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  1. missthisbe

    Socializing a new cat

    Hello, I adopted a cat about a month ago estimated to be about five years old although she acts much younger. I currently have one other cat that I have raised since she was a kitten. She is now fourteen and has always been a very gentle but skittish kitty. She had always lived with my Siamese...
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    Advice on spaying

    I recently adopted a cat from a county animal control that is female and estimated at about age five. She was found abandoned on some rural farm property with two other cats, and animal control states that she has not been spayed. My vet is very hesitant to spay a cat unless 100% sure it has...
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    cat's weight with feeding tube diet

    Hello-- I posted earlier about the possibility of getting my cat a surgically placed feeding tube after she suffered a stroke and lost interest in eating. She lost quite a bit of weight in the process and became pretty frail. My cat did have the feeding tube put in about a week ago, and she is...
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    Esophagostomy tube

    I was wondering if anyone on this site has had experience with having a surgically placed feeding tube in a cat. Was it beneficial? Is this a reasonable thing to consider for a senior cat with chronic appetite problems? Were there risks or complications that arose afterwards? My...
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