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I have to admit, I am a bit stumped with this one. Both our kittens are around 7 months old - boy and girl. The boy (Jamie) is neutered (has been for a while) and the girl (Clawdia) is booked in for her spay in the next few week. They’re not related but they did grow up together. Never had any...

Well, insurance companies are funny like that... if your vet wrote in the notes on his medical history that it is suspected herpes, chances are the insurer will terminate your policy if you don’t declare it. Or if you don’t get the correct level of cover (in their eyes). You could get a cover...

It is in a different unit (the creatinine), some countries forego the decimal, IIRC. So it is 2.16 in this case. Although that might be another different measurement unit. I’m not sure about kidney disease in cats, but I do know kidney disease in humans (lots of first hand experience) and it...

Good luck! Keep us updated how he gets on! :) Happy holidays to you too!

Cats tend to squat / sit to pee, regardless of sex. They should have a relaxed, sort-of-straight posture and not strain when they go to the bathroom. If he is proper hunching and straining, get him checked out by a vet... As for rough playing, well it’s a kitten. They have loads of energy and...

What a cute boy <3 are the other cats in the household neutered? In theory you can neuter a cat relatively safely as soon as they can be put under anaesthesia safely. The rule of thumb at shelters where I’m from is, that males get done at around 4 months and females around 6 months. Unless the...

I'm going to be honest here, I have no idea who she is - but Google is a wonderful thing, and yeah... I agree with the above. I found a few sources quickly denouncing her and Dr. Joseph Mercola as errr... a little bit out of it. So far I've learned they believe in "healing energy" and...

I asked my vet how long the actual operation would take, and he said it usually is somewhere between 10 to 15 minutes maximum. In our case Jamie even came round within half an hour after the procedure had been completed, but this is because they had used a lower dose to put him under than...

Neutering boys is generally a minor procedure. It generally leaves only a tiny wound that doesn’t even require stitches. Most cats bounce back from it within the day. Of course anaesthesia always poses a risk, and everyone can have a bad reaction - but just like it is with humans, it very much...

Thank you, we definitely need it. She had a coughing / choking fit last night unfortunately and is now back in observation at the vet... the vet thinks it might be because she is still healing, and said this sometimes happens. But still, 48 hours of observation... they did say this morning she...

Poor little Spooky, I’m happy to hear he is doing well though! As for our Jamie... our vet was absolutely brilliant with him. The day of his operation he had a full on examination. The vet (and the technician both) witnessed his little wobble, but they said that they didn’t think it was a...

Thank you! She is home right now, under supervision. Has a follow up next week somewhere. She looks and is acting a lot better than a few days ago. Back to being a bright little girl :)

She was having a wrestle with our other cat, when she had a tumble. We think that’s when it happened. We aren’t 100% sure though as she seemed fine, and then the next day we woke up to a very poorly little fluff :(. No large animals have access to our flat. Our vet said it usually happens during...

Thank you both! Really appreciate it. We are not yet out of the woods, but Clawdia is stable and eating well according to the vet. We are going to collect her in an hour, and from then on it’s close monitoring time... If she goes downhill, she needs to be immediately re-admitted. But the vet is...

And here he is post-operation. Everything went super smooth, he came round very quickly... and he seems not to have noticed a thing. They pre-emptively gave him a catheter, just in case. He didnt really need it in the end. He seems more annoyed they shaved his leg for the catheter than with the...

Some bad news today :( our little white girl, Clawdia, has managed to injure herself quite badly. Not exactly sure how it happened, but we think it happened when our other cat kicked her off her perch and she hurt her neck/throat when she fell off. The odd bit was that there is no visible...

In my opinion you are right to consider that a massive red flag. I have had a look on their website and it kind of bothers me they offer a “worldwide shipping”. Ok, that is to others breeders and you can argue it diversifies the genepool. But you can bet that’s gonna be one highstrung kitty. Not...

Self-cleaning litterboxes are a bit hit and miss. A lot of cats are scared of them. And especially if the cat is a bit a bit older and has never used one before, it might be harder to get them to use it. The price of the cat vet much depends on the lineage. You have “pet quality” cats, who are...

Everyone here seems pretty universally for a Maine Coone... So let me just pitch for the Ragdoll here. I’ve got a Ragdoll girl (and a Moggy boy) , our girl is... interesting. She’s a typical Ragdoll. Likes to follow me around, is practically always near me somewhere, likes to flop when she’s...

Sorry for the late reply! But his name is Jamie and this is the best picture of him I could get;