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Hello! My husband and I are moving and we have a cat who cannot pee in the box (more explanation on what I mean below). One of the factors in choosing the new house was noooo carpet. Also, we have to replace the carpet in the house we are selling because of her. She doesn't pee on the hard...

I'm almost at the point where I'm considering reaching out to my vet for a calming / tranquilizing drug.

Thanks for your advice. She gets a 3rd meal right before going to bed. We also play with her right before bed to wear her out. She gets blood work annually and her thyroid levels were high when we adopted her (she was also obese when we adopted her), but her thyroid levels have returned to a...

Hello. Thank you in advance for your advice. My husband and I adopted our cat when she was 10. She's now 13. She's crazy about food. She wakes us up at 5 am every morning howling for food. We tried a timed feeder that would go off at 5 am, that just delayed her until 5:30 am. It also attracted...

My husband and I had to put our cat in a room over night. We adopted her when she was 10 years old. I thought she'd be chiller than she is - but we have learned to love her energy. I loved the idea of cuddling with her at bedtime and she's such a great cuddler, but I was so stressed out because...

Update: It's been 2 years now. She is allergic to all poultry, shell fish, and beef. She is eating Primal Raw Pork and Instinct Limited Ingredient Rabbit. She also has some environmental allergies. And her allergies always get worse with stress (example - when we go on vacation and leave her...

I have the same problem with my kitty. She's 13 and was diagnosed with early kidney disease. She is allergic to poultry, beef, and shrimp and her allergies are miserable. Atopica is her life saver, but I still want to avoid feeding her things she is allergic to and it's really annoying to me...

Hello: I am at my wits end. My husband and I adopted a 10 year old kitty a year ago (she's 11). She has an amazing personality and I wouldn't trade her for the world, but she has destroyed spots of my carpet. I am experienced with kitties, so my first response was to take her to the vet. The...

She has been on the pork diet for 5 months and does well on it. We buy a bag of rabbit every third bag and she doesn't react to the rabbit either. That's why I was thinking it might be environmental since I had let her outside very recently. I think you right about the steroids. She will...

Thank you for your support. No, unfortunately she does not travel well (and I mostly travel for conferences at hotels that aren't pet friendly). But I am aware that it's stressful for her when I leave. I'm hoping that shell eventually realize that I'll always come back.

8 months ago, my husband and I adopted a 10 year old cat from the shelter. We got a catch 22 kind of problem. She has allergies and anxiety issues and it's hard to tell if she's chewing herself because she came into contact with an allergy or because she's overgrooming due to stress. She also...

That's a good idea. We have chamomile tea here at home. We'll give that a try. I'm going to try removing all chicken, give it a week to see if there's improvement, and then, if not, take her to a dermatologist.

My husband and I adopted a 10 year old cat a couple of months ago. She was in bad shape when we adopted her; most concerning are the big quarter sized raw wounds - 3 of them on her body, raw tips on her ears, and raw corner of one of her eyes. The shelter ruled out ringworm and other parasites...