It has been very helpful to get your replies and I can update on Ellie. After several months on Hills thyroid care she is much better, though we have had a few ups and downs when she would not eat wet food then would not eat dry, and then the supply of wet tinned food disappeared due to...
Brilliant info. I can see a possible way forward. I was worried about fibre content particularly with a meat diet, and did not think about psyllium. I will discuss it with my vet. Thanks all.
Thank you. That is very helpful and just the kind of advice/confirmation I was looking for. At the moment Ellie is on the Hills Thyroid Y/D without any other food, but I will talk to my vet about alternating it. I had certainly seen that minced chicken was a way to go, but was not sure what...
Hi everyone. I have not been around for a long time but now I need some info and some advice. My 17 year old Ellie (some of you will remember her) was diagnosed earlier this year with hyperthyroidism, and has been doing very well on Hills Thyroid care pates. She will not touch the croquette dry...
Thanks. Yes I have an opthalmologist. She has been tested negative for herpes. My vet is not yet convinced it is necessary but I shall try to persuade her to refer me. Poor little Yoda is so good when I clean her eyes and put drops in. She just sits and purrs. She is such a super little cat, and...
Hello everyone. I have not been around for awhile, too busy with my 11 current cats and fosters, not to mention other activities, but I would like to share a problem and ask advice. About 5 months ago I found a stray kitten on the roadside, far from any houses. Not unusual, except that this...
Yes, I was lucky. Replying to Norachan, I have had an up and down time. I lost my Shetland mare, Maisie, last year, But have my riding horse, Texane and the two other Shetlands. Currently I have 9 cats. losing Bonaparte and Dushka, which hit me very hard, but gaining several others. I am working...
Hallo everyone. I have not been on here for a long time, too busy with my hands-on cat rescues. But I have recently had a very scary experience that I want to share, involving FeLV testing.
Because I had a rescue cat that proved FeLV positive and was already showing a number of symptoms, I had...
Yes, I have the same problem every time one of mine has surgery. Duska has had a kidney bypass, a stone removed surgically and a blocked urethra opened under anaesthetic. Every time I have had to put her on a rest regime. They don't realise it is for their own good!It sounds like you are getting...
I have sent you a PM. In it I said I couldn't remember how her breathing was afterwards, but I have just read through the last pages of this thread, and I see that I was still worried about her breathing rate 3/4 weeks after her op. She did eventually recover fully, and lived a good life till I...
I have been off the boards for ages, recuperating from a series of health and emotional problems, and general stress. Things had been getting better till last week, when I lost my Felix to FeLV.
Four weeks ago I took him the vet as he seemed off form and the guy on duty (not my regular vet)...
I didn't manage to get to see her yesterday, as she was having an ultrasound under sedation and I could not have got there easily. But so far all is going well. They do not have visitors on Sundays, htough there are staff in attendance, so I hope to go tomorrow. By then I am hoping I can drive...
Yes, I have been meaning to report, but I have had a health crisis this week, being diagnosed with an ulcer which has kind of blotted out writing or doing much. But Dushka had a full scan and was then operated on this afternoon. The surgeon has done a complete urinary bypass, as her system was...