Greetings Everyone! Like most of you, I am concerned about the number of stray cats and the many cats waiting in cages to be adopted. A recent volunteer trip to our local shelter left me shocked and saddened at the statistics. I have started making "Adopt a Cat" shirts, along with "Adopt a Dog"...

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My cat has recently gone through a bout with struvite crystals. During her last vet visit, it was determined that the crystals had dissolved, but there was still some sign of infection. She was placed on a low dosage of antibiotics to make sure the bladder walls had healed with no bacteria...

Last night I felt a lump the size of a pea on Scarlett's (1 yr, 8 mo old spayed female) mouth and thought it felt like an abcess. Called vet's office this morning, but of course due to holiday, they were closed. Since it seemed like an infection I took her to the emergency clinic and the diagnosis...

One of my fosters was found outside very pregnant. She delivered 5 kittens within a week. She weaned them abruptly at 5 weeks and the next day got sick herself and stopped eating or drinking. She had an Intusseption. The vet did a bowel resection and removed around 11" of Ileum. They sent her home...

Hi, It has been a few years since I have been here. I have came to ask a few questions.. I remember Phil being so wonderful with helping people understand blood work results.. Ok a bit about my situation.. This is going to be long.. Sorry everyone. I have had Mischue for 6 years his blood work...

Well, Meep comes out of quarantine next weekend. I'm not there yet myself, but am trying to plan ahead... What premium cat foods are available in Australia? I know Iams and Science Diet (Hills) is. How about Royal Canin? And, what's a good online pet supplies vendor in Australia? Just in case...

I just added 2 new kittens to my family. Both boys. I havent let them met the rest of the fur family,maybe in a day or 2. A client came in today with their mom to get spayed, she came with the whole litter (4 boys).The kittens all got shots,wormed and exams.She was given the kittens away so I got...

Six of my cats were born last August 7, and were spay/neutered at age 5 months. But they have not had rabies shots yet. I need to know the legally required age for the first rabies shot. Thanks for any info.

Does anyone here have a job so boring that you wonder what the person who hired you was thinking when you knew you had more experience than the job required? Sometimes I think employers look at your resume once and despite your vast experience they think you are just perfect for the lowest end...

I have a 10 year old cat. He's still VERY VERY youthful. He was rescued from an alley with his brother, and brought over to my house in a box. That must've been a very traumatic experience for him because he's been scared of everything ever since then! He is pure black. His name is Midnight, and...

I would like to be able to trim Tiger's butt hair. Unfortunately, the sound of the clippers frightens him and makes the job impossible. Is there such a thing as a silent clipper? As it is now, I have to take him to the vet who tranquilizes him to do it. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of...

Hi there, I finally (FINALLY! Yay!) convinced my CRF cat to eat wet food. She's now on x/d, since she showed tons and tons of calcium oxalate crystals at her last check, as well as a stone in each ureter. Now, it's been forever since I had a cat on wet food. Right now, Ginger's eating about a 5...

Does anyone use this for flea control? Also has anyone had experience with it killing ear mites? In the info I have read it claims to kill ear mites. thanks Michael Lane " Say what you want and be who you are, because those who mind don't matter

Anyone out there have any good recipes for properly nutritious homemade cat food and or kitty treats that a cat would actually eat? I tried to make some kitty treats once...made exactly like the recipe called for...took the time to make it, roll them out, cut them into little bite size pieces (...

forgive my spelling but im up very late or earley / confuesed/ and searching the internet. my 12 year old cat started loosing weight so i took him to the vet i figuered it was probely bad teeth and knowing that at his age probley not a good idea to have teeth done well i was right and at...

The following page has a lot of relatively recent nutritional info on canned foods: http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/canfood.html Perhaps some of you knwo about it but it was new to me. Now my only question to those who can read and interpret these numbers is, which ones are good, or let's say...

My cat seems to have the classic symptoms of a hair ball. He vomits about 10 minutes after eating anything solid. Even a single piece of food will make him vomit. It makes him really miserable for about 10 or 15 minutes and then he's OK. Otherwise he's fine. He drinks, pees, poops, plays and...

I'm hoping that someone can offer a diagnosis for my limping cat. She is a 13 year old, indoor cat who is limping on her left rear leg. She walks with the lower bone (the part just above her pad) almost parallel to the ground. It is if she cannot put weight on her pad or the joint above the pad....

Hello, I have a young cat aged 12 months hes a Tom who has been neutered he strays from our garden every day and is gone 7 hours he has once been found having travelled a pedestrian flyover over a Motorway he was taken back by a neightbour. I rang the vet about this behaviour he said to restrict...