Recent Content by Dianarose

Thank you for finding this! I wish vets would give us photos or diagrams after the surgery to help us understand what it should look like. It would really help owners like me from freaking out. Looking online has not been helpful at all- so many disturbing pictures of cats in surgery come up...

So it looks like he is healing well- I’m using the paper pellet litter but he won’t use it! So he’s been peeing and pooping on the pee pads I have set out in the bathroom. Here’s a picture from today- I can’t find many pictures online of a successful PU surgery after it’s healed. Maybe there...

Thank you/ yes only others on this and similar cat sites understand the stress… I am so sleep-deprived! Here is today’s picture. It looks better to me, but after he pees, the area does look red. Do you think the pee irritates the tender post-surgery skin to make it “raw”? I did send the...

Thank you for your reply. Yes I’m going to email the pictures to the Emergency Vet just to make sure/ I’m just really trying to avoid going back in with him right now if I don’t need to because he gets SO stressed out. Here’s a picture we just took/ it looks a little less inflamed, I think…Does...

Hello all, My 4yo cat Cubby had the PU surgery on Friday Nov. 11. He stayed at the vet overnight and they discharged him saying he was peeing well and all looked good, and I could continue the after-care at home. I’ve had his e-collar on and he’s been eating his prescription wet food quite well...

Hi all!! The kittens are doing wonderful and we are in love with all of them! They just turned 3 weeks yesterday. A couple questions: 1. When should I place a litter box in their vicinity to train them? The mommy, Mochi, has been taking care of bathroom issues marvelously so far. Some...

So I tried the pinch test you described- skin is pliable, and round tummies are soft. But is it normal for a 4-day old kitten to pee on her own without stimulation? Clear pee was dripping from her while she nursed. And I just don’t see mama licking them there much. She sleeps while they...

Thank you so much! I ended up needing to help her with the last two kittens during delivery because she did not lick or break their amniotic fluid-filled sacks - I don't think she even realized they had come because she was busy licking the first two kitties. So thankfully I had prepared by...

Another round belly pic- but also so cute. I was thinking they are just healthy, but started reading how they can get bloated, either with gas, constipation, or worms. How would I discern normal belly from bloated one?

Here is a pic of the kitty I saw peeing clear liquid on her own today. She does have a round belly: Normal or not??

Hello again! So how can I tell if Mama cat Mochi is properly stimulating all her kittens enough to pee/poop? I've seen her do it a few times, but not a ton - and obviously I'm not watching 24/7 so she could be doing it just fine, but at Day 4, their bellies do look very round...and this...

Love how they all pile up when mama leaves for a little break

Hello! Thanks for all the advice and tips. Mama and for babies are doing great today! They all seem to be nursing, although they are extremely mobile climbing all over each other when trying to find the perfect latch- sometimes it takes a couple of them a while to find it! Another question-...

Here’s Mochi with her 4 kittens! I brought her both KMR and kitten wet food and she devoured them. I have a few more questions- I appreciate your advice so much! 1- she moved the kittens from the cozy place (seen above) to a plastic bin with no towel (I had removed the towel to use during her...

Thank you so much. She’s had four kittens, and I think that is it… She is resting well the kittens nurse, or try to nurse anyway. Two of them keep moving around a lot and are having a bit of a time trying to latch on properly. At what point do I bring her food? I have a water bowl close to...