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Well Ava was spayed today and is back home (I picked her up about 3 hours ago). She is pretty groggy and will only eat a few treats and has not had anything to drink yet (though she was given IV fluids during the sugary).  She also hasn't used the litter box yet. I have read a lot of threads on...

Hi everyone,  I apologize for being MIA my grandfather passed on the 13th and I have been pretty broken up. With all that going on I had to get Ava spayed which I did today and she is currently sleeping beside me.  When I went to pick her up the vet went over her pre-opertive bloodwork which...

Hi everyone, So my darling Ava is 6 months old now and over the last month or so I have noticed her eating slowing down a lot. She eats a mixture of wet and raw so if the mods think it is better you can move this to the raw forum but I thought it would be better in the general area.  She still...

I am so excited my mother went to pick up some cat food at the local pet store and they had samples of stella and chewy and primal and apparently they will be selling it! I am so excited as Frank had his very first taste of raw and loved the dried primal biscuit. Both the cats were swarming me...

I have read countless articles on the dangers of metacam in cats and I almost had a heart attack when I saw on the information sheet about the spay surgery from my vet that they give it after a spay surgery. My kitten will be getting spayed in about a month and I am already worried enough about...

I recently started feeding my 17 year old dog Fromm's shredded chicken entrees as she is getting pretty picky in her old age. My kitten Ava is obsessed with the stuff and always finishes off whatever Daisy doesn't eat. I contacted Fromm about coming out with a feline version, but I after looking...

So I have read some posts about the fact that clay litter may not be the most healthy, and I am worried about the health effects. I have only ever used natural litters including world's best corn, wheat, blue walnut and pine- all of these make a huge mess and I find they hold odour even though I...

Some of you may have seen my thread about my very picky ragdoll who is now having an ongoing hairball issue (http://www.thecatsite.com/t/259470/vomiting-bile-possible-blockage-in-ragodoll-what-to-ask-vet). I am fairly certain the cause of the hairballs is ibs/ibd. He has always been an extremely...

So I have been going through a terrible time with my four year old cat who had a hairball blockage and was not eating very well and we ended up having to syringe feed him for a few days (more info can be read here). He is back to eating normally but normally for him is not very much. Feeding him...

I have really had terrible experiences with vets in Toronto. None of the ones I have gone to never seem to be able to diagnose things properly. Last year we feel the vet killed our 14 yr old cat he went in for an URI and they did an x-ray and didn't tell us they were going to sedate him- the...

Firstly I have a vet appointment in an hour but I wanted to ask what I should have the vet look out for? My four year old ragdoll vomited a hairball Sunday night and again on Monday and also vomited some bile it did concern me but he was acting fine. On tuesday I stepped in something that I...

I have a 16 week kitten and have posted a few times on how I am feeding a variety of food. I had been feeding blue buffalo wilderness kitten dried food as a snack to leave out between raw/wet food feedings. I was concerned about giving her BB after the thread on BB and renal failure. I switched...

Hi Everyone,  I had been feeding my 16 week old kitten a mixture of wet, dry and raw, but since reading the thread on Blue Buffalo Wilderness and possible renal failure I have decided today to stop feeding it to her. The reason I had been giving her the BB wilderness as a snack was because I...

Hi everyone,  I have a 14 week Birman kitten and she has been with us about 2 weeks. I have a basement apartment but I rent from my family and there is easy access between my apartment and the rest of the house and my other cat and dog have free reign to go up and use the other three floors of...

I have adopted a wonderfully cuddly birman kitten. She is 13 weeks and we got her on Saturday. She started nursing on me when we cuddle (she purrs and kneads too), I have discovered on the boards that this is called "smurgling". When I updated the breeder on how she was doing I mentioned this...

So I have been trying rather unsuccessfully to transition my four year old ragdoll to raw. I have got him to the point where he will eat maybe 3 oz ( spread out over 2-3 feedings) of wet (weruva), with freeze dried chicken on top and me standing there encouraging him to eat. I have to supplement...

Hi everyone, I have a four year old registered ragdoll, who comes from a champion line and a reputable breeder.  He is gorgeous but is a lot smaller than most Ragdoll males, only 10 pounds. This is actually what I wanted because in my line of work I may have to go abroad and I would have to...

So I am getting a new birman kitten in a few weeks and am figuring out what will be best for her health wise, and I was wondering people's opinion on the best age to spay? I am leaning towards waiting until she is 6-8 months, but I notice there are a lot of people on these boards who advocate...

I am about to get new kitten and have one 4 year old ragdoll at home. I am of course worried about diseases so I took my cat to the vet to make sure he was in perfect health. I was specifically worried about leukopenia after reading some horror stories and even though I think he was tested as a...

Hi everyone, I have been doing a lot of research on cat food and have found both your site and others like catinfo.org to be helpful. I have been transitioning my very picky 4 year old ragdoll, Frank Sinatra, onto wet food. I have always been concerned with his diet and used to feed him orijin...