Recent Content by hs4816

It's been a year since I lost my little guy. We all miss him so much. My thoughts are with all of you who've lost friends recently. The sadness does settle, but we never forget them. xoxo  

My Toby has always been a biter. Tried 10000 different things, never found a cause, never found a cure. For the most part he's slowly grown out of it. It's rare and he only does it to me. However, there's once circumstance that triggers it about 99.9% of the time. When I sneeze! It's really...

Yes, but the problem is that I apparently need to find a hypoallergenic + urinary + renal diet... Although the more reading I do, the less I'm convinced that any prescription diet is going to make a difference

I'm not totally opposed. I think the main issue would be with free feeding.... I have to be able to leave food out for periods of time and I think that can be dangerous with raw can't it? I'm figuring that at the least I'll have to switch him to almost 100% wet food (I'll still need to leave...

I'm stuck and don't know where to turn. I've recently moved here and don't have a vet that I really trust yet. There's nothing wrong with the one we saw, but I've only been there once and just don't have a great relationship there yet. Here's my predicament: Toby is 7, DSH As a kitten he had...

It's been one week today. In some ways things have softened as I'm not a sobbing mess. But in other ways the sadness is just as bad... I just feel kind of empty like I'm just going through the motions. My other cat seems to be noticing the difference now. At first not so much (though he was...

No, I don't think there's much of a risk overall. My cat was the first one they've ever lost so unexpectedly at that animal hospital ever (lucky me). Like with humans, it just happens sometimes. I found one research publication on the topic that quoted on average about 0.2% risk for all cats...

Hi all. I'm having major anxiety and am unable to make any decisions right now and could use a non-emotional perspective. Last week my baby boy died suddenly after surgery. He was sick, but the procedure was for a feeding tube because of lipidosis. The general feeling was that we caught things...

My baby boy died suddenly after the surgery. The vets are very upset and have no idea why it happened. He's the first cat they've ever lost so unexpectedly after a surgery. I'm just devastated and don't know how I"ll get through this (though i know I will).

I need some positive vibes. My 6 year old officially has hepatic lipidosis and probably some pancreatitis. I'm not sure how severe/far along, but he isn't jaundiced so hopefully early (down 2.5 pounds). I feel like it's my fault because I knew he wasn't eating well and didn't try to force feed...

Hi all. My Toby has always had mild, allergic-type colitis. He generally has a bit of blood in his poop all the time, and certain foods make him get diarrhea quite badly. I've worked closely with his vet, and we had a great food combo that worked... but the dry was just recalled (Royal canin...

Last night my little baby sneezed and gobbed cat snot all over my face... today I have a sore throat and feel like hell. It is possible for viruses to transfer from animals to humans, so I'm just curious about what I could have been exposed to (I'm not worried about anything severe.... I'm just...

Anyone have any recommendations for a good automatic feeder?? Ideally I'd like to find something that will keep wet food good for a while (maybe with some sort of icepack). I have 2 boys and will be starting a job soon where I work 28 hour shifts. I have no problem leaving them lots of dry...

I know you've made your decision.... but I wanted to make one more suggestion. I had similar worries about whether my 2 would get a long and if getting a second cat would "cure" my first's behavior problems (or if the 2nd would just adopt the same problems). I adopted my kitten from a rescue...