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    Diet For Kitty With Early Kidney Disease

    Hello, We have Shadow whom we got when my grandmother passed away. She's anywhere from 11-13 years old. We took her to the vet because she was drinking a lot of water then throwing up. The vet said she had a UTI. Blood work only indicated slightly elevated levels for kidneys. (I know it...
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    Cat Fur Feeling Dry And Rough

    We're feeding ground chicken with EZ complete. We adopted two 7 mo kittens in March and they had really bad diarrhea. It was thought they had a parasite and they did several rounds of Panacur and Albon but to no avail. After 6 weeks of this we gave them pred for a few days and starting...
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    Kitten Diarrhea

    We adopted two 7 mo old kitten from Petco two weeks ago. If you didn't dig in their box, you'd think they were totally fine. Great appetite, fur coat, energy, etc. However, we've been dealing with diarrhea. The lady who runs the rescue took fecal (not sure of the test method) the night we...
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    Does Mirtazapine Actually Make Kitty Feel Better?

    I'm having trouble figuring out if it just makes her crazy for food, or if she actually has a reduction in pain and nausea. When she takes an 1/8 every three days, she more engaged, walking around, jumping on counters, playing with toys, etc. Is this a sign she FEELS better than without it...
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    Inflammation In Esophagus

    Hello, I'm reaching out to get your thoughts on Inflammation of the esophagus. Lilly had and E-tube in for 3 weeks in October. Ever since she's been sick (Oct 3) she hasn't been able to eat kibble. Every time she does, she throws up almost immediately. It's white and foamy. On Saturday...
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    Best Novel Protein, Grain Free Wet Cat Food

    Lilly has suspected IBD/SCL- What are you recommendations? She ate mostly seafood before she got sick.
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    Vet Recommending Chemo 5x/week? Crazy? Needing Input.

    Lilly has suspected Severe IBD or SCL. She has been in fairly good spirits most days, but the diarrhea has not stopped. She is on Budesonide, Metro nausea meds etc. She also started chemo last Friday night (12/1) She's EOD and has had a total of 3 doses. Yesterday our Oncologist said if the...
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    Alternative To Metronidazole (flagyl)

    Lilly has been on Metro for over a month and the diarrhea continues. She has IBD/SCL. We've started her on chemo as well and the vet wants to take her off it in about a day. Has anyone else had this issue where the Metro doesn't work? Any alternative suggestions?
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    Bone Broth

    So we made some bone broth with chicken feet and livers..... Will this be okay? Do you have any suggestions for an IBD/Lymphoma kitty?
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    Chemo Without Biopsy For Lymphoma? Having Reservations.

    Baby Lilly has had all kinds of blood work ran and two ultrasounds. The specialist is fairly certain she has SCL due to ultrasounds and the fact that she isn't responding well to treatment for IBD. We opted to not do the biopsy because she had such a tough time recovering from anesthesia when...
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    Chlorambucil Advice

    Baby Lilly is set to start her Chemo- Chlorambucil on Friday night. I'm literally TERRIFIED. Here's the quick story- after crazy diarrhea and a brief placement of a feeding tube, we treated for suspected IBD starting the 2nd week of Oct. We did not do the biopsy because she went through hell...
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