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    Zylkene- Safety Using Dog Pills/ Costs/ Long Term Safety For Cats Health

    Any tips on getting zylkene cheaper? Ive seen zylkene for dogs in dosages of 250mg. Im wondering if it would be safe to buy them and divide dosages for our cat? As of now we get 30 pills of 75mg for $28-35. Crowley is on it daily and may need a dosage increase & money is tight. Also any...
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    Feline hyperesthesia syndrome

    wanted to update but i dont want to clog up the thread with the same message in another thread. when i read the fhs threads before i had not seen the one on zylkene. we have our boy on it now but my post includes other questions. heres the link to that thread if your interested or find this...
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    Does anyone have experience with Zylkene? FHS kitty.

    we think our cat has FHS but his vet is skeptical. everything before putting him on medicine bc of longterm side effects. he said zylkene is all natural- i've barely researched it so was curious on peoples opinions of it for longterm use and with FHS cats seeing a difference. Our boy has been...
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    Robiotic Vacuum Cleaners

    thanks for starting this thread. i spent a ton of time comparing models last year in hopes of getting one for christmas. we havent gotten one yet but the reviews on the shark are pretty good, especially bc of price. There is a good brand that has corner access, just blanking on the name. Also...
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    Making a "crinkle sack"

    Anyone end up making a crinkle sack or crinkle toys? Would love tips. Cats loved mylar balls but when 1 ended up in water bowl the amount of dye concerned us so we got rid of them.
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    Feline hyperesthesia syndrome

    Thank you @mrsgreenjeens! Great suggestions. The food we changed him to is grainfree. I watched PetFooled documentary & am reading all ingredients now. ever since ckd I want 2 do everything i can 4 our boys, I totally get ur thinking. Can't imagine heartbreak of 3ckd kitties. Ideally we will...
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    Dealing With Giardia, Please Help Me I Feel Hopeless

    Same symptoms of cat w both myself & husband. Bc of our immune system problems doc treated immediately instead of waiting on fecal test.
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    Feline hyperesthesia syndrome

    Our cat is just over 14 months old and he suddently started displaying all these weird symptoms that we discoverd are all the weird symptoms of FHS (of course never having heard of before). They continued for about 16 hrs until we went to the vet- where he displayed No symptoms. The bloodwork...
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    3 Cats, Biting Behaviors, And Ptsd Symptoms

    Thanks for the articles. I read them all & reminded me of some stuff. I've used JG stress formula & feliaway before but still have some of JG so will start that again. I've been reviewing their survillence to see if I can identify triggers (none we can tell). But when playing with them 3 stays...
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    Dealing With Giardia, Please Help Me I Feel Hopeless

    Our cat that got giardia is 2 years old. He has a history of pica like behavior (we do everything we can to make sure he doesnt get things) & diarrhea. When he was younger he had horrible flatuleance, it disappeared for a while & reappeared when we found out he had giardia. His stool test was...
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    Dealing With Giardia, Please Help Me I Feel Hopeless

    Congratulations. Seems you are finally getting to the end of this. I've been trying to figure out the best food for our boys. Netflix has a documentary called PetFooled. It gave me insight into lack of regulations but still haven't figured out what to give them. Might post about this @some...
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    3 Cats, Biting Behaviors, And Ptsd Symptoms

    Since our 3 cats live together I am sharing their problems together in case you have insight to one's behavior impacting another/ interrelated. I'll refer to the cats by their ages 1,2,3. The 3yo had at least 3 homes before ours (shelters & owners). He has become less skittish but is very...
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    Liquid Medicine Help

    our cat seems to be out smarting us at every dose, whether we try small doses, hold mouth shut, etc, he always manages to spit out some of his dosage. currently giving pancur but he did this with probiotic too which was a different texture. i've been afraid to mix in case he wont eat it and...
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    Dealing With Giardia, Please Help Me I Feel Hopeless

    U probably know this by now but if the scruff isn't bouncing on older cat, likely dehydrated. Just got giardia diagnosis & reading threads. So sorry to hear of your kitten loss and the overwhelming year. I will likely post after reading threads on our situation. I asked vet about disinfecting &...
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    Monitoring Litter Use, Parasites, Possibly Super Crazy Cat Person Idea, Input Please

    3 cats & 3 litter boxes. I can't clean them so husband does but he doesn't pay attention to amounts & textures despite it being so important to monitoring cat health. Short term ques, vet wants a stool sample of 1 to check 4 parasites. If the cat does have them will we treat all 3 cats? (Hub...
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    Giveaway! Win a FREE copy of "Makin' Biscuits"!

    ENTRY Tabitha loved playing in the bathtub, jumping in and out when she was hyper. one day she ran and jumped in but the water from my bath had not drained yet.  It took her a few years to trust the bathtub again but she never leapt before looking again.
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    Robot Vacuums or other easy cleaning tools/input?

    Wanted to get input on experience with robot vacuums with carpet etc? Our baby that went OTRB was way too scared to even consider one but one of our new babies eats anything and everything. I am very ill and husband cannot keep up with housework and life. Was thinking a robot vac could help...
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    Giveaway! Win a FREE copy of "Makin' Biscuits"!

    ENTRY As kittens Blaise would try to nurse on Tabitha. She was only 9 days older than him and she was so tolerant of him that he made her throw up from his desperate attempt to get milk from his sister. Picture is of them as kittens, wish i had one of him "nursing".
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    mid day meal that isnt raw?

    in the last few days i've been recognizing triggers for him wanting to chew and gotten him interested in the worm. 3 days later, a piece of the worm is inside him.  but i'm hoping its  bc it was an older worm. i have a new one i'll test out next. he loves the compressed catnip and has almost...
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    cat insurance?

    It looks like these threads have not been discussed in a few years. i've never gotten cat insurance before but wanted to. since i know human insurance is complicated and all i wanted to get input and wisdom from others about companies, brands, policies? Financially we are not in a good spot but...
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