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We took her back for blood work Friday. It was all pretty normal, so they were gonna test her thyroid. I had to leave to go to work before the results of that were in, and now I'm waiting until Tuesday to find out what they were. She's down to five and a half pounds. Her breathing has gotten...

Thank you for your answer. I agree that there must be something more going on. I've noticed she also gulps hard when she eats/drinks, it sounds like a small thump sound. I believe she was constipated a couple of weeks ago. She would go to the litter box and try to poop, and either nothing...

I can't recall her having an upper respiratory infection, but it's possible she could have. I know many years ago we had something that went through the cats that was like a cold. None of them got seriously ill or anything, just snotty and runny eyes. The only things I can recall are her being...

Thank you for your patience and understanding. I'm very grateful! And thank you also for the litter suggestions. I will have to give one (or both) a try. I think I used World's Best several years ago, but can't recall for sure. The other costs less than what I normally buy, so that's a plus...

No, he hasn't mentioned either of those. It's not a severe case (so far, she isn't open mouth breathing or really struggling, mainly just slow, long breaths with some noise, which has improved some). This is all new to me, so I have no idea how fast medicines should work, how well, and such. I...

So, my cat, Funny Face (sixteen year old spayed tortie) was recently diagnosed with asthma. The vet has given her a depo shot, steroids, Terbutaline, antibiotics, and an appetite stimulant in an attempt to help. He said it's not a bad case of asthma, not like ones he has seen many times. The...

I'm happy to report that he is feeling much better today. He's eating more and being a ham for attention. I gave him colloidal silver yesterday and today in his food and plan to make a weaker solution so I can give it to him daily from now on, or maybe just for a while and see how he does...

Thank you so much for your reply and for the link. His breaths per minute are normally around thirty (mostly spot on thirty the times I've counted). I'm so paranoid about cancer because several family members have had it, as have I, though up until this point, out of all the cats I've had over...

Recently, my fifteen year old kitty, Meejee, was diagnosed with gastroenteritis. The vet did blood work and tested his thyroid, and to his (and my) shock, the results were excellent. He was given a shot of Depo (I can't remember the full name) and antibiotics. The vet said that Meejee also has a...

Thank you both for your replies! He's still peeing and not blocked after all. I failed to mention that the meowing thing isn't specific to the litter box. He'll go into a room and start meowing and has been doing this for a couple of months. I didn't really think anything about it because I have...

First off, I want to say that I will be taking Meejee to the vet Monday morning. I had a cat years ago who had the urinary crystals that would stop him up. I'm not sure if that's what's going on here or not, because he doesn't squat to pee around the house like the previous cat did. He's still...

We just got back from the vet. It looks to be a bacterial infection and she is now on antibiotics. She is doing better already compared to yesterday. Slight fever and still shivering, but is getting around better. If not for that and her slight limp, you wouldn't have thought there was anything...

A small update. We took her to the vet but he's doing surgeries and can't see any patients until later today at 2:30 (it's almost ten now). She has eaten wet food twice since I last posted. A heaping tablespoon last night and a little bit more a little while ago. Also, she isn't limping as badly...

I will do my best to remember to update as soon as we get back. <3 I might crash with exhaustion because I probably will sleep very little, if at all, tonight, so that might lead to me updating a bit later, lol. Now I'm thinking that she's hurt her leg, hip, or back, as she is noticeably limping...

Thank you all so much for your comforting words. <3 The vet opens in a little over eleven hours from now. She did eat early this morning (sometime between midnight and four) and I did get her to eat just a little bit of wet food. I also just gave her some water with a dropper, half full, two...

We recently adopted an abandoned kitten, around two months old, from my cousin (he and his wife found her in a box on the side of the road) and she has barely eaten anything today and is sleeping a lot. We're taking her to the vet in the morning but I wanted to come here for, I don't know...

The only thing I use on my cats and dogs is coconut oil. I'm one of those paranoid people who is afraid to use flea killing products on my pets, as I've had cats have bad reactions to some, even the good ones. We've taken in three cats that were strays (mom and kitten dumped in a park, feral...

I just wanted to say that I'm so thankful for this thread. I have avoided having my cats vaccinated for rabies as much as possible because of the risk of cancer. After reading some of the replies on this thread, I called the vet clinic I go to and asked what rabies vaccine they use. They use the...

Well, Sweety is eating really well now. She still isn't interested in wet food or grain free kibble, and I don't want her eating treats all the time so I bought a bag of Meow Mix to see if she'll eat it. She really likes it so I guess that's what I'll feed her. At least it's food and not treats...

Thank you! She certainly is being thankful and is giving me a lot of loving, and also expecting a lot of petting and scritches. She just had a tube treat and ate some duck kibble. Earlier, she let me know she was hungry so I offered her kitten kibble. She sniffed it and then gave me the dirtiest...