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Ollie is also on pain medication (tramadol) as well as Pepcid AC to help his digestion and an antibiotic. However, the vet gave us a sedative after he had a bit of swelling under his sutures from being too active. The sedative he is on is called acepromazine, and he is currently taking about 5mg...

I have only just learned how to pill a cat recently after my kitty's surgery -- and it is not easy! However, you have given me hope that it might get easier with time   A pill popper that shoots water with the pill seems like such a great idea -- I am definitely going to order one. Thanks for...

So, Ollie is now home from the vet and seems to be recovering. The vet prescribed a sedative for him to keep him quiet and still to avoid any further complications with his stitches. However, I have mixed feelings about the sedative... has anyone else ever used one? It does keep him relatively...

Hi Everyone! I found this site when looking around the internet for information about cat health, after my big kitty Ollie started having vomiting episodes. (Turns out he swallowed a stone, and is in the hospital recovering after surgery, and will be just fine!). This looks like a great site...

Ollie is out of surgery and doing well. Turns out he swallowed a small stone -- which, I have no idea how he did this given that he is an indoor only cat! (And there definitely are not rocks laying around my house). His intestines were just fine, and they were able to remove the rock without any...

Update: Just after posting, I decided to take Ollie in. We saw a different vet, who agreed to do an x-ray right away, and sure enough the x-ray showed something circular and probably metal (a coin maybe?) in his intestines. The vet said it had been there at least a day or two, and there is a...

Hi All, I have a 3 year old male cat named Ollie (He is Maine Coon and about 15 lbs!). He has always been healthy, a good eater, and has never vomited or had trouble using the litter box until late last night. Around 10pm, I woke up to the sound of him vomiting, and sat up with him while he...