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    Earwax as Cat Gets Older?

    Hey y'all! At her 6th month checkup, my eldest, Miss SnapCat, had a lot of wax in her ears so she got her first ever ear cleaning at the age of 10 and we were sent home with some solution to drop and then rub her ears with so it didn't happen again. I used the solution about a week ago as a...
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    Protecting Home Cats from Panleuk

    Hi all - I just started volunteering at a shelter that apparently has panleuk outbreaks on a somewhat regular basis. I don't want to stop volunteering but I also want to protect my two girls at home (8 and 10 years old). I plan on getting out of the shelter clothes as soon as I get home...
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    Bug Bombing Apartment - Where to Put Cats?

    Hi all - I'm desperate and need some guidance. My apartment complex just let me know they're going to bug bomb my apartment again on Tuesday so I have to have my cats elsewhere. Thing is, two weeks ago they did the initial bomb. I boarded my two, and it was a disaster. Even with doses of...
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    Favorite kitty technology?

    Of all the cat related technology out there, what's your favorite? Water tracking fountains? Litter boxes that track deposits? Automatic litter boxes? For me, I love my automatic feeder because I don't get The Paw (TM) at 5am. I've been considering the microchip feeders but I'm not sure I want...
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    How often do you do senior blood work?

    My eldest, Snap, went in for her annual today and as she's almost 10 I was expecting to need to bring a urine sample to check her kidneys which I did. The vet's package for "senior health panel" is blood work, urine, and fecal samples and it was $300 just for that panel. Needless to say, my...
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    Wet food and roaches

    *Sigh* I hate that I even have to post this. But I could use your help. I moved to Florida and unfortunately my apartment has roaches. I keep a clean house and don't leave my own food out so please don't come at me for it. It's just part of apartment living in central Florida. That being said...
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    Will a groomer help?

    My eldest, SnapCat is blowing her coat. She's a double coated domestic shorthair and for the past week or so, I pet her and my hand comes away super furry. I've been bathed her in the past but honestly, not the most pleasant experience for either of us. Not scratching, just running away. I was...
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    How Long to Get Used to New Place?

    I'll preface this with she has a vet appointment on Tuesday but in the meantime, I want to make sure I'm doing right by her! Almost 4 weeks ago I and my two DSH girls moved from SC to FL. It was a traumatic move for Pompom, my youngest. She got stuck in the box springs in the hotel and we had...
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    Florida Allergies and Meds

    I have two wonderful DSH girlies - Snap is 9 and Pompom is 7. Both have seasonal allergies although Pompom's is worse. With her, she can get gunky eyes and has had at least one eye infection because of it. I currently live in South Carolina where they get bad allergies maybe for two weeks but...
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    Frustrations with Food

    So my girls (7 and 9, DSH, season allergies otherwise healthy) eat 2 meals of wet food a day and one of dry. I was getting sick of 120 cans a month in terms of rinsing them out, recycling, etc. Also, just expensive. I did the math and raw was going to come out cheaper and probably in the long...
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    Transitioning help

    Hey all! So I'm attempting to transition my girls to raw. I know it's early but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. (I am mildly a hypochondriac when it comes to my furballs) I'm trying with Darwin's chicken and later turkey. Both meats my girls love. The first night I plopped some of it...
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    Trying Darwin's as first raw for cats - anything to keep in mind?

    My two girls (both DSH, one 9, one 7) are eating me out of house and home! The vet and I both want them on majority wet food. I'll never have them be on 100% wet food because I do not appreciate a paw in the face at 4 am to be fed so they get Instinct Raw Boost in an auto feeder for their...
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    Is My Stress Causing Her Shedding?

    My two DSH girls (7 and almost 9) have been shedding A LOT lately. Like I am vacuuming up tumblefurs daily. Both have been to the vet recently who gave them clean bills of health and just said to watch out for hairballs because of all the loose fur. She also suggested adding a bit of salmon oil...
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    Urinating Outside the Box

    My 8-year-old DSH, Snap, has taken to peeing outside of the litter box...but only on a soft mat that my Mom had made for the kitties. At first I thought it was a comment about the cleanliness of the nearest litter box so I did a deep clean and washed the mat with some oxygen cleaner to remove...
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    Difference in Analysis between Cat Food Db and Catinfo?

    So continues my semi-annual hunt for the best wet food I can afford for my girls. Usually I use the Catinfo spreadsheet and filter for less than 15% carbs, greater than 40% protein, and less than 50% fat. But it doesn't have some of the newer foods like Tiki Cat After Dark, so I go to Cat Food...
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    Transition to high protein causing more shedding?

    I feel incredibly silly asking this, but y'all are super kind so I figure I'd ask anyway. Do high-protein foods cause cats to "blow their coat" during the adjustment period? For context: my 5 and 7 year old dsh are now eating a mix of Epigen and Instinct Ultimate Protein dry food (1/2 cup each...
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    High Protein Makes Pee Smell Worse?

    Knowing I can't afford to feed them all wet and they like a good crunch, I've been on the hunt for the best dry food within reason. After a few trial and errors, I settled on a mix of Instinct Protein and Wysong Epigen. My girls (5 and 7), love the food and while they're going through seasonal...
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    Chronic Anal Gland Issues

    Morning all - Isn't it great when you get to start your morning with taking a picture of your cat's butt to send to the vet? :rolleyes: My 5, almost 6-year old DSH grey tabby, Pompom, has had chronic anal gland expression issues since I got her 4 years ago. I'm thankful it doesn't happen too...
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    Help me find a dry food?

    Hello fellow feline lovers! My two girls (5 and 7) have decided they don't like their dry food and I'm having trouble finding a replacement that is decent. They were on Hills Indoor Adult until they started not eating it. I just got a bag of Natural Balance LI Duck which they love but...it...
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    Affording all wet - so confused on quality/price?

    My girls, Snap (7) and Grommet (5) currently eat 1/2 cup Hills Science Indoor dry a day and they each get 1/2 can of Blue Buffalo Freedom either chicken or fish. The wet food equals 62 cents a day to feed them, and I think the Hills should last them about 3 months so....like 38 cents a day for...
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