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  1. cprcheetah

    Nursing on each other

    So I bottle raise a lot of kittens, so I have a lot of experience in doing so.  I got 2 new ones on Monday, but I am also 8 months pregnant and exhausted so I just had them for a couple of days, then they went with a technician at the vet I work for, she's never raised before but wanted to give...
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    Kittens Questions

    I have 2 kittens who aren't orphans per say as they have a mom however she has 6 kittens total and these two were getting pushed out of the way and mom only has 2 nipples that are producing.  They are about 2-3 weeks old and I have had them since Wednesday of last week.  The mom was left behind...
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    My kitties kidney disease journey

    I haven’t been on here in quite some time, but DeeJay is 16y 9m old and has had Kidney Disease since Nov 2013, she is in stage 3 now. Over last weekend she started walking like she was drunk and had decreased eating despite being given Cyproheptadine (appetite stimulant), so I took her to work...
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    Egg Shell Overload?

    So my naughty boy Munchie gets on my counters and this morning I noticed a white powder all over by my hall door, couldn't figure out what it was until I went into the kitchen to say goodbye to my hubby as he left for work, then I noticed the snack sized ziploc of crushed eggshells that I use...
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    Arthritis Pain Options?

    Pain options?  I have an 8 year old cat named Munchie who has a history of bilateral patella surgery as a young adult.  He has severe hip dysplasia and should have an FHO (femoral head and neck osteotomy) surgery done, however he also has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy so we are not going to do the...
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    Different Behavior in one room of the house

    Mouse is a little over a year old, I bottle raised her from about 3 weeks old, she was weaned to raw diet and that's what she currently eats.  She was a very affectionate kitten, loved to snuggle, sit in our laps, get loves and attention.  Shortly after her spay that all changed, if we try and...
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    Stinky rear end

    Raven is 5 months old and was bottle raised by me so didn't learn proper kitty care from mom.  She is raw fed and doing great.  Right now she is teething but this has been going on before she was teething.  Her rear end is really smelly, there is nothing on it, no anal gland weepage or anything...
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    Switching from ground to Prey Model Raw

    So I have decided to switch my kitties from ground over to Prey Model Raw (chunks).  I have a few questions.  With my dogs I balance weekly, how often should I balance it for my cats?  Do I need to balance every meal, weekly?  Do I need to add additional supplements?  I know I do with the...
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    Fractured Patella question

    So I rescued a cat a few months ago from my work, she was up for adoption and somehow literally broke her patella in half we don't know for sure what happened.  They (the vet I work for) didn't want to pay for an orthopedic surgeon to fix it, so I offered to take her and  my dad said he could...
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    Integrating an adult cat

    Any tips on integrating an adult cat? I have had a foster for a few months who had a broken patella, it was surgically repaired and I had full intentions of finding her a home just had to wait for her to heal fully as she was knuckling over on her leg. She has been in a large room in my basement...
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    Amputation of a leg?

    I have a cat who was up for adoption at the vet I work for, she somehow fractured her patella/knee right in two on her leg.  We don't know how it happened but it did.  I brought her home to foster and my dad (semi retired vet) attempted to suture the patella back together (it was sort of...
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    My beautiful little Mouse

    Mouse is a 'foster' failure kitten I have.  She was a scrawny, barely alive little girl when I got her at 4 weeks old.  I immediately switched her to a raw diet and gave her some TLC and meds for respiratory and eye infections and she is now a healthy 6 month old beautiful, sleek, softest fur...
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    RIP Sweet Mini Dee

    My baby girl Mini Dee has had bladder issues going on for several years.  She got to the point where she was peeing without even knowing she was peeing.  She had extreme pain when peeing and would cry out.  My dad aka my vet found cancerous cells in her urine, so we made the decision on June...
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    Alternate for Fish Oil?

    Need an alternate source of EFA's for my kitty she is allergic/sensitive to Fish Oil and Salmon Oil. Would Krill oil work or is that too similar to Fish Oil? On her results it doesn't say she's sensitive to Krill.  She's not allergic to Canola, Safflower, Menhaden Fish Oil, or vegetable oil.  ...
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    Any Ideas on Breed?

    This is Rajah, he was found as a stray and turned over to my dad's veterinary clinic for adoption as the person who found him didn't want to pay for the abscess treatment he had, my dad liked him so he took him home.  He is a HUGE cat weighs 14# and is probably 1-2# underweight.  Very Very soft...
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    7 Weeks and still on the bottle.....

    HELP!!!!!!!  I am bottle feeding a little single kitten and he is proving to be quite the challenge when it comes to weaning.  I have tried EVERY possible method to get him to eat on his own and the only way I can is if I put the canned food in his mouth then he will eat it on his own, but only...
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    Doing amazing on raw

    So I have switched 2 of my cats to raw and have started my newest kitten on it.  Munchie is my 7 year old meezer, he has severe hip dysplasia and arthritis in most of his joints.  He is doing amazing on raw!  I LOVE what it has done for him, he has a lot more energy and is not limping as bad...
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    Feeding a Kitten

    So little Mouse is staying at our house so I would like to feed her raw.  She is 7 weeks old now and weighs 1# 5oz, she is a little pig and will eat until she pops.  How much should I be feeding the little stink?  She is LOVING my big kitties recipe (catinfo.org with extra supplements...that are...
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    Weaning and Litter Box Training

    I have had little Phoenix (foster kitten) since he was 3 weeks old, he is now 5 & 1/2 weeks old and is showing no interest in eating on his own, nor using the litter box.  He just goes where ever in his crate.  He is drinking 3/4 a bottle every time I feed him.  I am mixing a/d and KMR and...
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    D-Mannose & Corn Silk for Bladders?

    I remember reading about it for bladder issues and now I can't find it.  My kitty Mini Dee has interstitial cystitis and she keeps getting infections, urine cultures have been done but she is not responding normally.  She doesn't have crystals but she has 'sludge' in her bladder.   How do I use...
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