Recent Content by UnderneathTheStars

Thank you! I appreciate your comments a lot. I'm just surprised she showed symptoms at all since, from what I've read, adults usually don't. I'm happy it is just that and not something more serious, though.

Thank you so much! I know Baycox isn't used in the states. I'm in Canada and it's what the vet suggested as it kills the coccidia outright rather than suppressing it. Would you happen to know why it says to wear gloves when giving it and not let your cat lick you while being treated?

My new girl has had diarrhea off and on since I got her three weeks ago. Last Thursday, she had diarrhea with bloody mucus in it. Today I took her to the vet for a full blood panel and stool sample. Everything was fine, but they did find coccidia in her stool and prescribed Baycox for 5 days. I...

I had completely forgotten to update everyone, and I'm not sure whether any of you remember my posts about my sweet girl. Her official name was Mousse, but we always called her Moon because she had these big, beautiful orange eyes reminiscent of harvest moons. We adopted Moon when she was 10...

Still going strong! She has a checkup on Monday to x-ray her lungs and just check her overall wellbeing. I weight her at home. She was a normal 7.5lbs a year ago when diagnosed and now she's gotten a bit fatter (8.5lbs) because she eats so much, lol. Her mammary lump has grown a bit, but not as...

Thank you! I don't want to get too excited about the possibility of it not being cancer because, although it hasn't grown a lot, it has still grown a small amount compared to when I first noticed it. Also, I can't think of why she'd have a small lung lump on the same side as the mammary lump if...

My Moon is about 12 years old. We adopted her and she was an ex-breeding queen (persian). She was in very bad health at the time and had just gotten spayed (it was an infected incision -- her previous owner wasn't taking care of it). She was emaciated. We took her to a general vet, internal...

I don't understand. My Tony was perfectly fine. He was a good weight, active, eating well, playful, etc. Then, yesterday I woke up and he wouldn't eat. He kept hovering above his water dish trying to drink but he was unable to. He was walking like he was drunk and he was super lethargic and not...

I'm glad you mentioned that. Chemo without surgery doesn't do much for mammary cancer as far as I know and apparently the mets to the lungs are hard to treat as well. She has been galloping from room to room, playing with the other cats, and eating voraciously since her diagnosis a couple of...

We did not have the masses graded as there are too many of them in her nipples and the one in her lung. The vet said the fact that she is asymptomatic, eats well, and hasn't lost weight is a good sign. She told me not to bother making an appointment for euthanasia because her quality of life...

I'm sure some of you have heard about my Mousse before. I adopted her in 2018 at the age of 10. She had previously been used as a breeding cat (she is purebred persian). But, when I got her she was emaciated, her spay incision was infected, she had calicivirus, and she had infected ulcers in her...

I rescued Mousse a bit over a year ago. Long story short, we didn't think she would survive long and even our regular vet wasn't super optimistic. She had chronic diarrhea. She was emaciated and her nose and mouth were ulcerated. She was 10 and had recently been spayed before we brought her home...

Wow, I haven't posted in awhile but I also haven't forgotten all of your kind advice and reassurance over the past year as I struggled with my rescue persian's myriad of health conditions. I think I've spent over 5 grand on diagnostics, medications, and specialist visits this past year. I...

I had finally gotten Mousse (my special needs cat) in a good place health-wise and thought I could take a breath and maybe a little break from almost 24/7 caregiving. Then, my other rescue persian, Sangria, got sick. She is approximately nine years old and I adopted her about five years ago...

Update: Fourth dose today! We are almost done with the full 0.25mg doses and after tomorrow we go down to 0.125mg for 7 days. Has someone replaced my cat with a kitten? I have a hard time recognizing the fact that she is ill. She has the same great appetite but all she wants to do is play and...