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    Cat threw up hairball with red bits

    Hi, I'm currently helping my parents with their stray cats. Today one of the cats threw up this mix of a hairball, food, earthworm(?) and very red bits. I don't know if this is a cause for concern or if the bits are just 'raw meat'? I didn't see which one threw up, but they came back for dinner...
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    roundworms keep coming back!

    My senior cat has been dewormed 3 times since I got him. He was dewormed at the rescue, then I found a worm in his vomit, so I dewormed him another time, then we found an even bigger worm in his vomit, so I dewormed him the third time with Pyrantel Pamoate about 8 months ago. The 2nd time might...
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    swollen chin?

    I recently noticed one of my cats is sporting a swollen chin. When I smoothed my finger over her chin, I can clearly feel where the bump ends.She doesn't scratch at it more than usual, there's no wound or redness, and the hair looks a little sparse there likely due to the swelling. When I...
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    Should I do another round of flea treatment?

    Hi! I took in some stray cats a few months ago, they were given flea treatment once so far by the rescue. One was given Revolution(luckily. she was also the one most infested with fleas at the time) while the other two were given Zodiac. But Zodiac was so soo greasy and spread across their backs...
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    Tips Of Trapping Stray?

    Hi, I've been working on trapping stray kitties at the back of our building. There are three in total, two friendlies, and one highly cautious of ppl and traps. I'm not sure if they are bonded but they tend to stick together. I already got 1 of the friendlies extremely easily. I could have...
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    Took In A Stray - Flea Questions

    Hi, I took in a friendly stray today. She is immediately vetted and we gave her the Advantage ii gel for fleas. When I was using wet wipes to clean her up, I think I accidentally wiped off some gel. I also saw her accidentally licked off some. is the gel going to be as effective? How long does...
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    Is This Roundworm?

    My foster recently threw up what we think is a roundworm, please see pic. Does anyone know what kind of the worm it looks like? It has a red stripe along its body. We gave our foster a dose of CatNDog Cat Wormers almost 10 days ago. Supposedly it's a one time treatment but we recently found...
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    High Bun And Protein Blood Test Result?

    Hi, I'm currently fostering a FIV senior cat. He's had 3 blood tests done over the last 4 months. The first one was overall bad, the 2nd one with much improvements but his BUN and protein levels were both high, his creatine and bun/creatine ratio borderline high, and his SDMA within normal...
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    New Cat & Redirected Aggression

    Hi all, We just got a new foster cat in our house last night. We set him up in a room with glass doors so he has a safe space but can also see out. He's really very sweet, loves petting, doesn't mind being held, curious and not scared of strangers or the new place. However, the moment he saw...
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    Light Greenish Greyish Poop

    Hi everyone, I recently started fostering a kitty that was thrown out by the owner and was living on the streets for a month or so. He just had his bloodwork done again a week ago, mostly normal, his kidney values are coming back down to almost normal (they were quite high due to dehydration &...
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