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Does anyone have any experience with using serum from a naturally immune (panleuk survivor) donor cat to help a cat or kitten recover from the disease. We received a DOA mama and three living neonates a few days ago. The cause of the queen’s death was unknown, but she had stopped eating and had...

One of our foster kittens, Jasper, has developed cloudy pupils with fuzzy edges in the last few days. We are going to make a vet appointment tomorrow (Monday) but I was curious if anyone had seen this before in kittens? I’ve read some unsettling info about this being potentially related to FIP...

One of my young adult cats, Pippin, has been extremely fearful of other cats for about a year. She’s two now and we raised her from a bottle baby with her brothers. When she was one we had taken two cats from the neighborhood, dumped in the street, inside and naked arrangements for their neuter...

Hades was put to sleep today by an in-home euthanasia veterinarian. His renal failure was too advanced for even hospitalization to help him. We took him home so he could de-stress a tad and he could go in peace. He just could not bounce back from his crash. I'm terribly upset, of course, but I'm...

Well, my ten year old buff orange tabby, Hades, was diagnosed with (late stage?) CRF yesterday. His creatinine was >13.6 (off the IDEXX chart), his BUN was >130 (also off the chart), and his phosphorus was >16.1 (again, off the charts). We were hopeful that subq fluids would be enough to buy...

The Humane Society has been hit with the second big wave of kitten season here. Twelve bottle baby litters and several moms and babies were surrendered in the last ten days. Well, the Foster coordinator called and begged us to take a litter of five bottle babies a couple days ago. I thought I'd...

Is it possible to tell if there's fluid in the abdomen without imaging diagnostics?

Our pregnant rescue cat Melian gave birth to seven kittens on 5/24, and all have been healthy and happy up until 7/12 morning at 3AM. Two began to have difficulty breathing at that time, the ones we called Tiny and Dirty. The vet said FIP, and I was heartbroken. We all know how FIP goes, and...

May be getting a few babies soon. Thinking I could post here to share some of the trip. Last year we raised four babies and a mama for the humane society. Emails said that we might be getting bottle babies this year. I guess we'll see.

I recently rescued a very pregnant cat from the streets. She is about 8 weeks pregnant by my estimate. Yesterday I could feel the kittens and their movements, but today she seems smaller and I can no longer feel anything. I initially thought her kittens had moved into position, as there was lots...

One of my six month old bottle babies has a swelling on the left side of his neck. He was neutered, vaccinated, and got a microchip on oct 3 2015. The node is about the size of a grape and situated beneat his ear and jawbone. I don't feel any other swollen glands or nodes anywhere else. He's...

My current foster kitty and her kittens moved in with me a few weeks ago. The kittens were maybe five days old on July 17th, and are now toddling and exploring. Momcat has a strange, bone-like lump in her tummy which I can feel upon palpating her abdomen. It isn't her mammary glands or nipples...

Has anyone ever thought of taking that irresponsible-neighbor's kitty to the vet (without permission) to get him or her altered?  My neighborhood has a white/flame point male kitty who roams, yowls, and sprays, and I assume he's someone's cat. I just want to trap him so badly and get him...

A friend of a friend gave me two orphaned kittens, still on the bottle. She said they were four weeks old. I had readied a warm box and had kitten formula on hand, but when I got these kittens, they were definitely not four weeks old. That was June 10th. It has been one month. Based on the...

My rescue kitty, who I've only had four months and have been saving money to get more vet help, took a bad turn a few days ago, and I made the tough decision to have him pts. I'd never witnessed a euthanasia before and I was surprised at how quickly he went. I assume from the liquid in his...

I just vaccinated all of my cats, including my FIV+ cat, with Fel-O-Guard Plus 4. I did this 24 hours ago and the more immunodeveloped cats have recovered, but Zeph is still sleepy and not hungry. He's only eaten a little today, and slept much more than usual. I also worry about the vaccine...

My cat Zephyrus has tested positive for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and our vet recommended we stop feeding raw, as it is more likely to give him an infection. I feed my other FIV- cats a raw and canned food diet, and Zephyrus has always loved it, but I don't want to make him sick. Does...

Four hours ago, I treated several of my cats with a half dose of Capstar to hold the fleas off until my fipronil arrives, including two adult cats (my cats) and one kitten called Nublets (rescue). All of the cats became a bit frantic, scratching like crazy, but it only lasted fifteen minutes. I...

First off, I have my own five cats. This is Eris. She's very friendly. My cats are usually indoor only, but the best pictures are taken outside. This is Persephone. She's very pretty, but she prefers to keep her distance. She retaliates if we overstimulate her, so we respect her and keep...

Ten or twelve weeks ago I noticed in of my ferals was 'in the family way'. She's been on my spay list ever since I first saw her, but she never got close enough to catch. I found her kittens in my basement three weeks ago. They were five weeks old. That night the mother came close enough to...