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Sophie (5 years, spayed) was recently diagnosed with staphylococcus spp, which manifests like a claw infection. Because the topical ointment wasn't doing much, the vet prescribed antibiotics - Kesium (amoxicillin and calvulanic acid) 62.5 mg, twice daily for 14 days. We are in day 5. She also...

Sunday afternoon one of my cats started vomiting thread from the cat toys. We knew she had a history of eating thread, elastic bands and parts of mouse toys, but our vet always said that as long as she acts fine - eating, pooping, playing to not worry. Well, from Sunday afternoon until Monday...

I have a very hard time trying to figure out what would be the best decision for us so I am looking for an objective fresh perspective. This situation has taken an emotional toll on me. My bf, me and our three cats live in a rented one bedroom apartment. We have grown to hate it. Bad. For the...

I have three cats - Amelie, 1 year and a half, is in perfect health. The other two, however, keep having minor health issues and I am wondering what I am doing wrong. Harley is Amelie's brother, 1 year and a half, neutered. When I found him on the street he had an aggressive herpes virus and he...

I changed email with an animal communicator and had a reading done on all my three cats. I decided to do this because Harley cries almost every night since August or September 2013 and I have tried everything I know to change this behavior. He even took some calming pills the vet prescribed for...

So long story short, in the next months I want to do a sociological research about the role of pets and the way they change people's lives. I am an assistant lecturer and have a phd in sociology. The idea to do this research was born some time ago and grew bigger in time. Initially I just...

My boyfriend's parents have a really big vacation house in the country area. It is a 1 hour and a half car ride from where we live. The house is maybe 5 times bigger than our apartment and no one lives there. It is only used in the summer as a vacation house. As we will have a very light summer...

This is another rant about vets, or their lack of knowledge about nutrition and about how they treat symptoms, not causes. Two of my cats are prone to heath issues. Sophie was literally thrown at the garbage when she was born and got ringworm, Harley has herpesvirus. In october I noticed...

The zooplus order has arrived. First to check out what is going on is Harley The Brave: Soon enough Sophie The Cool One arrives, and of course the box itself is way more interesting than the contents. Food supplies for two months for three cats and for one month for five ferals. and...

I keep coming across this 88% meat, organs and bone; 12% veggies on the mercola site (I hyperlinked one article, I will look for the others if you are interested). Can you please tell me your opinion on this? As far as I can tell, most of raw feeding recommendations are something like  80%...

Hello TCS, I have some questions regarding the 'normality' of some litterbox behaviors. First, there's Harley, almost one year old, neutered. He pees in such a weird position that the fur on his hind legs (thighs?) gets wet. When he pees he spreads his hips and his bum touches the litter or...

Sophie has slippery elm bark twice a week, Tuesdays and Saturdays. I want to keep her on SEB for a while as it seems to help her (she had fresh blood on her stool and vets did not find the cause and their treatments did not work - dewormers, bezo-pet, sulfasalazine). I want to add probiotics...

Short story: Do any of you fed wet & raw? If yes, how does it work out? Is it 50%-50%? Do your cats thrive? Are you were you want to be or are you going toward 100% raw? Very long story: I live in a weird country with weird prices. There is almost no decent wet food around, I order it from...

I am wondering... how do you manage to provide love and attention when you have more that one cat? I mean, I feel I am in this place where I can't help but have a special cat (in my avatar). I would do anything to provide her the best quality of live and I am a sucker (can I use this word?) for...

For about a month we started noticing blood and red mucus on top of Sophie's stool, not in her stool. We took her to the vet for a check up for the blood issue and for blood work because I was afraid that she was anorexic and she might be anemic. Sophie is one year and about 4 months old. She...

Sophie is my most special, weirdest cat (in the avatar). She is one year and three months old. She is spayed and she did not have major heath issues. She just really doesn't like food very much. She is 3.7 kg (8.15 lbs) and could use a pound or two more. However, for about a month I have been...

I came across these two videos about reading pet food labels. Maybe some of us that don't feed raw (yet) might find these useful: and If these were already posted, my apologies and please delete the thread :)

Hello TCS, I am in need of some advice and reassurance. This April I came across a colony of cats, three females and two kittens. All the females were pregnant and the two kittens were sick. I have seen one male, too, but he doesn't hang with them much. One of the cats (Meka) was pregnant and...

Hi, I am the proud owner friend of three cats, all of them special and funny and sweet in different ways. Sophie is my special girl, I adopted her in August 2012. She is 1 year and 2 months old. She is kind and sweet, affectionate and very well behaved. She is the least cat-like of my cats...

Hello, I would greatly appreciate your advice on the following issue (I did read other similar subjects, still need advice): Late May I took from the streets two stray kittens, boy and girl. The boy (about whom I opened this thread) had a bad case of herpes virus, his eyes were very inflamed...