Recent Content by jennyanniedots

Please know that I'm not encouraging you to euthanize Hannah, as that's your decision. But should you decide to, when we euthanized a beloved family dog, we did it at home--the vet was kind enough to come there, with us there petting Lady until her last breath. However, I know people who have...

I agree...lethargic can mean a number of things. If you want, call your vet, explain the symptoms, and let them help you decide.

I posted about her the other day, throwing up green. We took her to the vet the next day, when we saw that she'd stopped eating. They checked her, hydrated her, observed her all day, and then sent her home with instructions to try to feed her and call back today. Today she was worse, so I took...

We have a Petmate one, and the cats love it. It needs to be cleaned weekly, and we have to replace it about once a year when the motor burns out. But for $30, it's worth it for cats that refuse to drink anything but running water. I cannot tell you how many times I will get home from work and...

We have no rat poison here, so there's no way she'd have gotten into that (she's indoors only). What is coming up is the color of the grass, so that's why I suspect that. She's been doing OK today...I went and got some wet food so she could get the fluids from that, and she ate it. I'm...

Lucy, my younger one is throwing up dark green. And a lot. When my husband got home last night there were large green stains of cat vomit (and yes, we've identified that it was Lucy) throughout the kitchen. She slept with me most of the night, but when I got up this morning, there was another...

I don't know the proper terminology, but cats and dogs sometimes scoot when their anal glands need to be expressed. My sister has to do that with her cats, and I haven't experience it yet, so I don't know a whole lot about it. (Other than it's somewhat unpleasant but necessary.) Maybe a call to...

Cinnamon, I'm still a kitten here, I would suggest posting your question in a thread that's related to your subject. Maybe start a new thread with your question with an appropriate subject header. You might get more response that way if people can see and identify with the topic. (people don't...

I had no idea that "poopy foot" was such a common condition among cats!! Henry used to do that when he was younger, but now that so many people mention that it happened to their cats when they were young, I realize that except when he's got bowel problems, we don't have to deal with the...

I can tell the story of Lucy jumping in the toilet last night, but Henry's account is so much better. Check it out at http://www.brilliantignorance.com/henry/ . What an interesting night we had at my house last night!

Hissy, what's a "senior panel?" (What tests do they run?) Degasduncan, I was going to suggest looking into dementia or maybe a seizure disorder (it's OK, they are treatable). A more responsive vet and bloodwork chould help determine the problem, I'd think. Because of her age, I wonder if it's...

I have crushed pain pills to give Henry in the past, but I don't know about the two you mentioned. He takes liquids much better than pills so I get liquid or something crushable. Henry is currently on Clavamox liquid right now, and fortunately it's not bitter--it tastes like bubble...

I would much rather call the vet with a so-called "stupid question" than not call and have it be something bad. JMHO. BTW, I think I'm probably known at my vet, and my own physician's office as being the "stupid question" person. Better be safe than sorry!

That's like saying that putting lead or arsenic in my noodle soup is OK because it's not in an amount great enough to cause any harm. Whatever. Why put it in in the first place? Sounds like she just wanted to sell the food and didn't have an answer.

Unfortunately, I've had to remove all plants from the inside of my house to make sure the cats don't poison themselves on plants. Even cut flowers and fake ones tempt Henry! I've taken to putting fake flowers where Henry can't get to them, but that doesn't always work too well. What I do get...