Recent Content by crunchie

I couldn't see the sheep skin/blankets in the picture you had posted. I don't think t the cat bed is necessary now if you have those in the cage. I think your set up is pretty good as well and I wish you and your cat a speedy recovery. The six weeks might seem a little daunting, I know it did...

I had to go through something similar 4 years ago when my cat tore her ACL in her left leg and had surgery for it. She had to be isolated and not allowed to be a cat (no jumping, running etc.) for 9 weeks. I bought a large pen (it was a dog pen) and had her in that. As someone has mentioned...

I don't really have any first hand experience but I know that the clinic that I took my cat to has a policy that if the HT reappears within 1 year of treatment they will retreat the cat free of charge. Luckily all of her blood work was good (tested 1mo, 3mos and just shy of 1 year). So I don't...

Arm & Hammer Litter Clump & Seal Multi-Cat Litter. Feels like a soft sand, clumps well. I only have 1 cat but feel that if it's good for multiple cats it should be great for 1. I clean it 2x day and it lasts.

I had my cat in for l-131 treatment last fall. Didn't even hesitate. I didn't want to go the medication route as that doesn't cure the HT. It was expensive but so worth it. But considering what is involved with just treating the HT with meds, vet bills (blood work etc) it will be cheaper in...

Hello Nglasure, sorry for the delayed response, but I'm just seeing this now. I don't really remember the exact time frame. But it was pretty much just like all the articles that I read. In all probably about 3 months until there was really no longer any concern. But of course there were...

It was probably about 4 days or so after surgery that my cat finally pooped. She was peeing fine but it just took a while for #2 to happen. If your cat is eating and peeing then I don't think there is anything to worry about. My cat was also on Buprenorphine for a couple of weeks with no...

Well I truly hope that it is not the same with your cat. It does sound like your cat's limp isn't as bad so pretty sure it isn't the ACL. Good luck on Friday I hope it turns out okay.

I didn't think her limp was very significant either, but I didn't have anything to compare it to. The vet told me that I could do nothing and leave it alone, eventually there would be scar tissue that would grow over, but it would still remain unstable. He also warned that as she got older she...

Hi catlover, sorry to hear about your cat's limp. I'm not sure if you've brought him to the vet already but I would strongly suggest doing so. It was exactly around this time 1 year ago when I noticed my cat had a slight limp on her back leg. She didn't have one the night before but the next...

My cat was recently diagnosed with Hyper-Thyroid. She was borderline HT last spring so it didn't come as a surprise, in fact I was expecting it. During that time I did lot of reading on HT and when the time came I decided to go straight for the Radioactive Iodine treatment. I had read too...

When the vet initially put the cone on did it have a ribbon/string/something that also was put through loops and tied around the neck? You need to make sure that it is also tied on and it needs to be fairly tight so that the cat cannot pull it off. You should be able to put 1 or 2 fingers...

My cat had a major leg surgery last Feb and needed to wear the cone. I too was home all day and thought that I could "watch" her. It took seconds for her to rip the stitches out which required another trip to the vet to get them restitched. After that the cone stayed on for the recommended...

So glad to hear that Murray is doing well.

Aw, poor Murray. Glad he made it through the surgery and hope he has a speedy recovery.