Can anyone advise me? I have a 2 yr, 9mo. old male long hair cat. He has always been perfectly healthy. Yesterday, he kept going to the littlebox, crouching as if he needed to urinate, but nothing came out, or only a drop would come out. He did this at least 5 times over a four hour period. He...

Hello, We took Tango, our 1 yr old male cat to the vet yesterday, and we have been told he has Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. She says it does not seem too bad at the moment, but that it will almost certainly shorten his life. My Fiancé Claire is devastated beyond belief. She has an incredibly...

Hi, I have two cats - Smokey is 5 years old and I have him 4 years. Harry is 3 years old and I have him 2 months. They fight! Neither cat will give in. There has been no injuries as such yet except yesterday I noticed some scratches on Smokey's forehead but nothing serious. Over Christmas I...

Yesterday night I noticed that my cat had a reddish, swollen area on the front of his lower jaw. If he had a lip, it would be on the center of his lower lip. It looks almost as if his tounge is hanging out slightly (but it isn't). It doesn't seem to be painful, because I gently touched it and...

Does anyone have any experience with cats having horrible nightmares/night terrors? My 6-yr-old, formerly feral, cat has had 2 episodes that I think (I hope...) were nightmares in the past few months. Both times, he's woken me up early in the AM screaming and yowling (it sounds like a catfight's...

Hi, we have an 11 year old male. He's always been in perfect health. a week ago he vomited up a full stomach's worth of food, cleaned it up, though possibly it was because I'd switched him to science diet senior hairball controll (he used to eat this, but a few months ago, he ate something else...

Can anyone tell me what "head pressing" means? I have a sick kitty on my hands, and I have only been able to read very little about this behavior, which I believe he is exhibiting.( I did some searching on my own on the internet about cat symptoms.) My cat was healthy 4 days ago, then stopped...

Hi there, What is the correct water temperature for a cat? I've tried looking for this info for some time now, but have not come up with anything. I know dogs actually prefer water that is not too cold. Is this the same for cats? The reason I ask is because for a few months now I have been...

Hi We just got our cat Miss Chief spayed a couple of weeks ago and last Friday she had her stitches out. Since then she has been very happy and doesn't seem unwell but there has been a little bit of seepage from the incision site. Specifically it looks a bit damp and occasionally there are faint...

I've been reading through some recent posts/messages and I now I'm puzzled by something. If you take your cat to the vet and it's diagnosed with some sort of potentially fatal illness, shouldn't the vet tell you that the cat might die? I guess I could understand them not wanting to give...

My cat (5 yr old Neutered Male) suffered a pretty bad blockage two weeks ago. It was extremely difficult to cathetarize him. He also had stones in his bladder (stone analysis isn't back yet but I suspect oxalate since his ph is 6 and there were no crystals in his urine). My kitty underwent a...

Hi, I may be needing to move from Tennessee to Vegas and taking 2 cats there. I have a wild cat who won't let me pet him and a tame cat that I can pet. A. I may drive. Was wondering how I might go about transporting the cats. They will definitely need to use the bathroom on the way.

Hi, we have an 11 year old male. He's always been in perfect health. a week ago he vomited up a full stomach's worth of food, cleaned it up, though possibly it was because I'd switched him to science diet senior hairball controll (he used to eat this, but a few months ago, he ate something else...

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote: Do some serious label reading. You will find a lot of the same "plant" codes for canning location between brands vs. generic. Seriously. Some generic pet foods are made by Purina.

Hi, I am a 3rd year vet student and have a behavioral question I can not answer! I have 2 cats, Simon, 6 1/2 yrs and Velcro, 4 1/2 yrs, and both are on the plump side. (Very large LONG cats anyways but 16 lb) So, they are on R/D and was getting 1 cup per day but since they need to lose more weight...

"-L." wrote in message ... cybercat wrote: "Beth" wrote http://i1.tinypic.com/mkvtiq.jpg Uhm...from the look on your cat's face, it's not too...

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:49:28 +0000, Margarita Salt wrote: Don't you just want to take every rescue cat home with you??? :) I was just at PetsMart and went to visit the kitties. I was just walking past them to see who was awake when a sweet tuxedo girl opened her eyes and stumbled over...

Margarita Salt wrote: Steven Vassall, 28, was arrested last week and charged with treating an untold number of pets without a license, authorities said Wednesday. He was released on $2,500 bail. This scumbag should not have been granted bail. The kitten is a total hero :)

Margarita Salt wrote: Don't you just want to take every rescue cat home with you??? :) I was just at PetsMart and went to visit the kitties. I was just walking past them to see who was awake when a sweet tuxedo girl opened her eyes and stumbled over herself to get out of her hidey and...

I used to post here but my computer died, we finally saved up enough to get a new one any way, we have 2 brother's, Moe & Rudy, fixed, indoor cats...they are large cats, are last one Sam was only 9 lbs...Moe weighs in at 16lbs also has longest fur, he gets crap stuck around the butt area...we...