Our 12-year old, maine-coonish moggie has a small wound on his chin again this Fall. In the past, we'd removed his plastic food-dish, since we'd heard that plastic can cause allergic reactions. This seemed to work for a few years, but over the last couple years he seems to get this wound back. It...

Chloe is more or less integrated into our household now, but she has some psychological issues that mean occasional spats with the long-term residents, Tiger and Louis (as well as us). It's been months since an eruption, but just a bit ago she and Louis the Bengal mixed it up. Louis is very high...

Hi everyone. So my cat had a blockage over the weekend and luckily the emergency vet caught it in time. I just got back from my regular vet where they gave me Clavamox and S/D Diet food for him. Now, I gave him his squirt of medication and I then noticed on the box that it says to mix with 14...

As some of you may know, I just adopted two cats from my local humane society last week. They had their first appointment with my vet this morning. She detected a heart murmur in the male, Charlie. My vet recommended that I follow up with the animal cardiologist to the tune of $500! My vet said...

Me and my boyfriend just got a new kitten and within the first five minutes of seeing him i knew he had fleas. we bathed him in baby shampoo and i comed him with a flea comb probibly like fifteen times and i brought him to the vet the next day and she applied revolution(a topical flea med)right in...

We have three adult cats, one significantly overweight, and a 2nd one gaining. We've tried Purina One weight control food but it doesn't seem to help. Any suggestions for a good dry diet kibble? I've heard both good and bad things about Iams, so I don't know what to think. Stacia

Hello, Group. I have a problem! I have two cats - brother & sister, no specific breed, both about 3 years old. They are both house cats and aren't allowed outside. For some months now the female (Laska) has refused to acknowledge that night time is sleep time. She demands some kind of...

Hi everyone. I have posted previously about my cat having a blockage and now I have a couple of ques. regarding his diet and recovery. When I took my little guy home from the emergency vet on Saturday, the vet there never mentioned anything to me regarding a special diet, so, he has been eating...

I have 4 furbabies of which 3 are like 4 or 5 years old and 1 is like 15 or 16 years old. The older one mostly hangs out in the bedroom because the other harrass (SP) her when she comes out but in there she is the boss. I keep food and water in the bedroom so she can eat without keeping watch...

Update on my cat Ana (see thread Contipation and vomiting). It turns out that constipation is not the real issue here. The vet did another Xray yesterday, which did show some smallish stools, but she said that when she felt her abdomen, the stools did not feel hard, and that the Xray actually...

My cat just got back from spending the weekend at the vet's because he needed SubQ fluids and antibiotics - I know my cat's tongue was red - now it's purple - think its the meds or a reaction to the meds? I'm assuming the vet would've noticed this before otherwise she won't have sent him home. ...

if so, what? do they have wet dreams? do they dream of greek orgies? do gay cats exist? do they dream in freudian fashion? do they dream in filmic fashion? are they like sort of 4 legged equivalents of maya deren? was maya deren a cat? is david lynch a cat? so does david lynch sleep 25 hours a...

Hi all. It has been just over a month. I miss him just as much if not more every day. Here's Dudley's story for those who wanted to read about him. :) First off, I have to preface this by saying we had no intention of getting another cat. I have had my Luna since she was about 6 months old and...

Me and my boyfriend just got a new kitten and within the first five minutes of seeing him i knew he had fleas. we bathed him in baby shampoo and i comed him with a flea comb probibly like fifteen times and i brought him to the vet the next day and she applied revolution(a topical flea med)right in...

My cat is indoor/outdoor. As I work overnight and can be gone for 18 hours at a time he sleeps out in the shed which I have set up as a little house for him and he can go in and out through an opening I have made for him. A couple of times I have heard him what I can only describe as crying. This...

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So here's the story...my friend recently moved to England and didn't want to take his cat because of the 6 month quarantine laws. He thought it unfair for the cat. I offered to take her, and he was grateful knowing she would be well cared for. She has always been a nervous and scared cat, hiding...

2 brothers year & half old, (neutered) they have 2 litter boxes, that are scooped every day...no change in type of litter, no change in diet (eating well), no change in thier behavior (being a bit rowdy but ppl in here said it was normal)...they drink plently of fresh water I have one of drinking...

Hello. My cat was put on the presciption c/d diet after having a blockage this past weekend. The problem is, he won't eat it. I feel so terrible. He is just sitting in the kitchen by his food bowl waiting for his old food. It has been 2 days now and he just will not eat although I know that he...

I'll summarize to try to make this one concise post. My cat Ana, 2.5 yrs old spayed female. Had an episode of vomiting and not eating last month, blood test was ran and showed a slightly elevated WBC. I kept her isolated for a few days and she got better, almost like magic. Two weeks ago, it...