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Thanks for responses, good info about the wet vs dry cough. Hers is definitely wet, which it appears may point to infection? Would have though infection would get significantly worse significantly faster. It's so hot and humid where I am that just sitting on the porch with her is like a steam...

Hi folks! It's been several years since people on this site helped me to address a series of illnesses suffered by my previous generation of cat pals. I finally recovered from the years, dollars, tears spent caring and saying good-bye to 3 chronically ill kitties, and am enjoying the company of...

I adopted two young cats three months ago, siblings but not from the same litter, so one is probably a year and the other closer to 18 mos., though the shelter said they were much closer in age. Anyway the brother is a little older and a fair amount bigger than the sister, though she is catching...

I've had a similar experience with a 10 month old - now one year old - I adopted from the shelter in July along with her brother. Nothing bothers his system, everything seems to bother hers. I've tried several foods, ID and EN, with very slow transitioning, to no avail. She gets a little better...

Maybe this belongs in a different forum, feel free to put it where it is most likely to be addressed by someone in the know. July 22 I adopted a one year old brother and sister pair of cats (now called Amos and Flō) and was sent home with a limited quantity of the food the humane society feeds...

There seems to be some disagreement about distemper shots, even on this site. I'm interested in what people think, as I will take my newly adopted shelter kitties to "meet the vet" and presumably have their 3 week Felo Vax booster. They are approx. 10 months and 1 yr of age. Their history is...

I think I'm learning what it feels like to "hit bottom", working to start over and climb back up, very difficult. My significant other and I shared a home and cat friends for more than 20 years of our 30 year relationship. We grew apart and should have split before we did, the one thing we...

Sorry to butt in here, but Stephen Q can you tell me the dose of pred your cat is on? My cat Vivian has been on 5 mg for IBD, since she biopsied negative for cancer (which still doesn't mean it's not cancer). The 5 mg has stopped working, we're going to the vet tomorrow and I'm considering...

Anyone give their arthritic cat Onsior long term with good results? Also, any experience with Chondroptorotec injections? thank you Laura

I've posted here several times in the past year, initially about my cat with hyperthyroidism and intestinal disease - she still lives with both - and eventually about my big boy Willis. His "journey" through rhinitis/sinusitis started with a stuffy nose and noisy breathing/snoring over two...

Anyone heard of or tried laser therapy to treat their cat's rhinitis? My vet is recommending this for my cat Willis who is currently on 50 mg daily of Atopica, which is a lot of medicine and a lot of $. The laser therapy is supposed to increase blood flow/circulation to the area which supposedly...

Yes, I've tried the "gentle" route too, but neither of my cats will reliably take anything edible - if they take it at all. I looked at my device "Dr Hanson's Bullseye Pillgun" sold to me by my vet but available online such as Amazon. Never have to stick my hand in their mouths. It may sound...

Just curious why you don't want to use a pill gun, I have to pill two cats sometimes multiple times daily and this gadget has been priceless -

Ya, definitely not a lot of empirical evidence out there on the effectiveness of this drug on cats' intestines, but there are a fair number of success stories if you look for them. I would agree that budesonide suspension is ineffective, but have had interactions with those who really speak...

Vivian got diabetes from prednisolone, would be very ambivalen about injecting her with dexameth...

I started my cat Vivian on Budesonide suspension two weeks ago to address large intestine/colon inflammation, because prednisolone had induced diabetes. The good news is now that she's off the pred her blood glucose has normalized and she is off the insulin. The bad news is the budesondie...

Very good idea on calling the compounding pharmacy