Recent Content by maxmeezu

Hello, I’d replied earlier when I was debating canceling it. I ended up keeping the policies and I’m glad I did. The cost of vet care, especially diagnostics and emergency care, has increased so much, any issue with your pet can nearly sink you, or put you in a position where you’re choosing...

Hello all. My cat is less than three years old (dob oct 2017, Maine coon, male, intact, indoor only, 15 lb) and has high protein in his urine. The vet is going to run more tests but that’s about all I know right now. He’s been fed mostly a commercial raw food diet (primal frozen rabbit)...

Well, I've tried a few, here are three summaries, they all seem to have their benefits and drawbacks. The Breeze box or the Cat-illac system both work well for tracking. The Breeze pellets (which you can use for either system) are heavy and don't fragment so they don't get kicked out much...

My cat has been struggling with acne around his mouth and on his chin. I noticed it in December and it’s been spreading since then. He’s almost 3 years old and this is the first time he’s had this. Is there anything you can recommend to help with this condition? He doesn’t seem bothered by it...

Could be the food adjustment as others have suggested, or he could have a parasite from the facility where he was. If your vet runs a fecal, make sure you also test for tritrichomonas foetus, it’s a separate test. It’s common in shelters and catteries but can be difficult to diagnose (the tests...

The vet will probably run the standard panel and also make sure they test for tritrichomonas foetus. It's kind of an expensive test and not very reliable but the symptoms match up. And yes, bring fresh poo :)

Hi - I have two cats insured with HealthyPaws (maryland). We started at $42, then it increased to $46, and now they are telling it's going to be $60! That's a 45% increase from the original price and NOT at all what I expected from them. My cats are 2 and 2.5 years old and currently healthy -...

@Courtforshort27 thanks for checking in! I’m so sorry you’re going through all this with your cat fam. The s/d diet didn’t work at all with him, I tried the z/d for several weeks without improvement either. I switched to raw food last week and he was better the next day with solid poops ever...

Hello all, I recently switched my cat to raw food and so far I'm thrilled with the results. This is new for me so I was wondering if I could get some advice. Brief background: I have a cat (14 months old) with some ongoing digestive issues - in short: diarrhea for the last three months...

I am HUGE FAN of the Cat-illac litter box because it uses pellets (I use dried beans from the grocery store) with a tank reservoir for the liquid waste. It's super low maintenance, great for multiple cats, and I don't have to deal with litter tracking - which I can't stand. At worst I have to...

Update on kitty: Still not digesting food well and having pudding poops, but the vet expects improvement would be slow. He’s on the hills z/d hydrolyzed diet, wet food only. He eats about 3 cans (5.5 oz) daily and always seems hungry. I gave him some of the z/d dry food at first, but that...

What beautiful cats! She looks amazingly improved after the diagnosis. It’s sad she passed but I’m glad her last few years were healthy. I had been thinking it was potentially EPI but the vet says the test results received today don’t indicate any pancreas disregulation. Which I suppose is...

Thank you both for the kind and thoughtful replies. We got the results back from the gastric panel today and the vet said it indicates his small intestine isn’t working. Still not sure of the root cause of all this, but it gives us some direction. I’m hesitant to go through with an endoscopic...

My cat Meezu, he's just over one year old - he's been having worsening diarrhea for about 2 months now, and losing weight. He's at least 3-4 lbs underweight at this point. I've been to two vets and tried so many things... any advice would be helpful. Symptoms: Diarrhea Losing weight Gurgly...

Treatment was with ronidazole. The literature will tell you there's a fairly high chance of neurotoxicity effects, although those tend to be self-limiting. Max had very mild ataxia a few days into the treatment - the vet recommended lowering the dosage and continuing (we started out with a...