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I am worried about one of my two elderly Ocicats (female, 16 years old, renal) so I am posting here as I have from time to time since they were three months old. Pherber is a delicate old lady who has lost a lot of weight, does not love her non-protein renal diet and now she is even refusing...

I am waiting to hear from the vet; his staff seems to think it's ok but I'd like to know what you think: We have two 15 year-old Ocicats, one of whom (the female) appears from her recent blood test to have kidney issues. At her vet's direction I am giving her fluids and feeding her a special...

First, I'd like to thank the people here who have been such a valuable, if occasional, resource for me over the years. Our beautiful Ocicats, siblings, are now 15 years old. We adore them, take great care of them and they are very sociable, sweet-natured and in good health. In the last couple...

Hello, I am hoping to get a few recommendations here, thank you in anticipation! We have a pair of now quite elderly indoor Ocicats. Since I got them an orthopedic mount for their food, there has been a lot less vomiting (excluding the occasional hairball) but it still seems to me that at...

Hello! We have a sibling pair of Ocicats. I've been coming here occasionally for advice about their health since we first got them; I really appreciate the expertise available on this forum. The cats are now 14 years old, indoors only and in very good health. All cats I've had have vomited...

Our adorable 13 year-old neutered male Ocicat Chas has had difficulty peeing, twice now. On seeing his distress the first time, I took him to the vet, who initially dismissed a Urinary Tract Infection because they are rare in males and said it might be stress. We considered this but felt it...

I've come here every now and then since our Ocicat siblings first came to us as kittens and have always received good advice so, first off, I'd like to thank thecatsite community in anticipation. Our beautiful Ocis are getting up in years now (11 next April) and have been doing fine on Wellness...

We have two Ocicats, indoor cats, litter-mates who turn 10 next month. For all their lives so far they have done very well on Wellness wet food, supplemented with raw meat twice a week. No dry food. When I asked the vet to recommend wet food for ageing cats he said it's best to stick with the...

We have two energetic young Ocicats. They are indoor cats, not declawed and even though they have a scratching post and we keep their claws well trimmed, sudden bursts of energy often resut in clawed furniture fabric. We know they mean no harm but we have a newly upholstered armchair that we...

Would anyone care to comment? Our energetic young Ocicats are doing well with a regular diet supplement of raw stew beef, but the vet says E. Coli is a genuine hazard to both cats and humans (including two children) when pet-owners do this. Can anyone speak from experience regarding the...

Our two three year-old Ocicats each get half a 5.5oz can of Science Diet wet food twice daily; in other words, between the two of them, they go through 2 cans per day. We used to supplement with Science Diet dry food but one of the kitties got very overweight from it and developed other health...

We have two 3 year-old Ocicats. Our female is a little overweight and the vet attributed this, and a skin condition she developed, to yeast in her high-calorie (Science Diet) dry food. We have now phased out the dry food, increased quantities of wet food and she seems a lot better. The...

Goofy I know, but our two Ocis came from a breeder who advised against excessive brushing on the grounds that it could eliminate their spots! We only brush our Ocis once every couple of weeks, and it is necessary as, even though they are short-haired cats, they are chocolate/silver and, if left...

We have two Ocicat kittens who will be 2 years old in April. Yesterday, the little girl produced a big hair ball. We used to have Persians and groomed them pretty regularly, partly to avoid this sort of thing, but Ocis are short-haired and need brushing only about once every two weeks. Should...

Nearly a year ago now I posted here and you were all so helpful and expert in your advice re. a couple of minor problems we had with our two new chocolate/silver Ocicat kittens, so I figured I'd post a gorgeous photograph taken by a friend of one of them, Pherber. Pherber and her brother Chas...

I have an ancient Persian (20 years old) and two glorious Ocicat kittens (7 months). I have to supervise their mealtimes, as the old lady is on a medicated diet for IBD (Royal Canin) and the kittens are on kitten food (Hills wet, Cal Natural dry). I worry about the Persian not being able to...

Hi. I have a pair of sixteen week-old Ocicat kittens with beautiful, velvety coats. Not sure what the best grooming regime is, i.e. how often, with what kind of brush, do I need a comb or chamois, etc. It's not that I couldn't muddle through -- I'm not an idiot -- but there are people with a...

I believe I might finally have conquered the chronic diahrrea that has afflicted our brand new Ocicat kittens. The vet identified Coccidia in one stool sample and medicated them both for that but it turned out one kitten had Coccidia and the other had Giardia and I've been medicating them both...

We have a nineteen year-old Persian who is "withdrawing" somewhat from social contact with our family, although she has a healthy appetite and, until yesterday, has used her litter box diligently. For the last two days we have discovered her coat to be matted with urine. It's possible that...