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    Odd bullying behavior from Resident Cat towards New Cat

    Thanks for the suggestions and replying! I do tend to love on Stassi anytime I see her but that seems to agitate Mika more honestly. She's always been one to butt in on affection other animals are getting. I will try on playing with Mika more in the shared space and try to coax Stassi out with...
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    Odd bullying behavior from Resident Cat towards New Cat

    Hi all! The title of this thread isn't as accurate as I want it to be but I wasn't sure how to word the situation that I have going on. My roommate and I have been living in this apartment we're currently in for close to a year. My cat, Mika, has been with me the entire time but my roommate was...
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    I can't imagine anyone is still following this thread but I logged on today looking for some advice with introducing two cats to each other. Mika is absolutely FABULOUS! I don't have a single issue with her anymore aside from her issues with the carrier and travel. She does seem to have a...
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    Thanks for the advice! I did try this before with my previous carrier but I think because it was too small on top of things, it didn't work well. I'm going to give the new carrier a test run to see if that makes things better and then try the covering trick too. My mom said I really need to...
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    Hello everyone! It's our routinely "over-a-month" update! Finals finished as roughly as they came but Mika was great through all of it! She's been really sweet and wonderful recently. She had a hard time on the trip back down from my apartment to my parent's place but that's expected. She was...
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    Thank you to everyone! To @KarenKat : Yes! It was my favorite picture of her this year (minus one where she was being particularly cute while I was going to the bathroom but I couldn't post it since it's really obvious I'm on the toilet :p). I'm going to try and find a winter collar for her and...
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    Hi all! Sorry for the INCREDIBLY late update. It's been very difficult for me to find free time this semester with all of my classes, so when I do have, the last thing on my mind is to update this forum (Sorry all...)! Firstly, I want to let you all know Mika is doing SPLENDIDLY. :cheerleader...
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    Cholangiohepatitis In Siamese Cat Help!

    I apologize for the EXTREMELY late reply. My school semester has absolutely swallowed me whole and I've had almost no free time to get on here. If OP is still around, I will keep an eye out for posts/questions and I will most definitely reply to the best of my ability!
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    Mika's Struggles With Cholangiohepatitis

    Hi! Sorry for being so MIA for so long. School is back in session and my first tests for all of my classes are next week (I have a test almost every day of the week). I'm essentially in all science classes this semester which is forcing me to study way more than I normally would so that I'm...
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    Prednisolone And Sleeping More

    Yes it did! I decided that prednisolone wasn’t working well for Mika and so my vet and I agreed on lower her doses. However, before lowering it (I’d say after being on Pred. for 2 or 3 days) her sleepiness was better. It wasn’t until we lowered it that she went back to her normal activity level...
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    He Refuses To Take Dexamethasone - What Can I Do???

    You may want to look into wrapping your car in a burrito and scruffing them to squirt the medicine into his cheek. It’s not fun for either of you but he has to take his medicine, right? I have always had a super hard medicating my cat. We compound all her medicines to flavors she likes and it...
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    Cheap Alternative To Hills Urninary Care C/d?

    While I have never had a cat that has blocked, I do have a cat that gets stress UTIs without crystals. I have read on here of plenty of people whose cats block regularly on dry food. All wet food has helped them and my cat also gets switched to completely all wet (she gets dry during the night...
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    Having A Semi-freakout About Cat Food

    There is a saying that goes around on this site: “The worst wet food is still better than the best dry food.” Cats don’t naturally drink water as much as other animals. In the wild they get all their moisture from the meats and animals they kill. That’s why wet food is more “biologically...
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    Cat Wheezing

    Does she ever breathe with her mouth open when she's wheezing? Have you ever noticed her breathing with her mouth open? If so, and the antibiotics haven't done anything, you need to reevaluate with your vet. Mouth breathing is a serious thing so if you have noticed it, contact your vet...
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    Hair Loss With Bumps On Skin Above Eyes

    To answer your question, she has a history of some really gross UTI's. She had one when I found her and didn't know about it until she was incredibly sick at a university hospital. We treated that twice (under the assumption from a vet not at the university that her blood values rose because we...
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