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I'm happy that your cat is doing better! Hopefully this treatment is going to take care of the problem.

Maybe the vet didn't see any reason to do anything else? He has diagnosed him with gastritis quite confidently. Keep us updated about how your cat feels, I hope that with prescribed medication he'll get better in a few days!

Vomiting is often a sign of illness, but if he eats well and is active, then it's a sign of relative health... That said, when my cat started vomiting from food repeatedly as a kitten, she turned out to have panleikopenia. Even though she was still happily prancing around (in high fever!) like...

She sounds depressed by the cone and the general situation. I'd take it off and observe her. When my cat was sterilized she didn't have a cone but she wore a 'cat jacket' (I'm not sure how it's called): every time when I took it off to change her into another one, she suddenly transformed into a...

Fussing over has an opposite effect on my cat, she becomes annoyed and walks away... Our last vet visit happened quite a while ago. I know it's typical to take cats for a check-up once per year, but in my country vets don't really understand what a check-up is. They understand when you come...

It's not as catified as I'd prefer, but I do my best. She has many toys she pays no attention to, so the only catification that matters to her is her various high resting spots. She loves them. I don't believe she's extremely unhappy, but she used to be sooooo happy as a kitten! I wish she...

She's 3.5 y.o., and she has windows as her best-liked hobby. I live on the 5th floor, a lot of birds fly around, some use tree branches to sit on, and some walk on the balcony. She bird-watches a lot and she loves it. I also play with her myself, although it's tricky and difficult: she loses...

My cat used to be such a happy kitten. Her eyes would lit up with happiness! Her whole body language would be that of being happy. Especially after playing. Now she's grown and I haven't seen her eyes lit up with happiness since she was a kitten :( Her sleeping form is very relaxed and pleased...

They'll likely tell you to bring his poop and liquid. So if he goes to toilet right before the appointment, you could collect whatever he gives you beforehand. Typically you have to collect it within 2 hours before testing and no earlier. If he's done it only once during last week, you probably...

Alldara, thank you for the idea. The description states that they work on leather but not cloth sofas. The armchair is cloth, though. That said, maybe I shouldn't bother, the armchair is old anyway, and she's been scratching it for 2 years before she discovered the joys of the scratching post...

Thanks for educating me on the types of scratchers! Btw my cat still scratches the armchair from time to time, even though she loves her scratching post and it stands a mere half a meter away from the armchair. Any ideas? I couldn't find my scratching post in the link, but this one is very...

Oh, sorry I wasn't clear enough about this. It is indeed the reason, but according to the lectures animals aren't aware of it. We were told that their behavior is purely instinct-driven and that they enjoy the very act of digging. One of the examples we were given: imagine that you bought some...

Maybe he grew up and needs a bigger litterbox to dig around in? It might be uncomfortable for him to dig if it's all cramped. It sounds strange, but I bought my cat a (human) tub. Lots of space, high sides. They just don't make litterboxes like this! And even in the tub my cat ends up digging...

He's definitely asking for attention. Maybe he wants to play with you more (at this age they aren't very interested in inanimate toys) or maybe caressing him would be enough.

I give my cat her favorite snack after nail trimming or brushing. She hates both activities, but she tolerates them if she sees an unopened snack right in front of her. I'd avoid going to a vet or a pet shop for nail trimming. You never know if some cat with panleikopenia was nail-trimmed...

I looked at the chart, at the pictures drawn from above, and she might actually be overweight! Not much, not 'Obese', but the picture right after 'Ideal' that reads 'Overweight' looks right. She's free-fed, but I'll check how much she eats per day and start giving her less. One of the vets about...

Thanks for your reply. This will sound strange, but I'm not sure if she's overweight. From above, she's a slim cat, but from the side... She has that empty bag of skin hanging down from her abdomen that some cats have, it flaps around when she runs, and it makes her look pretty fat from the...

I'm a bit late to reply, but I just read your story and have to say that I find it unrealistic that your cat lost 2 healthy teeth within a 10 month period (unless he fought other cats in the streets or something equally radical). E.g. if he had gum infection, there should've been signs like...

My cat has a habit of sitting on her ass when looking outside the window. One of her ancestors was a Scottish Fold, so she can sit like this, and it's rather unnatural, I think. I noticed that whenever she does this, and even if I take her into my arms in a similar way, she starts to make...

If he always pees and poops successfully after waiting, then maybe his bowel movements are too slow and he'd benefit from meds. But if sometimes he lies there unproductively, I'd say it's a cause for alarm. Could be an infection, could be worse, but you say he's been doing it forever, so I...