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I guess one can add a 'signature' statement to their profile, if that is what it is called, that is automatically appended at the end of any posts they make? They are confusing in that they always seem to be part of the individual post and not some motto/statement that someone wants to add as a...

Since I have been getting them from Chewy, the bags are what I call 100ml short. There used to be ~100ml of fluid above the '1' line mark, and the bags are marked through to '9' - equaling 1000ml. But, the ones I receive from Chewy are never filled above the 1 line mark, meaning that there is...

Disclaimer: I do not want to start making homemade food for my 19+ yo with CKD. I feed her commercial cat food but need to supplement it with non-chicken baby food meat to maintain a good daily caloric intake. I currently do so with EZ Complete, but I think she is tiring of the chicken liver...

Feeby's diet is supplemented with baby food meat (non-chicken) and I add EZ Complete to it. Not sure if she is tiring of the baby food meat or the EZComplete, but I thought I might try Alnutrin (Meat & Bone, with eggshell powder added) to see if the EZ is her issue. Since the jars are only the...

Feeby, 19+ yo, with multiple conditions (hyperthyroidism, CKD, high BP, intestinal lymph node cancer, and arthritis) has been getting Buprenex for a while now. This was done because she no longer tolerates any arthritic meds/supplements, and no one knows if her other conditions are causing any...

Feeby (almost 13 pounds) has been getting daily 100ml LR fluids since the beginning of May when her creatinine and BUN shot up. It has brought her numbers back down to the levels she had in January, Cre 3.5/BUN 62. That essentially puts her in Stage 3. Despite the fact that she rarely has a...

I am accumulating a huge number of plastic syringes, oral and those where I have removed the needles and disposed of them appropriately. None of them involve blood, just medications. I've searched for solutions, and there doesn't seem to be any way to dispose of them short of tossing them in...

... not for acute, temporary pain or surgical related relief, and not through injection or topical. This is looking for input from folks who administer this med at home to their cats because of chronic pain, due to things like arthritis or cancer, for example. All the information on the...

After having two raccoons 'pass through' our backyard a couple of times about two weeks ago, one is back. Here it is noon, and I look out the window to see it sitting in one of the squirrel perches just munching away. To get it to leave, we took down all the squirrel feeders and brought them...

Here I am again. I want to give Feeby her B-12 injection via her sub-Q fluids. I know about the y-port that is included on most lines from the sub-Q fluid bags, mine included. But I am having trouble finding instructions/videos that show the process in detail. Anyone have thorough instructions...

Feeby is getting Lactated Ringers sub-Q fluids, 100 ml a day. I just started a new bag (her 2nd) and noticed the drip tube is fuller than with the previous bag - maybe 1/2 full when the original drip tube stayed pretty much at about a 1/4 full - for as much as I can remember anyway. Is this any...

I have always had cardinals in my yard, they feed from the bird feeders, bring their hatchlings to the feeders to teach them how to use the feeders, and even take baths in my 'watering hole'. In all these years, I have never seen where they place their nests - which is fine by me. However, I...

I don't know how many members have used Solensia for their cat's arthritis at least as long (or longer) as I have with Feeby, but she just got her 6th injection. I have noticed for probably at least the past 2 months that she is having what I'll call 'itchiness attacks' on the lower half of her...

I don't end up posting as often as I sometimes feel like doing, because half the time I feel like Feeby is so weird, old, and out of the normal, that there really is never any kind of explanation/resolution. Even her vets, including specialists, have called her an enigma. It is also frustrating...

UPDATE to: How did you make the decision for Pred and chemo? | TheCatSite - and, long, as usual. New oncologist seen in November. Her assessment is NOT to give Pred due to Feeby's other health conditions - primarily CKD and the leaky heart valve (no treatment needed at this time). Because...

I have 2.5 mg amlodipine pills that need to be split into 4 parts. They are not only pretty small (6mm, which is less than 1/4"), but also hard as rocks and neither of my current pill splitters seem to be capable of cutting them into 2 totally equal parts, much less 4. I can use either of these...

Apparently, Antech labs started doing SDMA testing about three years ago, and now just recently has added to a bloodwork 'package' of tests. This package was done on Feeby just two days ago. She has never had an SDMA test done before but has been deemed to have CKD for probably at least two...

Feeby had her 3rd-ever BP test today - but her first with a Doppler. The previous two were done with what I believe was High Definition Oscillometric (HDO). They were done 1 - 1 1/2 years ago, with each testing done 3 times. They came out averaging on the normal high side around 150-160. Today...

This probably belongs in another forum - one that I don't normally frequent... I was long (30+ years) with a vet who owned his practice from his dad, until he decided to sell it. That was 3 years ago. The changes have been gradual, but they keep coming. Now, there is no such thing as a 'walk...

Feeby is 18+yo, with hyperthyroidism, CKD, and arthritis was recently diagnosed with SCL. Her only issues are with intermittent lack of appetite, and what I call lethargy (sleeping a lot and limited mobility). She is being treated for the hyper-T, is taking Mirataz and Ondansetron, although...