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    Experiences with Bronchoscopy

    I'm wondering if anyone has had their cat undergo a bronchoscopy or a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). My 10-year-old cat has been having rapid, shallow breathing since July or so. Our primary vet and the Internal Medicine specialist we've seen believe it's asthma from the x-rays we've had done...
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    Canned food froze during shipping

    Somewhat of a strange question, but we recently had a shipment of canned cat food delivered. It's cold where we are (20F) and before we could bring it inside, the cans froze. Is it still safe to serve? On some websites, it says not to serve canned food if it was frozen since the seal may have...
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    Increased thirst, but blood work ok

    Hi everyone, I posted a little while ago about my 8 year-old cat, Dillard, who had increased thirst after a short round of prednisolone. I am posting here because he has had continued increased thirst and I'm starting to get worried. Dillard was on the prednisolone for about 2 weeks to see if...
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    Prednisolone Side Effect Question

    Hi everyone - was wondering if anyone could offer insight/experience with prednisolone side effects. My cat, Dillard, was on a short course of prednisolone for suspected allergies and possible asthma. He took the medication for probably about 3 weeks, with us tapering off the dose as indicated...
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    Hairball or cause for concern?

    Hi everyone, this is my first post here, so please let me know if I did anything incorrectly. Tonight Dillard, my 7-year-old cat, started coughing. I've attached a video below. This lasted for about 2 minutes, and he did not produce a hairball, although he did lick his lips several times. He...
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