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Definitely my hair! He is a short hair white/buff kitty. I have loooong brunette hair. He's pooping and the chunks are getting chained together with long pieces of my hair!

Just a little update. Barney pooped again yesterday, about 27 hours since his last. It was, again, a better and more normal looking type of poop, but with hair in it still. I think a teaspoon of pumpkin is helping push things along a little, but I'm only going to do that temporarily. Hoping he...

Thank you for the links and anecdotes. You are right. This evening I gave him some pumpkin. After piling some yeast flakes on it, he finally ate it. All of it, actually. Not much, a teaspoon. About thirty minutes later he finally pooped. Somewhere around 42 hours since his previous poop. I...

I haven't tried pumpkin yet, but I happen to have some and might do so today. We had some cat grass he liked but its dying now. He didn't poop at all again last night, which is weird and concerning to me. This morning, I notice the fur mowing. I don't think the Revolution will do anything. I...

Thank you, I was actually looking at that tip guide last night as well. Definitely finding it challenging to get him to drink more water. There are a couple of suggestions there I can try. It's somewhat difficult because he generally does not get enticed by ANY wet foods. We do the cat music...

My 4 year old neutered male cat Barney has been having some issues. Despite having experience caring for sick and elderly cats, these issues happen to be new ones for me. This comes a month after having to euthanize my soulmate kitty. Lucky me. Last week Barney was seen for chronic constipation...

Thanks for the replies. Nothing has changed since my last post. We've been continuing to just limit his need to jump and watch him. Our vet doesn't have a good system to send over a video of the limp but I might try and push for that anyway somehow... Oscar has taken both bupe and gaba before...

Wow. I just wanted to chime in and say how strongly I relate to the stress and anxiety, including anticipatory grieving and the hypervigilance despite all the evidence pointing to things going well. I have OCD and that is what plays a big role in it for me. Out of control worry, panic attacks...

Hey, everyone. Some of you may recognize me from past posts. I am here, posting again, about my Oscar - a nearly 15 year old kitty who has several health issues. This time I am posting about a limp, wondering what y'all would do or recommend. Oscar has been stable for a couple of months now...

Coming late now, but I wanted to let you know this post was super helpful for me when you sent it. You have been amazingly helpful through all of this!!! THANK YOU. To answer some of your questions - Oscar is taking 8mg of cerenia by pill every night. He's been hovering around 8 pounds for a...

My Oscar has been on 5mg once a day of prednisolone for several months now (think probably 8ish months, after being on 10mg for a couple before that). Right now he is stable and the doctor's want to reduce this dosage to 2.5mg once a day to reduce long term dangers and due to having a...

Oh, Mr Grumpy reminds me of my cheeky boy when he's having his old man naps. I LOVE GRUMPY.

I somehow feel comforted by this. It's nice to know I'm not the only kitty owner that's a slave to her cat's every digestive process. Sometimes I feel like I am going insane, or I am being insane. Sometimes it is difficult for me to know what is something I am causing vs what is something I am...

When we adopt a kitty into our family and lives, we sign a contract. It's a love contract. We promise to take care of them and love them from start to finish, buy the things, do the things, make the hard choices for them. Grief is the price of that love contract. It was always going to end this...

Wondering if anyone here is a member of any good cat-related discord servers? "Cats" is such a broad and popular topic, so looking for more specific recommendations from people who are actually already in some! Would particularly be interested in ones focused on cat health/support for owners...

Just replying to the original post to say it sounds so much like what I have to do with my Oscar that it's seriously like I wrote it myself. I even call it "fluffing". My situation is a bit different because Oscar has been sick and getting him to eat enough to keep his weight up has been a...

Hey, everyone. Sorry I left everyone hanging a couple of weeks ago. I've been meaning to reply/update but, ya know... life. Oscar has been pretty stable since my last update. A few days after my last post I weighed him and he was 9.7 pounds! The most he's weighed in months. I was OVERJOYED...

Hey, everyone. It's been a few days since my last update, so just wanted to share another. On Thursday I ended up calling the doctor and they agreed we should hold off on the chemo for now, since he was still feeling crappy and not eating well enough. Since stopping the antibiotics seemed to...

Thank y'all, again, SO MUCH. For your genuine empathy and support. I am impressed with your ability to provide opinions and suggestions while still holding space for me and my worries and emotions. I LOVE THIS PLACE, and y'all are amazing. My wife is also grateful for you. Thank you for not...

Never a dull moment over here. After my last message, Oscar continued to struggle to eat through yesterday and to this morning. Eating a couple of bites is all. Drinking water still. I spoke to a vet yesterday over the phone, and he told me what the lowest reasonable dose of gabapentin would be...