The blood work came back normal for kidney function. Thanks so much for all your kind words. The Tapazole needed to be adjusted, he is now up to 1.5 pills a day instead of 1. He did have a slightly elevated liver enzyme, which I plan to discuss further with the vet (DH answered the call from the...