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  1. cocheezie

    Expired Advantage Multi - still good?

    I don't usually treat cats for fleas in winter. I've never had to. I give a treatment around the end of October / early November, and then start again in the spring. This morning, I noticed Rover Grover doing the going after something movement and went through his fur with a flea comb. Sure...
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    Migraine trigger elimination diet

    Has anyone gone on this elimination diet? I'm under doctor's orders to be on a very strict migraine trigger elimination diet for the next couple of months even though I've only one discovered food trigger over the course of 35+ years. I'm finding the diet very hard. No cheese, no cultured...
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    Think it's time to switch from clumping clay

    I have a diabetic cat. He drinks a fair amount of water. We go through more litter than most people do and have always bought the cheapest and clumpiest we can find. In our municipality, we are allowed to put out 2 bags of garbage each week with no bag over 50 pounds. One bag is full of used...
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    Persian from the late 50s

    Born in the late 50s - although this picture was taken later.
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    Diabetic cat occasionally not making it to the litter box

    We've noticed over the last couple of months that there are times (maybe once every 2 weeks or so) when Rover Grover (14) does not make it to the litter box. He's been a diabetic for the last 2 years with some peripheral neuropathy even though we caught the diabetes fairly early. We do our best...
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    Cyber Monday / Pure Formulas

    In my email box this morning: Pure Formulas is offering 20% off and free shipping for Cyber Monday. This is the company that I ordered Coch's Amino/Bplex from.  https://www.pureformulas.com/pet Use code CYBER2014 at checkout.
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    Vétroquinol Video Contest - Hallowe'en video - Thriller

    So, there's this Quebec veterinary products company named "Vétroquinol" that promoted a contest for Canadian vet clinics. There were prizes for the best videos set to Michael Jackson's Thriller. Our Dr. Kris filmed and edited one of the entries (I hope I've embedded it correctly.) My vet...
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    Cocheezie August12, 1997 - October 31, 2014

    I'm going to miss this opinionated woman who knew her own mind and stuck to it, but know that her original owner was waiting for her and there was a host of cat-loving family members eager to meet her. My mother-in-law always mentioned in every phone call that we were to look after her cat if...
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    Recycling subq fluid bags?

    Random question. I noticed today when I was changing the admin line to a new bag of fluids that the bag had a recycling triangle on it. Does anyone recycle their subq bags? or is it sometime that would make the sorters at the recycling centres freak?
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    Graviest cat food?

    Going to the pet food stores later this afternoon for Coch. What is the graviest food out there? Going to be standing in the cat food aisle shaking cans and pouches. Had a blip afternoon with the old woman. She did not eat her usual pates mixed with water and would only lick gravy and was very...
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    Advantage flea question

    Just saw a flea. Funny, cats haven't been acting like there are fleas around. I've got Advantage Multi 9 to do Cocheezie, but when I went to get the box of Advantage Multi 18 for my other guy, the box was empty. I must have given it to my neighbour who can get close to the local feral. So, I...
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    Starting catnip indoors from seed or cutting (in autumn)

    Anyone grown catnip from seed or a cutting as an inside plant in the fall? Cocheezie is having such a great time in the little patch and she will lose it very soon to winter. I don't know if I can harvest the seeds. She ravaged the last remaining plant with seeds quite badly. It may have to be a...
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    Bucket List

    Cocheezie has a bucket list, and it's huge. In the past 10 months, I'm seeing behaviour that I've never seen in the 4 1/2 years that we've had her. In her 13 previous years, she did not exhibit anything like this. Her previous owner was my step-mother-in-law who talked incessantly on the phone...
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    Various wonderings about anemia, iron supplements, and blood transfusions

    Long post, I know. I apologize in advance. This is how I help myself think things through. Anyone know how long blood transfusions are good for? and how long they work for? and how much they cost (not a big factor, but would be good to know before we make an appointment with the vet). I do have...
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    Nature's Variety Instinct wet - formula change?

    This was mentioned briefly in another thread: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/272867/food-for-a-cat-with-issues-constipation-urinary-crystals-food-sensitivites-asthma Cocheezie loved the rabbit and went off of it suddenly, as did another cat Tim. Both had NVI rabbit with an expiry date of Feb 2015...
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    Boreal Cat Food

    Has anyone tried this? I bought a can of their wet food because of the "low-hypoglycemic" mention on the label, thinking it would be good for my diabetic cat. Haven't tried it yet. It's a Canadian company. Don't know if it's available in the US. Here is the information from their website...
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    Glocuse Test Strips nearing expiry date - beware - do not use

    Have just spent the last 2 days testing and re-testing my diabetic cat because suddenly he was getting low readings on my glucose monitor. So low, in fact, that I did not give him any insulin Wednesday night and went running to the vet Thursday morning for his overdue fructosamine test. His...
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    Cat proofing upper balcony

    Cochise is becoming obsessed with going out on the second floor covered balcony. She howls and howls to go out and just doesn't stop, even in the middle of the night. We've been taking her out on the leash and staying out with her, but we can't go out as often as she wants or stay out while she...
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    Purina Fancy Feast and Friskies wet food shortage at Petsmart due to ingredient shortages

    I was in my local Petsmart last night (Canada), and there was a big sign stating that Purina is experiencing ingredient shortages at the moment. The shelves were almost bare. The only FF pates in stock were the seafood one and a few cans of salmon pate. In the other lines, there was very little...
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