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I was looking up information about L-Lysine and came across the following two articles: Study Finds L-Lysine Does Not Decrease Symptoms of Feline Upper Respiratory Infections - The Conscious Cat Bad News for a Popular Feline Herpesvirus Treatment | petMD Basically, they indicate that L-Lysine...

Shorty's biopsy results came in last week and I have questions and concerns. The vet hasn't gotten back to me to discuss things. There's a nasty infection in Shorty's paw. From the biopsy results, it looks like there might have been something already going on with the paw prior to surgery that...

I have several litter boxes, but there's one he prefers because it has a more central location. I do have trash bags under the pee pads, but that hasn't worked the last two days. From what I can tell, during the night he urinates several times on the pee pad. When it's used up, he pees on the...

I don't know. When this problem first started, he was completely in the litter box, but he wasn't squatting so the urine would go onto the floor. The only way to prevent the urine from going on the floor is if he stepped further into the litter box. A ramp won't help with that. I thought of...

I don't want to say too much about this particular issue because I worry that someone from the vet clinic might be reading these forums. I get the feeling that this problem isn't very common so they could easily identify me if I posted exactly what's going on. My cat, Shorty, had surgery to...

I took my 14 y/o male cat, Mr. Cuddles, to the vet last Monday morning because he was having urinary and other issues. He was diagnosed as having arthritis in his hind legs and the vet is 99.9% certain that is causing the urinary issues that I'm seeing. I'm supposed to try some joint...

This has become unfortunately frustrating. Shortly after my last post, I got very sidetracked with the health problems of another cat - Tiger, who has advanced CRF. I think him and a younger cat are both urinating outside the litter boxes and Shorty keeps stepping in it and getting his bandaging...

They're spindle cells. I got the vet's office to email me the notes from the visit. They said that they're "not sure if it is a tumor or if it is just infected". I guess that's why they prescribed Clindamycin. However, Shorty has already been on Amoxicillin for three weeks with no improvement...

So... it is a tumor. The vet took a smear of the blood from it and examined it under the microscope. I forget the exact name of the cells, but it falls under soft tissue sarcomas. The particular type are known to grow rapidly (I got this part from the internet, not the vet). He said he didn't...

Clindamycin is one of the meds, which costs around $70 at local pharmacies. The vet's office has told me before it shouldn't cost that much, but it does. I got it from the vet last year, but this time it was not offered to me. I forget the name of the other medicine, but it's a topical. It must...

My vet gave me two prescriptions for my cat and said I could get them filled at an online pharmacy such as Drs. Foster and Smith. They said to order the prescriptions and select the option to have the pharmacy contact them. This is the second time I've ordered from them and it's taken...

I need an E-Collar for my 14 y/o cat. He keeps licking and chewing at the bandage on his leg/paw. Today he was really going at it and I think he's just making the sore worse. I have literally spent hours looking on Amazon for a suitable e-collar. I've read the reviews and looked at the pictures...

Thanks, but that's just how I am - always thinking ahead. I just want to have a game plan in place. Last time I had an emergency (stray hit by a car), there wasn't time to research or sit and think about the different options. I had to make a decision fairly quickly. I hate that. I like to take...

I'm only asking this here because I probably won't be able to see the vet until Friday due to the snow storm heading my way. I'm going to call first thing in the morning (Monday), but they probably won't be able to squeeze us in. I'm concerned about what's going on with my cat, so I thought...

Firstly, this may be upsetting or gruesome to some people as it involves a cat being hit by a car. If that bothers you, please stop reading now. Secondly, this incident was done and over with more than a month ago, but I'm still not sure I made the right choice. Sure, it's over, but the same...

Has anyone noticed if kittens that were raised completely indoors grow up to have more behavioral issues than cats that spent the first year of their life outside? Of all the indoor only cats I've had over the last 26 years, the only ones that were naughty are the current ones I have that were...

The dosing is correct. 1 ml twice a day. I called the day after it was prescribed to ask about that. What's making me mad is that they gave me the Clindamycin because I asked for something low in price and it was the cheapest one there. The Convenia injection was around $40 (wouldn't have done...

My (stray) cat was recently prescribed a liquid antibiotic (Clindamycin) for a fairly deep wound. The prescription label on the bottle says to give 1 ml twice a day for 14 days. Here it is at day 6 and I just realized that this particular medicine contains 20 ml of liquid according to the...

I took the cat in Monday and they cleaned and treated the hole and prescribed Amoxicillin. They said they were out of Clavamox and the only other option was Convenia. The cat (Mouser) had been improving until last night (Tuesday). Then she showed up with what apears to be nasal congestion and...

My outside/stray cat has what I believe is an abscess from a Warble/Botfly. There's a mass the size of a toddlers fist under the skin near the hole and I believe the larva has already hatched and fallen out. I'll be taking the cat the to the vet's either Monday or Tuesday, depending on what they...