Recent Content by hillyy13

He’s an absolute nutter, doesn’t stop for a minute! In fact, at just over one year old he’s crazier than he’s ever been lol. I’ll definitely keep an eye, thanks!

My Persian cat turned one in March so we put him onto adult food. I have always kept note of his weight due to my older cat having kidney issues so I weigh him frequently. At the most recent weigh in, I noticed my one year old has dropped around 300g. The only thing that has changed is he’s...

Yeah he has none of them symptoms and eating like a pig as usual! I’m grateful in a way we caught his elevated kidney numbers early as we’ve been able to manage it very well and his numbers are now almost back in normal range. I hope your kidney cat is doing okay!

For comparison - I will keep in case I need to show vet in future!

Thanks, I just checked again and it’s basically gone which is good! I did read it could be an ulcer due to kidney disease but this is usually in the much later stages, and I don’t think an ulcer would disappear that quickly!

Thanks! It’s going down more and more as the day goes on so think it could well be from biting his tongue! Need to stop him from scoffing his food in 2 mins flat haha

Thanks FeebysOwner, this morning it looks a little less red and completely flat! I will keep monitoring

He does scoff his food and it looks to be near his bottom tooth. I’ll keep an eye over the next few days and hope that is all it is!

Hi, I noticed a red mark on the underside of my cats tongue today. Does anyone know what this might be and if it warrants a vet visit? He is a 3.5 year old Persian, on daily steroids for allergies and also has stage 1 kidney disease. Thanks!

Sorry for the late response, I’ve been away! That is actually such a good point regarding acid reflux - he quite often gags and makes funny noises after he’s eaten. It could be linked. How do you treat that?!

Hi furballsmom, we showed the vet a video yesterday but he didn’t seem concerned. He said it was likely due to him being a persian. I’m wondering how I can attach a video on here? It’s not the worst he’s sounded but at least I managed to get it!

When we took Cecil to the emergency vets for his breathing the first time, she did an ultrasound on his lungs to check for fluid. The vet said his lungs were clear, so I'm hoping this doesn't point to it HCM (as it says symptoms come from fluid on the lungs). But I will ask again for sure!

I spoke to the vet and he ruled out hyperthyroidism, his T4 number was actually on the low side!

Thank you so much for the reply! When I'm back from my holidays I will schedule him in to get his airways looked at. I'll also look into those supplements as they sound very helpful. My mind has been in overdrive from his eposide last night and I have a few possible thoughts on what else could...

Hi everyone, I am at a total loss on what's causing Cecil's breathing issue. Occasionally, when he's very relaxed and purring, he starts doing drawn-out breaths that sound a bit whistly. When it's at its worst, his mouth opens, his tongue comes out and he sort of sticks his head forward then...