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    How to Help a Cat Tolerate Being Held

    He is going to the vet in a few weeks, and if I can’t get them done beforehand I have every intention of asking them to do it. I definitely want to get into the habit of doing it at home because he apparently hates the vet and he was getting medicated to go, so if I can avoid having to do that...
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    How to Help a Cat Tolerate Being Held

    Oh I definitely would not hold him like that unless he put himself into that position. One of my previous cats LOVED being held like a baby. The instant I picked her up she would just fall backwards into my arms. One of my other cats does not like to be restrained, she is a lap cat through and...
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    How to Help a Cat Tolerate Being Held

    Thank you for that! I am actually feeling much more hopeful today. I happened upon a video from the shelter I adopted him from that they made last year, prior to him being adopted out by his previous owner. There’s a part where his foster straight up has him in her arms, kind of like a baby, and...
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    How to Help a Cat Tolerate Being Held

    Hi there! I was wondering if anyone had any tips for helping a cat become tolerable of being held. And let me say this, I don’t mean so that I can pick him up and cuddle him and all that. I recognize that may never be him. Rather I would prefer to be able to hold him so I can cut his nails and...
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    Stormy

    I didn't really know where else to turn. A little over a week ago I had to make the decision to euthanize my little buddy Stormy, and I just can't seem to accept it. Stormy was a beautiful little lady who was basically my sidekick, it was rare that she wasn't by my side, if she wasn't, I could...
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    Question Regarding Heart Issues and SubQ Fluids

    Thank you. She went for the echo after her episode and they found a moderate mitral regurgitation. It's definitely not an easy time to change vets and I'm not sure if I'm going to. I'm angry because this was clearly a mistake on their part and them trying to justify it is further frustrating me...
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    Question Regarding Heart Issues and SubQ Fluids

    Thank you! It's hard because literally in a span of 2 weeks we had issues with 2 different cats and their hearts, and it is all new to us. We have dealt with kidney disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, and whatnot, but heart conditions are brand new territory for us. We learned quite a bit in a span...
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    Question Regarding Heart Issues and SubQ Fluids

    *Edit* it shouldn't say previous Stormy, it should say precious. She is still here on this good earth with me!!!!
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    Question Regarding Heart Issues and SubQ Fluids

    I am not sure if this is the right forum, but I figure this sounds close enough. Without going into the long post I wrote a few days ago, I had an issue with my previous Stormy almost a month ago. She has a heart murmur and I have known about it since I adopted her a year ago. I am really not...
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    Cat Food Recommendations

    Thank you!!!
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    Cat Food Recommendations

    I had posted about my little Stormy on the Health forum regarding a really rough July, but without going into all of that again, does anyone have any recommendations for a wet cat food? Stormy is a bit more resistant to wet food, but will eat it at times. Having had a cat with kidney disease in...
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    I don't have it with my right now but they ran 3 different panels last night. During her stay 3 weeks ago they did a few more I believe. They did a thyroid panel and that came back fine. They did a urinalysis and that was negative. They did the specfLP and her pancreas levels came back in the...
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    Thank you!!!!!
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    So I didn't really get much for answers? They checked her over physically and she was fine and then ran some bloodwork and everything came back normal. The next steps are to stop the mirtazapine and see how she does. We can see if her appetite goes back to normal and see if the lethargy goes...
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    Whatever they saw didn't seem to show up anywhere else. When they did the second xray on Tuesday, they said it was moving along.
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    They were very well aware of the heart murmur. She wasn't dehydrated, they just did them "in case" she was dehydrated. I'm fine with her getting fluids if she's dehydrated, but as the critical care doctor explained, cats with heart conditions can't get subQ fluids because there is no way to...
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    Mystery Illness in 5 Year Old

    I'm sorry to be posting again (I'm the one who stepped on their cat's tail last night), but I had a question regarding the same cat. My sweet little Stormy is a usually chatty and active 5 year old. On July 3 I fed her her usual breakfast and left her be (there are other cats in the house and...
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    Stepped on Tail

    Thank you! I don't see any blood or feel any. I am trying to look her over for broken skin and I'm not seeing any. Thank you so much!!!!
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    Cat Diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy

    I'm so sorry you're going through this. We have recently dealt with heart issues in 2 of our cats, one of whom was diagnosed with heart failure. When our boy was initially diagnosed we weren't really told much other than he has heart failure and he was given a lasik and a heart pill. He went...
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    Stepped on Tail

    Hey guys. I accidentally stepped on my cat's tail a few moments earlier. At first just the spot I stepped on was fluffy, then she kept flicking and whipping her tail and the whole thing was fluffy. Eventually her tail went back down to normal size. She is letting me touch her tail and she is...
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