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No, her thyroid numbers were normal. Everything is within the normal range except for slightly elevated renal numbers. I suspect all older cats have slightly elevated renal numbers since my other 18 year old cat does too. Does anyone know if that's usually true? Yes, she makes this strange...

I feel like I'm running an old folks home for animals. I'm dealing with a blind/deaf 15 year old dog and two 18 year old cats (among others). Here's my problem...my one 18 year old, Samantha, has been losing weight and we noticed her chewing funny. It's hard to describe. She would eat a...

Unfortunately, we were never told about a follow up test. Since his litter mate was lost due to feline leukemia he probably should have been re-tested. I know that now. We were all elated when he tested negative and assumed that was accurate. I know his initial test was with blood and his...

I can't believe this is happening. A feral had kittens in our shed and my son took two of them. We made a critical mistake and didn't have them tested for feline leukemia...just vaccinated. Within the first year one of them came down with leukemia and had to be put to sleep. At that time...

I remember a while back when you mentioned a cat you had that had been cut. I just don't understand what motivates people to be so cruel. I don't like even hearing about it. I find some of the shows on the Animal Planet really disturbing and just can't watch. I think the greatest gift we've...

I just wanted to say that I really admire all of you who are out in the trenches every day doing cat rescue. You are certainly a special breed. I could never do it. I know there are thousands and thousands of cats that need help. I love cats, but guess I need to protect myself. I know...

We've been caring for a female feral for four years. We first found MaMa in our backyard shed with kittens four years ago in May. We trapped her with a humane trap and had her fixed after the second litter. For 2 1/2 years she hid under the deck and only came out after we put food in the...

Really not that crazy. I had thought about that myself. It had been my hope that with Buddy in the shed MaMa would become more and more tame. I feel terrible about Buddy being so near to her...yet so far away. He's enjoying life as an indoor cat. We've talked about taking him out to the...

Update!! My feral cat hasn't wandered off lately, but Buddy disappeared the day after Easter. At first I wasn't concerned. In the past he disappeared for a day or two, but by the end of the week I thought he was probably gone for good. He technically belonged to the neighbors, but I'd been...

OK...I put Mama up on a webpage. It's not a great picture, but she watches very closely and knows when I'm holding something other than food. I've only been able to take a few pictures and none are close ups. I'll have to try and get some more. Here's the link...

The neighbors give us the cold shoulder ever since we complained to them about their dogs digging under the fence and running around in our yard. My husband would try and get them out of the yard, but they'd snap at him. We didn't want them scaring Mama away. I really don't think they give a...

I went out this morning at 7:30AM and she still wasn't there. I fed Buddy and left Mama's food by her blanket. It was still raining and I couldn't understand why she wouldn't be in the shed where she could at least stay dry. I went back out and checked an hour later...still no Mama. I went...

I'm really concerned. I've been taking care of a feral cat for almost three years. She lives in my shed and stays in the yard and shed all day. I suspect she roams at night, but she's always waiting for me at 7:30AM every morning. I also feed her again between 4:00 and 5:00PM. She's always...

Thanks everyone. I always knew it was bad for dogs, but had never heard that about cats. I thought the sugar might not be too good for him, but thought the chocolate itself was probably OK. Don't worry...I won't give him anymore. Over the holidays I had to call Poison Control because Mikey...

I know I really shouldn't let Mikey have chocolate, but he loves it. I know chocolate is very bad for dogs...I believe even poisonous. Does anyone know if chocolate is sort of OK for cats? When I eat a Hershey's Kiss I just pinch off the very top of the tip for Mikey. He likes Godiva too...