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I left a VM with the vet. Hopefully, she'll call back soon. Or else I may need to reschedule the dental. Annoying that they didn't check all this when we made the appointment 3 months ago. And now we are less than a week away from the dental appointment. Getting my cats to the vet office is...

My girls are 13, indoor only and last received a distemper shot around age 6-7. My vet at the time agreed since they were strictly indoor only, we could forego their shots, save for rabies. We have a dental appointment for both girls next week as their teeth are in bad shape. Appointment was...

Thank you all for the advice and insights. Quick context: they eat wet food in the morning and late night. They get kibble snacks in the afternoon and early evening so no free feeding. Banning kibble altogether is difficult as they both love it and for one, I have to incentivize or bribe her...

Are they interchangeable and you only need to use of the three? Or do they offer slightly different benefits and uses? I've been away from the forum for many years. I remember using egg yolk lecithin for awhile--without noticeable improvement with my cats and their hairball problems. Well it...

My cats like liver, but I think it may be causing explosive diarrhea for one of my kitties. I bought a couple of cans of Wellness 95 Chicken and Salmon and Blue Limited Ingredients Duck to test this theory. We have restrictions because both my cats get sick with any type of red meat. I'd...

Good tip! I have large dog crate pans--I was using them for J's wayward stream. I'll use them to move the boxes around.

I went the DIY litter box route. Picked up a couple of Home Depot 80 quart clear boxes with lids. I carved an opening that is 8 inches high for one of them. This is the uncovered box in the bathroom. The cats have to high step in and out of the box but they can do it without having to jump...

I have...to see if my cat was being a drama queen. Nope, the prozac pills I have really are nasty. I have small white tablets too.

Hope it works, I know how frustrating the whole process can be. I was afraid I was going to have to split up my girls as one of them would have freakout sessions as a result of redirected aggression. I feed her the pill away from her sister so she can eat in peace. Also to ensure her pig of a...

One of my girls has been on prozac for a few years now. Initially the vet prescribed 5mg daily but now she's on about 1.6mg every other day. It's enough to keep her sympatico with her sister but not enough for side effects. She has always been the more skittish of the two. If you look at my...

They are DSH though one of them borders on DMH (she sheds a sweater a day...I swear). Ok, I will stick with a schedule and see what happens. This problem makes me question the timeline ranging from hardly brushing at all to brushing everyday. One friend told me she brushes her cat daily with...

I bathed them when I first adopted them. I gave up because they scratched up my back trying to escape. And they were traumatized. I also believe they would go on a licking frenzy after bathing.

Ardina, that's my theory as well. That's why I try to pick up the loose hair with the horsebrush and damp hands. Maybe I should leave them alone and stop brushing? And just hope they don't develop huge hairballs?

I posted this a few years back and didn't receive much feedback (if at all). The problem remains so I'm posting again in hopes some new ideas pop up. Quite simply, the more I brush my cats, the more hairballs (or more accurately for one of them, retching without much hair) appear. Does anyone...

Yep, ordering from Chewy...one litter box and puppy pee pads. The second box Chewy doesn't carry and it's an extra large with a cover. I'll have to order from Amazon. The covered box is next to a window and the cats use it to look out the window. There is a drawer next to it that they use...

The covered box was from Petco and no longer sold. Bummer, I really liked it...except for the current situation. But yes, I think it's time to break out the plastic...card and order some new boxes.

Hey, your post about sitting versus standing was very helpful and may be on the money! Her sister sits to pee and with high sided boxes, that means zero chances of any liquid going out. J though, now that I think about it, stands while she pees. Or more accurately, doesn't sit all the way...

Doing some research, there is a very large top entry box on Amazon. My concern is if this style of box is appropriate as my cats enter their senior years. J has always been the active one and she still running and jumping around pretty well. I'll ask the vet to check for arthritis on our next...

Yes, her sister likes to pee around the entrance too. I think she manages to keep it in because she is more of a sitter, while J stands. Maybe that's the difference. I'm trying to remember if J was ever a sitter? Hmmm...maybe that's why the pee goes out now?

Both boxes are approximately 22 X 17 inches so they look to be big enough for her. One is 2/3 covered and the other is uncovered but high sided. The lip entrances are about 5-6 inches tall. They seem to be big enough for her for many years. She's about 11 pounds. When she's in the box, her...