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Thank you SO much. I bookmarked this so I can do a little research this weekend!!! It's a big decision.

You’re right - I would not want to bring him anywhere i didn’t trust or know…so I’ll try to get referrals from my Nextdoor community - perhaps there are some less expensive places in and around San Francisco. I will definitely check. It’s a very difficult decision for me.

This is the message that I got from my vet today - which makes it that much more difficult a decision to make!! Montana's lab work is not bad it's not that different than the lab work we did a half a year ago - he does have some mild kidney disease; his kidney values are a tiny bit worse than...

I have a 17 yo Ragdoll cat - who I've been treating for IBD with prednisone daily. He's doing ok with it except for periodic vomiting...but that's not why I'm writing. One question is about cost of services; the other is regarding teeth & anesthesia His teeth were examined and there are...

Hi, I have an 11 yo ragdoll that has always been very finicky about what he eats. He might love it for a few days than refuse to eat it. I first brought him to the vet last year when he was vomiting more than he should. Had all the tests done, and their best guess is that he has IBD and now...

Samus, Thanks for the explanation of IBD. I just cut out an article from 'Catster" magazine pertaining to this subject plus my vet explained the very same thing as you did when we talke about what it could be. You're right about what my vet it doing. I also dont want to give my cat a biopsy...

No, I have not tried the slippery elm yet - altho I know where to get it in a liquid/or capsule form.  I wanted to see what the vet said first.  I already said that I manually gave him the Pepcid AC altho it was difficult because he does not like to be pilled.  It was a struggle.  This was the...

First, let me repeat that his pickiness seemed to start shortly after my cat Coony passed away.  They ate the same foods together for 9 years.  He wasn't throwing up at the time; just changed his mind about a lot of the things he used to eat on a regular basis.  He did finally eat after I could...

I leave some healthy dry kibble out during the day, but not much of it, but occasionally he'll take a bite or 2.  I feed him (as I have for the past 9 years) in evening between 6-7 PM.  He gives me clues that he's hungry. My vet gave me a perscription food (I/D) that's easy digest along with...

Ps.  If there are any 'other' threads that have ideas for the best or most enticing foods for most cats, that would be great.  I will also review the previous posts on this current thread.  I believe I have already tried some of the suggestions and my cat simply won't stick with something he...

Thats not true MM, I have considered some of the other ideas you've had.  All I felt was the need to defend the good vets that I already have and they do collaborate with each other.  Just defending my vet's knowledge of nutrition in cats as well.  Thanks.

And MissMizz, please don't encourage me to find another vet.  The vets I go to are some of the best in the City.

UPDATE to Montana's Eating Disorder.... Good news and continued frustations: OK, so I went to another vet in the same facility, and Montana got an ultrasound and an X-ray because the vet wanted to see his stomach (which an ultrasound does not show).  The ultrasound showed that the lining of...

For 2 days I stopped the treats. I offered him dry food, wet food, etc.  He didn't eat at all.  The rest of the time, he's waking me up in the middle of the night, or meowing for something I'm tryng to avoid him eating (the treats).  2 days w/o eating is holding off long enough.  He HAS to eat...

false I HAVE been mixing his treats on top of his wet food, and for a short while he was eating it. Now if I put the treats on top of the wet food - he won't eat, period! even if that's the only thing left out to eat. He's very hungry, but he won't eat the wet food anymore. So - he IS...

No I haven't. Too many options all at once; it confuses me. I have to try one thing at a time. Righht now, I'm trying to find some sort of vitamine I can add to the' treats' which is all he WANTS to eat right now. He probably associates throwing up with with all kinds of wet food now, because...

I plan to get some tomorrow; although I would have to administer with a syringe.  Hopefully he'll eat something other than treats afterward.  He has a smorgasbord out to eat tonight; he has choices, but it's always the treats.

I think I'll end the link to my vet (re slippery elm) since she has never heard of it ; or we also talked about going to a specialist who may be more knowledgable about nutrition.  First, I'm trying to rule out other things, I guess.  I don't want to pour money and get no answers.  That is so...

I would consider trying out slippery elm (SE). It's safe, although it would be best if you can do it under the supervision of your vet. I mix 1 tsp of SE with 1/2 a cup water and simmer on the stove until it thickens. I then give my guy 1/2 tsp before his morning meal. It can be mixed into food...