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My 20 year old cat has mats on her back. She won't let me brush them out--she bit me. She seems very healthy but I really don't want to take her to the vet. Any ideas?

I have a 20 year old female and a 5 year old male. 20 year old is in great shape except deaf. She has never liked other animals. Two or three times a day (usually late afternoon or later) they meet in the hallway that leads to bedrooms (20 year old spends a lot of time on one of the beds) and...

My beloved 21 year old cat passed and we decided not to get another cat. We still had 4 pets, 2 3 year old dogs, a 3 year old cat and an 18 year old cat. One dog and the 2 cats were rescues who just moved in and immediately made themselves at home. Our shelter called about a 7 year old cat...

PJ is 21, deaf, gets around well, and is accommodated for everything, We feed on demand and open about 8 cans of Fancy Feast a day. He has cat boxes in every room and we vet him at the slightest sign of anything. He's a mess, he won't groom and won't let us do much. He's down to 5 pounds...

My son and his wife adopted a 2 year old cat about 9 months ago. 6 months ago we brought our 1 year old cat to their house for a play date. They really didn’t interact much—my very gregarious cat acted shy. About a month ago his cat started having bloody diarrhea. After multiple vet visits...

i rescued a kitten last fall. He is adorable and has great habits. I already had 2 geriatric kitties and 2 small dogs. I feel guilty because I don’t have time to play with him and as a result he’s not much of a cuddler. He plays well by himself, with the dogs and with toys. Of course he is...

My 20 year old cat eats at least 6 cans of Fancy Feast a day. He has early kidney disease but nothing else wrong. He gets hills kidney food dry too. I do not want to subject him to tests other than blood tests due to his age. He is about 7.5 pounds and feels bony but is still active. No...

My cat PJ is 18 and had been peeing on the dog beds and sometimes in the bathtub.  He uses the box sometimes (a clevercat--a tub with a lid and a hole on top.) but  I noticed he didn't really go into the box anymore but instead would perch over the hole and go.  I got exasperated about washing...

My almost 19 year old Bradshaw was so healthy the vet said "he might be one of those cats who lives into his 20s".  He could still jump from the floor to the counter and had lost almost no muscle mass.  He got regular checkups and the only thing that we treated him for was hard stool once in a...

16 year old PJ has always been healthy-- can still jump from the floor to the counter when he wants to.  Today he got up and didn't want to eat and he hid in a clost.  My husband took him to the vet at noon and he had labs, urine, everything checked and everything was fine.  Gave him fluids. ...

My cat Talley's mouth was looking odd and she had bad breath. Took her in to the vet and he said it was an abcess and he cleaned it out and gave her antibiotics. She was better for a little while but her mouth continued to look a little swollen. Then I saw an episode of "My Cat from Hell"...

This summer I shaved my 4 elderly cats (as I always do). 3 of the four now are fully clothed again but my long haired cat is very sparsely covered. He has some baby hairs in some places. Anyone else every experience this? My vet says he must be licking himself too much and can only recommend...

Mason is 16, I adopted him in 2002 with his brother Bradshaw.  He started sneezing about a week ago, then his eating dropped off.  We took him to the vet and had bloodwork that was fine.  He gave him amoxicillin.  His sneezing has stopped for the most part, one of his eyes is a little watery but...

I wrote about Sammy almost 2 years ago when the vet found a mass in his abdomen.  After two ultrasound guided aspirations the results were "inconclusive" and due to his age (almost 17) and his kidney values it was recommended to leave it alone.  Fast forward to today he is now 18 and his kidney...

Talley, a 13 year old calico, started pooping on the floor next to the box about 8 months ago. It was annoying but manageable and she still urinated in the box. She has always been a thin cat with rather fluffy fur and I didn't notice any weight loss. My husband started a 3 week hospital stay...

My husband is having chemo and is ready to come home from the hospital. His oncologist is very concerned about our cats (we have 6). They are ages 14 to 18 and have always eaten on one end of our kitchen counter. We need to make a change to keep him safe. Any ideas? Most can still dead...

At our regular check up our vet felt a mass in his belly.  He did an ultrasound and confirmed a mass but said we would need to go to a specialty facility for an ultrasound-guided aspiration.  We did so and the results came back inconclusive.  Our cat is almost 18 and is not sick at all--can...

I had to put my cat Midnight to sleep less than two weeks ago and now my cat Jinx is dying.  Last Friday she was sitting on the back porch and some fluid was coming out of her nose.  I made a vet appointment for Monday.  On Sunday she was on the porch and stumbled which was odd.  By Sunday night...

She has cancer and I have been out of town all week with my husband taking care of her (and the rest) and her cancer has grown (injection site sarcoma) and is open and she only comes up once a day and eats very little.  I know it is time but I am so sad.  He will wait for me to come home so we...

My 15 year old cat had shots in December and now has been diagnosed with injection site sarcoma.  My vet won't operate--he said, in fact, "I wouldn't blame you if you put her to sleep today."  That was several weeks ago and she seems fine--in fact, eating more than usual since we are so glad she...