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Does anyone know why my 16 yr indoor male has a newish habit of finishing a meal, then announcing he's through and/or where's he's going next (like to hide in a dark place from the sun, tho' not necessarily that choice)? Needs me to see him going into the 'cave' as if I won't know where he is...

What would make a 15/16 yr old neutered indoor male cat scruch down and cough after napping? This has gone on for a couple of yrs now and while I have wondered if there's some internal, intestinal but possibly lung related issue, so far various vets have not suggested (or agreed with my Q's any...

My cat loves avocado... should I worry?

Have no idea where to post this as it's only partly cat related... Echo 'lost' a claw a few days ago and left red pawprints all over... I managed to get most cleaned up but yesterday it started again, only worse. I wiped what I could on hard surfaces, scrubbed carpet with wet towels, but there...

Apparently it's not a problem (saw a long post re other similars, but no real discussion)?

Hi - Have thought my just 16 yr male was hyperthyroid, but testing hasn't confirmed after 2 yrs. What has happened (now so locked in after getting up from nap) is a gagging cough or coughing gag, and my vet and I have had issues re stuff so I may not get Ecco back there soon. He's not on any...

Just read today that a new group has started up and acts as a shelter for pets when women have to leave home but don't want to leave their pets. Unfortunately I don't know now where I saw it (it's Canadian) but the idea really seemed terrific, so if anyone is thinking along similar lines and...

Hi - been attributing Echo's cough/regurg. type behaviour to what I thought (for past year) to be H-thyroid, even if #s don't say so, but after paying more attn, I think he might be allergic to ? in his Whiskas Meaty Selections (no fish) flat pans (like Cesar's) I've given him trying to avoid...

Hi - is it worth it to put 15 yr old with early dementia (yowling, wanting to eat a lot but not otherwise 'demented' or diagnosed officially as hyper-T) on antioxidants, or ?? Thanks!

Long ago we had a Maine Coon, Squeak (her pic is here in another thread) who jumped onto the stove and burnt her paw a bit, Months later we got a few-months-old Russian Blue we called Plato and one day Plato jumped up to the stove, but Squeak yelled (yowled?) at him and gave him a push away...

Hi, posted before (and thx for all replies) but have a new question- vets seem reluctant to try methimazole because of potential side FX and because T4 is in normal range, however cat is still ravenous, if wt and coat are good. Is there anything wrong with feeding 'on demand' (I'm here most of...

Hi, it's been a while but I didn't come back cuz too much was happening and it was confusing. Ecco definitely showed every sign of hyperthyroidism but a low T4, but I'd put that down to his being on the herbal Thyroid Support Gold prior to testing in Jan. Anyhow I continued with it, plus cut...

Hi - Ecco (15 yr male DSH) is hyperthyroid. Will likely be on vet meds in near future, but for now is on Thyroid Support Gold (PetWellbeing) which is great. However he's sneezing (messy) more and more after few mos. on the stuff, so I stopped it for a couple of days with big return to thyroid...

Hi, if a cat eats a 1/2 inch square of Cesar (the flat tins) dogfood (variety) once daily and gets taurine in all catfood otherwise, is there anything in the Cesars that could still seriously hurt a mature cat?

Hi - My 15 yr old 10 lb neutered shorthair male (who had successful anal gland surg. 3 yrs ago is producing very large (< 3" x 1 or 2" urine pads in regular sand iltter every day. Thyroid check was normal but he'd been on Thyroid Support Gold x 2+ wks by then (couple of mos. ago) so hard to...

Hi - 14 yr old neutered male on mostly canned food + little bits of other meat (no garlic or other toxics) for treats 3-4 tims a day and using sand type litter has large softish clumps in box with almost no other types... I know he urinates and presumable does #2 as well but I'm a bit surprised...

For some reason I never 'registered' that my 14 yr old male black cat's body is fairly hard, almost like a dog's body... not sure why it never clicked before, or why it did click now, but it's been so long since I've had other cats that I can't remember! Thank you.

Hi - 1 1/2 yrs ago I was away x 2 wks and friends fed my then 12 yr male blk (and only) cat - which was terrific, except... something I had not thought about when we talked beforehand was what spec. times they'd come in, just a.m, late afternoon and bedtime (or something like that - with snax)...

Hi, I had to be away x 2 wks in early Aug. so neighbour fed my 12 yr old Bombay--type baby... only on her schedule, whatever it was. I expected a little bit of trouble coming home, and did have to be strict about meals, snax, etc, and he's generally been very good 'coming back'. However, there...