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If she's started eating and the diarrhea/vomiting are subsiding, her chances of survival just went way up. This is good news! However, only time will tell, as you know. Mother nature can be a little unpredictable. She's adorable, hoping for the best for her and you

Hmmm, yes, I imagine you're probably right. We've been talking about it throughout the morning. She knows him better than I do; I love him, but the spaniel is really my full-time job (we do a lot of training, games, walks...etc...you can see I don't have much of a life outside of these guys...

Thanks for the reply. To be clear, I know that he will stay active, and I'm, frankly, hoping it goes well into 3-4 years old. I like him this way and I like an energetic cat. Haunter is, normally, a very active cat as well, especially for his age - that was part of the thought behind choosing a...

Hey all, this will be a little bit of a long one so that you have all the information. Haunter is 6 years old, and came as my wife's cat. She is divorced, and Haunter was adopted together with his brother at 5 weeks old by her and her ex-husband. They were best buddies. When she got divorced...

This was my EXACT thought too - when you work with dogs long enough you start to see that ANY hound or gundog breed will chase running prey unless heavily conditioned not to, which at this stage wouldn't be her fault, just her instinct, so the easiest thing for us to do is avoid the...

Yeah, she has a crate she's in whenever we aren't directly supervising her and for the most part does really well in there. He now sleeps in the bedroom with the old lady cat which I think works like a big "reset" button at night. Both Willow and Haunter have 8hrs of interrupted decompress time...

A small update...Haunter is now trying to assert dominance over the dog by smacking her whenever he feels it's appropriate (1 of every 5 times he does it it's because she is pacing around and stressing him, the other times it seems indiscriminate) well, she finally got fed up with that scary...

Thank you! Sounds like you've got a handful at your place too. Just after I posted that Haunter got the zoomies which we were thrilled about as we haven't seen him do that in a week. Willow originally went to give chase (well, she IS a cocker) but even after just a firm "no" she walked away and...

Hi all, My Haunter is doing mildly well with a new cocker spaniel we adopted six days ago. She is six years old, submissive with him and looks away and leaves if he approaches her. But he is just not totally comfortable. He is normally SO relaxed, rolling on his back on the floor and getting...

Yes yes and yes to all of the above - except be careful with the distraction. If he is in high gear and he hears a very jarring or unpleasant sound it's likely just going to agitate him more and he's likely to strike out faster. I would redirect with a wand toy or any toy he likes if you're put...

You seem to have the hang of it now but just remember punishment in cats is almost directly proportional to what bad behaviors you're going to get! Their brains aren't wired like ours and they don't respond to it. They just will continue to act out because they're nervous and scared and upset...

A toxic dose of (raw) garlic is estimated, though, to be 1 gram per pound of cat. So 10 g = toxic to a 10 lb cat, roughly, I think

Yeah, garlic powder doesn't belong in cat's bodies. It is toxic in the same way that chocolate is toxic to dogs - some dogs can eat more than others but every animal has a dose that's lethal and there's no way to know how much that is. It's sort of along the same lines as giving them the lowest...

Your health isn't out of the question here, just like the others said. The grinding sound may be either irritating him or worrying him. I don't think it's sexual in nature if he's neutered and it just started recently, unless he's a much younger cat. If he's over a year or two old it's probably...

Cosequin was a lifesaver in my house, my 13 year old was having a really hard time even playing like a normal cat but now she's back to hopping three feet straight up, but I third, fourth, and fifth taking him to the vet. You just never know what's going on. Probably it is arthritis, but I've...

@KittyKat184 yeah, the only downside is the smell seems to be offensive to those (us humans) who are used to the smells of less meat-heavy foods

Also, you can leave freeze-dried out in its dry state if you wanted to. Always better if you can manage to let it soak in water first, which gives it a good couple hours before you have to pick it up. Luckily seems to be quite palatable so it doesn't seem to last anyhow. Lol

You can only do what you can do! Good on you for keeping it high-end. You can always add more wet food when you can manage, or switch later.

Nutro is on a little big of a rampage lately. They are changing everything all at once. And it looks to me like it's in the name of cost effectiveness. Where I am, they raised the price for the old fashioned, regular Nutro (dog and cat) and put out the LID diets and Wild Frontier all of which...

I couldn't remember lol. Looks like 145 cals/oz. They have a 3.5, a 9, and an 18 oz. Respectively, 507 cals a bag, 1305 cals a bag, and 2619 cals a bag. Here's a chart of the cal requirements by age, although how exact it is I do not know (never follow even the most reputable brand's feeding...