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  1. brillobee

    Feeding tube troubles

    My cat Bella, has been diagnosed with hepatic lipidosis and has had a feeding tube installed. I think I'm doing well, accept that some times I can hardly get any food down the tube. Sometimes I can get 15cc down no problem. Others I can hardly get 5 cc in. The plunger on the syringe won't move...
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    Super stinky cat poop.

    My one cat Puff has the worst smelling poop. I mean it almost makes you eyes water. He was a rescue in November. He was deformed at that time. He also had a URI and was given antibiotics. Since he has been in the house his poop has been terrible. Soft and smelly. I took a simple into the vet and...
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    Flutd cat Daniel

    Well I'm back. Daniel is still peeing on things. He was on all rx wet and dry and was still peeing/spraying. So the vet an I think it is stress related. I have 12 cats, but to me Daniel doesn't act stressed. Anyway he was put on 2.5mg daily of clomicalm. I had 27 blissful pee free days. Now he's...
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    Medical Urinary SO

    I'm stuck feeding my FLUTD cat, and the rest of the cats Medical Urinary SO. I hate that food, such poor quality ingredients. Is there another brand of urinary food that is better quality. (I've tried all canned, raw, etc.His FLUTD is so severe that he gets flare ups if fed anything else)
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    A question about Hepatic Lipodosis

    How do you know when hepatic lipodosis is gone?
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    Cat not eating enough?

    I recently got Raiya back from the vet. She had a bout of vomiting and anorexia, which lead to hepatic lipodosis. She has been eating on her own, but I'm concerned she isn't eating enough. She has been eating Recovery wet food. She only eats about a teaspoon at a time, and will eat a few kibbles...
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    Cat vomiting, vets stumped?

    My cat Raiya has been vomiting for about a week now. She had laryngytis but it seemed to clear up then the vomiting started. She also refuses all food. I took her to the vet last Tues and the vet couldn't find any obvious reason for the vomiting. She was given some subcu fluids for dehydration...
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    Cat vomiting for a few days....

    My cat Raiya has been vomiting for about 3 days. It started with larangytis. She seemed to have gotten over it and now she is vomiting up greenish yellow foam. She has no interest in food either. She is an indoor cat, so she couldn't have gotten into to anything outside. She is still walking...
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    FLUTD cat driving me crazy...

    This is my dozenth time posting, my FLUTD cat Daniel is drving me crazy. I've been on the forum before and have followed the advice given here but it seems nothing works. I've spent at least $1000 in vet bills and all I get is "his ph is high, he has an infection, give him these another type of...
  10. brillobee

    Puff Update

    I am proud to annouce that Puff is doing well. He still has the occasional sneeze, but has gotten over his virus. And his gas problem has resolved. He is eating like crazy and growing like a weed. I swear he has doubled his size in a week. He has been accepted by all of the other cats and even...
  11. brillobee

    A question..

    Since it's winter I've been seeing alot of new faces at my feeding station. How do you know which cats are true ferals....and not just scared strays? I've seen local ads for missing cats, and that gets me wondering if any of the cats are lost pets? Since Puff, who after getting over his initial...
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    Gassy Kitten....

    I recently took Puff inside. He was a stray kitten. He has been to the vet and been dewormed with revolution. But he has bad gas. Is there anything to help him?
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    Feral Kitten, need advice..

    A couple of weeks ago I seen a feral kitten (I'm guesing about 16 weeks old) coming to eat. I feed the local ferals, plus Marvin my TNR who lives in my garage. The kitten, Puff, has moved in and has been here everyday, taking shelter in the garage. My dilema, winter in coming, and I live in...
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    Cat chow urinary ph reduction?

    At my grocery store there is a cat chow urinary ph reduction formula. Anyone used this? Does it work as well as the rx dry? I know it's a terrible dry food, but the ingredients seem similar to the rx dry.
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    Picky flutd cat is driving me crazy

    My flutd cat, Daniel is driving me insane. He is super picky, he refuses to eat any quantity of wet. He only will eat a few bites. I was thinking about giving him the rx dry, for a short time to get his condition under control, while feeding regular canned, so I can figure out what he'll eat...
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    What makes a good wet food?

    I am switching my Flutd cat's diet. I went a bought a bunch of different types of wet food. From Special Kitty to Blue Buffalo. I've used the catinfo site and crunched the numbers on % of calories of carbs, protein and fat. Not what I expected. Brands that are supposed to be "good" are high in...
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    Feeding a caw with flutd...

    I'm so confused now. My cat Daniel has Flutd. And I've tried everything. He keeps having issues. Just got back from the vet today, ph is 8 and he's got another infection. (Sample taken from the bladder) I've been feeding him hill's c/d wet, one can a day divided into 2 meals. He also gets...
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    More cheap canned or less raw?

    I was wondering for the same price per day, which would be better? 4 cans friskies (I have 11 cats) and high quality dry? Or 11 pucks of raw (nature's varity) and same high quality dry?
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    Why all the fruirs and veggies?

    I've been looking at premium brands of wet and dry food. Why do they all have so many fruits and vegetables in them? I though cats were carnivores?
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    Cats eating less wet than dry?

    I have 11 cats. I have recently seen the error of my ways and have started switching them to an all wet diet. I've noticed that the amount of food they eat has reduced dramatically. They used to eat a large sour cream container of dry food every day, sometimes more. I put wet out in the morning...
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