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Exactly a year ago I rescued a sweet 8 yr old spayed female from a lady in the neighborhood who didn't want her and allowed me to adopt her. I already had 5 strictly indoor cats but this sweet girl deserved a good loving home and there was no way I could take her to a humane society where a cat...

My dear cat Bitsy who I adopted from humane society 3 years ago (so she's about 5 yrs old), she is getting out of control with thinking everything is a litterbox/something to pee in. When I first brought her home I realized she thought my shaggy chenille bath mat was something to "dig into" and...

My 4 yr old female (spayed) is a stray I adopted 2.5 years ago.   Early on when I got her I noticed that she'd peed on the long shaggy chenille bath mat in my ensuite.  I attributed it to her thinking the long shag was like something she could dig into.   Did take her to Vet though, no UTI.   ...

I adopted my sweet girl Bitsy 3 years ago from the local humane society, she was estimated to be about 2 yrs old at the time. She's a very sweet, gentle, playful and affectionate girl. Not long after I rescued her, I learned that she would sometimes pee on my shaggy/chenille bath mat......I...

My old girl Cleo, who's about 19-20 yrs old, was noted by me on Thursday, to have her tail drooping.  I'm very cognizant of even the slightest changes to my cats (I have 6) so I know for a fact that I'd not seen her tail like this until mid-day on Thursday.   Some movement to the end of the...

I've never lost a cat before so no idea if this is expected behavior so would appreciate some feedback, please. I have 6 strictly indoor cats.   Unfortunately this past Friday morning one of them figured out how to slide open the sliding screen (patio) door and got out.  He's about 6 yrs old...

Hello, In Sept 2012 I rescued a sickly/injured 10 wk old Maine Coon kitten.  A lady in town had found her, she'd been hanging around their house, was obviously very friendly with her.   Poor kitten had eye infection, bad diarrhea, dehydrated, thin, and previously tail injury where the the...

I rescued a sweet Maine Coon kitten the end of Sept.   She's now about 17 weeks old.  She's been to the Vet several times, has already been spayed (Oct 4) and had to have a partial tail amputation as she had an injured end of her tail when I found her.   When I first got her, I noticed what...

A week and a half ago I rescued a 10-12 wk old Maine Coon female kitten. Took her to my Vet that day, she was give first dose of dewormer (due for last dose this week), Metronidazole (Flagyl) twice a day x 7 days for diarrhea she had, an injection of Convenia as she had an injured tail (end of...

Because of the various antibiotics my rescue kitten has been given lately, wondering if her loose poops could be due to imbalance in good intestinal bacteria so have been reading up on Bene-Bac Gel.   I'm here in Canada and it seems that there's a local pet store that sells it.  In all of the...

Hi there, 3 days ago I was notified of a homeless kitten, found by someone who could not keep her due to family allergies.   As I already have 5 indoor cats, I didn't plan to keep her but when I met her it was clear she had health issues and needed to see a Vet so I took her to my Vet.  Was...

Over the years I've adopted/rescued many cats and maybe I've just been lucky but I've really never had any problems with the 'new cat' assimilating with the existing cats.  Generally what I do is isolate the new cat in a room all to themselves with their own litterbox, toys, food/water, TV or...

Hello, My 13-14 yr old cat Spookie has something going on but I had her recently checked by the Vet and was essentially told it's nothing...but I don't feel the Vet really checked her mouth very well though I suppose it's maybe not that possible to do a good oral exam on a cat unless they're...

Hello All, I posted this on the Feline Diabetes Forums but I'm not sure if I'll get many responses because hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in a diabetic cat is a whole other story. Posting it here, too because i would sure appreciate some input. My old girl Cleo (she's never been diabetic)...

I posted a week ago about my cat Fuzzy. I feel so helpless and frustrated. To recap: -she's at least 15 yrs old (strictly indoors) -Jun 3 had bloodwork done....Creat 227 (range: 71-203), BUN 14.5 (range: 5-12), Potassium low @ 3.5 (range: 3.9-5.3).....everything else good (I have a copy of...

I don't know where else to turn. I just need to vent. My cat Fuzzy, she 'found me' back in 1997...an adult then so don't know for sure her age. I noticed a few weeks ago that she was being more fussy with eating and she felt a little more 'bony' to me (hard to tell with her, she's a long...

I thought I had an excellent Vet..and he's a really great person and very easy to talk to.....but I'm growing more concerned with some of his viewpoints....to the point where I wonder if I need to find a new Vet? 1. My cat Cleo had a urinalysis done a couple of weeks ago (urine collected by...

So I've posted recently about my old gal Cleo who had issues with patches of fur loss. Full senior panel done, hyperT ruled out. Last weekend I went to the local Emerg Hospital to get a second opinion; this was prompted by my own Vet prescribing a deworming med for Cleo (Profender) and my...

Hi All, I posted a few days about my old girl Cleo who's losing fur. It was just on 2 spots around her left shoulder, yesterday I took off her little infant sleeper and was sad to see the same spot of missing fur to her right shoulder. It's not from grooming because she can't access these...

Hello All, My old girl Cleo (at least 16 yrs old) was found to have a nickel sized fur-less area around her Left shoulder area about 4 weeks ago. I was petting her and felt something crusty so upon closer inspection noticed it. Looked like she'd been licking this area a lot and abraded the...