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A lot of vets may not be comfortable prescribing and managing an experimental treatment for a cat if they’ve never done it before, since the research on it is not robust yet. I think you should join some FIV groups online and ask for recommendations for vets who do interferon treatments. In a...

My cat purposefully leaves some of his wet food to eat later on or overnight - it’s ok for them to eat some food that’s been out for a while, it’s not raw meat. if you need to feed him 3 separate meals a day and can’t do lunch because you’re at work, they do make timed feeders for wet food. You...

Does it seem to be any specific thing that causes the jumping issue? Like does he gauge it wrong and miss or does it seem more like a weakness in his legs?

Is it all 4 legs or just his back legs that don’t work well? How old is he? Did he slowly get worse at walking or was it sudden?

FIP and FIV are very different viruses and unlike with antibiotics where we’ve found broad spectrum ones that are effective against lots of different pathogens, antivirals tend to be specific to one virus or closely related viruses. I don’t believe FIP drugs will be effective against FIV. Human...

Sometimes clicking or grinding sounds while eating can mean the cat is nauseous. If he’s not eating you should take him to the vet!

Oh good tip, I just looked at the Sheba ones and they seem to be exactly the same! Probably owned by the same parent company as iams or something. That’s good to know in case they are discontinued

Hmmm, the mystery deepens! I hope it’s that, definitely better than it being discontinued. I sent iams an email so we’ll see what they say

Does anyone know if Iams has discontinued their adult perfect portions wet foods? I can’t find them in stock anywhere, but also can’t find anything from iams about discontinuing them. I really hope there’s just a shortage, my one cat likes them a lot and is picky about eating old food so the...

My cat was prescribed transdermal mirtaz when he was sick with FIP and didn’t want to eat due to nausea. It worked ok on its own, but it worked far better once we added in an anti-nausea med as well. No side effects that I noticed, although the vet did warn us that the oral version can cause...

I would be careful with automatically assuming that there’s something shady going on at a vet - everyone has different preferences about what qualities they think are most important when they’re choosing a vet (some may have better bedside manner than others, stuff like that) but the vast...

I don’t think that vets wearing perfume is going to impact your cat’s health during a short visit unless they’re wearing an abnormally large amount of perfume and then somehow getting the liquid on your cat. People put on a very small amount of perfume that is absorbed into the skin, they’re not...

Buprenorphine is an opioid and they’re notoriously constipating, luckily gabapentin is in a different drug class and shouldn’t cause constipation. My cat has taken 100 mg before traveling in the past and the only side effects were drowsiness/sleepiness aka the intended effect haha

Usually they recommend non-clumping litter for kittens under 4 months because they have small GI tracts (and tend to explore the world with their mouths!) and clumping litter expands when it touches moisture, so if a small kitten eats a big bite of clumping litter it can potentially cause a...

Flea medications that work on the nervous systems of fleas and ticks do have a small risk of causing neurological side effects, but I think that “horribly killing dogs” is quite the overstatement, and it’s good to also remember that it can be very difficult to figure out causation when an animal...

Ugh classic cats, it’s always the things you buy on purpose that they don’t care about

My q tip loving cat really likes these as a substitute: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000256CG4/?tag=thecatsite

Looks like uveitis, I’m glad you’re getting in to see the vet. Any other symptoms? If she tends to get very stressed about the vet and it causes her a lot of distress, you could call and ask if they could prescribe a calming med like gabapentin that she can take 1-2 hours before the vet visit...

For the eating too fast issue, if they eat wet food instead of a bowl try putting it on a plate and spreading it out over the plate. They’ll have to work harder to eat it. For dry food, you can get a slow feeder/puzzle bowl like this FRISCO Fish Shaped Ridges Slow Feed Bowl, Light Blue, 1.25...

My cat survived FIP and when he finally started to recover he was in a similar condition, no lasting neurological problems but he was underweight, had basically no muscle mass, was slightly anemic, and had feline acne that was taking over his chin and scabbing up. For the anemia, he got b12...