Recent Content by katladee

hi! we rescued a feral (BBK) from one of our TNR colonies last july. he was quickly losing weight, losing fur, not eating much, just generally looked awful. his colony lives near a dumpster, and BBK often greeted us by jumping out of it — he spent a LOT of time in there, scavenging. his initial...

this sounds a LOT like our feral we rescued this summer. very dramatic and quick weight loss, poor appetite, explosive diarrhea. we initially treated with several antibiotics because he is FIV+ and his blood tests suggested a blood parasite. we also wormed him -- he was FULL of parasites...

ooo! i'm excited -- this looks like a great option for my ferals!!

just went through all this with my big black bugsy. we went through it all about a year and a half ago, as well. no blockages, but the constant in and out of the box + small amounts of urine w/blood. first time we went to the vet and it came back the day after he got off antibiotics. as much as...

i don't have any experience with kidney failure, so i can't comment on that. (although it certainly sounds like something your vet should be sharing!) i CAN sympathize with your search for a good vet ... it has taken us years to find the right one. we've stumbled all over this city (we live in...

i promise you, with a few days of consistent feeding, you can very easily make your cats eat their food in meals. i had a house full of grazers and was scared of the same thing -- they all did just fine after about the 2nd full day. cats naturally eat in meals in the wild -- they don't graze on...

we have gravity feeders out from dawn-dusk with purina one chicken and rice. 2x a day, they get a few cans of friskies to share. i'm a little obsessive about my indoor cats' diets -- they eat the best of the best, but i really can't afford to do that for my ferals i know i can't go any more...

i was feeding the non-BG flavors to my foster kittens (grammy's pot-pie, etc.), but after about 2 weeks, it started to make 1 of them continuously throw up. it wasn't an issue with eating too fast, as he would puke an entire 6 or so hours later, where you could see he had started the digestive...

astroturf doormats?! what a great idea!!

we took finley wynn in 2 years ago. we'd been feeding him outside the window of our loft downtown. we were the only ones watching out for him, so when we moved to a house, we trapped him and brought him along. he was my first experience with a truly feral cat. i had thought he'd friendly up to...

this cat definitely needs to see a vet ASAP as UTIs can be fatal very quickly. i will say that i have had great success with using animal's apawthecary's "tinkle tonic" as a treatment AID when my cat has a UTI. and by aid, i mean along with antibiotics. it helps very quickly to soothe the...

my goldie had this issue with 1 retained tooth and it actually started to bother him -- he stopped eating well and his gums were all swollen. i took him to the vet on a saturday, where he got some pain meds and antibiotics, and we scheduled his tooth extraction for the following wednesday. the...

this is very interesting indeed! i'll be sure to keep you updated if anything changes -- and you do the same! i'm crossing my fingers that both bertie and winky go back to their normal selves very soon.

i have a deaf girl -- she was found by someone in a tree when she was merely 6 weeks old. she looks to be pretty close to a purebred turkish angora - pure white with golden eyes. she's 8 and a half years old now -- and nuttier than nutty! she's also clumsier than clumsy -- not the best combo...

my cat was just 6 years old, when he died while being put under for a catheter at the emergency vet. he needed it bad, but they never discussed the risks with me. never in a million years would i dream of letting my one of my cats be put under again without doing bloodwork beforehand --...