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My 12.5 year old, Lucky, seems to always be constipated. Not going for a few days and when she does it's kind of hard and dry. What can I put in her food to help lubricate things?? I've tried drops of olive oil but that doesn't do much and have to be careful as she gets upset tummy easy...

Once a bag of SQ fluid is used, how long can the remaining fluid in that bag be kept on the shelf for further use?

Hey, hi! Anyone have a clue about what is a good thing to give my kitty for suspicion of an URI?? It's been a week and she is sneezing her head off bad and has one weepy, clear tears eye and maybe itching ears? Used to give my cats a bit of Lysine in the food and it seemed it worked very...

Four days ago started with vomiting, even her water, then add diarrhea. Then stopped eating. Kind of hiding. Went to the vet. Did labs and a few abdominal x-rays. Labs all fine. Nothing stuck or whatever on x-ray. Anyway, given fluids, given a shot for 24 hr. duration for nausea...

Hi all....while at the vet about 10 days ago, Phoebe's ears were checked as they always bug her. She is all white so if her ears are bothersome you can see them pink to red real easy. Anyway, vet pulled out swabs all blackish, checked under the scope and said, yeast and bacteria. Gave me...

Hello all..... my daughter has four kitties always indoor cats. That being said, suddenly they all four have started licking, digging and chewing themselves. I just don't think it's fleas. They don't have fleas and it's just a different type of behavior than with fleas, I think. I wonder...

My beautiful Mia pictured had passed away just over a year ago due to cancer. I now have a new kitty. Will post a pic soon as I figure out how :) My new 10 year old adoptee is named Phoebe. She is a large old girl who spent about 7 of her 10 years is various shelters. She is deaf, she has...

Hi! My baby girl is 6 weeks old.   She comes from not the nicest environment and I'm glad I got her out.   I have had cats all my life which is over 70 years!  So we forget with the baby care.    She has been with me less than 24 hours.  I did not learn much from the person giving her to me.  ...

Anyone have any experience at all with nasal or throat lymphoma in a kitty?   I'm going through this possibility right now.   :(

My 13 yo Mia, has contracted another URI after being good for a year.  My younger Princess seems to be doing okay.   Mia has been sick about two weeks now.  Mia's sneezes sound worst than usual and you can hear her trouble breathing from her nose like it's all swollen in there.  Every now and...

Haven't been on in quite a few months now.  Have 2 kitties who suffered a bad URI some time back.  Since then have had them on 250 Lysine twice daily and they have been doing so fine.  Last week I had moved, just down the street.  My daughter and I carried the kitties to the car in carriers and...

Hi, it's me, whatever....... I was wondering.  Princess, 5 mo came to me with URI three months ago.  She was very, very sick.  I have her on L Lysine twice a day 250mg with her food.  It has been a big help, I know that however, she still does a fair amount of sneezing but looks beautiful and...

Wondering, is it possible to treat your cat for roundworms or do you have to bring them to the vet?  I understand weight is important to know as that tells how much worm med the kitty will need?   What is the home has like 5 or 6 cats?  Would you give them all a dose?  ...

Has anyone had any luck helping their kitties with like pink eye by using chamomile compresses?

My name is Princess.  Just 2 weeks ago my new mom rescued me from the NY kitty death row and saved me by a matter of hours!  She is kind of old so her nice daughter and son-in-law traveled from MA to NY in the midst of an ice storm and while they were at the NYC ACC getting me, they saved a cat...

Hi!  I'm "whatever" and the mom of Mia my 10 yo feral type kitty and Princess my 10 wk old death row rescued baby.  Very happy to have found this site and hope to hang out here for many moons!