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Thank you for the link. I have not noticed him doing it today so I'm hoping it's a transient thing, likely due to teething. If the behavior continues I will definitely have him checked out again by our vet. She did see him already, albeit briefly, for neuter and rabies.

This is something I've not seen before. Hopefully someone can set my mind at ease. Fairfax, approx. 4 m/o male neutered foster kitten, happy, healthy, and obnoxious, frequently makes crunching noises with his teeth. I feel it's similar to teeth grinding in humans from a physiological...

If more than 24 hours have passed since taking her home from spay, and she is still acting lethargic, IMO a call to the vet is in order. Most kids that young do bounce back pretty quickly. I'm not saying something is wrong, per se, I'm saying this is a deviation from the norm and may be a sign...

So glad to hear. Those donut cones are a miracle, in my opinion. I used one on my Great Dane when she had a hot spot on her bum. Can you imagine a 115 pound dog trying to navigate a rather crowded house with a cone on? The inflatable ones are great. Traditional e-collars do leave a lot to be...

To me, it looks okay. However, I'm looking at a picture. Your vet can look up close and lay hands on. If you feel concerned, it warrants a call to the vet. Hopefully the vet will just check it out and say it's no big deal. But if it is, you've done the right thing.

Hmm. What does your vet think? That's a lot of antibiotics, and for the most part, URI is a viral disease. So while antibiotics are useful in combating secondary bacterial infections, they don't address the root cause of the URI. It can take a while to get that virus under control. Frankly...

There's good news and bad news. Like Antonio65 said, it's unlikely that this is FIP. Cats with FIP just don't live that long. On the other hand, it could still be something nasty--abdominal masses of some sort come to mind. Contagion factor is low there, so that's more good news (the...

Lovely dark red coloring. Red (orange) ghost mackerel with white, I agree. I'm confused by the statement above about him having no true tabby gene? I thought tabby was default pattern and in order for a cat to be NOT tabby, they had to have masking genes. I know all reds are tabbies, so...

Hoping for a good report, but it sounds like your kitty was feeling sick and nauseous. Could be a sign of many things but in this case, not one to ignore, at least IMO. I would be taking him to the vet.

Cats with FIP don't get better. Sometimes they last a little longer than others. I wouldn't rule out FIP at this point but it seems less likely given an apparent (at least partial) recovery. FIP is a diagnosis made by ruling out other conditions and then doing a necropsy once the cat has...

I can't tell you past it looking like some sort of ulcer or sore. I would recommend taking kitty to the vet, especially if it is coupled with decreased appetite, although the decrease in appetite could be an effect of the sore. Cats can develop a life-threatening disease called hepatic...

So glad to see Srubka has recovered! I hadn't seen this thread prior but this is a rare complication from intubation...sometimes when the cat is not sufficiently relaxed with pre-meds, or sometimes they just have an unexpected narrowing of the trachea further down. Usually though intubation is...

Sorry for your loss. A painful question--do you still have Sparkle's body? A necropsy (that is the word for an animal autopsy) may help answer your questions. For a senior cat who had lost that much weight, I would have not have dismissed it and would have run the tests all prior to...

Didn't see the tail originally...yeah, that's a floofy tail. Keep us updated, maybe start a betting pool!

Good deal. We are like 4 hours from Purdue and about the same from Michigan State, so it was a longer drive. But glad you are closer to OSU. I had chosen Purdue because they have someone there studying movement disorders in relation to seizures and Bebop was circling so badly. But yeah...

Good that he is staying hydrated. Where are you located? If there is a vet school nearby, they may be interested and able to help. I thought about taking Bebop down to Purdue but it never came to that.

It is generally hard to tell. The chances are better for DSH than DMH and after a while you get a feel for kitten fluff versus DMH. To me that looks DSH with some kitten fluff. But I can't swear on it, and usually by 11 weeks they've lost more of that fluff. Love her regardless! And yes...

I had a kitten that was white with VERY subtle grey patching on the head. It faded by the time she was 3 months and she was solid white. Did not have blue eyes, though. My former pair of kitties were also both white. One with green/yellow eyes and one with blue. Neither, I think, qualified...

This is Bebop at about 4 months, I think. She is petite for her age but pretty well fully recovered. In that picture she was still having some issues focusing with her eyes. She still is a bit 'off' but eminently loveable.

They are adorable kids. I am so sick that you're going through this and I hope that Monkey improves soon. How many days left on the clindamycin? Are you giving any fluids? Probiotics? (Give them opposite of the antibiotics; otherwise they cancel each other out, essentially).