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    Anal Sac Abscess Aftercare

    Hey everyone, my cat suffered an anal sac abscess this week. Today it was lanced, drained, and irrigated. He was given Onsior and Clavamox, some subqand we were told to use hot compresses multiple times a day and he was placed in a cone. So far, we’ve had some good developments, like his fever...
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    Dr. Elsey's Formula Change

    Did anyone else notice that Dr. Elsey's cleanprotein dry food recently had an (unannounced) formula change? I just bought a fresh bag of the chicken variety since the beginning of the summer. The dried egg product is out, for instance, with hydrolyzed pork and pork plasma added. Nutritional...
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    Cat Ice Cream... or similar?

    Hey all! My cat who has advanced heart disease and less of an appetite these days has a major thing for ice cream sandwiches. Like, if me or my husband opens one kitty is immediately ON IT (how does he know??), right in our faces, and will run off with the empty wrapper if we accidentally leave...
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    Dry cough turned serious. Worried!

    Hi everyone! We've run into yet another troublesome situation with one of our babies (we currently have four). My only (sweet and wonderful and gentle) boy is approximately 12 years old — we've had him since 2012, a stray kitten my husband found at a gas station. He's had idiopathic seizures...
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    Multiple Cat Feeding Woes. Wet Food/Scheduling Advice Needed.

    Hi all! My husband and I have four cats (Two are 11 years old, one is 2 years, one is 1 year) that are fed both wet and dry food daily. Up until recently we fed Instinct Original Chicken for the their main wet food (They all loved it!), until the recent unfortunate formula change. Now only two...
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    Integrating new kitten isn't going so well...

    Hi everyone! The kitten we found and adopted earlier this summer has been living in my office/studio space for the last couple of months, as she got acclimated, spayed, and over a couple of health issues. I work from home so I'm in there a lot each day, and make a point to have playtime with...
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    Instinct formula change — need recommendations

    Hi everyone! We've had three of our cats primarily on Instinct chicken canned food (with Fancy Feast rotated in, plus Blue Buffalo kibble). I've learned they recently reformulated their recipe, and so far the reviews are not great. We're coming up on an autoship order for a new batch, and I...
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    9 Days Post Spay

    Hi everyone! This is another one of those "Hey, does this look okay to you?" spay scar posts, ha ha. We've had our lovely little Mabel in a onesie for 9 days after her spay surgery, and took it off this morning (hoping for good). She had a pretty good grooming session, which was to be...
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    Need advice on a problem ear

    Hey all, if you read my thread in the stray forum, we've taken in an adorable kitten who had what we thought would be a few health issues, but thankfully she's been cleared of most! I even thought she had ear mites because she kept bothering her left ear, but the vet looked under a microscope...
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    Taken in stray kitten with a few health concerns

    Hi everyone! I haven't posted in a long time, since we lost our dear Gunter last year. But kitties in need always seem to find my husband and I, and during our morning walk yesterday, a calico kitten (Maybe 12-14 weeks? I'm bad at guesstimating age.) came bounding up to us meowing a little...
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    Switching to wet. Advice on food and diarrhea?

    Hey everyone, After the sudden loss of one of my cats recently (see my other thread), I think part of the way I’m coping is focusing on improving the lives of our other three babies as much as I can. We consider ourselves great pet parents, but have kept putting off switching all of them from...
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    He's gone. So quick. And now the pain and guilt.

    I posted recently about my sweet kitty, Gunter, who seemed to initially have mild problems, but suspected lymphoma: Cat suddenly sickly after two doses of prednisolone From an acting normal cat on Friday morning, to letting him go yesterday morning. Two days. And I can't wrap my mind around...
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    Cat suddenly sickly after two doses of prednisolone

    Hi everyone, I haven't been on the boards in a while, but a sudden issue has come up and I'm seeking help from anyone who might have some insight. Apologies for the length! My 10-11ish year old tabby (unsure of exact age) has always been a good, but fast eater, and I'm used to him...
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    New Kitten Has Worms. Isolation?

    Hi all! I'm new to the forums but a longtime cat owner. We had three cats (just adopted a kitten last summer) until Friday, when my husband found a kitten at a local gas station. Initially we were going to find him a home, but he's such a sweet boy we've decided to add him to the family! The...
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