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    Male and female cats cant share the same litter box?

    I have never heard of this before. Yes, some cats may prefer their own litter box or prefer to either just pee or poo in a specific box but saying you should have a litter box based on your cats sex is new to me.
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    Update: We have kept the kitten separate from the other cats and have continued with humidification, DMG, L-Lysine, Doxy and Neomycin antibiotic cream. Her eye inflammation has gone down and there is only a little bit of inflammation, she keeps her 'bad' eye open at ~90%. When we first got her...
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    Denamarin can this be hidden in a treat

    I have used Greenies Pill Pockets before but it only worked for a short period of time. After a while the cats will chew up the Pill Pocket and figure out that bad 'stuff' it hidden inside and will avoid it regardless of if you put something in it or not.
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    Cat is sneezing and acting sick, how concerned should I be?

    I am going through the same thing with a new kitten we just got from the shelter. In addition to the medicine we got from the vet we are giving ALL of the cats including the sick one L-Lysine and DMG. I am also waiting on HomeoPet Feline Nose Relief Natural Pet Medicine, Nasal and...
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    Update: I reached out to the shelter and was able to see their vet yesterday. The vet confirmed that the kitten has a ear mite infestation, a viral URI and secondary bacteria infection in the eyes. She gave the kitten medicine to resolve the ear mites, liquid doxy and neomycin antibiotic cream...
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    Here are a couple pictures to put a face to the post. He looks mad in the picture but he is a sweet boy.
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    I will stop with the OTC mite medicine. Hopefully the shelter vet can prescribe one of the two topical flea medications you mentioned. I have some DMG, one of kittens we got this year has runny eyes a lot so I use L-Lysine and DMG to help boost her immunity. I will give some of the DMG to the...
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    The cord for the humidifier is in the back, which is up against the wall and the outlet is at sink height, which he can't get to so luckily the cord is protected for now (until he gets a little bigger). The debris in the ears was very black and coming out in chunks of various sizes and some of...
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    Update: He is eating well now. He is eating 3oz of wet food every couple hours. His energy levels are improving and he is getting more vocal. He is still shaking his head a lot, the ear mites are bugging him. I am using OTC ear mite medicine on him but doesn't look like it is making a big...
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    Is Apple Cider Vinegar safe for to use for Urinary Blockages

    We have used ACV with a couple of cats without issue. Not sure how effective it is or what impact it may have on the food like the vet is saying. A lot of people swear by D-Mannose and we have used that as well.
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    Thank you both for the information. I will reach out to our vet in regards to the other cats and see what they say. I am going to reach out to the county vet on Tuesday to see if they can provide something for the ear mites and to help his eye. He can open his eye if we keep it clean but if...
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    Need help with new kitten from shelter

    We lost one of our two cats last year and made the mistake of getting kittens earlier in the year to keep the remaining elderly cat company. The short story is that the elder cat put up with the kittens but wasn't really happen with them and she passed away recently. Due to this experience we...
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    Another case of constant diarrhea... Suggestions?

    I have not tried this but I have read on the forums that some people have used KittyBiome™ Gut Restore Supplement for really bad cases like this. You basically get fecal material in a pill to help seed your cats gut.
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    Should I give George a new brother/sister?

    We just went through this and I would say NO. We had two cats that had been together for 16 years and the male passed away last year. We thought the remaining female was lonely and got a couple of kittens. The older female took the new additions hard and eventually put up with them but it...
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    Another unfortunate peeing outside of the litterbox issue

    Ahh, it is a fairly open floor plan for the most part with a wing that has a bunch of rooms so perfect with a bunch of hiding spots with little ability to corner unless you go into one of the smaller rooms. He does love to run from one side of the house to the other at full speed. If we did...
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