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I am currently in the processing of weening my cat off prednisolone to Atopica for immune suppression. Atopica is marketed for skin allergies but it is used in other cases when a steroid may not be the right choice. My kitty has an auto-immune disease and started to develop very serious side...

I currently have a 1 year old kitty that has tested negative on all in-house tests but when we had a positive IFA test and a negative IFA test when we sent it out to to different labs. The lab that got the positive did the test again and it was negative. We even had a bone marrow biopsy and that...

The mystery continues. My vet called and said the third ifa test was negative. That was the test we were going to use as determination of her status. The vet is removing felv positive or negative off the table and concentrating on her anemia. The most recent cbc showed only slight improvement...

We haven't tested the other two yet but they are from the same litter. They tested negative before we adopted them.

We adopted 3 kittens from our vet in February this year. All of them were tested, dewormed, spayed/neutered before we got them. They were roughly 5 months hold. Everything was great but i noticed the smaller of three, Molly licking the fireplace hearth and sleeping more than the other two. I...

The vet office I go to has four doctors and one is considered the "cat doctor" even though she does see all kinds of pets. When it came to my cat I think she was just a little bit more in tune to cats and how they react, sickness etc. You might see if you have a vet that has a doctor that...

I have been thinking about you and wanted to check to see how you are doing and your kitty?

I just wanted to post to thank everyone for the support. We took our kitty to cross the bridge yesterday and we also took her to get cremated. We were able to handle everything in the same day which was great. The vet reassured us it was the right time. My mind knew it was right but my heart is...

I'm so sorry. Love and cherish the time you have with your baby. We will be here to support you if you need it.

I totally understand about wanting a magical answer or something that just made it 100% clear that you are making the right one. You are obviously making the right one taking your kitty to the vet. What comes after is up int he air but you will find lots of support from people here. It would be...

I am glad to give you support.  I haven't been on the boards very often lately but you are more than welcome to direct message me or get support from others maybe in the cat lounge (I have a thread on there regarding struggling caregiver, for the support of the caregivers). I know what are you...

I am so sorry that you are dealing with this situation. Life really feels like it's not fair sometimes. I am also dealing with my own issues about allowing my cat to cross the bridge this Friday. This is my first time having to make such a decision and no matter what, you have to do what is...

Thank you. She is actually eating a can of tuna with water a day plus any other little thing I give her and drinking water in the evening and cat milk in the morning. Friday was just easier I'm afraid for us due to work and to give us a few days with her since she was still eating., drinking and...

I know vets do prescribe Prednisolone for anemia and that it can help so I am asking a sort of hail mary pass type question even though I think I know the answer. My cat was on 5 mg a day and we increased the dosage to 10 mg a day but we didn’t do this until after she had blood work (last week)...

Well, my suspicions were right and I will be taking my girl to the vet the cross the bridge this Friday. I had a long conversation with the vet who also spoke with the specialist and there is nothing more they can do. I was hoping for one last ace in the hole (shots to stimulate her bone marrow)...