Search Results

Hello, Mt 14 year old baby has hyperthyroid. My vet started her on 5mg twice a day. I was wondering if this is a large dose or normal. At first he said 3 times a day then changed to twice a day. Also how long before the meds start working? She was calm last night but I heard her sneeze several...

Hello, My 14 and a half year old cat has been diagnoised with hyperthyroid. She also has feline leukemia. The vet says nothing will work for her and wants me to put her to sleep. I'm at a loss as of what to do. She eats all the time which is not a problem. She is an inside cat and wakes us up...

Hello, I just had my 14 year old's teeth cleaned and two had to be pulled. I brought her home yesterday. She was still a little groggy. When she came to she started clawing at her mouth like she was trying to get something that was stuck out. She pulled her stitches loose. I had to take her...

Hello, I have a 14 year old cat that stays indoors. She acts like she feels fine and none of her habits have changed. Her ears and nose feel real warm to me. She won't let me take her tempature. She had an abcessed tooth over a month ago. I took her to the vet and the abcess was drained and she...

Hello, My 14 year old cat's upper jaw is swollen. Doesn't hurt her if I touch it and she let me look at her teeth. Still eats real good. Acts like she feels good. What could it be? She's strictly an inside cat. No snake bite but maybe a spider? I live in a small town and vet won't be back til...

Hello, My daughter has a cat that's about7 months old. She's had cats all her life but never one like this. He will go to sleep with her but then nibble on her ears during the night. She has to put him out of the bedroom. Then he cries all night. She has started putting him in the other bedroom...

Hello, I have a cat that has feline leukemia. He was a stray but now is an inside cat and has been healthy for over a year. Six stray wild kittens came to my house. They look to be about 4 to 5 months old now and look healthy enough. My question is how long will they stay healthy? Feline...

Hello, I have a neutered male that just tested positive for feline leukemia. He came to my house about eight months ago. I took him to the vet for shots and neutering. The blood work showed a bad liver. I'm from a small town and the vet never mentioned testing him for Feline leukemia. I knew...

Hello, My neighbors moved away about a year ago and left their adult cat. I believe he's about 4 years old and has been neutered. We've been letting him inside. He'll stay in for several hours and sometimes stay in all night. My daughter has moved out on her own and would like to keep him...

My 13 year old cat came down with a major respitory infection. I took her to the vet and got her started on medication. My husband got sick next and now I have it. I've always heard you can't catch anything from an animal but it sure looks like we did. She sleeps with us everynight. I had to...

Hello, My neighborhood has been over run with cats because of a man that won't spay or neuter. He has let them get out of control. I just found homes for 8 kittens and had several adult cats fixed. I am looking for homes for two adult males. One was a beautiful cat that was very friendly. It...

Hello, I wrote in last month on the 20th and said my kitten was diagnoised with Cerebellar Hypoplasia. We decided that we would give him the special care he needed and keep him indoors. His walking got worst last week and he quit eating. Wouldn't even eat baby food. He even had a seizure. I...

Hello, I have a kitten that has just been diagnoised with cerebellar hypoplasia. I found this kitten several months ago and it was quite a bit smaller than the other kittens in the litter. I soon found out it was completely blind in one eye. His eyes would water and he ran fever. He was treated...

Hello, I have a kitten that will eat some days and won't eat at all on other days. When he gets like this I buy a jar of baby food. This usually works but not this morning. He's already been to the vet and been wormed. What else can be the problem? I have always had to work with him to get him...

Hello, I have a kitten that has an eye infection. I have an ointment from the vet and also an antibiotic to give him twice a day. His eye has been watery and pink for about 6 weeks now. I've gone through two tubes of ointment and on the second bottle of antibiotic. Don't understand why it won't...

Hello, My name is Cathy and I'm glad to have found this site. I have several cats. One is 12 years old and in very good health. I have two other adult cats that just came to my house and decided to stay. They have both been neutered. I have a neighbor that has let his cat population get out of...