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It's been quite awhile since I've posted anything here so I feel a little selfish about posting now. My baby girl, my beloved JC, crossed the rainbow bridge this morning. She was 22 years old. I know that she is free of pain now but my heart is still broken. I had hoped she would pass on her...

I'm not a new member but Casey and Mason are. So, fate has intervened in my life again. This morning I adopted two 1 year old brothers from the local animal shelter. I hadn't planned on adopting another cat so soon after losing my Max in July but it happened. Husband and I were in town for...

So, it finally came to pass that my little black cat Max has crossed the rainbow bridge. He was diagnosed with IBD about 2 years ago and we had been treating him pretty successfully for awhile. In Jan 2019 he started to gradually lose weight. We tried an elimination diet but his appetite was...

Max is 17 and was diagnosed with IBD about a year ago. The vet treated him with prednisolone which seemed to help for a short while. We added mirtazapine and cerenia about 6 months into his treatment because he was losing weight but after a couple months he started periodically throwing up all...

Our dog had a tumor in her mouth and the vet had to amputate 50% of her tongue 3 days ago. She is doing okay but it is really difficult to feed her. we've been hand feeding her small chunks of pate style dog food like the vet suggested but she is having a hard time. I was wondering if anyone...

Has anyone ever heard of or used 4Paws pet insurance? A representative approached my employer about offering a group discounted rate on their pet insurance for employees and she asked me if I knew anything about them. Based on their literature, they are underwritten by Arch Insurance out of...

My husband went in for a stress echo this afternoon and had v tach during the test. The doctor sent him by ambulance to a hospital cardiac cath center two hours away. Because of weather and not having available animal care I am sitting at home and can't be with him right now. He arrived at...

I was looking on Amazon the other day for some kind of scrapbook to make for my baby boy Tiger so I could memorialize him and I found something called My Pet Remembrance Journal by Enid Traisman. I ordered it and it arrived today. It uses questions to take you through your pet's life and your...

I lost my sweet baby boy Tiger 2 days ago and my heart is shredded. He was 10 and, I thought, healthy. He was fine one minute then just died suddenly, no warning. He had been his normal self all morning and then just gone. The vet did an autopsy and found he had a bad heart. He never showed...