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Thanks for asking! He's doing great. I think he went from being slightly dehydrated to "too" hydrated really fast, causing the incontinence. He's totally fine :) I even caught the goober eating dry food yesterday! He's back to his normal self and the other 3 are enjoying getting his leftovers a...

A few days ago, I was watching kitten videos on my phone (because having 4 cats in real life apparently isn't enough ). In one video, a kitten was mewing its head off which all my cats looked confused over, understandably. My 1 1/2-year old female cat hopped on my lap, sniffed my phone and then...

@LisaHE  & @missmimz  we ventured back to the vet today and will hopefully have the UA results back soon. I dropped him off and spent an entire hour at home without him. Worst hour I've endured in the past 6 years!   He's home now and is happily watching the robins outside. The vet is going to...

He's 6 and will be 7 in July. I'd heard that peeing in odd spots was a sign, but I'd never heard of cats just peeing in their sleep or while laying down. It makes sense, though. If it's a UTI, as a human, it's hard to tell when you need to actually go. I can't imagine what it's like for the poor...

Yeah, I'm going to call first thing in the morning, definitely. They did a UA, but I'm not sure what they tested it for. And he never vomits, which was one of his first signs a couple of months ago when he vomited white foam and then bile. He has only done it maybe twice since this whole thing...

I'm losing my mind! He vomited the Friskies I gave him yesterday morning at some point while I was at work. My husband cleaned it up and said there was something in it (Christmas tree, I assume). Fed him again and then he vomited the Weruva Funk in the Trunk last night all over my husband's...

That's good to know about gums. And yeah, I feel bad about giving him crappy food. I've been super busy and the area pet food stores are either half an hour away or I'm working the same hours they're open :/ Like I said, I'm hoping to find something I can just buy case quantities of so I can...

The vet said nothing he saw on the lab results was a definite sign of kidney disease, just that the slight elevation was consistent with the minor dehydration he had. We're going to follow up in about 2 months for another round of tests just to make sure. He prescribed an acid reducer and...

I hate being that person who posts something that has been asked before :/ I promise I've looked through recent posts, but it's really overwhelming, so I apologize! I've posted about this elsewhere on the site, so bear with me if you've read it before! Buster seemingly inexplicably starved...

Thank you so so much for the tip. She can't get enough of me today, haha. She doesn't really fight me when I bathe her, which is nice, but she's still not really excited about it. I have a bathtub with closing doors, so I put on some ratty clothes and locked us both in  She's had fleas before...

How often did you bathe him? I gave her a quick ACV rinse cut in half with water and then let her sit with colloidal oatmeal. She wasn't very pleased with me, but she seems way more happy right now. I can touch her bald spots without her getting upset and she's rolling around like she's finally...

Suzy is not purebred by any means, but she's that beautiful slick black, fluffy brown, and downy grey... and balding. It's 95% allergic dermatitis from fleas and 5% nerves. I noticed her chewing over a year ago when my then-kitten, Ethel, would chase her. She'd plop down and start gnawing the...

I love Taste of the Wild. Er, my cats love it anyway :) They have two flavors that you can usually switch between without any issue. I used to work in a small pet store and only heard of a few cases of either upset stomach or a pet who didn't like the flavor between HUNDREDS of customers. I feed...

About an hour after I posted this, he came wandering out from his new, weird spot in my bedroom and slept on my lap. Not much purring, but he rolled over on his side and tucked his head upside down. He's been doing the Sphinx/cat loaf position a lot, which I've read is more comfortable for cats...

I took my cat, Buster, to the vet on Wednesday 11/23 and am still waiting to hear back about the lab results. I suspect it's either a kidney issue or a reaction to Frontline Plus. Diabetes has been ruled out and they're also testing his thyroid. I should know the results tomorrow, but it's...