Recent Content by jrupp88

Here's a picture of my brave little boy if anyone is interested (plus the couch he and my girls have destroyed). Thanks for all the advice. He is healing up well.

She comes out on the balcony with me, but refuses to come inside. I have to shoo her in or physically move her in. If she is left out (which has happened at night because she is black and its hard to see her) she will jump of the porch into some bushes and then hides under neighbors' cars...

I also read the FDA page here http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm231254.htm The vet used it for extra label use. Though should i worry because it was only used once? It is approved for one time use through the FDA.

Thank you for the advice. I will definitely be avoiding Metacam in the future. My other catsWwill not receive Convenia as they don't have as many pill issues as Jack does. I am curious about safer alternatives to these medications. Can you all give me a few? Jack does not appear to be...

Thank you! I'll be posting pictures soon, once my Jack is feeling a bit better. Though my herd may be cut down soon, my sister might be able to take Cleo back soon and I'm looking for a home for Jill - she is desperately trying to be an outside cat and I live too close to a busy street to be...

I did inform the vet that Jack is almost impossible to give pills and getting him to take liquid meds is a 50/50 chance that he well just throw either back up. He has a very sensitive tummy. This may be why they decided to just go with the injection automatically. He also received a pain killer...

The vet wants us back in next week as well. The abscess opening is about as big as a penny. The vet also said that he couldn't tell if it was the anal gland or slightly above it. Doing a compress with cloth twice a day, and figure that if a scab forms i can just give him a soak. The vet also...

Hi, I've just found and joined the site. I have a mini-herd of four cats; Cleopatra and Baby, two tabby sisters I've had since they were born behind my television when I was in high school, and Jack and Jill, adopted from a coworker and abandoned on my front porch as kittens respectively...

The very said that the scab would hold any pus inside of his body. I asked the same thing. I guess it is kind of like drawing the infection out -the bad fluid needs to drain or the infection could become systemic. I am happy that my Jack is small enough for me to hold down easily, if it was my...

One of my kitties, Baby, will get under the sink and bring tampons to the nearest person. Always awkward when your guests are delivered tampons by a cat.

I have just returned from the vet with my 4 year old male cat for an abcess near his anus. My cat is otherwise very healthy - average weight, no fleas or parasites, healthy appetite, and a very loving disposition. The vet said he should heal up fully in a few weeks as long as i keep the abcess...