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Jonesy has had an extremely poor appetite since we moved from a house to an apartment, and seems to be quite stressed by all the sounds of strangers in the halls, loud children, etc. He has even started a habit of sleeping completely hidden under covers, whereas he always used to sleep...

I know most people don't really bother looking at AAFCO recommendations when it comes to home-made recipes, but I did up an AAFCO recipe calculator to try and prove to my vet that my recipes are nutritionally complete. For the most part, it worked out fine. Playing around with it, I learned some...

I went to check out a local cat hotel today, and decided to visit the cat shelter next door while I was there. In one of the free roam rooms, there were cages along one walls. The highest cages had a couple cats who were crying for attention, so I went to pet them through the bars. While I was...

I was looking at breed-specific foods out of curiosity to see if there was anything special to them, and decided that they are largely just a marketing ploy; almost identical to their standard varieties but with an insane price markup. But one thing that seems like it might potentially have some...

Jonesy is my only cat right now, but he LOVES other cats. He used to be friends with Lyric, the cat that lives in the basement unit of our house (they would play together whenever someone went down to use the shared laundry), but Lyric has been hostile towards Jonesy ever since he had a vet...

I got woken up in the middle of the night by two cats crying on my porch. I looked out the window, and saw that Fat Cat, the local "boss" cat, who is some giant breed mix, was at the bottom of the steps growling at them, so the two stranger cats were just distressed about being trapped. It was...

I switched Jonesy over to raw in early December, with some kibble on the side just because I didn't have time to feed more than twice per day. He's mostly been doing great, no more GI upset or skin problems that he had gotten with other foods. But last week he started occasionally crying while...

Since my previous cat was a senior with CKD and other issues, I always invested in relevant tests whenever anything bad or strange happened with her, to keep an eye on her various risk factors. Often the tests would come up with the same conclusions that me and the vet had come to prior to...

Right now Jonesy is on a 50/50 wet/dry diet, which I plan to keep him on until his growth slows down, just to keep costs down with the insane quantities of food a growing kitten consumes. Eventually I'd like to go all-raw, if I can. I've been thinking about the 83/7/5/5 PMR diet outlined on the...

I recently contacted Nature's Variety to find out why the original formula limited ingredient diets are rated for all life stages while the new formulations are only rated for maintenance. Their response was that the changes they made in the food formula were minimal and the nutritional values...

So now that Jonesy has really settled in I've decided it's time to start working on his relationship with my other critters; snakes, spiders, and gerbils. I've trained several cats to tolerate these animals and not harm them (at least while under supervision), as the typical cat response would...

Jonesy has been teething a bit (he has 1 or 2 baby teeth left still), so I gave him a raw chicken gizzard to chew on. He liked it, but he was grinding his teeth quite a lot, and very forcefully. Should I not give him any more gizzards? Maybe something crunchy instead? I know my dentist...

My new kitten, Jonesy, is allergic to fish and I'm having trouble finding a suitable wet food for him. He's doing well on the Instinct Limited Ingredient dry food, but I'd prefer to feed a half wet/half dry diet. Aside from being completely intolerant of fish and fish oils, he's also a bit...

A couple days ago, I made the choice to euthanize my beloved Princess Jasmine. She had been living with chronic kidney disease for a few years, along with associated complications including several UTIs, a blood infection, acid reflux, constipation, etc. But those things never got her down; she...

My 17-year-old CKD cat PJ (Princess Jasmine) is hospitalized right now and it's tearing me apart. A little background on what's happening: PJ has been stable for a long time, getting sub-Q fluids daily and eating prescription renal foods, both canned and dry. This year, starting mid-February...

So my cat has always had this peculiar shadow in her eye: And I always thought it was just a strange colour pattern. Vets never said anything about it. But today I accidentally snapped a close-up with the flash on, and was surprised to see this: That yellow glow is a reflection off the...

Once again I'm thinking of changing PJ's diet. I never switched her over to canned food before because she's so picky about it, but I'm getting tired of always buying different flavors of kibble every time she gets bored of the taste. PJ normally eats kibble in the morning and home-made food in...

It's been a while since I've posted here(because PJ's been healthy!) but I have a question. First, let me explain PJ's ear problem. She has a small polyp in her left ear. Because of where it's located it can't be removed using laser treatment, and because of PJ's age and the small size and...

PJ has been playing games with me over her food choices, being a real princess like her name implies(PJ = Princess Jasmine) If you've got any advice or input that might help improve the situation a bit I'd be grateful. Let me explain how I've been managing PJ's diet for the last couple months...

I'm having some trouble determining just how dangerous salmonella is to cats.  A friend of mine recently complained that letting my kingsnake, Toothless, and my cat, PJ, interact puts the kitty at risk for salmonella poisoning. The snake's feces tested negative for salmonella in August(one of...