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Tomorrow Bertha will be euthanized. She has an inoperable lump on her throat that her vet has reluctantly admitted is cancerous. Having Mr. Grimsby (the cat in the photo) euthanized a few years ago gives me some experience with this, but I'll never be properly prepared. We love our cats and they...

Thank you, everyone, for your feedback. Reading your threads makes me think that I don't have to go to a raw food diet after all. I can just buy food in pouches instead and bypass the BPA/BPS problem altogether.

I'm not sure if this belongs in cat health or cat nutrition. There was a thread several years ago about a study that suggested a correlation to pop-top cat food cans and hyperthyroidism. Bertha is 11 years old and has just been diagnosed. She is now on 5 mg methazole twice a day. We have a...

What an excellent article. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have two rescues. The younger male isn't particularly fond of petting. Once in a while he'll let me rub his chin and he sometimes likes neck rubs. Other than that, he'd rather I play with him. The older one loves to be touching me, but not...

I don't have any experience of this either. Mr. Grimsby (pictured) had a radioactive iodine injection because he couldn't tolerate the drugs either. I didn't even know there was an option to have surgery! Good luck with your loved one. Please let us know how it goes.

Thank you, Mrs. Greenjeens for posting the information on the vet assistance program. This could save the lives of hundreds of our little lovely furballs!

Have you moved the furniture around or changed anything in her environment? Cats are such creatures of habit, they get rattled by the slightest thing. If that's not the case and your vet has ruled out any health issues, you might try Feliway spray or diffuser to calm her nerves at night. It...

I've noticed that my two, particularly the older one, won't eat anybroken bits of kibble. She'll hoover up everything else in sight, though! I just put it down to her being a cat. We let them get away with everything, don't we ;-)

My vet has actually warned me off adding dry food to wet. He says it can be a petri dish for cross-contamination. As I understand it, most dry food is made more appetizing by adding something called animal digest. A few websites address animal digest and how it's made. Here's one that seems...

I agree with Columbine's mom. It's funny that cat food manufacturers add things like peas, corn, carrots, etc. to cat food - cats are obligate carnivores, so they can't digest these additives (so I've been told). Perhaps one reason it's now for adult cats only is that kittens require a lot more...

That really is strange. I wonder if having you close to the box made the difference? But if her box was in your bedroom and you were sleeping there, that wouldn't be any different than having it in the living room. Or course, I'm not a cat so I can't begin to guess what's going through her...

Even asleep her personality shines through ;-) No wonder you adopted her - I bet she's a joy to have around the house. Good luck with everything.

Cats are like people; some are sociable, some aren't. If you get another cat, everything I've read recommends getting a neutered male if you already have a female. Females like to rule the roost and she could make life miserable for her new companion. Another thing to consider is that...

I'm sorry to hear about your Moggleton. I visited your GoFundMe site to read the whole story and your updates. The next thing I did was search on Temptations treats and renal failure. Snopes.com is an outstanding website dedicated to uncovering the truth about rumors. Their investigations...

I've seen products in the pet store that are designed to stop pets eliminating inappropriately. Have you tried any of those in these areas? From what you say, his litter is fine; he's just misbehaving. Good luck with this - it's a tough one to solve!