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  1. chalupa

    My kitten has swallowed string

    Hi I think my 7 month old kitten just at thread from a small cat toy with thread around it its like a Christmas ornament. I found the thread all over her cat tree and came home to her vomit everywhere and she vomited in front of me. she is acting much more tired and less energetic but she will...
  2. chalupa

    cat may have ingested thread from ornament toy

    I'm stupid, I left my kitten alone for hours with a cat toy ball with thread around it sold as a cat toy, given away at my pet store. came home from work to find my cat had vomited everywhere, was very nauseous, won't eat. found the thread tangled all over her cat tree, it definitely came from...
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    Help found flea on my cat!

    Never experienced a flea problem before and want to handle this as safely as possible. So it's 2 am sunday before labor day, just found a flea on my cat. My vet is closed tomorrow, probably all are. I have 3 cats and found a flea on my cat I just took to the vet this week. She's the easiest to...
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    Kitten pants right away when playing

    Is panting in a kitten normal? Have a very high energy kitten who I'm starting to worry about. Seems whenever she really gets going starts panting. Became more concerned over past month because seems like a bone is protruding too much from her chest. She seems pretty normal otherwise. Worried...
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    Kittens bone seems to stick out from chest unlike other cats

    Have this high energy kitten around 4 months old. I'm really not looking for things wrong but feel like this kittens bone in her chest is wrong. Only became concerned because she starts panting whenever she plays. At first thought it was just the excitement but it happens every time. She loves...
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    Wondering if the cat foods I buy are good for them

    Read an email from Wysong they got me wondering. Can't really afford Wysong foods although I'm on their mailing list. Was reading what he wrote about human grade pet food. My cats get half cheap friskies pate in the big cans and also some other brands and proteins that are higher priced like...
  7. chalupa

    introduced new kitten, old cats are now getting URI

    Took in a kitten that was found during a storm and flood outside by a friend of mine. Had it tested for leukemia and FIV and also it was dewormed because the vet thought she had worms. The kitten was too young for rabies and going to do it when I take her to be spayed, soon as possible. When I...
  8. chalupa

    introduce kitten to 2 adult female cats

    Next week I'm taking a kitten in a relative found, in the past few months while caring for family out of state. This kitten Might have gotten Separated from his Litter in a rain storm. He was found frightened out of his mind on a flooding street corner. Maybe Accidentally separated from his...
  9. chalupa

    anyone collected cats urine sample at home?

    I have 2 cats that need their urine checked and they have both seen 2 different vets. Both of my cats have very dilute urine, only one seems to throw up stomach acid if she does not eat often enough. One vet said it's ok to collect urine at home, the other one said they do not recommend it. I...
  10. chalupa

    2 year old cat has kidney issues already?

    Adopted a 2 or 3 year old cat in August 2014, been calling her Maru, I know it's not original. She says Maru when she meows and naming her just didn't work, it's too hard to not say Marooo when she says Maroooooo. Although she has a serious code/secret agent name, it's Esther Ficklesworth. When...
  11. chalupa

    Raw food and kidney issues

    I adopted a nine year old cat this year in summer and she has some kidney damage that's not too bad yet. She had a URI and bad constipation in the beginning along with vomiting, loose stool. Fed her mostly wet food with some raw and it took along time to realize that it was the raw food causing...
  12. chalupa

    Feral/stray

    I was feeding one cat regularly as well as an occasional stray that would come by sometimes. Within past few weeks I've noticed the stray has come every might, my regular feral has disappeared and two new feral males come every night now for food. By new I mean I've never seen them before. They...
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    Need home cooked (no raw) recipes for geriatric cats with kidney failure

    I'm posting for relatives who work from home and they are interested in preparing home cooked meals for their cats. These 3, 13-15 year old cats are all in different stage kidney failure and one or two have pancreatic problems. I don't want them to have nutritional deficiencies because they said...
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    Cat kidney issues, vomiting

    Hi, I have a 9 year old cat with kidney issues beginning. Vet said she is not concentrating her urine as good as she should but it's not really bad yet. I have had her since august (that's when I adopted her). she has had constipation and vomiting at least once a week or if we are lucky every...
  15. chalupa

    Need diet help, 15 yr old, pancreas and kidney issues

    I'm posting for a relative whose cat is 15. Recently, cat named Pepe had bloodwork done and it was looking very bad. Said pancreatic enzymes high 48 (not that I know what that means). Also the vet said kidneys are failing. They are suspecting a possibility of pancreatic cancer from what...
  16. chalupa

    Senior cat possible beginning kidney issues

    Had some bloodwork done on recently adopted 9 year old and vet was concerned about her no t being able to concentrate her urine as well as she should. She's pretty good on her bloodwork but now I have to be more aware that her kidneys are not functioning as good as they should be. The vet said...
  17. chalupa

    Very Feral cat in my bathroom, need advice

    I have another post about same cat but right now have a more urgent question. I've been advised to let this feral in my bathroom go from the person who I borrowed the trap from. She sis I am putting him at risk for a UTI and also putting my own cats at risk by keeping him in my bathroom. Have...
  18. chalupa

    Want to do more for a feral/stray I've been feeding over a year

    I've lived in the basement apartment of a house a little over a year and since I've moved here there has been a cat that waits in front of the door. He comes every night after dark and I have been feeding him a can of friskies every time I see him there. He has recently started to eat while I...
  19. chalupa

    Can two females get along?

    Recently I adopted a super playful , energetic , pretty easy going, well behaved awesome 8 year old. I'm also interested in adopting another female, she is 2 years old, in the shy side but very affectionate. I feed a feral male every night for about year and feel like girls would be less...
  20. chalupa

    adopted senior, obese, constipated, and has upper respiratory infection

    Hi, my only cat for 10 years, Chalupa died, had cancer. Now I've adopted another cat and kind of regret it because I also wanted to get a younger very healthy cat as well. This cat is short and has a small frame, 8 years old, medical checkup there said she is obese and needs to lose some, that's...
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