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Hi....our wonderful Sheldon, a 9 year old male cat, had a very high +2500 u/l reading in his blood test (sept 2021). the rest of his blood works was basically fine. april it was 1700. Sheldon is currently taking prednisolone .25 ml once a day and leukeran once every other week. both for his...

Hi Fellow Cat Lovers....our wonderful Sheldon had just been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism due to enlarged thyroid glands. He's about 12 years old. He has been prescribed methimazole. What is the average life expectancy? I have read some articles that say about 2 years and others that say...

Dealing with Loss Here are some suggestions for how to cope with loss that I have learned from my own personal experience, reading, chat groups and message boards. Initial grief The grief you feel at the beginning can be overpowering both emotionally and physically, but, please take heart...

Stages of Bereavement Here are the stages one generally goes through. Please keep in mind it not a linear process. One day/hour/month you feel okay/better and then wham. The stages can be mixed together and some may not happen. Grief and Shock Denial and/or Disbelief...

For those of you who are grieving for a lost pet or know that one of your beloved pets are going to euthanize here is a free, supportive, moderated chat room. It's hard to find people who understand and can provide support when grieving for the loss of a beloved pet. The APLB chatrooms have...

Is this normal? Our new cat Sheldon has a figure 8 bald patch around his man nipples near his hind legs. I noticed it while he was cleaning/licking the area. The bald area is around an inch around each nipple. Sheldon seems happy and healthy otherwise. He's adorable. Thanks

Our dear Marlow Cat just had a blood test where the SDMA result was 16 ug/dL which is high. How worried should we be? ps.....His CREA was 151 (normal) and UREA 9.8 which is normal. We are changing his diet to a wet food designed to treat kidney disease and trying to have him drink as much as...

Howdy. Our cat Marlow might have a slight eye infection. He has a little bit of tearing and slightly colored discharge from his left eye. Is it okay to give him polysporin antibiotic eye drops even though it's for humans? Thanks.

Our dear cat Marlow has an abscess. It was drained 3 days ago. He's been taking the antibiotic aventiclav twice a day. We have been giving it to him with food. We have to grind the pill and put it in his mouth with food. The first two days went fine. Today he has vomited after each of the pills...

Hi Folks.......this is our latest method for giving our dear Marlow his pills. We made sure with our vet that it was okay to crush Marlow's pills.