Recent Content by candacelynn9

I would take her to the vet sooner, if she develops a blockage there is a possibility she would need surgery. If you are telling the new vet about these symptoms and they will not see her for over a month I would call a different vet.

I agree with having a specialist consult. Could it be a tumor?

Has anyone had a cat that has been on long term high dose prednisolone 10mg per day (3mg/kg per day)? I am worried about potential side effects (diabetes, etc) and just wanting to see if there have been others that have been on this long term (longer than 3 months). If your kitty has, did they...

My cat Pepper is 14 years old and was slowly losing her appetite and losing weight over the course of a year or so (8 lbs down to 6.8 lbs). I had also noticed her coughing (~1x per day or so for 1-2 minutes) and I always assumed she was trying to cough up a hairball that never produced itself...

About 7 months ago there was a feral cat outside with a litter of kittens.  I trapped all of them, fostered the kittens (they have since been adopted out via my local animal shelter), and got the mom spayed and rabies vaccine.  Was going to release her, but then MY MOM felt bad for her and...