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thanks - I have been through Tanya's site in detail... we did not put him on fluids or anything for the aneamia yet... the first concern was his super high blood pressure. He is EXTREMLY difficult to medicate or do any tests on. It takes 4 vet staff just to get blood out of him and good luck...

I had thought about that... but I guess I just don't see the point in putting him through that when there is no recovering for him. If he was a younger cat in a lower stage of the disease maybe... but he is in Stage 4 and has gone mostly blind due to the high blood pressure. I guess I am just...

Hi all... I haven't posted in a long time... I have a 15 year old DSH male that has recently been diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease. He is VERY anemic and has super high blood pressure that has caused him to lose most of his vision. The vet has put him on blood pressure meds and at the...

If I lock just Dex out of the bedroom he has access to the rest of the apartment. Casey is smart enough to whine if he wants out of the bedroom. Casey has always slept in the bed since day 1 which is why I would feel guilty locking him out for no reason

I know there’s tons of posts about kittens not letting you sleep but here’s my situation... I have 2 cats - Casey is 13 and Dexter is almost 8 months. They get along great 90% of the time and Dex is an awesome kitten (although we’re working on his rough play/biting issues)... but Dexter is...

My 5 month old kitten pants after he has a crazy play session... he even does it when playing by himself with his furry mice. It always stops right after he stops running... and about 30 seconds later he’s crazy again :hyper:

My RB kitty Charlie would get very concerned when I sneezed. He would come running over and get right in my face. I think he was trying to make sure I was ok

Thanks @ArtNJ. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a young kitten so I want to make sure my instinct is correct. Dex may just take more time to figure out Casey doesn’t want to play that rough. So I’ll continue to break things up if they go too far. The neuter will help but he may never 100%...

Dex is using Casey as a pillow right now...

We are nowhere close to Casey being terrorized... he just gets a bit freaked when Dex doesn’t stop. This only happens occasionally when Dex really gets hyped up. I am keeping a very close eye on both but don’t want to separate them unless I see issues with Casey being too stressed This is them...

I’m not sure why most vets here, Winnipeg Canada, still go by the 6 months rule. The only ones who neuter/spay early is the humane society and not the rescues. The rescue covers the cost of the neuter so you can’t just pick any vet - I’ve actually already gotten them to agree to use my vet...

You are correct - the kitten is the agressor not the 13yo. Casey (13) does give Dex smacks when he gets out of hand but I don’t think Dex fully gets it. Dex was probably taken from his mother too early and hasn’t quite figured out “cat speak” yet. Casey isn’t overly stressed out - he’s just...

i seem to have the opposite issue from most people... 6 weeks ago I adopted a new kitten, Dexter, after losing 2 of my cats in June. The shelter though he was about 9 weeks at the time making him about 15 now. My vet thinks he’s older than that (17-18 weeks) but we don’t know for sure as he was...

My rainbow bridge boy Charlie didn’t purr until he was about 3... then one day he plopped down on my chest and started purring his head off :yess: Cats are weird

If everything else is normal it’s probably just her personality. My 13 yo Casey is a howler and a talker. He meows constantly unless he’s sleeping. My new kitten Dexter, on the other hand barely ever meows. It’s what makes each cat unique

I don’t know how this could be considered “overweight”

So it sounds like I’m doing the right thing and ignoring the vets dieting suggestions. Dexter gets mainly wet food and seems to prefer it. I am going to keep feeding him as much as he wants until he’s neutered in December. I do a weigh-in every week so I can keep track of his trends and if I...

I’ve added water to the kittens food from day 1 since that’s what they were doing at the shelter. He seems to like it best in a kinda soupy consistency. If I give it to him without the water he looks at me like I’m nuts... then I add water. My 13 yo also seems to like the soupier consistency...

I’m an Acana and Orijen fan. I also love that it’s manufactured in Canada

I’ve never seen poultry platter or mixed grill in Canada... they might not be available here