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I adopted Margo, a 2.5 year old cat, a month ago. I bought the dry food the shelter had been giving her (Hill's Adult 1-6) but she didn't want to eat much of it. I figured it was just her adjusting to a new environment. I wanted to get her on Iams Sensitive Stomach (my mom did a ton of research...

I adopted Margo just over two weeks ago. She's 2.5 years old. The first week she was a dream. Openly curious (I didn't wean her into my space, which is on me), played from day 1, meowed, purred, rubbed up against me, let me pet her, doesn't hide, litter habits are spot on. She doesn't get in my...

First time looking into pet insurance. I'm not worried about preventive. These are the 4 I've gotten quotes from. Lemonade and Pets Best are the cheapest, but they don't dover sick visits or dental (Lemonade has add-ons but it's $$$). Fetch and Pumpkin seem to cover the most. I'm guessing once I...

I decided to adopt a new kitty 11 days ago. I'm definitely having remorse and don't feel like I gave myself enough time to heal from losing my soul-kitty. I'm going to give this new guy a couple of weeks trial, but in the meantime I'm a bit concerned about a few things. It could also be PTSD...

I put my soul-kitty, Bert, to sleep this past October after having him for 16 years. I didn't think I would be adopting a new babe this soon but a friend is fostering a mama and 3 kitties. I fell in love with one of them. I haven't committed but have asked my friend to hold her for me. She goes...

I put my soul kitty to sleep almost 2 months ago. I'm still heartbroken, and know he will never be replaced, but am starting to think about what adopting a new friend would look like and what I would do differently. So far I would: Socialize the crap out of my new friend so that traveling...

Bert was just diagnosed with mega colon (I don't know why my old vet didn't pick this up a month ago on Xray). Anyway the new vet wants to put him on Cisapride 3 times a day. I'm okay with this. I'm also waiting for the compounding pharmacy to call with a price. So I'm curious... 1. How many...

Hi. Me again. I continue to battle getting my 16 year old cat Bert regular. Now I'm noticing more frequent rectal prolapse which luckily does recede. A month ago I took him to the vet due to constipation. They ran blood which was normal aside from a mild increase in Creatine (not enough to...

One of my biggest fears around my cat's health is that he'll be required to take daily medication. So this is a hypothetical right now. I live alone. He will NOT come out for anyone. He hides when people come over and when I'm out of town the cat sitters never see him. When they've looked under...

Hello! My 17-year old cat randomly has these 'outbursts' where he'll poop many times, howl, cry, run rampant, sometimes vomit and then after 1-1.5 hours will settle down and act normal. I've taken him to the vet a few times, and even an ER once. It's been going on for a couple of years now and...

My guy had been on a UR formula dry food to help aid crystals due to a blockage. Roughly 2.5 weeks ago due to a bout of bad constipation my vet put him on RC Fiber Response plus doubled his dose of Miralax. I transitioned him quickly because he was picking out only the new food - so his choice...

B's 16 years old this month and has been struggling with constipation for a while now. I thought I had it under control but I don't. Up until last week he had been on a Rx urinary food due to a blocked urethra years ago + a 1/4 can of Fancy Feast Classic Pate so that I could mix in 1/4 tsp of...

Okay, so my poor little guy has been through a lot lately. Ate a ribbon 2.5 weeks ago. Started limping 5 days after that. Took to ER vet and all they could say was arthritis and 'here's some Buprenex' and just watch and wait for the ribbon. Next day he pooped the ribbon. A day after I stopped...

Hi. This is really long, but I feel like all the details will be helpful My 12 year old cat, Bert, has had a rough couple of weeks. First he ate a long satin ribbon, but luckily he pooped that out 6 days later. During that time he started limping. I took him to the ER vet last Sunday to check...