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She likes to sleep either on me while I'm at my desk or on the desk. Usually when she does I;'ll stroke her periodically with one from our menagerie of grooming brushes. When she had particularly bad knots I would gently hack away at them with my craft scissors until she moved and removing one...

Hey. So Sansa was due for her dental checkup yesterday and the vet concluded that there is still gingivitis on her teeth. Not as bad as last time but this is likely going to be a lifelong thing- the clinic now offers a dental program in which yearly cleanings are reduced to 200$ *as long as*...

While perusing the cat food isle at Petsmart today I found Natural Balance Wild Pursuit for a reasonable price (also they have a petperks offer on now wherein you save 7$ on the large bag). I checked the ingredients and it suited what I was looking for. It's labeled as a high protein, grain free...

Hey so after the 550$ dental cleaning for Sansa we have stepped up mouth routines with enzyme toothpaste (though she still won't allow us to touch her mouth so we let her lick a pea sized amount from the tube) and supplement the dry feeding with science diet dental food. These kibbles are larger...

Dropped Sansa off to the vet this morning and won't hear about her until the afternoon. She's getting her teeth scaled because of some nasty gingivitis. Anyway, I feel she will be fine but I miss her; Oliver misses her and we want her to come home. I hate that she is lonely and scared at the vet. 

I just got home from seeing the vet with Sansa. She looked at Sansa's teeth and the worst of it is in the back teeth. She shone a UV light on them and a lot of pink showed up which indicated that she needs a dental scaling. Being 3 years old approximately is bloodwork really necessary? The whole...

My female cat, Sansa, is young, maybe around 3 years old. We found her on the street so I have no health or genetic background on her but she has always been fussy and tormented by being groomed (brushing, nails, teeth etc). She was laying next to me this morning (sort of unusual unless she...

I bought enzyme toothpaste for the cats because I know how important it is. Oliver loves to lick it off my finger but will not let me brush his teeth but I bet I could if I tried. Sansa is the problem. Since we got her she is the spawn of Satan when it comes to grooming. When we found her she...

I looked it up and this isn't hyperesthenia (or whatever its called) nor is it a seizure. This is not my video but I'm wondering what you guys think of this? I can't find answers anywehre and Oliver does this but not as extreme or as long. Thanks :)

Okay, we're not going to STOP feeding wet food but I have a question; Oliver has a water fountain by CatIt  and he loves it. Sometimes he drinks so much water off it that he gags and burps. I don't mind that but he isnt eating wet food as often as he used to. He used to get 25g of wet food in...

 We have a small basement apt in which we house Oliver and the bunny. The bunny is in a secure homemade condo and Oliver has been focused on her since we brought him home. Spraying water and hissing doesn't work, shouting doesn't work, clapping hands doesn't work.. The only thing that we...

 Oliver has been used to free feeding on dry food since we got him 3 months ago. He lived outside for some time and was underweight. I admit now it wasn't the smartest thing to do but we wanted to bulk him up without depriving him. Now he's got a hangy belly!! He's where we want him to be, he's...

  I don't know how else to describe this. Oliver used to knead our brown fleece blanket and put himself to sleep. But then he began to stand up and knead. Then while we lay down at night he would stand up and sort of stomp on my arm as he knead and sucked on the blanket. When it moved to my arm...

 Oliver is my little baby. He likes being held and petted and he LOVES to play. I think he adapted well to living indoors thus far. However, While I was writing up my care sheets for my family members going to watch the pets while I'm in Halifax I devoted half a page to a warning about his...

My cat Oliver has not been feeling well for a couple days. Monday or Tuesday I gave him old food and he had diarrhea and vomited once. I realise it was my fault and I put him on wet food to clear up his diarrhea.  He never once acted like he was sick, which is why I said it was the food. He's...

 My bunny came first. I brought her home 5 yrs ago and she lived with me and my roommate's cats and later when I moved home she lived with my mom's and siser's cats. My bunny is not the problem. I need help in training Oliver to keep his bugger paws out of the pen. I keep my bunny in this : The...

 So Oliver seen the vet a week ago and got a clean bill of health and some de wormer. He got a pill a week ago and he's supposed to get his second pill in another week and then in another 3 weeks... My problem is that he has been picking at his bum a lot! I know they're still there and bothering...

I need your help on a  couple things.  First, we have an appt for Saturday morning to take Ollie. Our biggest concern being that he potentially has worms.  The vet we're seeing is known to push unnecessary tests and treatments on unsuspecting clientele. BUT she's a trusted and smart vet. I...

 What are the signs of worms? Oliver has been picking at his bum and legs recently, like he's irritated by something there. We did an exam on him and his eyes, nose, ears, anus and pee-hole are all clean and clear. He has energy to play and meow, he eats and drinks and uses his litter box...

 Looking down from above he goes in and I know he's underweight from the poster at the vet's office. (Oliver hasn't seen a vet with us yet). How long should it take him to plump up if he's free feeding dry food (Friskies atm but I'm going to get him one with higher protein {is it 43% protein?})...