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A bit of background: Kira is a rescue cat. I found him on the street covered in his own filth and days away from starving to death. Since day 1 he's been incredibly insecure. In six years we've gotten to the point where I'm allowed to pet the backside of his neck. Never the face. Very rarely I...

So bare with me - I'm in a horribly cranky mood. My ADHD/anxiety meds have a national shortage going on and I haven't had them for a week. So if this post sounds negative, I apologize in advance. Ive got three food related issues for kitty. 1) what to feed her? I've been feeding her "mature"...

Kira is an indoor/outdoor kitty. He's a Ragdoll with long fur. He's also incredibly timid and has been since I rescued him as a kitten. He's always had his nervous ticks and twitches, so at first I didn't find his newfound habit of scratching his shoulders weird. He sometimes scratches his...

Spoon has finally hit the point where she needs soft food. Her tooth bothers her enough she doesn't like solids. (It's being monitored to see if she might need pain killers) I happened to have some fancy feast mature food hanging about, which I'm now out of. I work right next to a pet store and...

My landlord's cat got down in my apartment the other day. He's not fixed. Somewhere in my bedroom he has peed. This is the mother of all pees. A week's worth of cat pee condensed into one tiny pee. I can smell it when I walk into my apartment. And my room? I'm not going to touch it. I've taken...

My friend's cat woke up this morning not feeling good. She's lost her apatite and is a bit sluggish. She's also vomiting green liquid. A few times today. She's never had problems before. She hasn't been seen eating or drinking today, but she has been active. She follows him all around the house...

Socrates is back being a Little Terror and driving me insane. She put on a bit of weight over the last year. I've moved, and now she's more active. I guess the extra 'blubber' is rubbing under her armpits. I've discovered several small hairmats. They're very loosely made and should easily come...

After trying what feels like a million types of cat litter I'm about to go insane. Spoon has kidney failure and pees a lot. Now that she's an indoor cat I've discovered how much she pees! I have to change the entire box of litter weekly. It clumps up into a huge mess in the bottom of the box. It...

I'm at wits end with Kira. He's a ragdoll Siamese looking cat with very fine and thin fur. Since transitioning to an indoor cat I've discovered he hacks up way more hairballs than I thought. I'm getting tired of cleaning them out of the carpet and off my brand new shoes. Brushing him only gets a...

Soooo it turns out Socks LOVES my vitamin E oil. I put some on my hands and she wouldn't leave them alone. I'm pretty sure she kept licking my hands all night. Is vitamin E oil okay for cats? How much can she have if so? She's drying my hands out with all her licking... The oil contains Glycine...

Kira is a very sweet cat I rescued off the streets several years ago. He's timid and heck, but everything about him is soft and sweet. I've NEVER seen him scratch except for one very unique incident. Even his bites are very soft. To give an example, once he kept waking me up all through the...

I've had cats run away before. They've never been this weird when they get back. After living in a hotel for a month and changing rooms every few days I let him stay with me for stability. He was cooped up for a week until I was sure he knew this was home. Then I began letting him out a little...

Socrates seems to be mad that I'm paying attention to my neighbor's dog who has an eye infection. Yesterday morning she was fine, that evening her eye was watering like crazy and she had it closed. I checked and I don't see any infection or damage, just tons and tons of tears. While she's been...

One of my dearest cats, Kira, managed to get away from me two days ago. His carrier broke halfway into the new house and he bolted. He's incredibly timid, and with the new area I don't expect him to come home on his own. He took off into a fenced lot that's HUGE and covered in all the bushes...

I have a cat with liver failure. Her vet said the values they tested were very, very high when we found out. Her gums were, and still are VERY yellow from jaundice. We put her on some meds to help regulate things, which has helped for a few months. Suddenly she's always on her special Food Chair...

Spoon lived through her cancer scare, meaning I can again focus on her chronic fue problem. It mats up all the time. Due to our cancer scare I wasn't paying attention to the small mats until they became big. Her flank and back of legs are especially bad. She's very, very high strung. I don't...

I finally managed to save up enough to haul Spoon in for her ultrasound. The vet said that while her liver didn't look great, it was her gallbladder that was the problem. He didn't see any large masses that scream cancer, and it wasn't totally obstructed. Buuut he wanted to draw some fluid out...

Hopefully this is the right place for this. My cats have all become jealous of each other and all suddenly have medical problems. It's getting expensive very quickly. Does anyone have pet insurance and found it helped? Which type? Is it worth it? I have an ultrasound, a full blood panel, dental...

I have a thread on Spoon's health issues, but I'd like to get more insight specifically on getting her to eat. She's been diagnosed (tentatively) with a chronic liver problem. I'm not sure what caused her to stop eating, but she hasn't been. We had her checked over twice and there's no dental...

So Clyde passed in Jan. Within two weeks we noticed Spoon losing weight. She's kind of a community cat who hangs around, and very timid. I took her into the vet and... it's not great. The two main values they check for her liver are off the charts. One is at least twice what it should be, the...