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My new girl has had diarrhea off and on since I got her three weeks ago. Last Thursday, she had diarrhea with bloody mucus in it. Today I took her to the vet for a full blood panel and stool sample. Everything was fine, but they did find coccidia in her stool and prescribed Baycox for 5 days. I...

I had completely forgotten to update everyone, and I'm not sure whether any of you remember my posts about my sweet girl. Her official name was Mousse, but we always called her Moon because she had these big, beautiful orange eyes reminiscent of harvest moons. We adopted Moon when she was 10...

My Moon is about 12 years old. We adopted her and she was an ex-breeding queen (persian). She was in very bad health at the time and had just gotten spayed (it was an infected incision -- her previous owner wasn't taking care of it). She was emaciated. We took her to a general vet, internal...

I don't understand. My Tony was perfectly fine. He was a good weight, active, eating well, playful, etc. Then, yesterday I woke up and he wouldn't eat. He kept hovering above his water dish trying to drink but he was unable to. He was walking like he was drunk and he was super lethargic and not...

I'm sure some of you have heard about my Mousse before. I adopted her in 2018 at the age of 10. She had previously been used as a breeding cat (she is purebred persian). But, when I got her she was emaciated, her spay incision was infected, she had calicivirus, and she had infected ulcers in her...

I rescued Mousse a bit over a year ago. Long story short, we didn't think she would survive long and even our regular vet wasn't super optimistic. She had chronic diarrhea. She was emaciated and her nose and mouth were ulcerated. She was 10 and had recently been spayed before we brought her home...

Wow, I haven't posted in awhile but I also haven't forgotten all of your kind advice and reassurance over the past year as I struggled with my rescue persian's myriad of health conditions. I think I've spent over 5 grand on diagnostics, medications, and specialist visits this past year. I...

I had finally gotten Mousse (my special needs cat) in a good place health-wise and thought I could take a breath and maybe a little break from almost 24/7 caregiving. Then, my other rescue persian, Sangria, got sick. She is approximately nine years old and I adopted her about five years ago...

I called the cardiologist who treats Mousse's severe HCM today Plavix (blood Thinner) And Nose Bleeds and he wants to prescribe dexamethasone for Mousse's nasal and oral inflammation for 7 days to see if it helps. He said there is a chance that it could exacerbate her HCM but that the risks...

Mousse has been on the plavix (blood thinner), benzapril (for her BP), and atenolol (to lower heart rate) for over two months now. There have been three instances where we had to stop giving the plavix for a day. She takes 1/4 tablet once a day. I hate this medication so much and I'm not sure...

Just an update for those of you following Mousse's story. I've been posting here since I adopted her from a breeder (she's a retired breeding persian) in terrible condition. I've had her for almost a year now and her health has improved drastically. But, when we went for a dental specialist...

Has anyone used bovine lactoferrin in conjunction with l-lysine? If so, what has your experience been? I've been using 500mg twice a day of l-lysine powder for my cat who is positive for calicivirus and herpes virus. I don't really see a change. I mean, right now I do because she was also...

For those of you following Mousse's saga, she didn't have her teeth extracted. She also doesn't have stomatitis. The dental specialist said it looks like gingivitis and some deformed teeth. We couldn't do any extractions, unfortunately, because we also found moderate-severe HCM (hypertrophic...

Today we took Mousse in to see the dental specialist because my vet suspected stomatitis. Also, we had her see the cardiologist to figure out what her heart murmur is from. Previous owner said she knew of it but never investigated it. The dental specialist said it wasn't stomatitis and that we'd...

Hello all, My adopted special needs fur-baby that I've been posting about a lot will be going to see two specialists on Tuesday at 9:00am. We are driving 3.5 hours to see these doctors. First, she will see the internal medicine specialist who will look into her chronic stuffiness and nasal...

My Mousse is going for her FME soon for stomatitis. She's been through so much. She's 10 and has gone through calicivirus, spay-site incision infection (from before I got her), emaciation, IBD with chronic diarrhea, and chronic rhinitis. All of these are under control now except her teeth. She's...

So those of you who have been following my Mousse's recovering health might be interested in this. We have an appointment scheduled with a (very expensive) dental specialist and an internal medicine specialist to deal with what seems to be long-lasting calicivirus symptoms (tongue ulcers...

I live in Canada. A year ago I adopted a cat that I was told was in excellent health only to find that she was incredibly sick (calicivirus, IBD, emaciated, etc). Now she is recovered and is of a healthy weight and has a good quality of life. But, we are seeing a specialist in April for possible...

This is going to be long but I feel I need to talk about it. Feel free to offer words of encouragement, advice, ask questions, etc. I don't mind but I just need to post about it. I feel as though I'm a bit exhausted. Almost a year ago I decided to adopt a retired breeder persian who I was told...

My cat has a dental specialist appointment in April to figure out what's going on with her mouth. We adopted her almost a year ago and she's had problems since then. We tried to treat her more life-threatening problems first which we did successfully treat. Now she's completely healthy other...