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    UK wet food advice

    Thank you. They used to eat this when I lived in Australia but haven't been able to find this since I moved.
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    Help with throwing up brown sludge

    Hello, I recently changed food for my cats from an expensive brand to a less expensive brand. I have tried to still get quality - for example no filler, grains, additives etc. This food change has been gradual but coincided with one of them throwing up dark brown sludge with a small hairball in...
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    UK wet food advice

    Hi everyone, I live in England and have two cats who have both had inflammatory conditions in the past including colitis and because of that I can’t feed them any food including gums, fillers etc. For the last 3 years they have been eating ziwi chicken food and been doing extremely well. But...
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    How much water to give a cat?

    I got it from a few sites on a quick Google. It seemed like a lot to me too. Thanks for the info about how much water is in wet food. Makes it clearer how much moisture is in their food.
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    How much water to give a cat?

    Hi all, since I switched both my cats to wet/raw, neither of them ever drink from a water bowl. On dry food, I would regularly see them lapping. I know that means they’re getting a lot of moisture from food but I don’t think that’s enough. I know that both my cats are around 4kg so they need...
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    Heart Murmur disappeared??

    At the end of last year my cat was diagnosed with a heart murmur and the vet did an echo and she was found to be in very very early stage HCM heart disease but there was no reduction in the size of the heart chamber. No medication was required as it was so early and I was told to check again in...
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    Just a rant about poorly educated vets

    I find it’s the same in human medicine as it is veterinary medicine. No one knows anything about nutrition and just want to throw unnecessary tests at you and pills. From my experiences over the last few years with medical conditions my husband has, no one wants to find the root cause of things...
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    My cat is gulping and I can’t figure out why

    I thought I would update this thread in case anyone else goes through something similar. I thought that things were improving on the slippery elm. They were for about a day or two and then she started deteriorating as the week went on. She started vomiting again and being lethargic and her...
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    My cat is gulping and I can’t figure out why

    I don’t want to speak too soon as she has only been taking the slippery elm for 24 hours but it seems to be helping so far. I would love to know the reason behind this weird swallowing though. just to understand how the slippery elm would be helping. But I’m saying that I will take any...
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    My cat is gulping and I can’t figure out why

    thanks for your reply. Her food bowl is raised to head height and she does eat quickly but I mash her food into a paste and spread out across the whole bowl.
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    My cat is gulping and I can’t figure out why

    Hi everyone, I last posted about my cat back in January when I took her to the vet for a teeth cleaning (No teeth removed). She returned home very distressed to my other cat hissing and growling at her and she acted as if her mouth was in pain. She stopped eating on her own for two days and I...
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    Hairball advice/raw diet/egg yolk

    Thanks all for your advice. Her name is Mittens but we call her Mitty. I live in Australia so all our eggs are salmonella free so that’s not a worry. Interesting you recommend small amounts of egg every day. she fully transitioned a day ago. Regarding the IBD, she has an ultrasound and there...
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    Hairball advice/raw diet/egg yolk

    Hi all, I switched my cat to raw diet and been slowly transitioning over the last month. Since doing this she has been having a fair amount of hairballs maybe once a week. This is more than she used to have. It is summer where I am and extremely hot so there is a lot of loose hair. I read this...
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    What’s the deal with Hills I/d chicken stew

    Hi all, wondering if anyone has experience with this food?? A vet prescribed it to my cat about 6 weeks ago after she had diarrhoea and looking at the ingredients I can’t see anything wrong with it. The reviews seem very good and it’s supposed to support healthy digestion and stools. However...
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    The whole of yesterday I had to hand feed her. I have no idea why she suddenly decided she wouldn’t eat out of a bowl. I will definitely try the paper plate because she would only eat from my hand, a tiled floor or on a small towel. She’s such a weirdo. she has perked up a bit and ate about 75%...
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    So I just got her to eat about 80% of a meal. She refused to eat out of her bowl though. I had to place it on her paw and she would eat it off that. Then I put it on a small towel and she ate off the towel. At least she has something in her tummy now even though she’s still being strange
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    my other cat is being normal. Eating well and going to the toilet fine. She’s the dominant one out of the two but she normally mothers Tiggy. She is used to being bathed all day by her. The lack of attention is definitely upsetting her
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    I don’t believe she has feline herpes. Nothing has ever been diagnosed. She has a complete check up - bloods and physical check while she was at the vet and everything was fine
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    She hasn’t been to the toilet for a day so I can’t say whether the diarrhoea has gone. I am 95% sure that the depression is from the hissing because I see her face when it happens and she looks so upset, she just skulks off and hides somewhere. Currently she is hiding under the sofa - a place...
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    Cat had teeth cleaned and now everything has changed

    4th day and still hissing and growling. Tiggy is so depressed and it’s killing me watching her so upset. I’ve been through non recognition aggression before but it has never been this bad. I’m starting to think they will never be ok again. She won’t eat or will take a couple of nibbles and walk...
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