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Hoping someone out there might know of brands I may have missed, as it seems most drieds have one or the other. Have one cat that doesn't tolerate egg and the other corn so finding a happy medium for both would be nice! The did not do well on the Natural Balance LID, and they are on Merrick LID...

Wanted to update on our 9 year old who has had LP since around 18 months. Since last posting her activity level has gone downhill, no more jumping on things or walking up or down steps. We took her to an orthopaedic surgeon expecting they would want to do surgery, but even at a grade 4 they...

We found out this year that one of our 8 year olds is FIV positive. We have had him since he was 5 weeks old and neither the shelter we got him from or the private vet he was neutered at bothered to test him. His testing status went unnoticed, since he had always been the slim healthy one in the...

I know, vaginal infections are rare to begin with, but this type is really strange. She doesn't jump on things. She will pull herself onto anything she can reach and sink her claws into, like the bed, but the only way she makes it onto our desk is if the chair has been pulled out, and she has...

We've been dealing with discharge and discomfort in our last bottle baby since the end of August when she turned a year old. She has been spayed in April. Took two exams before they believed me about where the discharge was from, the first doc thought it was an anal gland leak. So far we have...

It's looking very likely that one of our 9 year olds has hyperthyroidism. We had to hospitalise her last week for 4 days with severe dehydration and constipation that was due to an uncommon bladder infection. Due to her age and overall health they checked a T4 upon admittance and it came back in...

I wanted to update on using the Seresto collar - it didn't work. His skin is so delicate that it ended up cutting into his neck badly after only a couple of days and he had huge sores that took a while to heal. It might work for some EDS cats, but I think he was kicking at it too much...

Maybe it's because they've been living with it for almost 7 years with no issues? I know the vet was very worried about the recovery from surgery at their age (9 in Sept.) and the fact that the sister is so hard to work with that even medicating her could cause her to panic enough to cause...

Found this thread and read through the whole thing after our vet surprised us with a diagnosis of luxating patella today in a 9 year old brother and sister. I'd been thinking this whole time that it was hip dysplasia! I talked a lot with the vet, but I'm confused now that I've read other...

Well.... the lump is back and has moved - about an inch further down towards the tip of the tail and is now on the underside. It is springy and swollen - definitely not bone or a herniation because it spans two vertebrate. It does not hurt him in any way and as of now his tail still has pretty...

Hunh! We actually have a few that can do that. I never knew it was anything unique! lol Might be something genetic in the cats in our area. I doubt that is T's problem though, unless it somehow caused him to injure it at the hypermobile joint. His is a normal tail from the base for about two...

Wow! I had no idea this thread was still going. :) I do feel blessed that Merlin has never had the super easily broken skin symptoms. He's just a very very saggy old boy with thinning hair and no teeth. I think it's finally starting to affect his joints as he doesn't get around as well as he...

No, we never vaccinate for FIV and he was 5 weeks when we got him. All of our cats are rescues, and while we do initially test when they first get to us and have retested any time there is an illness that gives suspicions of immune suppression, he is the first one to ever test positive. It was...

So this is a weird one, but wondering if anyone has been through something similar. Several years ago one of our cats had a tail that overnight went from normal to where it would go up two inches from it's rear, and almost like a kink at that point it turned 90 degrees and the rest of it would...

We took in a momma and two kittens - neighbors found them playing in the street and since we're the crazy cat people and they don't care so much for cats,, they came to get us before the kittens got hit. Mom is young, under a year. Kittens are ?? The little girl looks to be around 9 weeks but...