Recent Content by kylier

Haha...I know how you feel. My cat/s are the most important members of the household and I do hate leaving any of them for any length of time. The longest we've been away from Luna is a month (quite recently). We had a full-time live-in person come stay with her. They went to work during the day...

It's funny how some cats mourn the loss of their babies and others bounce back without any obvious signs of distress. My last street cat, Luna, who was quite close to delivery, was the latter...she couldn't sit still post op and was completely unfazed by the whole event. She's since decided that...

Hi everyone! Thought I would update you all as to Ginger's progress. I took her back to the SPCA at their request on Monday. They said her wound looked okay and she wasn't dehydrated. They couldn't explain her inappetance. They gave her 15ml of sub-q fluids and a Vit B shot to improve appetite...

Thank you for this most in depth reply and the information provided. I too believe that she is suffering from clinical depression, based on the exact reasons you stated. According to the man who feeds her colony, she was a very successful breeder and an excellent mother to her kittens, with a...

Thanks Susank521! She ate a little of the cooked chicken overnight and I am currently waiting on the SPCA vet to call me back with further advice. She is in a good sized crate and covered - in a nice quiet room - all the usual stuff I do with our post-surgery cats. This one's just so unhappy :(...

The kitties definitely come first around here (just ask my poor husband!) so handling a few chicken legs is worth trying to get her back on track And yes of course, that makes sense re the litter box...she tends to lie in it more after she uses it.

Thanks IrinaSaK...I've had cats my whole life (43 years) and I've been rescuing/TNR on and off (and now pretty much full-time) for about 4 years... It's amazing the things you don't know! I've never heard of hepatic lypidosis (fatty liver) so thank you so much for educating me. It's the same as...

I haven't...but I'll give it a go. Thanks for the tip! Tonight I bought chicken legs and boiled them down to make fresh (very smelly) chicken broth (no mean feat for this vegetarian!) and also gave her fresh, warm chicken. I've left her alone for a few hours and will go in and check soon to see...

Not sure if you have something similar where you guys are (US?) but in Australia, where my cats are living with my mum, she has the Prozac made into a gel at a compounding pharmacy and she applies it to the inside tip of my cat's ear - just rubs it in - apparently works really well and my cat...

Hi all. Hoping someone with a bit more experience can give some advice. One of our local colony cats that we've been trying to trap for some time under our SPCA's TNR program was spayed on Friday.  Unfortunately she was also heavily pregnant (the vet said "close to delivery") so a late-stage...

I know this is an old thread, but I'm having some pee-related issues with my 14 y.o female cat. She's been on again/off again Prozac - won't take the liquid, initially took the opened capsule mixed in with food, now she won't have a bar of it. I am trying to get some in pill form. I seem to have...

Oh, I agree 100%! She's a very loving cat - adores my mum - always wants to sleep with her and gets really cranky when she's on the "outside" (aka in her cat enclosure) - and I honestly believe she does get jealous of my mum's eldest cat (who is 19 years old - we rescued her and bottled fed from...

Yes, you are absolutely right...one of the things that bothers me most is being so far away and leaving my parents (who are in their seventies) to deal with it all :( The other thing of course, is that whilst undergoing the chemo, her pee is quite literally contaminated by the chemo drugs and...

That would almost be a good thing if true! At least she would have a valid excuse! Nope...she's as sharp as a whip!