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Willowy, thanks for the different perspective - I had never thought to look on the label! And thanks again otto for all your insights. Currently (or last time he was weighed, rather - beginning of April, so I guess 2 months ago) he's 16.3. Vet says he should be 13-14. He has been on the...

Rescue Remedy... got it. Fish oil... got it. Yeah, taking him to the vet again is one of the first things I plan to do when we're there. I really appreciate all of your wisdom here! Anything else on traveling with him? I'm also a little concerned because he is a bit big and the carrier we...

Hi otto - Thanks so much for your kind response. We took him to the vet, actually, about a month and a half ago because he started fussing over the dry food he had been eating and had been vomiting about once per week. She did some bloodwork and it came back clean. His urine was slightly...

Hi everyone - So our black cat, Arthur, lost his brother last year (also a black cat). Arthur is about 14. Before now, Arthur was always pretty clean. Now, he is COVERED with dander. (I guess it's dander - little while flakes.) Frankly, it's disgusting. I comb him regularly and that gets...

Thanks, Leslie & strange_wings! I never would have thought about his skin being thin - thanks so much for the heads up. He's going on 14 years old now, so he's no longer a kitten. And yeah, he's pretty porky. I will take him to the vet and comb him from here on out. Thanks again for such a...

Hello everyone! So, until earlier this year, I had 2 cats - two brothers. Unfortunately, one of them passed on. The other one (Arthur) is still rollin'. Arthur has always been a well-kept guy. Of course, he did get some help from his brother. However, these days, his brother isn't around...

You know, I'll have to follow up with the vet... she did bloodwork on one of them very recently but I can't remember which one it was! Whoever it was, their bloodwork was fine... but again, I can't remember if it was the geriatric bloodwork. I think it may have been Merle because of the...

HI everyone, I'm new to this forum -- just joined. I hope nobody minds that I'm jumping in right away with a question! So, I have 2 cats, Arthur and Merlin. They're brothers (same litter); I got them from the humane society when they were 3 months old, in 1996. So they're 11 going on 12...