Recent Content by brookesphynx

I also get tired of cutting up fresh meat for 6 cats (it was so much easier to crack open a can, wasn't it?) but then I come across another article about a recall...or garbage in pet food...and am reminded of one of the reasons I started doing it in the first place. Even some of the premade...

It looks (and sounds) like stud tail to me...then again, all of my experience is with hairless cats - so stud tail just looks like a ton of blackheads on them! And they tend to get it on their chins, too. I've never seen it go down the back of their legs - but one of my girls gets one giant...

My male sphynx had stud tail. It shows up really well on the naked cats!! Anyway, Stridex pads took care of it. Also, I was at a cat show last weekend and was told by a breeder friend to use Listerine! The regular old, original Listerine mouthwash. I haven't tried it yet, but he swears by it...

Hi Brooklet, I don't have any experience with PKD, but unfortunately I have a lot of experience with HCM. I lost my first Sphynx to the disease and another one of my boys was just diagnosed with it in March. Your research is correct, HCM is the most common heart disease in cats, and it is not...

Oh, so true. I adopted my first Sphynx, Harold, from CL...I later found out the girl who sold him to me had only had him for a month, found out he had HCM and quickly wanted to get her money back before he got sick and died. I spent thousands on his health care, and had him for 8 months before I...

I'm so glad to hear George is feeling better, and it sounds like he is responding well to the medications! The furosemide (the diuretic) must be working to pull the fluid from his lungs - that's why he was able to lay down again, and wasn't sitting perched up like you described in your first...

Hi Runnersmist. Welcome to TCS. I'm sorry that you've joined us under these unfortunate circumstances. Mews2much asked me to come here and talk to you about HCM, as I have a lot of experience with it... I have had 2 cats with the disease, one of them I lost about a year ago when he was in...

Thank you for the prayers and vibes, everyone! Nelson is in good spirits and does not seem to be in any pain at all. He threw a clot in one leg (a thromboembolism) and has been dragging his foot. His paw was ice cold but it seems to be warmer now and he was just hopping to the litter box and...

Sorry to hear about this! My cat has something called Syncope, which is often mistaken for seizures...so, I did a ton of research when we thought he was having seizures. From what I understand, you can't do anything but wait it out - unless it lasts for 5 minutes or more or he has several of...

Good luck, Oreo. Please keep us posted!! When is the surgery?

I'm glad you opted for the echo, and I'm so sorry to hear this news... what type of cardiomyopathy does Samson have? My only experience is with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - which IS (in many cases) passed genetically. I'm not sure if the other types of cardiomyopathy are also passed...

I have lots of experience with cardiomyopathy (unfortunately...). Specifically, HCM (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). I lost my first sphynx, Harold, to the disease about a year and a half ago. But, he was not diagnosed with it until he was very sick, in congestive heart failure. By the time they...

this is great news so far! It sounds so similar to the story I mentioned earlier about the person I know from another forum - same thing, they were able to remove the entire growth and the cat was eating right away. I'm crossing my fingers for more great news when you get your biopsy results...

Okay, I know the thread is called "fuzzy butts"...but how do you guys feel about a couple of naked butts? I call this one "The ends of my friends"

for tomorrow! Please keep us posted!