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'ilovemia' Wrote: A high thirst drive is not natural for a cat. Cats get most of their moisture from their food. Dry food has as little as 10% moisture and no matter how much water your kitty drinks they are most likely not getting their daily requirements for moisture. In the wild you barely...

Lily came to me with the crappiest food on the market (my worst nightmare). And immediately I wanted to get her off of this crappy food. Thinking that my cats do really good with switching their canned food all the time I thought that Lily would be okay with a sudden switch of food as well. Big...

Lily came to me with the crappiest food on the market (my worst nightmare). And immediately I wanted to get her off of this crappy food. Thinking that my cats do really good with switching their canned food all the time I thought that Lily would be okay with a sudden switch of food as well. Big...

How did this vet diagnose Baylor with Megacolon? Did he take an xray? Was the colon really enlarged? Why is the vet giving Baylor steroids to treat Megacolon? In all my research and hearing from other people regarding feline megacolon I have never heard a cat put on steroids to treat megacolon...

I can't stress enough to really saturate (soak) the area. Do not just lightly spray the area. Soak it really good and let dry. Re-saturate if need be. So far I have used it on carpet, linoleum, a mattress, cat carrier (not sure the material but it is the type that collapses) and every single...

I agree 100% with the other posters....he should get checked by a vet ASAP!! There are many good threads on this forum with tons of info & tricks to help getting a cat to stop peeing. Take a few minutes and look around on this forum for more tips and tricks that may have been missed in this...

Thanks for letting her know this as well Otto. I am glad to hear this is not an option now! , No other options from a conventional perspective maybe ~ which is very limited. But there are more natural options forsure. How much of what are you feeding? How many of them did you have plugged in...

What food are you feeding? And how much? Rule of thumb is a cat should be getting 20-30 calories per lb of ideal body weight ~ ie. If your cats ideal body weight is 10lbs then he should be getting 200-300 calories a day. (closer to 200 calories for a non-active cat and closer to 300 for a very...

Your welcome At first this condition can be very scary. That is why I was so thankful to have found the Feline Megacolon group on Yahoo. Everyone on there is experiencing the same condition with their cat. They helped me through the first few scary months with my cat when she was diagnosed...

. I live in Canada so I am not familiar with the online pharmacies in the US. My vet gets the flavoured chews from a compounding pharmacy in a different province because they are cheaper and tastier then the local compounding pharmacies chews where I live. Online compounding pharmacies are...

Great idea about adding more water to the cats food!!! I think it is a good idea for megacolon cats to eat canned food with a bit of water added to make sure they are getting enough moisture in their diet. This is especially important for cats. Unfortunately my megacolon cat HATES watered down...

The beef ones I give her almost look like a round piece of pepperoni. When I smell them it always reminds me of pepperoni I want to eat them She won't eat them either unless I smear them with canned food or a liquid she likes. She's gotten to the point where I will say "Treat treat" and go...

I forgot to ask what form of the Cisapride are you giving? I know the Miralax is a tasteless odourless powder that can be added into his wet food. What form is the other stool softner? I am thinking that if the Cisapride and the other stool softner have to be syringed or pilled maybe he is tired...

Did the xrays confirm he had Megacolon? How much of each medications are you giving and how many times a day? What are you feeding him? What I have learned on a feline megacolon group I belong to for my cat that high fibre diets can work against some megacolon cats. I know a high fibre diet was...