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Thank you so much for the link! I got excited to see links to a behaviorist only to be disappointed that there were no registered behaviorists in Wisconsin. :hmmm: It does give me the idea to try talking to my vet or asking around to see if anyone has a lead on a cat behaviorist once we get...

Sorry I have been so delayed in replying. A week later and $2,500 in vet bills, Cheese is finally home after emergency surgery. Crappy thing is, this is after multiple X-rays at the emergency vet, a successful barium test, more x-rays because he stopped eating, and finally surgery because the...

hello all, I’m about at my wit’s end with my almost 4 year old neutered male cat. He was caught feral when he was about 2-5 months old and my husband and I raised him from then on. Onto the troubles. When he was a kitten, he ate fine and showed no issues of Pica. It was actually when we brought...

* buggars not beggars. For some reason, it not letting me edit my typos. :doh:

Oh I did miss the UK part somehow. That was I get for reading while going through an insomniac episode. Lucky beggars with your no rabies. I would still be nervous of him getting hurt, but I’m also a worrier to the point of overprotective ness at times. Is there a time of day that the foxes...

My main concern with this would be rabies. Foxes are notorious carriers. All it would take is one bite during a fight. Have you discussed his territorial aggression with the vet? Although I can’t quite blame him for protecting his territory, he will only continue to be lucky for so long if he...

I just dealt with a house of URIs when bringing in a new kitten from a shelter. I, too, didn’t catch it quick enough. I was prescribed amoxicillin for both cats. My resident cat improved within three days and our kitten took a few more days. However, I described the obvious symptoms I saw in...

So I wanted to give a small update. Tuesday was the two week mark, and the vet called saying that the culture was negative. Although she has been to my vet twice now, we aren’t sure what happened. Although my vet was suspicious that it may have been a bacterial infection but she has been on...

It’s crazy what they can teach us, even technology. :hellocomputer:

Oh my! Props to you for taking care of a 24 cat colony and the TNR too! That is the cutest story! It’s funny how cats take on that mentor role though. My feral is currently doing that with our new kitten (before she was isolated for a ringworm scare), and of course he was teaching her all the...

I definitely do think he has some Korat in him. He’s got the real lanky build but is heavy as heck. But oh, Chester is such a beauty. :loveeyes: It was actually kind of funny because when I reported the bite to the urgent care doctor, he of course had to call the police, but they didn’t do...

I apologize if this has been done because I did search a few pages back, but I thought it would be fun to create a success story thread for those feral turned sweetheart kitties who were just looking for someone patient enough to work with them. My feral is now almost three years old and the...

One suggestion I received when the same exact thing happened to my little Pica-beast was to hold the injured cat so they can’t run around and just allow the other to sniff and be near them. That way, it is surpervised and completely controlled. If they try to get rowdy, then end the meeting...

I agree that it could just be freckles appearing. Keep an eye on it. If there’s any fur loss, itchiness, or redness that starts to appear, a call to the vet will be benefitial. But right now, it doesn’t look like anything alarming.

I did want to post a bit of an update. Tuesday will be the two mark point of the culture and when the shelter vet said they’d call back if it was ringworm. So far, no one in the household has shown any spots. It also does look like a few spots of fur are growing back. My vet figured that she...

Cheesecurd was our feral turned sweetheart kitten. We spent four hours luring him out with all we had.. crackers and Cheesecurd (I’m from Wisconsin :flail:). He preferred to eat the Cheesecurds over crackers like a true Wisconsin kitty haha.

I also agree you should be okay waiting for tomorrow. If you do one of those discount clinics, just make sure to get a print out of what they did so you can give it to your vet. They forgot once for our feral-turned sweetheart kitten once and it was a nightmare trying to get the paperwork for...

So this is her nose a few minutes ago. It doesn’t seem like anywhere else is thinning, but the marking still just looks odd to me. Looks like I might have to go back to calling her Scarface. I’m a little interested in the little spot of fur that looks like it’s scabbing. It’s been like that...

I had the same thing happen the other day with our 10 week old kitten. It is possible that she was dewormed during the time of the roundworm life-cycle where dewormer doesn’t quite work, which is why it’s recommended to do it every two weeks after the first dose. Almost all kittens have worms...

Im glad you are checking with the vet. I really suggest running a blood panel. My poor Mari was diagnosed with CKD at only 5 years and her only symptom was weight loss. I have my fingers crossed for you that all goes well!