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RIP for all of our kitties

I am so sorry to hear about Kobi. We have been through the exact same situation. A little over 2 years ago our cat Loki was diagnosed with lymphoma. He had lost significant weight but was still eating. Our vet prescribed Chlorambucil and Prednisolone. Our daughter who is also a vet agreed...

We are very open-minded about the cats that we will adopt. About 20 years ago we adopted 3 cats together whose owner surrendered them because she had cancer and could no longer care for them. Our vet estimated that they were about 7 years old. They were all wonderful cats. Since we would...

Our first cat (30 years ago) was Cocoa. He was a stray, but he had apparently been abandoned by his owner....he was neutered and declawed. After we lost him, we adopted 3 at the SPCA (Sadie, Sassy and PJ). A woman had developed cancer and could no longer care for the cats so she surrendered...

We are fortunate that one of our daughters is a vet. She will take care of all of our cats in the event that we predecease them. We have a will set up with plenty of funding to cover the care of our cats.

For the first time in over 25 years we have no cats to share our home with. We have had as many as 5. Over the past 3 years we have lost cats to old age/cancer/etc. Our last cat had to be put to sleep a couple of weeks ago. It has been very hard for me. I "see" him around the house every...

Sorry for your loss of Tom. I know what a difficult decision it is. You ended his suffering.

Thanks to everyone who replied with your kind thoughts. It has been a difficult time.

Over the past 18 months we have lost 3 of our cats: Bonnie, Clyde and Lexi. Bonnie and Clyde lost their battles with cancer. Lexi had multiple medical issues and they finally caught up to her at the age of 15. Loki has lymphoma. He is receiving Chlorambucil and Prednisolone. He is doing...

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Thanks for all the responses. Let me answer your questions: Start weighing her every couple weeks and keep a log, so that you catch if she starts losing weight beyond where she should be. She is very petite...only about 5.5 lbs. Because of her small size we regularly monitor her weight, and...

One of our cats, Lexi, is 13 years old. She has become deaf within the past year. Over the last few months she has started walking around the house during the day meowing very loudly. Fortunately, she does not do this at night. I thought maybe she was meowing because she was hungry. She...

FeebysOwner and rubysmama, Thanks for your replies. The pred is supposed to reduce inflammation in the digestive system which should eliminate the diarrhea. The vet has her on 2 capsules per day for 14 days and then 1 capsule per day after that. Today marks 1 week she has been on the pred...

Our 13 year old cat Lexi has been dealing with diarrhea problems for a few months. She has seen the vet multiple times, and he has tried multiple medications to calm her digestive tract. She has mild-to-moderate renal failure. Our vet wanted to avoid steroids, but nothing else has worked so...