My cat Derby is a 3 year old female. Yesterday, she threw up several times (every time she tried to eat) and wouldn’t eat/drink. We gave her a little water with an oral syringe. She had a bit of diarrhea but otherwise didn’t poop or pee.
Last night, she threw up a thin, inch long bug wing. It...
I followed this tutorial, and I love it. My two cats refuse separate litter boxes and I was struggling to find one big enough for them to both comfortably use. I nabbed a $5 tote from Wal-Mart, and it works like a charm! The cats had no trouble transitioning to it either, we just put it in...
Update - our vet knows our cats well and knows that Jam is a little street fighter and Derby is a "delicate thing" who also rubs her face on everything she sees. He thinks Jam busted her nose when they fought Saturday and Derby is just reopening it when we get home because she gets excited and...
We switched over to corn litter, we buy their food in bulk to cut down on wrappers/container waste, and we've stopped buying them toys/beds/anything we can make or recycle something for. You can also use a litter genie to cut down on the number of bags you go through scooping litter. We use...
Starting this off with yes, we are going to the vet as soon as they open tomorrow morning.
My cat had a sudden nosebleed Saturday night. We had been out for a few hours, came home, and she was fine. Five minutes later, she's bleeding out of her right nostril. It wasn't much and it only...
I had turkey grease cooling on the kitchen counter, covered with foil. I went up to take a shower and came downstairs to the foil shredded and a greasy faced fat. I know that she definitely ate some of the foil to get to the grease, but I also know that she's definitely eaten worse than this...
The kitten we had here last month we had adopted, then had to give back to the hospital we adopted him from because they failed to inform us of his many, many health issues. Poor little guy needs to be in a one cat home so we couldn't keep him.
When we brought him to our vet, he had over a...
To make a very long story short, we had a kitten in our home July 1- 19 who wound up having ringworm. He had the type that glows under a blacklight, and he was glowing bright green.
I've had a ringworm patch on my arm for about 10 days, treating it with creams since day 3 when I realized what...
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My 12 week old kitten came to us one week ago. The week before that, he was at a foster, and for several weeks before that, he was quarantined at a vet with an upper respiratory infection and ear mites. Both were cleared up before he came to us, and he hasn't had contact with another...
Final Update - it's a blockage! Derby, who has never tried to eat something other than food, decided to eat what the vet thinks is a small plastic wrapper. My boyfriend and I both just got over bronchitis and laryngitis, so it's probably a cough drop wrapper. No concerns of it wrapping up in...
I'm sorry that this is bothering you so much. Please understand, I love my kitten like she's my baby, and this whole blockage experience has been deeply upsetting for me. The suggestion that I am in some way not providing appropriate care to my cat is even more so. I've done some more...
I also have some concerns that it may not be an obstruction. The x-ray looks exactly the way an obstruction would, but the "item" blocking isn't visible. It could be because it wasn't picked up by the x-ray due to whatever material it is made of. She started eating this morning and her...
She's never tried to eat anything other than food, so we have NO idea what it could be. She's having diarrhea, so it isn't a full blockage, and we've given her about 1/3 of her normal daily food intake and she hasn't vomited yet, so it has to be going somewhere. I'm hoping it's something small...
Thank you! Luckily my cat is coconut oil obsessed, I'm going to give her a little bit right now! The x-ray tomorrow will determine if we monitor at home or schedule surgery, fingers crossed.
Thank you! We're going back for x-rays tomorrow. The vet said that if the gas in her intestines has moved, then we can continue to syringe feed and monitor for it to pass. If it doesn't move, surgery will be scheduled. She's drinking, peeing, and pooping and so far today we've been able to...
I understand that many cats eat more than mine does. We've also expressed concerns with our vet and they are happy with her health during wellness checks. She has normal bowel movements every day, plays throughout the day, and her blood work comes back great. The recommended amount of the...
Derby is almost 5 months old, and typically eats 1/4 cup of food a day. On Friday, her pet insurance kicked in, so of course she got sick :) On Saturday, she began to vomit and stopped eating, and has not eaten independently since. Sunday she began to have diarrhea, which has continued through...