Recent Content by kittengirl

thank you to you who have posted replies!! @catwoman707  I agree, I'm going to hold off on the rabies vaccine until I get a better handle on what's going on...do you know how long I can wait to do the rabies vaccine? I have no idea what the law is. I just know I'm supposed to vaccinate in the...

@mrsgreenjeens  yes, lol that must be it! I bet Boone has figured out why jump up on the wall and put out the effort to get the phantom laser? Cats sure are smart and fickle.  And yes, there was a 3rd booster shot. I spoke to the vet on the phone just now and she gave me the results from the...

Some quick backstory, my 15 wk old kitten reacted very badly to his (what I feel was an "extra", unneeded) 4th fvrcp booster 9 days ago. He took 3 days to rebound from that and finally become his old playful self. But since then, he's been tapering down on his energy level. He used to chase the...

@sarthur2   yes, I concur with your thoughts.  I think I will ask the vet to treat him for a UTI at his next appt this coming week. Thank you! @mrsgreenjeens   good point! where IS all that urine coming from? He is on a wet-only diet tho, so maybe there? I bought a cat fountain a few days ago...

@mrsgreenjeens   So if it were genetic kidney disease (since he's so young--15 wks) or diabetes, he'd be drinking large amounts of water? He's definitely not doing that, so that's good news! Will a routine urinalysis determine if his urine is dilute? I don't have any idea what is tested in a...

@Ritz  I'm so glad to hear that Dahalia is doing much better! She is lucky to have found you :) I understand what you're saying about Ritz picking up on stress. I don't think I'm acting overly panicky around Boone or anything, but I am super vigilant about every time he goes to the litter box...

So I've been monitoring Boone closely. I worked from home today, and today he did something he's never done before! He peed outside the litter box!! I have a basket that I keep in the livingroom with newspapers in it, and I heard some scratching and went to investigate. Boone had peed this huge...

@sarthur2 oh, you have 4 kittens! And the same age as Boone! How lovely! So your 3 males do not pee as much as Boone? Eek!!! I knew that something was amiss... He was already neutered when I adopted him from the spca. He is actually peeing now as I write this. He just peed a little over an...

@Margd-- thank you for all your input! I really appreciate it! I have no idea what bloodwork they did, or what they were looking for. I'm not sure if they were investigating the frequent peeing or the anal issue, or both? It sounds like your Wesley lived a wonderfully long life! :) Boone...

@riavach--thank you for your reply! Boone's had 1 urinalysis done so far and I'm due to bring in a free catch sample sometime this week when I have time for his 2nd (as it's included in the panel the vet ordered Mon.) He has had one fecal test run, but I'm worried the stool was sitting in the...

Hi, I'm a first time cat owner and I am concerned with my little guy's frequency of urination. He is 14.5 wks old and he pees a lot! I find 7-8, sometimes 9 pee clumps in the litter box per day. And two of the pee clumps are more like huge slab-like, crumbly big "clumps"....I mean they're huge...

***update: I had mentioned previously that Boone's anus only became red after defecating. Tonight I learned that isn't true! I went out for a couple hours (his butt was fine-ish when I left. Not all red/raw looking). When I came back, it was like the picture and irritated again! I checked the...

p.s. To answer your questions Kat: it varies how long it stays red after a bowel movement. Sometimes a few hours, sometimes an hour or a little less. I have noticed it helps if I wipe him asap after he poops, so maybe it IS an irritation from something in the poop? Interesting point about the...

Hi all, The vet visit yesterday was somewhat unsettling. The spca vet clinic is very fierce about the 'only 15 mins with the vet' rule, so it was a little hard to get everything covered, but I tried my best! I went in with all my concerns written down, and I explained that I had lot to cover at...