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Sarthur2 - yup. It happened just over the border in S. Carolina, so I checked with Legal Aids in both states, and any other groups/orgs around. I know--it's really weird!. In Wisconsin, you call them and if you qualify they help you. Doesn't seem to work like that here. But thank you for...

The other stuff: I'm on disability. I"d hoped to try a part-time job again after moving and getting settled here. And Covid hit in my first year, so I haven't been able to do anything to meet people/make friends. There's people in my parents (and now mine) mobile home park, but all of them...

I read more last night, and Dusty could have Stomatitis, Periodontal Disease, Tooth Resorption, or an Anaerobic Bacterial infection. ALL of which the vet should have caught long ago, and offered treatment for. She's been dropping food out of her mouth while eating for a long time. That's a...

Oh-MrsGreenJeens - No. I looked into it 12-18 months ago, because it just didn't seem like having the vet check it once a year could be right. Read about it...how to do it...price of meters...etc. Brought it up to my parents. Offered to do it (the pricking/checking). They said no. :(

I'm sorry, everyone. I tried. I really tried and pushed as hard as I could (w/out them shutting me down). But they're not going to do anything more. Either this dose of antibiotics really kicks in and helps her soon, or they'll have her 'put down.' I've failed Dusty, too. She'll be the 7th...

Maybe it's a type of anaerobic infection? I read this PetMD article last week. Is it that she got an infected tooth, that wasn't treated so it spread into her gums (or maybe even further), and then caused an infection in her abdomen? Then it would depend on how many tissues/organs it's spread...

I started thinking last night that I should just give up. Dusty kinda seemed like she had, and I can't do it all on my own--against a vet, and my parents. And Dusty is hardly eating anything again. And yet..she still tries. I opened a jar of baby food, which she ate a couple weeks ago, but...

Right now, Dusty's laying on a little blanket I put on the floor in the bedroom for her. I hear her 'ticking' her way down the hall (the vet never trims her nails when she's in, even though she knows it's difficult for my parents to do). There's probably some pee in this bathroom for me to...

Sorry for the delay. I do drive, and having her seen by a different vet was one reason I offered to take her to the local 24-hour animal hospital. I highly doubt they would switch vets right now. As bad as this might sound, I might have better luck getting them to switch if she somehow comes...

I know about Fatty Liver Disease as I've had cats go thru it before. This time, it just seems different, but maybe I'm not remembering it well (it was a long time ago). So, this is my parents' cat, but I'm staying here, and am trying to help them. I seem to have taken over (been given) the job...

Just wondering what happened? And how your cat is doing? (and by "collar" i assume you mean a "cone"?)

I agree with the others--leads/harnesses/collars can be too dangerous. Blue showed up at our house and started eating the food we put out for the neighborhood ferals. She was very skittish, so we couldn't get close to her for some time. Looking at her from the deck door, we thought she had a...

ah, anemia. i think you're right that the gums would show that sooner than the tongue. but if her annual is coming up, i'm sure they'll double-check if you bring it up. (double-check because they probably normally check anyway.) good luck to you both!

thank you so much, Cataria and Mrs.Greenjeens. i know when i was there a month ago and noticed HOW thin she was, i left my aunt's house that day thinking they were both so very close to the end. (my aunt was recently put on, what i believe, is absolutely the wrong medication, and it was having...

thank you Summercats! we have a local pet supply store here that carries a LOT of foods. i'm sure i've seen the Orijen there, but not sure about the Arcana. a year ago, i tried a whole bunch of different foods, mostly canned foods, but she just didn't seem to like any of them. (although she...

i understand exactly what you're describing--that as the cat eats, the pate gets smushed down until they can't get it off the bottom of the bowl any more (or even off a plate). it's not a matter of not being able to REACH the food, it's that it's become so spread out/thin that they can't...get...

i think her tongue looks fine. trying to go frame-by-frame at 1:14-1:17, there were frames with a large white/tan spot on the end of the tongue, but i think that was lighting or something because it didn't show up at normal speed. my cat is sleeping in the closet right now, or i'd look at her...

i just talked to a vet tech and she said this about cats that tend to throw up dry food: they either eat it too fast, or eat too much of it. she said that because it's dry, when it gets in their stomach it absorbs liquid and "blows up" so that the cat is suddenly over-full. then they throw it...

well, just to wrap this up. fyi, this post doesn't have a happy ending. i did stop by the vet clinic the other day. they had just closed, but i caught one of the vet techs in the parking lot. as we thought, she couldn't discuss Matilda directly unless my aunt called and gave permission. but...

thank you all for the thoughts and suggestions. i'm sorry i'm not always able to get online. yes, that's Blue in the profile pic. that's her looking into my basement bedroom window. the "outdoor" cats knew to come to the window either for food (extra food, as they always had food on the...