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Hi. So my special kitty has just turned extra special (more on his IBS in a thread coming soon). He was in for a dental, and the vet detected a heart murmur. She made everyone else listen to it to be sure (!), and then did an x-ray. She said Teddy has an enlarged heart and accompanying...

I'm not sure this goes here... but it's worth a shot. PJ gets eye infections at regular intervals, and normally, she's been okay about being treated - after about 3-4 days of torment, when she starts to get better, she realizes what we're doing. It's still a fight to burrito her in the towel...

Hello. So PJ, in addition to her HyperT and now hair loss (though she is cleaning her belly less, which is where the loss was), PJ has a recurring eye infection that comes back everyone 6-8 months. It's only in her left eye. It clears up very quickly with Terramycin, and our vet has us give...

Preface: we're going to the vet on Saturday... PJ has HyperT, and has for 2.5 years now. She's managed on liquid methimazole and has been fine for quite a long time. Normally, the only symptom that she's getting out of whack is that she loses weight - which she doesn't seem to be doing...

Some set up: PJ and Teddy don't really do much of anything together. PJ tolerates Teddy; if Teddy could, I think he'd be all cuddly with PJ. They're about 3 years apart; PJ is older and was resident cat when we got Teddy. A long time ago, we saw PJ bat Teddy on the head (she was sitting on the...

Hello. So, the saga of my poor IBD cat Teddy continues. A few weeks ago, he took a turn for the worse and I was rapidly losing hope. He'd lost 2+ pounds, was extremely lethargic, his persistent diarrhea was even worse - and he wasn't always making it to the litterbox, and then... he vomited...

After another round of explosive stuff from Teddy - through both ends and his nose - we have returned home with Science Diet w/d to try. Teddy loves it - and so does PJ. My question: PJ is a normal, healthy (except for hyperT) 12-13 year old. Is it okay for her to eat this food? She can't seem...

Before doing some food changes, the vet asked us to try giving Teddy yogurt. We gave him a little last night, and he threw up 15, then 30 minutes later - after which he ate his dry food, drank water, and was fine. For those of you that have given yogurt to a cat with diarrhea - have they had...

Just wondering if anyone here uses Science Diet d/d for a cat with intestinal/IBS problems. Teddy seems to no longer be able to tolerate IVD canned food, but for 2 days, he's done alright with the d/d. I don't like changing his food if I don't have to, so hopefully the d/d canned will solve the...

PJ is having an amazing amount of hairballs lately. It's very very hot, and she's shedding a lot - and she's a very clean cat, so she's always licking and ingesting the hair. She's not interested in her hairball treats (and I've tried several), and she doesn't seem to care for the malt/gel...

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this or not, but since it has to do with health... I finally found a good food that PJ likes - Wellness. I haven't had a chance to price shop in my area (I have at least 1 store that carries Wellness), but I was curious about ordering food online, if...

Hello. So after Teddy kept getting sicker and sicker with his IBD, we finally got him on a different food - IVD Venison instead of duck. He's done very well for the past 2 weeks, after we got through the initial food switching period. The improvement in his stool has been amazing - it looks...

I figured since this is a hair thing, it belongs in grooming... PJ is getting old. While sitting in my lap, I've noticed she's got a few white hairs coming in on her back - she's a torti, so they really stick out. PJ is the oldest cat I've had (she's around 12), so I have no experience with...

Quick question: PJ is getting all dandruffy again (she's been checked out and is fine; she's older, has a very thick coat, and it's summer in the south - aka shedding season), and I didn't know if Vitamin E helps with this at all or not? We add it to her food when she has acne flairups and it...

I'll recap my saga a bit... Teddy (9 years old) has some big time sensitivity issues. I don't know what he was eating before I adopted him, but he was unable to handle Nutro when I brought him home. He vomited and had horrible diarrhea constantly. So, off he went to the vet, where we tried...

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but if anyone has used Georgia Veterinary Specialists (that's the name of the practice, it sounds like I'm searching for a specialist but I'm not), could you please let me know if you liked the facility/practice/etc? We are going to take PJ...

Teddy and PJ have never been close/lovely/cuddly, etc. Tonight, Teddy mounted PJ. She didn't his, swat, move, try and get away, nothing. Normally when Teddy approaches her, she'll run away and sometimes hiss. This was completely, utterly different - we just stood there with open mouths! Teddy...

...as if an eye infection can be comfortable... PJ went to the vet this morning - her eye got all goopy and runny yesterday, so we took her in. She's got an infection, we have ointment to give her 3x a day for 2 weeks. She's had one infection before, and it cleared up with the medication...

So, I took Teddy to the vet this morning... he'd gone 2 months without having a terrible flareup from his chronic URI, but last night he started having terrible sneezing fits coupled with bloody snot - so off he went to the vet. He's had Clavamox and Zithromax, and today he was prescribed...

So we took PJ to the vet about 2 weeks ago for bloodwork. She's a happy, healthy, normal cat. She freaks out at anything that has to do with the carrier - when she hears it being moved, whether it's being put away, or being opened for Teddy instead of her. When we brought her home last time...