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  1. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    Not much to say except that Millie is continuing to recover. She at least considered playing with her (annoying) sister cat, and is able to purr more easily. She also makes biscuits on me to let me know it's breakfast time. Not quite as energetic as before but getting closer. She still only...
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    Help!! my mom put Hartz ultraguard topical flea treatment on cat!!!!

    I tried to do a little research of my own on this, but it's pretty hard to find anything more neutral than "reactions are rare and almost never more severe than skin irritation" and "this is toxic and killed my cat". So there are a lot of extreme perspectives out there. Remember that people are...
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    Cats avoiding certain foods after vomiting

    I'm going through this right now with Amelia. She doesn't usually go off a food if she just gacks it up once (in fact, she'll immediately re-ingest it if given the chance). But she was quite ill for the last week with a lot of gagging and nausea, and now she won't eat any wet food (sometimes...
  4. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    We still don't know what is (was?) wrong, but Millie's doing pretty good. I spoke with the vet and he seemed to think that her mucus/cough could be related to esophagitis (in this case, irritation from all the acid reflux and gagging from before), or possibly a URI secondary to stress. But since...
  5. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    She was eating so well, then refused her dinner this evening. She tried to eat when I came home from work but threw up a bit. I finally had some luck getting her ondansetron into her... Took a proper syringe from work (I work in a hospital) and used that after I'd crushed and dissolved the pill...
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    How long to clear a URI?

    I just checked with the vet, and they think we should hold off on another round of antibiotics, as long as he's healthy other than some congestion and sneezing. Forgot to ask about the shots, though. He will be needing those, as well as neutering, and I can't put them off indefinitely.
  7. Sonatine

    How long to clear a URI?

    Still sniffly and sneezing. Not really any worse and he's still acting just fine, but I called the vet just in case. They're gonna call back this morning and I'll see what they think. He's due for his next round of kitten shots anyway, so either way he's probably going in next week.
  8. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    A small and slightly puzzling update. Amelia is doing pretty good overall. Sometimes she's still nauseous and it seems to be worse late in the evenings, but she's eating and using the box, and nothing seems amiss there. She eats a little more slowly but is persistent. It's clear she wants to...
  9. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    We did the ultrasound and it was somewhat inconclusive. I guess she had some gas in her stomach which obscured the view, but it showed some possible inflammation around her duodenum, which could have been pancreatitis or some sort of obstruction between stomach and intestines. The vet did not...
  10. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    So many updates! Well, it isn't pancreatitis. Which leaves obstruction.... or something else entirely. She's actually not doing too badly. She's eating, I finally got some of her zofran into her. Gagged just a little but less than before and she seems tired but generally alert. The vet doesn't...
  11. Sonatine

    Strange scab on cat

    Can you send a picture to a vet? Does it seem to bother him at all if you touch near it. It looks nasty and I don't like the look of that hair loss around it but I couldn't hazard a guess about what it is.
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    Urgent advice needed. Cat temperature high.

    How is he doing other than the mild temperature increase? Is it an actual fever or just up from what is normal for him? Do you take his temperature regularly for some reason or was it done at a vet's? What was the temperature? Per the VCA 100.5°F and 102.5°F (38.1°C to 39.2°C) is the normal...
  13. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    Ugh my pill gun efforts failed. Miserably. And she was super pissed about it, too. I was so close after wrestling her, and trying to get her mouth open... and the pill gun jammed a bit and didn't release her pill. I'm gonna try crushing the tablet and adding it to water/tuna juice next and...
  14. Sonatine

    How much time a cat can live with acute kidney disease when not treated?

    A lot of it depends on if it is acute kidney failure in isolation, or acute-on-chronic. If it's in isolation (i.e. something reversible has caused the renal failure, such as toxins, infection, or dehydration, but the cat does not actually have underlying kidney disease), then often reversing the...
  15. Sonatine

    How long to clear a URI?

    Thanks for the reassurance. My other cat being so sick has been really difficult (she's only 3! No prior health issues! I've never dealt with anything like it), so at least this helps me feel less guilty about neglecting the kitten's issues. Little Gizmo Gremlinson doesn't seem to be slowed...
  16. Sonatine

    How long to clear a URI?

    So it's been around 3 weeks or so since his convenia injection.... and he's still congested and sneezing a bit. His eyes are clear, no goo or discharge there, but he's definitely still somewhat congested and while it's not quite as bad as when I brought him home I think it might have gotten a...
  17. Sonatine

    Kittens eat so much...

    Yeah, once I'm not a student any more I'll have a lot more options. I hear good things about orijen and tiki cat. They'll get to try so many foods. It'll be great. They're gonna be so spoiled. I feed the two adults set amounts based on the calorie content and their ideal weights, so they're...
  18. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    So, Millie is actually feeling a little better! She was still pretty bad the night I brought her home, but by the next night she was able to eat a small amount even though she was clearly still not feeling well. She was also a little more active and hiding less. Of course, she didn't want much...
  19. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    I really don't think a hairball remedy alone is going to solve this. Her food comes up immediately after she eats it. The X-rays weren't entirely conclusive for obstruction, either, though the symptoms seem right. I'll go through with the ultrasound. I'll also pick up some higher fiber foods or...
  20. Sonatine

    Hairball blockage?

    At this point I'd be relieved to find out it's just a hairball! The vets seem less convinced though. I just hope it isn't something really bad but that's starting to feel unlikely. If it does turn out to be a really severe hairball though, she'll be getting regular brushings and hairball remedy...
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