It's so scary when they get sick and you can't figure out why :( I hope you can solve your mystery too.
Thanks re: the neck shave. They had both sides shaved, which I was sad about. I thought maybe to take his pulse. Took forever to grow back, but he seems to have evened out now, just in...
I understand your concern! My cat also can be a noisy breather (when awake or asleep) and snores and I was super worried about it. Sometimes I can see that he is in a weird position/has his nose covered, and sometimes he looks normal. He also pants when he is stressed/over-heated, and once in a...
Hi Everyone, just an update and I thought I'd share what I discovered yesterday about Merrick Purrfect Bistro - Chicken Pate. I started a new thread in the nutrition section, but since it's relevant to these posts I'll put the conclusion here too.
Two days ago, I was looking at the 1/3 of a...
Hi all. I wanted to share this, in case someone is shopping for new cat food or is wondering what is up with their possibly mysteriously-ill kitty. A few months ago I posted about my cat Percy being very sick and I think the cause was the Merrick food.
Here is the full story:
Percy has been...
Percy is home! And seems a million times better. Started purring the minute he got out of the carrier <3 . He still hasn’t eaten more than a tiny piece of food, but is definitely hungry. Maybe his throat is sore?
There was no diagnosis beyond “could be anything”. I just need to watch him...
Oh I didn’t think of the water. Usually he gets the bottled water I drink, mixed into his food.
He’s at the emergency vet clinic because I brought him in Labour Day night and they were the only ones open. We don’t really have an official vet, I’ve just taken advantage of check-up times and...
Hi everyone, I’ve looked through the forums and still not certain on the diagnosis (or lack of) and hoping for some feedback. My kitty is at the emergency vet hospital, after severe diarrhea, vomiting, lethargy, and a fever when admitted. They put him on antibiotics and fluids, an anti-nauseant...
Thanks for the replies! Percy's poops went back to grossness after being off the metronidazole, so we decided to start the Tylosin (which had to be compounded specially at a pharmacy so took a few days to sort out). Anyways, I've got him on that as of this morning and we'll see how he fares...
Hi. My 8 month kitten (on raw since 3 months old) seems to have adopted a normal poop schedule of every 2.5-3 days (plus he pees 2-3 times/day). From what I've seen perusing the forums, 2 or 3 days to poop is normal on raw. Plain pumpkin or psyllium fiber can help if she is constipated, and...
:wave3: Hi everyone! I need some advice. :crossfingers:
I've been feeding my kitten (Percy) a raw diet since he was ~3 months. We finally sorted out a good home-made diet with fine ground chicken bones and coarse ground chicken/beef muscle meat (plus liver, egg yolks and supplements, and the...
Ps-He finally pooped last night. 1/2 light and 1/2 dark... and stinky again Not a whole lot considering it was 2.5 days, but I guess that's a result of the raw diet.
Anyway, thanks for the input :)
Thanks everyone, that's exactly what I wanted to know: what was normal. I thought the dark color was odd because he is eating chicken, so now I know to keep an eye out to see if it stays dark or turns a more normal lighter colour. I didn't think it was something major internally because he is...
I noticed you have to watch out for citrus peels because they can go moldy in the pot. If you can find a citrus oil that might be a good addition to the rocks. I doused a Himalayan salt lamp with grapefruit essential oil and my guy has stayed away from it ever since. Bonus is that it makes the...
My 5 month kitten, who just got through teething,
sometimes had partially digested bone bits in the occasional hairball. I figure he was swallowing the pieces whole because he didn't want to chew them with sore teeth. Interestingly it's usually the gristly end bits, so maybe that part takes...
Oh Thanks. I'll post over in that forum About the kelp and poop colour 128578 :)
Abyeb- I didn't think it was something internally serious just because there was such an obvious change in poop coinciding with the change in food, and I wasn't sure which was the "better target". I'll see what...