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Arwyn has continued to gain weight and energy. At six months, she is now a healthy 5 pounds and has been through another two sets of vaccinations. These are tough on her - it takes a day or two of being miserable for her immune system to respond. But otherwise she's completely normal. The...

Our shelter kitty Arwyn had the same malady. She came home from the shelter with a URI caused by a feline herpes virus, which likely also resulted in corneal ulcers. The vet recently told me that the strange appearance of her left pupil was likely due to earlier eye infections. The treatment...

I picked up a toy called 'Da Bird' at the local pet store. It's a slender fishing pole with a string connected to a clump of feathers, cleverly attached via a small spinning device. When you pull it through the air, it spins and makes a small flapping noise like a bird. When I brought it home...

This story has a happy ending. Arwyn still wasn't eating on her own last Thursday, almost 3 weeks after bringing her home at death's door. We were at the vet's office, and she was going to try an experiment to get her to eat. The vet tech put the food on the counter and Arwyn took a very noisy...

Don't forget about l-lysine (500 mg tablet, 1x/day, crushed in food) and echinacea-non alcohol (2-3 drops in food, 1x/day) along with vitamin supplements. Got to keep the immune system boosted!

Both the members on this board and my vet are recommending Feliway, which either contains or mimicks a cat phermone secreted from their cheeks that they rub around their habitat (and on other cats, you, etc.). It makes them feel more secure and reduces stress. It's not cheap but supposed to be...

Arwyn is gaining more normal cat behaviors and has more energy. She is using the litter box for poop but not for urination yet. As far as the URI is concerned, she is breathing mostly normally and sneezing a bit, but seems to be over it. There was another kitty at the shelter who came down sick...

I started her yesterday on Hill's a/d at the vet's instructions to try and give a big boost to her nutrition. Mixed in l-lysine (crushed) and echinacea drops (non-alcohol). I'm continuing with the meds (Clavimox and the decongestants plus eye ointment). And I'm also continuing a bit of the...

I have a story to share about a stray that adopted me many years ago. I was living in a duplex and there was an orange long-haired cat in the neighborhood. Most chased it away - its fur was matted and dull - but for some reason, it appeared on my porch and would not go away (not that I chased...

Picked up the sick kitty (Arwyn) from the vet late this afternoon. She appears much better - she jumped on the keyboard in the exam room and started exercising her claws! Some of the first real cat behavior I've seen from her. They gave her fluids plus B-12 and used a tube to feed her. They are...

We adopted a shelter kitty 6 days ago. Three days before that, she was a vibrant and demonstrative little tabby - a bit small (3 pounds at 4-1/2 months) but active and outgoing. The following day, she was spayed and when we saw her on the next day (Saturday), she was lethargic and only somewhat...