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    Switching brands and incorporating wet

    There’s a few tricks you could try to get her to eat more wet food. Sometimes warming the food up for about 5-10 seconds helps, you can also sprinkle some Fortiflora or dried tuna flakes on top. Some cats really love broths as a food topper, fancy feast makes a few varieties. You want to avoid...
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    Prednisilone Compounding

    Your idea sounds good. I think I gave my cat 0.4ml liquid of the chicken flavor. I know he didn't love the taste, but giving such a small amount wasn't so bad
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    New kitten strange colour!

    oh my goodness, what an adorable kitty!!!!!
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    I forgot to update, I ended up adopting the two bonded cats!!!!! The black kitten is just the sweetest little thing, she loves when you talk to her and enjoys tummy pets. The white kitty is full of energy and loves to explore. Other than a few incidents peeing outside the litter box, things...
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    Urinating And Pooping On Furniture... I Don’t Know What To Do :(

    That's really good news that she doesn't have any FIC symptoms. I think the advice from others here is really good, making her comfortable and confident at home could really help. I bet even if you try an anxiety med, it could be temporary and she may stop peeing once she's relaxed and really...
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    Urinating And Pooping On Furniture... I Don’t Know What To Do :(

    I wonder if your kitty could have painful bladder syndrome? It also goes by the term FIC, my cat was briefly misdiagnosed as having this when he had litterbox issues. I don't know too much about it, but we were given low doses of buprenorphine for him. Maybe it's something you could look up...
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    I found a cute bonded pair at the shelter! There's a 4 month old black girl kitten and a 1 year old white male kitty. I was really drawn to this pair after the shelter described the kitten as shy and the adult male as rambunctious and playful. I was told they really compliment each other and...
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    I Feel Like I'm Close To Having To Make "that" Call, But I'm So Unsure

    :( I'm sorry, I know it's really really hard to lose a friend. Don't doubt yourself though, you know your cat best and assessed her quality of life and saw her struggling. What you did was very kind, even though it's so hard. I just went through losing my cat about 2 months ago, so I...
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    I Feel Like I'm Close To Having To Make "that" Call, But I'm So Unsure

    Can your vet offer other forms of thyroid medication? Maybe the topical wasn't absorbing very well, some compounding pet pharmacies offer treats with the meds in them, or compounded liquids that you just shoot a little into their mouth. Of course there's pills too, but I've always found it...
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    I'm still missing Buddy so much but would like to look into adopting a new cat or kitten. The problem is, it's just so overwhelming and i've never felt like that after losing a cat and adopting a new kitty. I'm not sure if this anxiety is a fear of change? I'm worried that a new cat won't be...
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    Inappropriate Peeing

    I'm not sure what's going on, but at her age she could have arthritis and associates squatting in the litterbox with pain. I know sometimes cats will pee outside the litterbox when they're stressed too, you could try out a prescription for gabapentin which would help with both pain and stress...
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    Anyone Else Have A "reminder" Cat, Not A Replacement But A "reminder" Of Ones Passed?

    I currently don't, but keep finding myself wanting to adopt cats at the local shelter that I later realize it's because they remind me so much of the 2 cats I lost (one passed on 2.5 years ago and then Buddy was my other cat that passed away close to 2 months now). I guess it's not so much that...
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    It's been about 10 days since I said goodbye to Buddy, this hurts so much. Everyday i'm reminded of him in some way and start crying. I really miss Buddy especially at night and in the morning, he was such a good snuggler :( I keep looking at kittens and cats up for adoption and hoping...
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    Hi, i'm sorry I missed this question yesterday. Buddy used to be a bit chubby and I didn't always feed him the best food, so I think he just had good genetics. Buddy was always a real calm cat and loved meeting new people, so I think being low stress may have been good for him. The vet we...
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    My Cat Was With Me Throughout My Entire Adult Life And Now He's Gone

    I know what you mean, I bet it's tough to return the cats after fostering but some only need a home for 1-2 weeks and there are older cats that just need a short break from shelter life. Buddy was a kitten when I got him, my little girl was a year old but was always very petite and only weighed...
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