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To those of you that have followed my often-nonsensiscal ramblings about my cats, we had to put our "Simon" to rest this morning. Simon was always been a bit of a problem child when it came to his health. Shortly after adopting him, he came down with the first of several Upper Respiratory...

Simon was due for the second dose of his Drontal dewormer tablets last night, so I smashed it and mixed it in with a small amount of food, just like last time. He had NO issues the first time, so I didn't really expect any issues this time either. This was at about midnight. At about 5 AM...

Simon has worms (likely roundworms, if Dr. google is correct). There really is no coming back from seeing worms moving in your cat’s stool :nervous: Symptomatically, he has had ZERO issues for a few weeks - seeing the worm was my first and only indication that we have a problem. I will be...

Simon‘s stomach is apparently a bottomless pit - he is the kind of cat who would eat one of those large gravity-fed free feeders empty just because it was there. The vet has repeated looked at him, ran tests, and there’s nothing that would be causing this medically. He currently gets two 3oz...

Simon has spent the last roughly 3.5 weeks being treated with 1/4 of a pill of Fluoxetine once per day for some separation anxiety issues. It worked a little, but some of the problematic behavior still existed - which the vet warned me could happen. We were hoping that between the meds and...

We normally take Simon to the vet when he needs his claws trimmed, if for no other reason than to spare both him and ourselves unnecessary frustration (and I am a huge scaredy cat, worried I'd cut the quick) but with the winter weather finally arriving here in IL, the frequency of our...

The vet, upon discovering that Simon is apparently prone to two different kinds of crystals, recommended that we switch him to Hills C/D multicare (He said we could use wet or dry, but I figured the wet food would add more moisture to his diet, not to mention help with mixing in his meds). I...

In an effort to help clean and eliminate the Giardia, I'm looking at buying Simon a new water fountain, but he's so dang picky that I think we'll just be getting a newer version of the same plastic one he already has (THIS one). When I messaged the manufacturer on amazon, they said the fountain...

Simon's history is available in my various posts here; Any questions, I'll try to answer, but his history is too lengthy to include here. Within the last week, we ran a panel of bloodwork, urinalysis, and a stool sample - discovering that Simon had signs of two different kinds of crystals...

Now that we have a definitive diagnosis of Giardia, thought I'd create yet another thread (I'm so sorry Admins/Mods; I know my cat is a ever-evolving slidehow of medical maladies) The vet has prescribed a pill (I'm assuming Panacur, but I haven't gotten it picked up yet; Will update when I do)...

So the results of Simon's urinalysis came back with both Struvite and Calcium Oxalate crystals (as well as some blood, likely from irritation caused by said crystals). The vet said he typically puts cats with this issue on C/D Multicare for life to help prevent it from getting worse. We'd...

I've made a variety of posts, feel free to read them for Simon's backstory. Over the last week, his already ravenous hunger has increased even further - and despite adding another can every day, we're just maintaining weight (and honestly, you'd think he'd gain a little with the additional...

Simon has generally been a very friendly cat, if at times overbearing with his desire to be on top of you ALL OF THE TIME. He was put on Prozac a couple of weeks ago to help with some ongoing behavior issues relating to separation anxiety, and for the first few weeks, it worked wonders...

I'm going to continue updating the other thread for SImon, but since this is a specific question about a specific med, I felt it'd be better asked separately: Simon has been on the Cerenia for five days as of today (crushed up and mixed in with his food, which he devours with no issue), which...

I know my posts are always long and somewhat rambly - but in addition to y'all providing useful advice, it's almost therapeutic to relay the story to other crazy cat people who get it. I'm including the information about weight loss, in case it is somehow relevant. At Simon's yearly checkup in...

Simon had his last dose of the Clavamox for his URI last night (He's only sneezed a couple of times in the last few days, but that could be down to regular ole' allergies, so I'm not concerned). This round, however, seemed to give him runny/liquid stools - It's not that he was going MORE than...

Simon appears to be firmly in the middle of what I assume to be a Herpesvirus flare-up, day 7 (It is symptomatically VERY similar to an URI he had two years ago - just not as severe just yet) - sneezing quite a bit, just generally acting a bit off. He feels warm IMO, like he might be running a...

Today was Simon's first dose of Fluoxetine for his anxiety/separation anxiety issues, so I don't expect to see any improvement for awhile yet - but I've been on the watch for potential side effects (What can I say? His sudden reaction to the last round of vaccines has me a bit on edge). He...

Simon had both his rabies and the feline distemper vaccine today, and while he didn’t have any issue the first time, he had a strong reaction this time. He was fine for the first 20 minutes or so, but then had some diarrhea, vomited a bunch of times, and just keeps going back and forth to the...

I’ve been giving Simon roughly 1/8 tsp of miralax once per day to keep him regular (he had some issues with constipation early on, everytime we try to ween him off, it comes back), but we ran out of the name brand. However, we have some leftover Costco brand (I think theirs is called LaxaClear)...