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After a few weeks of poor health, we lost our beloved "wild girl" last night. Punkin died in our arms after suffering a seizure. She was a gift beyond gifts, and my heart grieves deeply for this beautiful little animal. She was with us for nearly 15 years, born Dec. 21, 2005. Her sister, Peanut...

Punkin seemed on the rebound a mere week ago. She wasn't eating much, sometimes at all, so a trip to the vet a week ago this past Friday she received sub-cutaneous fluids which helped her energy level. But the rebound didn't last. Her blood results were excellent for a cat of 15, but there seems...

Yesterday I took Punkin to the vet after she'd been losing weight. We had her on a raw diet, feeding her mainly cornish game hen and quail the past several months. She lost interest in eating those foods about three weeks ago and finally got to the point where she wasn't eating much of anything...

Years ago a friend started feeding her 15-yr old feline a diet of chicken liver and ramen noodles. She would pre-mix the ingredients as "cookies" on a cookie sheet on wax paper, freeze it that way, then pull one "cookie" at meal time, let it thaw a bit and give it to Josie. I'd like to try this...

Punkin is 14 1/2 and in great shape, showing a strong appetite (a good thing after her debacle with an allergic reaction to medicine last Fall) and a lot of energy. She's very healthy. But for the past several months she has started to exhibit "dry heaves," esp. after I have picked her up and...

Punkin is a Turkish Van cat who will be 14 in December and, aside from an occasional scrape with a neighborhood cat, she's always had great health; she has been an indoor cat since 2011. About a week ago she began "spot puking," where she would throw up only small amounts of digestive fluids...

I'm doing some research/shopping for sifting litter pans, the sort that have a grate built into the bottom of the pan. There are several interesting examples found online (YouTube has several vids) but most of them are too small for what I prefer to provide for my cats. I'm especially interested...

Today is the day we're taking Peanut in for her radioactive iodine treatment to cure her hyperthyroid condition. My biggest worry, aside from being away from her for 10+ days (it all depends on the geiger counter reading) is how the inactivity will affect her bones. Peanut is female, 13.4 years...

Our 13-year-old female dilute tabby Peanut started showing signs of hyperthyroidism the summer of 2016. We had no idea what it was at the time, but in Fall 2017 her blood panel proved she was HT. I initially considered radio-active Iodine treatment, but we chose to try different foods first...

I wonder if Peanut may have kidney disease or diabetes. She is drinking more water, but not an extraordinary amount, than usual and her urine clumps are often as large as my fist. She's on an all-meat diet (canned) and has been for the last ten years. She is 12 years old and had a bad allergic...