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Thanks, everyone! I was giving him the same brand of food that the previous owner gave him, but I do not know how much they gave him. I gave him 1 cup, which is probably too much for an indoor neutered cat. I really wish I could give him an all wet diet, but with 2 dogs plus the cat, I cannot...

Hi, I got a new cat a few months ago. The people I got it from said it was a stray when they got it, so they do not know for sure what kind of cat it is, but it looks like he is mostly Maine Coon.When we first got him, he weighed 13 lbs. We took him to the vet yesterday and he gained 2 lbs...

 Rubydoo, I am sorry your cat suffered a stroke, too. Autumn Rose, I am sorry for your loss, too. It is hard. I never thought I would feel this way about an animal, but you get so attached to your pets. They love you unconditionally. 

Thanks for the replies. I called the vet again yesterday ( who by the way is my husband's brother-in-law, so I trust his advice). He said it is probably time to put him to sleep. He said that since our cat is so old and has been having on and off sickness for the past several months, and he...

The vet didn't do bloodwork. A few months ago when my cat was having the same type of symptoms minus the vomiting, they tested his urine and said everything was normal and they tested him for diabetes and that was fine. I don't know what other tests they did, though. The vet said that because of...

My 17 year old cat has been sick on and off for the last several months. He was doing really well recently, until this past weekend. Friday morning he didn't come asking for his food in the morning. When he did eat, it wasn't as much as he usually eats. Friday night he kept drinking water...

Right now he weighs 9 lbs., but most of his adult life he weighed around 14 lbs. He has not been very active at all. The last few weeks he has been sick with a bad tooth, so he stopped eating. He is doing better now, but he is used to dry food, so it has been a struggle getting him to eat wet...

The cans are 3 oz. But, the calories per can is between 53 -67 calories per can, I think. So would 2 cans be enough? Other canned cat food has a lot more calories per can than that. It figures that I finally find a food he will eat and it's one of the more expensive ones! I will be spending over...

Does anyone feed their cats the Simply Nourish canned food? If so, how many cans per day does your cat eat? I think I have finally found a canned food that my cat loves, but it is a little expensive and it says to feed 3 1/2 cans per day. I cannot afford to spend that much on cat food. I was...

Wow! He is doing a lot better today! He ate 1/2 of a 3 oz. can this morning. Then, later on at lunchtime, he was laying on the heater vent, and I said "Hi, Barney" to him. He immediately got up and went to his food dish and was looking at me like "Aren't you going to give me some food?" Usually...

Thanks, everyone, for the advice! We also talked to my husband's sister, who is a vet technician, and she said that the risks for putting a 17 year old cat under anesthesia  weigh more than the risk of notting pulling his tooth. So, between what the vet said and what she said, we will probably...

I forgot to add that the vet is giving him an anti-inflammatory shot and an anti-biotic for his tooth. I just hope he doesn't keep getting the infection back. 

Well, the vet just called back and said that everything that they checked came back fine. He said he wasn't able to get a stool sample from him, though, but he said the chances of him having a parasite are slim since he has been staying indoors. He said that sometimes when cats get old they just...

He is at the vet right now. I dropped him off this morning. My husband called them about 15 minutes ago to see if they are done with him yet. So far, the vet said his physical was actually pretty good. He did lose weight, but not as much as I thought. I thought he weighed 14 lbs. in October, but...

I just called and made an appointment with the vet.. I weighed Barney, my cat, on the bathroom scale yesterday and he only weighs 8 lbs. Back in October, he weighed 14 lbs. Something else is probably going on with him besides a bad tooth. I am trying everything to get him to eat more. I tried...