Recent Content by catclan

Oh, no, Cheetah, I really hope it's not. :( I know the vets are only human, but I'm pretty frustrated--ultrasound showed bile duct inflammation and pancreatitis, after the IDEXX pancreatitis test came back negative. That gives me no confidence there ever again... His HCT was 34.7, pretty...

Oh, you two. :( My heart goes out to you. Merry Christmas Enema, DeeJay, I hope your tummy feels better and you feel like feasting on Christmas breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :vibes::vibes::vibes:

Hi, cheetah. Thank you for caring about my guy too. I've been reading your thread about DeeJay's pancreatitis and I really hope you can find some answers... I want DeeJay and Matt out of the woods and enthusiastic about eating again! Vet visits plural for Matt since I last visited TCS...

I hope the other vet has some answers for you and DeeJay. Matt and I are thinking of you today.

Chow down, DeeJay. :vibes:

cprcheetah, thank you for mentioning strength/dilution. I didn't think of that. I'm so tired and worried, my mind is definitely not all there. I'll ask this morning. Poor guy finally expressed interest in food. He licked up some tuna gravy. What he wanted to eat on Monday was the Science...

I need to go food shopping because kitty emergencies have kept me close to home. Dinner will therefore showcase the elegance of carrot, onion, and potatoes roasted in foil in the oven. :)

Crystallized ginger coated in dark chocolate, which I had forgotten I had! :)

My 9-lb guy Matt had an IV of buprenorphine at 0.04 mg per 8 hours at the overnight vet clinic and then received 0.5 mL of injectable buprenorphine at his regular vet for a 10-hour hospitalization. They released Matt to come home with me and prescribed 0.05 mL of liquid buprenorphine for me to...

I'm getting a headache trying to calculate dry matter basis from canned labels. I get the feeling that I am doing it wrong. My cats did not ask for a dunce mom. Please bear with me, for their sake. :rub: Is there a pinned thread someplace on TCS that breaks down cat food labels and dry...

Thank you. I think we're better now. :) I'm so glad to say I mis-read the "scratch" on Taxi's eye lid. It was not a wound but really fluid from conjunctivitis, which was his eventual diagnosis. I forgot what the vet called the fluid. It looked exactly like drying blood, a dark red in...

Thank you for your kind words and vibes, vball91 and sanandreas. Please keep them coming if you can, as Taxi is not out of the woods. Both his lower eye lids are now swollen and his pupils have stopped contracting. He is back at the vet's again and they are running more tests. Your Godfrey...

My poor Taxi has developed a teary eye in the last 24 hours. The tears are clear and watery. He's not squinting and the third eye-lid is tucked away as usual and is its normal color. His behavior in general is normal, except for slightly increased face-washing and scratching. Things took a...

Thank you for all the good advice, Stefan. I don't know more than the messages the vet left for me. She says that the cat's owners want it back, nothing more. She and I will be able to talk again in the morning. If the owners want to reclaim the cat, it's really none of my business whether...

(not exactly "feral" but not sure what the right thread would be; please move as needed!) I'm having a hard time with my health, and my brain is even foggier than usual as a result. I want to make sure I say what needs saying when the cat goes back home. I'd been seeing the poor thing living...